The back seats have been replaced with two Pioneer 480w four-channel amps, a single Pioneer 200w two-channel amp, and a large bottle of nitrous, which is part of a 50-shot Nitrous Express system. If you open the carbon-fiber trunk lid (from xr8tedlidds) you'll find two plexiglass enclosures with two Polk Audio 12-inch subs bringin' down da hiz-ouse for shiz-ouse. Or not.
One thing is for certain, however. The Prelude is the complete deal, inside and out. And you'll be able to catch this car in person all over the country. There are 20 shows on the Topper calendar this year, including the International Auto Salon in Los Angeles. It's a tight schedule, but it'll be more fun than when the car was getting retooled at the shop.
"The car was a daily driver, but for the last year I've not had the car long enough to drive it much," Topper says. "I would get the car from a shop, take it to a show, and bring it back to another shop when I got back. Hopefully, now I will have the car in my possession and I can enjoy it a little more."
Fast Facts
Owner TJ Topper
Hometown Baltimore, Maryland
Daily Grind Owner of Maryland Apparel & Promotions
Ride '98 Honda Prelude
Under The Hood 2.2L DOHC VTEC, Jackson Racing supercharger, oil cooler, and fuel pump; AEM intake, GReddy exhaust, DC Sports header, battery tie down, spark plug wire cover, and short shift kit; B&M fuel regulator, Fluidyne radiator, Crane Cams ignition, NGK plugs, Unorthodox Racing cam gears, Nitrous Express 50-shot nitrous system, A'PEXi V-AFC controller, Ignited push button start, chrome valve cover, ACT clutch, Fidanza flywheel, all tuning done by Jeff Lease
Stiff Stuff Ground Control coilovers, Tokico shocks, DC Sports front and rear sway bar, Auto Power rollbar
Rollers 19x8.5 HP Racing Evo wheels (gun-metal grey), 235/35ZR19 Toyo Tires T1S tires
Stoppers SSBC big brake kit in front (13.1-inch rotors with two-piston calipers) and brake lines, Power Slot slotted rotors in the rear, EBC brake pads
Outside White Diamond Pearl paint, APR carbon-fiber Formula GT Wing, xr8edlidds carbon-fiber trunk lid, carbon-fiber hood, Speedesign custom graphics, Complete Aero Kits Shogun kit, PIAA 2400XT foglights, bodywork by Extreme Body and Paint
Inside Momo Street Racer seats, Silver Jet steering wheel, Silver Shot shift knob, shift boot, parking brake handle and boot, pedals, floormats, door sills, and harnesses; Auto Meter Monster Tach and gauges (boost, air/fuel, oil pressure), 3M window tint
ICE Dual Polk/MOMO MM12 custom-enclosed subwoofers, EX3560 component system, and EX3 6.5-inch coaxial center channel, Pioneer CD head-unit (P7000) and brain (P8000) to run head unit, DVD player, one 200w two-channel amp (GM-X36-), two 480w four-channel amps (GM-X564), Rockford (RFQ5000) 5.1 Dolby Processor, Monster Cable wiring
Props Jeff Lease, my mechanic; Dave and Dave (Stitch) at No Limit, Thom and Josh at Polk Audio, John and Kevin at Speedesign Custom Graphics, K.C. at APR, Dave at ACT, Rob at Toyo, Paul at Fluidyne, Shawn at Unorthodox Racing, Michael and Ray at SSBC, Eric and Brian at Power Slot, Ron and Cindy at Auto Meter, Rob at PIAA, Mike at MOMO/Wilco, DC Sports, Michael at Tokico, Edmund at Clean Tools, Brian at Nitrous Express, Nick at Street Glow, Mike at GReddy, Shaun at Ignited, Time at Fidanza, Santi at HP Racing, Tony at Crane Cams, John and Jan at Extreme Body and Paint, Speed Lab Clothing, Shane at Complete Aero Kits, Brian Fox at Fox Marketing, Team Speedesign, my parents for their support