Lude Generation

What is your best Lude Mod for under £250?

All your ideas and experience appreciated.

A lot of us are looking towards the next one, and a great Mod under £250 can be affordable for most of us.

This is mine to date.




Original steering wheel, now padded, Nappa leather, red stitching.

The padding adds a touch of quality to it. The soft leather just makes it a better drive, and amazing how a steering wheel can change all this. £200, and in my opinion, money well spent.

What’s next?

Yes that does look good and,as the steering wheel is the main point of contact between driver and car, well worth it.
Best mods for 4th gen under £250:
Type S cams
JDM yellow front fog lights
Access wind deflectors
62mm Throttle body & Type S air intake
Spoon V2 chip fitted to oem ecu

Best Mods for 5th gen under £250:
Type S air intake if you dont have a Type S or A8
Prelude chrome door sills

Did you do the steering wheel yourself or was it done for you ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283335484139

A guy in Bicester did this, not in my skill set.

This is the link, as this is my steering wheel he uses for advertising. Originally he was recommended to me by Hond R .

Some great ideas Vanzep.

What would be next on the list once you have covered those?

light weight flywheel 4g & 5g
sure you can get them for under £250
I got a good deal on a Kaiten Super Karui one which is a copy of the Mugen but made in japan so quality.

Funny enough ive been thinking of refurbing the steering wheel on my 5th gen which has a bit of wear on one side - I bought a kit to treat it but if that doesnt work then I would be tempted to get one done like you have - it does look good

The Motegi body kit was my best purchase. Transforms the look of the car. I think I managed to get the wheels and kit separately for less than £250 but from separate sellers over a long period. Probably cost a bit more now perhaps to find them, then extra for paint and some fasteners etc.

DVLA plate was £250 ( P21UDE ), not really a mod but it lets people know you love it lol.

For handling - the best mod is decent tyres. Rebuilding the master cylinder was only ~100quid and that transformed the feel of the pedal for my track days.

I can list plenty of mods that weren't worth the time and effort!

Fuji manifold (you can usually pick up a used for about £250).
If you're a 2.0 lude (4th or 5th gen) then the 282mm brake set up from a 4th gen vtec lude is a great upgrade.

vanzep wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:18 am

Yes that does look good and,as the steering wheel is the main point of contact between driver and car, well worth it.
Best mods for 4th gen under £250:
Type R cams
JDM yellow front fog lights
Access wind deflectors
62mm Throttle body & Type S air intake
Spoon V2 chip fitted to oem ecu

Best Mods for 5th gen under £250:
a 4G.
a very rusty 4G with no mot and not much hope of living again but still an upgrade for a 5G

corrected

but in all seriousness, light weight flywheel for me.