Nigy

It is 12 months today since I saw my purple v6 on the trader for £500. I've covered 12,000 miles in that time and it has only cost me an oil and filter change, gear box oil change, set of tyres and a rear brake calliper never let me down. Allowing for the trade in on my old civic coup, it cost £200. Still running and looking like new with 170k on the clock. (must get some pics of red up soon with her type r red badge).

Thank you, the alloys are very smart, I put a bit of info about them last year, they are still mint. They should be as the car as been dry stored all winter. I got them here http://autostylewheels.com/ for £600 with tyres complete and fitted.

I had a go at swapping the new wheels over off big red (the new ones I put on), onto purple I was amazed to find despite the cars only being separated by a month on the production line, that the wheels did not fit. The hubs and psd on the red one are slightly smaller it would seem. I managed to get a front one on and thought the problem was due to the self aligning nuts, when I came to the back and tried to put the new wheel off red onto purple, it was obvious the spacing of the studs was a greater psd. Who would have thought it! I can only imagine it is because red was fitted with standard wheels from new and purple has the type r wheels? these are the wheels on red I'm on about.

Yes, indeed and many thanks, because your lovely coupe inspired the look, I book marked the dslr shots of yours for inspiration, it is a credit to you absolutely like new.

Still got the red coupe tucked up in the garage and using old purple as my daily driver. 15,000 miles and 12 months later my £500 coupe is proving totally reliable. Only a set of tyres and one rear brake caliper in all that time. Now on 170,000 miles. Decided to spruce it up a bit, so clayed it and used a Meguiars 3 stage process of cleaning, polishing and carnuba. Almost the same results as the Zymol I used to put on my Porsche 928. Also I've removed the tatty front grille big silver H and filled the badge holes and done the already present honda badge in black for a stealth look, I've also debadged the rear, apart from the H, and added 2 stainless steel exhaust trims. Apart from that I also removed the rear headrests for a cleaner look and a better view out and to create more room for my small dog who uses the back shelf as a seat. Also got some Bose badges for the speakers. Which I super glued on. Also took the gold centre caps off the wheels and put closed cap nuts on and some honda centre caps which were £12 off the bay, had to replace a front stud as one snapped, probably over torqued during the tyre change. Went for a total debadged look on the back at first including filling the holes in the boot, then decided to add the H back. Thats about it for my 12 monthly update, just too reliable these hondas, nowt to write about

£1.99 at home bargains really good stuff far better than many of the expensive ones gives a real shine and softens and cleans.

Good videos can't agree with him on the prelude i never liked that version much always preferring the one which replaced it and i much prefer the accord coupe to either

see it went for a descent enough price makes me realise how well i did with my v6 accord coupe for £500

the condition of the body is one of the things which really impressed me on my £500 coupe not a spot of rust any where and with 160k on the clock but also there is no dirt built up anywhere so it must have been regularly hosed off. I dont think its had any additional rust proofing so keeping it clean is the key. However rust proofing is never the less a good idea as long as the wax doesnt shrink or crack and let in moisture (which is then trapped in and can be worse than a clean non waxed car in some cases had this problem with a bm 635 someone had applied a type of waxy underseal which had trapped moisture in which rotted away the sills to floor and the car was only 10 years old at the time), thats why in most cases once you do the underside etc which is exposed to the elements you really need to clean it up and reapply every 3 or 4 years at the latest and every 2 in a damp climate.

same colour as mine

been looking at this on the bay interesting and not bad looking apart from the rear arches. Rare now if any ones interested too far from me and just got the 6 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-HONDA-LEGEND-COUPE-AUTO-New-MOT-/121659314800?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c5375d270

yes and its amazing how well they look must have been done after it was sold in Jan this year as they're silver on the eBay advert

thanks but the centre caps are actually gold

thanks i dont know why honda call it aubergine blackcurrant is much more suitable i' think i'll refer to it as the blackcurrant coupe for ease from now on

thanks yes the colour really attracted me i think i sort of rescued the car really as it was languishing in the autotrader at a garage in Walsall who just seemed to want shut of it, it seems it sold on ebay in January to a guy in Telford for £800. The original owners had it for sale shortly after putting it through its MOT in September 2014 and i think it failed to sell. They then appear to have re-located to Conwy area of North Wales. Where they bought the car from when new and put it up for sale again which is when it sold in Jan 2015. I assume the guy in Telford must have sold it to the dealer in Walsall, who was a sort of quasi classic car enthusiast with a small lock up and a scattering of cars (proper Arthur Daley style). This dealer told me they had given £500 for the car and just wanted their money back. I think some where along the line various owners including probably the Walsall dealer must have thought the automatic gear box was on its way out (because of the jerky up changes). When i drove the car home the 100 miles or so this was apparent especially on kick down. However it was obvious that the box was basically in good health as pick up was fine with no loss of drive in any gear and no thumps when going from park to neutral to reverse etc. Also it was obvious on checking the fluid it was old and burnt. So i bought 3 litres of the correct oil from honda and had it changed so for the princely sum of £30 or so plus £40 labour i now have a smooth changing auto box again. Indeed there was a marked improvement immediately and after several long runs the box smoothed out more and more as the new oil burned its way in lubricating the valves etc. 2 weeks after the fluid change the up changes are almost imperceptible on normal throttle and nice and eager on kick down

A few more pics taken after i'd polished with tech wax 2 from meguiars

lovely the car looks a very similar spec to my v6 coupe same wheels and body kit mines blackcurrant pearl on a 1998.

very nice indeed amazing how modern these cars look like they were designed yesterday, not aged at all

thank you yes i love it will take more pics as i'm out and about and will get some under the arches etc as its impressively clean i'll get some close ups etc. It really is nice the paint is lovely and only the normal wear and tear is present eg driver seat bolster wear, stone chips (though not many) and the odd scuff which blended in nicely with the honda touch up which was an excellent colour match. The worst part of the car is a bump on the drivers door which shows in slight ripples along the door not bad enough to spend a fortune putting right, best to just enjoy it how it is. A quick t cut wax and a touch up of the scratches has it looking perfectly smart. When i got the car it had rubbing strips on all but the drivers door, removing them gave a cleaner look and the slight damage to the drivers door blended in much better. Apart from that a good polish with t cut finished off with Mcguiars tech wax 2 has her looking lovely

As a bit of background this is the little coupe which introduced me to Honda a 1700 vtec ltd edition from 2002 automatic which i paid £600 for with 130k on the clock i exchanged it for the big coupe plus a couple of hundred it was a great little runner but i much prefer my new one which is also much better body wise as the little one had some rust in the rear arches, but was mechanically spot on.

thanks chaps

thanks it seems from the history i got with the car it had quiet a bit of money spent on suspension work and various bits and bobs last MOT can't believe i got it for £500 had it all checked out at a local garage renotech very good lads who gave it a clean bill of health saying it was now fit for a nice cruise to Moscow and back

my aubergine pearl v6 coupe ]

Hi glad you like it its running fine and doesnt use any oil, the gearbox was a bit clunky on kick down but a fluid change on the autobox resolved this. It cost me £500 less a few hundred for a little civic i traded so it stands me at £300 plus £100 for the fluid change and an oil and filter change. Shes running like a dream. Yes its Aubergine Pearl met. I bought a touch up stick to do the stone chips etc. Its only had 2 owners from new and both in the same family. Best car ive ever had. thanks for the welcome chaps.

hi just joined, had this 3ltr coupe for 2 weeks very happy with it to.