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S-Spec Lude

Post by samurai_x » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:16 am

Hey guys and girls, bought a s-spec almost a year ago now and thought its about time I made a profile on it. First off, I love the thing, can’t believe I’ve been stuck on civics for so long! I have a thing for coupes, previous cars have all been civic coupes. EJ2, EJ6 and two EM1s. After the EM1, the only thing that ticked my boxes for the next car, was a 5th gen Lude and after having a close up look at Nitin's Type S, I decided a lude was the one to go for. It had to be either a Type S or S-spec and after about 4 months of searching, a s-spec came up for sale on ludegeneration.

It came with front tints, skunk2 catback exhaust system, lowered on tein basic coilovers, and EP3 wheels. It still has the original tape player and cd changer.

So these pics are from the original advert:

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Previous owner was kind enough to pop the dent out of the bumper and replace the light for me.

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Getting front pads changed...

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Removed the tein decal to give the car a clean look...

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Lights were a little cloudy so I bought some halfords rubbing compound and got to work, it made a huge difference. Gave it a quick rub with autoglym polish and then went over it a few times with meguiars spray wax and it looked almost as good as new.

Before...

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and after...

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The car came with an aftermarket gear knob so I replaced it with a DC2 knob. I love the feel of the DC2 knob, i've had it on previous cars.

Didn’t like the feel of the original steering wheel, so replaced it with the personal steering wheel from my EM1 before it got sold.

Haven't got any interior shots yet, but will post some up when I get the chance.

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A little meet up with a few mates at South Mimms services...

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At the 6two1 meet...

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Random shot whilst parked up at work...

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Before replacing the rear bumper, I was looking for a rear motegi lip so it can be sprayed at the time. At the time, I could only find one on ebay, which I won for £10… but, and it’s a big but ;) I had to collect from Norwich. Managed to find a rear bumper as well which I got from Kent. Decided to take the prelude letters off. Wasn't keen on the smaller front number plate, so ordered and fitted JDM sized plate.

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More shots from Mimms with a friends Euro R...

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Heres a few pics of my previous cars from most recent to oldest...

EBP EM1

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VSM EM1

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The demise... was my own stupid fault...

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Cyclone blue EJ6

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and first car, EJ2

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Thanks for looking!

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Post by wurlycorner » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:41 am

S-spec ftw - a very rare car 8-) well done for getting a profile up.

What made you change from each of the civics?

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Post by Drax » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:39 am

Excellent profile pics and write up, nice on one bud! Great looking lude :)
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Post by vanzep » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:48 am

good work on the back bumper and front headlights - it has really improved the look of the car 8-)
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Post by mercutio » Sun Aug 02, 2015 9:53 am

looks really nice buddy 8-)
bristol_bb4 wrote:ahhh a 5th gen, i love 5th gens :D :lol:
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http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/profile ... -t618.html

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Post by rob quilter » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:13 am

Very nice.

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:55 am

Yep. That's loverly. Indeed a rare beast. I am loving the midwing spoiler.
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Re: S-Spec Lude

Post by samurai_x » Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:59 pm

wurlycorner wrote:S-spec ftw - a very rare car 8-) well done for getting a profile up.

What made you change from each of the civics?
The EJ2 got written off, couldn't find another decent one so went for EJ6. That ended up with engine trouble so scrapped that and went for EM1, after i crashed that, i went for another EM1, only reason being i absolutely love the shape and managed to find one in EBP. A year had passed and was starting to get a little bored of it, wanted something I didn't have to rev the nuts off to get moving lol, I didn't want to spend more money attempting to raise the bhp and torque figures. Better option for me was to just sell and go for a lude. Was quite surprised at how much car you get for the money when it comes to a lude. Sooooo glad i've got one, i love it!
Drax wrote:Excellent profile pics and write up, nice on one bud! Great looking lude :)
vanzep wrote:good work on the back bumper and front headlights - it has really improved the look of the car 8-)
rob quilter wrote:Very nice.

8-)
RattyMcClelland wrote:Yep. That's loverly. Indeed a rare beast. I am loving the midwing spoiler.
Thanks for the kind words guys.

Will spend a few hours cleaning it today, i'll post up some interior shots.

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Post by Dino » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:05 pm

Yup... very nice car mate...

UBER Rare model too... none of that ATTS Rubbish eh Ratty :x

Looking forward to more pics 8-)

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Post by nitin_s1 » Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:30 pm

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