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FINALLY THE GODS HAVE ANSWERED MY REQUEST IT ONLY TOOK 2 years lol

The Honda Prelude and Acura Integra, the two hottest sisters in the neighborhood.

“So you want a girlfriend” asking for a friend

"But guys we are not here to talk about the Prelude's history, no sir" - *talks about the Prelude's history for 65% of the video*

They should have been rwd. I can only imagine how legendary of a car it would of been. It's so sexy...

I've had my 4th gen prelude for almost 20 years. It was my daily for 15 years straight. It's currently at 425k+ miles...not bad for a 92 with the sohc. I changed the trans last year bc it finally went out, I put the lsd t2t4 in it. I'll be doing the engine swap as I give it another go for wheels, paint, suspension and interior work. And I'm finally doing the sunroof conversion. Better late than never.

The honda prelude was one of the better cars that honda ever made that most people tend to forget about... snazzy, sporty and didn't break the bank. Great video.

I had an 01 type sh. It had an intake, full exhaust, a tune, upgraded clutch, those polyurethane motor mount inserts and some good tires. It was a very fun car. Every so often I think about getting another one.

My grannie has owned a 2.2 VTEC 97 prelude for 20+ years and I love it so much and love riding in it

“ a car that will never let you down” unless it’s auto in that case be prepared to swap the trans 2-3 times

20 year owner still have 88 4ws si and 89 si and love them 🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏽

Left out how we top off oil more than gas 😂 haha

13 years later and I still love my 5th generation Prelude ❤

I love my Prelude. They are also sorta high maintenance, I've put about 4-5k into the car to make sure if doesn't leak anything. That also included a transmission rebuild cause going into first and second was tough. But now that it's ok it's a Honda, she'll never let you down. It's a shame that they stopped production cause I'd love to see a 6th gen prelude. But if they don't I'll be happy with my 1997

Yooo I just bought a 4th gen last week!! H22 sqaud where you at

When all the kids were rocking their civics and eclipses back in 01 i had a 99 prelude SH. These jokes forgot to mention it had the most aggressive VTEC on any honda. @5500 rpm it sounded like it was going to eat your face off and shit out a civic.

Ive owned almost 40 vehicles in the last 11 years, and my 93 SI I picked up 3 months ago is in my top 3. Again, parts are cheap and easy to find(because its a honda) but its comfortable enough for long trips, and quick and grippy enough to have a ton of fun in the corners, even completely stock.

I love the fact that it’s never a history lesson.. after the history lesson lol

Always had a soft spot for the prelude

My first car was a red 1989 Honda Prelude Si (non-4WS) and while it was an automatic, 134 bhp never felt faster. ❤️

honda prelude: the official car of the vroom vroom nutsack.

Listening while driving my 4th gen. Comments really do pay off

As a prelude owner, thanks a million

Had a 5th gen for a bit more than 2 years. It was indeed a great car to drive and own. It's one of those car designs that age really well.

Got my 5th gen for 300 with a bad automatic, went to a self pull junkyard and got 5 speed from a accord and rebuilt the engine have 0 complaints love the car

Rocking my prelude 2000 daily

i swear to god, everytime i here that intro music and the beat finally drops as it goes into clips of the car.... it brings satisfaction to my soul

My old 88 2.0Si 4WS 5 speed will always hold a special place in memory. If Honda had just given it a VTEC motor it would have been perfect.

Got a ‘93 prelude about a year ago. Such a beauty of a car. Great performance, fun to drive, manual!! 🥵

The 5th gen definitely has to be the best looking out of all of them, definitely underrated as well 👌

After commenting on many episodes, my wish has come true. The Prelude has been honored. Thank you Alex for all you have done. 'hpmhh' YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAH No for real this means a lot, thanks guys. A lot of teenagers that are new to the car scene armed with stacks of daddies money always question the Prelude. Put them assholes back into their place where they belong!

i have a honda prelude from 2001 a 2.2 h22c 210 HP with the automatic, and it is completely reliable. I now have 320.000 kilometers on it, and shifts butter smooth. Like with everything else on a car, you need to maintain the auto trans to, most often that gets neglected. Change the ATF and Filter every 60-70.000 kilometers, and you'll have no problems with your automatic transmission.

I love my manual transmission red 5th gen 99 Honda Prelude. I bought it about 2 years ago with about 165k miles on it. It has 170k miles on it right now. Almost completely stock, only thing I've done is change the interior & license plate lights to LEDs. Swapped out the stock radio to a almost button-less clean looking Pioneer touch screen unit while snaking a discreet microphone for Bluetooth calls behind the dash, cluster/A pillar, ceiling, and added the SH trim stock spoiler. I want to replace the oxidized headlights with the same stock ones & put in white HIDs and paint the side & back skirts to make it look like the SH trim and be done with the car. If I could splurge, I'd paint the whole thing black. It'll look just like the SH without all the problems the 4-wheel steering had. When I purchased the car, yes I had to replace the timing belt, it was split in half long ways. Yes, the paint fades. I can tell that whoever had it before did a cheap paint job due to clear coat fading on a fender, the roof, side view mirrors, door handles, & trunk, and everywhere else looking good, but chipping away, meaning a recent, but cheap paint job. Oh, and those H22A engines burn oil quite a bit, and I changed out all the gaskets and seals. Last thing to warn everyone; with the manual transmissions, the synchro gears have known issues and will grind at high RPMs. Mine does it between going from any gear at a high RPM to 5th gear. Still love the car. Apparently its a known defect that I've seen on forums happen to with only 20k miles on it so its best just to live with it.

Finally a Honda Prelude video. Thanks FI for doing this vid, I have a 97 Prelude of my own and plan on getting some coils and some 17 x 8.5 in the following months

My very first own car is a prelude 5th gen and I absolutely love it! Very reliable, looking hot (especially slammed) and enough power to have fun. Modifying it is easy and is a great start into tuning. Also, the automatic trans is good if it works, but rather manual lol

The front wheel drive that looks like a rear wheel drive

I'm middle aged now, got married but never had kids and never let go of my stockish 97 SH. Been daily driving it for almost 20 yrs and while the paint is faded and she's not fast by today's standards, she's still fun in the corners and puts a smile on my face. Except for the leaky trunk, oil burning, and rickety shocks, she's been reliable and running on almost all factory original parts (beyond consumables). Even the AC still blows cold with the original compressor and freon.

My dad used to have a 99’ Prelude 5 Speed Manual, but he sold it cause something went wrong with the transmission and from that point he was using it as a beater. I was born in 2008 long after he sold it, and I get mad at him every time we talk about the car and how he sold it. Now I’m going to get my first car in 3 years, and one of my top 3 choices is a Prelude.

Noooooo. This is going to raise the price on them!

H22🔥 H22+B-series transmission=H2B🔥🔥

My dad had a 1986 model. Lasted him so long the floorboards and fenders rusted out LONG before any major mechanical issues. He repaired the body so many times he called it the Bondo Bucket. I'm looking at picking up a '98 for my first tuning car.

I just sold mine with pain in my hearts. I had a bb8 2.2vti. Almost never had a problem with it. Just normal maintenance and 1 time the hood cable and 1 time the exhaust. Had it for 12 years and every time i drove it, it put a big smile on my face. Maybe one day I'll get another one

The Honda Prelude is awesome.

Love the way they look, especially the 5th gen. Such a pretty car, saving up for one right now

Thanks @Fitment Industries for featuring my car at 2:11.

Me myself only owns 3 ludes 4 gens...im obsessed

I regret selling both Preludes I had... one day I'll have it back.

Uncle used to have a '94 Prelude pushing 500hp at the wheels. It was a dark green monster and a wet dream. Carbon fiber hood and trunk lid, aero, dark gold wheels, mmnnffff. Lost it when some dude running from the police rear ended him doing 70mph and totalled it..

sweet! i've owned a 4th gen and a 5th gen, preludes are so underrated

I gotta say what sucks about preludes is the high demand for them. Here in Nashville when I see a posting for 1 you have 1 week to make up your mind or come up with the money or else it’s gone

the silver wheel second to the left on the bottom is fire 🔥🔥

I remember playing gran turismo and thought that was the coolest looking car. A few times I got to ride one from one of my homies going to high school. Class of ‘03. Fun times 😌

Saw this video before I got my prelude and now watching it after I got the car and I love it. Wound up getting a bb2 and did an h22a1 swap and a stage 3 clutch got thrown in there n I love this car very much

Still one of my favorite car builds I've done for a friend. 2000 with full bolt ons, closed deck jdm h22 that I refreshed, mail order tune and a Jackson Racing supercharger to top it off. Awesome daily driver that would smoke mustangs all day

The Prelude means everything to me , i grew up driving my dad's 1989 2.0SI 4WS , i still love it to this day ;) and it is pretty much the reason i love Japanese cars and man those pop up headlights :)

Love my 4th gen need a 5th to add the the collection

I had my '92 prelude for little under a year. I loved it so much. I had so many plans, then some lady felt the need to break check me on the highway and I ended up going 45 mph into her three inch tow hitch. Rip little 'Lude..

My first car was an 88 Prelude 2.0si in the cursed Y-49 Barbados Yellow over Black interior. I bought it in 1996 for 1,250 bucks and it had 220,000 miles on it. I fixed it up as it was slammed on cut springs and I threw a header on it since it was flat AF from being slammered. I drove it for a year putting another 10k miles on it and sold it for 4k. I loved that car but I made a killing off of it. That started me off on my 1 car per year trip I did for about 8 years. I've now had over 20 cars and still love the way the Prelude drove. Although my newest car is my Favorite and I still have an 89 civic that I can drive as well. Never left the Honda game, just added to it.

I miss my '98 Prelude.

I got a 1997 Honda Prelude SH model in my garage lol. It's black ext/black int too. Its just chilling in my garage.

Just bought one after a lot if work to save up money(coming from Serbia,a fairly poor country where buying a sportscarof any kind or class is a bit of a hassle) Mine is 5th gen, year 2000, 2.0i. 133hp, manual. It is perfect, I am in love. Got it with a cracked left headlight cover and a bit of tail light humidity decay problem as you mentioned.The engine still runs on factory-spec oil density, runs and sounds like clockwork, enough said. Mechanical parts are indeed cheap and not so hard to find, but I am gonna have an adventure replacing that headlight. It has an amazing below-100k miles / 146k km mileage. The interior is perfect, all the fancy electronics work, I am looking forward to years of love😊

I’m literally in the process of restoring a first gen Prelude, this is amazing

Love my stock 5th gen 🙂

Lovely hybrid of cultural commentary, automotive history, personal narrative, and *buyer's guide*. Beautifully done, man. Sincerity, spontaneity, and passion come through without obscuring the tips and stats.

I have a 4th gen. I love the car and will never get rid of it. I would love to come down to y’all’s shop and get some wheels and tires.

If I were ever going to buy a Honda, it would be a prelude.

I absolutely love the 1st and 4th gen preludes

Prelude will always get so much more respect than the civic as well. ALWAYS get compliments on my 4th gen when I take it somewhere. Also a lot of people don't know what it is and think its rear wheel drive because the styling is so damn gorgeous. Not to mention the handling and diving feel is incredible.

Preludes are so good looking and any year at that. Not over the top and not bland.

Anyone who sees this- the 88-91 prelude’s mechanical 4WS has the potential to be a literal cheat code on the track. It moves the wheels in the same direction minimizing understeer but also canceling oversteer out as well. If you put real meaty tires and a turbo on it, the 3rd gen prelude is a track demon.

I bought a 4g to get myself into Honda’s and now about 6 months later I’ve completed fallen in love with the car. H22a swapped and it’s more fun than my dads mustang😂

I had a 2000 prelude and I love it. That car was fun and smooth

Crazy how I just bought a ‘99 Prelude Type SH yesterday and this video is uploaded

You guys should do the Honda Prelude next. This car gets so overlooked.

Next should be the Infiniti Q50

Bro I was waiting for this video before I bought my lude. I love it, the h22 is very dependable.

After watching this video for the first time I’ve been searching for a 5th gen for the longest and today I can finally say I own one now. Thanks to all the dudes at F.I for opening my eyes and you can bet I’m getting my wheels and tires soon.

Had a 97 auto prelude... the engine was going out, well kinda, it smoked and would take about 1 quart of oil a weekish... trans was strong, just change the fluid often... it had 160k-170k miles... also they are extremely front heavy... and yes water would get inside into the trunk which actually got to the back seat, that’s when I noticed it lol

I would drive a prelude if it had a rear wheel drive conversion

... I always wanted a Prelude... but let's all appreciate that the Camaro finally got a video last week ;)

He forgot to mention the prelude curse that is very real. But still a great car to drive and very reliable even when its leaking oil like siv.

First step...."THIS IS A FINISHER CAR!!!"

I own a 2007 Wrangler and 97 Prelude. It's in awesome condition. 5 speed manual. All original. Tan / black interior . Reliable as heck and super duper fun to drive. Putting it on the market in April :)

I’m only 13 but a year ago I got my eye on a 2001 prelude I fell in love at first sight I’m saving up to buy one a day

I drove a 5th gen for about 6 years, and the car was already 10 years old when I got it. While it doesn't have nearly the torque of my 10th gen Accord, it was a fun little car to drive, and the high redline made up for the lack of torque. And absolutely, the cars are reliable if you take care of the basic stuff. I had mine up to 200k when I gave it up and the thing still ran like butter.

5th gen prelude as first car? Hell yeahh💥

0:07, when you accidentally lock your keys in the car...

I had a 1990 Honda prelude as my first car when I graduated high school in 2002. I was looking online to see if maybe I could find one for cheap and was shocked at how expensive they are

4th gen si owner. I can vouch for every word spoken in this video. Prelude slaps🤙🏼

I got a 5th gen, it does leak water, and the timing belt did ripped, fixed it and still love it, I be breaking necks

I've always loved that 5th gen Prelude! Maybe one day...

Yesss finally 😁

I have a 2001 Honda prelude, and I've owned it for about 1 year and I got it for 600$ but the catch was that I had to get the transmission rebuilt and it cost me 1500$ to get it done, but the car is extremely fun, I have an automatic transmission in it sadly which at the time I didn't know how to drive manual but now I do😑, but the thing is that it's a good car in general, the H22 is a hell of a fun engine and reliable when it comes to gas

I have owned 2 preludes a 96 and a 01 loved them both

So you want a Toyota Corolla s 2010 Yep I'm back sir bet you missed me

Finally did some upgrades to my 5th Gen Prelude. LOVE ITe

my friend has a 98 prelude. it has ran forever. my dad is a mechanic, specifically for Honda. i swear my friend hasn't done maintenance to the car in forever. my father said its a miracle the car is running lol. its automatic btw. held together by duck tape.

Yea.... I kinda felt this way until I had the opportunity to get one. Bought a 99 SH with 78k about 4 years ago. Looked pretty clean and seemed great for the first few months. Then the curse hit. Struts died, exhaust fell off, learned the trunk leaked water into it, axle boots tore, oil leaking from all the seals, power steering lines rusted out, etc. (Granted I know this is more lack of care by previous owners). Unfortunately dont have much space to do a lot of work myself.... so shelled out near $10k over another 2.5 years to try to save it. At 146k miles currently too. Basically havent made any progress. Oh, and SH requires parts specifically for it, which is much harder to find. (But damn the ATTS def makes it drive well) I do love it, and will regret letting it go since it’s such a fun car to drive and very unique looking, but I’ll stick with dumping my $ into my S2000 instead.

99 SH owner here. Have had about 7 of these cars ranging from 89-99.