BasicConcepts JDM Prelude build thread

Old Dec 10, 2012 | 05:56 PM
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SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!! Got the car running tonight now I just gotta get the exhaust and she'll be road worthy.
 
Old Dec 11, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Sweet
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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Nice! Congrats
 
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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Ya I'm stoked. I've got a video of it running for a few seconds that I'll post up once I get a chance to get on a computer.
 
Old Dec 13, 2012 | 03:25 AM
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Is it still a automatic or did you swap it to a manual
 
Old Dec 20, 2012 | 03:46 AM
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its still an automatic, because im selling it pretty much right away im just going to leave it.

so i have this idea that i can make my own custom gauge face. i plan on scanning my gauges and than photo shopping them the way i want. than ill take it to kinkos and see if they can laser print it to a thin piece of plastic (like the old school projectors in school)

ive already messed with a picture i took just to get an idea of what i want.

stock (yes the redline really is pink like that)

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what ya think?

i figure i can get it printed pretty cheep and if it looks good it will be a nice "ohh thats cool" when i sell it plus light is coming through the black all over the place, it just looks sh***y.
 

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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 03:57 AM
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ohh and heres the video of the car starting

 
Old Dec 20, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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So as anyone who has driven an auto Honda knows the shifter doesn't stop at D. To me this is pretty stupid and annoying as I keep my hand on the shifter and tend to pull on it when I'm going hard into a corner. This morning I did a little modifying to the shifter so it will stop in D.

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All I did was cut a small piece of steel and weld it in the 3rd position so I have to press the button to go to 3rd.
 
Old Dec 21, 2012 | 04:13 AM
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The gauges look a lot better but back to the tranny I'm into the jdms I bought the camaro couse I couldn't find a 240sx around here that hadn't been modified yet the manuals tend to carry 1k more value
 
Old Dec 21, 2012 | 04:16 AM
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I think the guages would look better if the backing was white then the lettering blue but good job on the swap and getting her running
 

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