Has anyone put 4WS from a prelude on?

[Joey GT-R]

To my knowledge, you're the first to even bring it up on here!

Gilly brought it up about a year ago and we did some in-depth looks at it off-site. Hell with the fab work needed and the importation of parts(probably want to get new if possible so they don't fail too soon after). You might as well make the car AWD with a CR-V drivetrain. (Totally unrelated, but to give you an idea.)

[XCRN]

Something to possibly save you from cutting and fabbing most of the body is to use an electric motor to rotate the rear suspension. Now this will require work, so will doing it the other way, but for the most part would require computer programming so the motor will turn the suspension the right amount at certain speeds.

[deevergote]

I believe that's how the later Preludes did it. From what I've heard, it wasn't great in comparison to the mechanical 4ws.

Rezz, your best bet might be to get in contact with other enthusiasts in the countries where the 4ws models were available. Australia might be your best bet, as their handling of old cars (and I think junkyards) is most similar to the US. Japan and the UK are both fairly small, and likely destroy old junk cars much more quickly.

I'm not certain when the 4ws models went into production, but it's possible that they started in 1989. If you can find a full 4ws CB overseas that was manufactured in 1989 (date usually written inside one of the front door panels), you could probably import it easily... as it would be over 25 years old. Well, maybe you'd have to wait until later in the year... but regardless, the cost would probably be about the same as acquiring all the parts and fabbing it yourself... and you'd have a full unmodified car instead of a custom job. It may be easier to locate an entire car than it would be to find just the parts.

[Rezz]

I believe that's how the later Preludes did it. From what I've heard, it wasn't great in comparison to the mechanical 4ws.

Rezz, your best bet might be to get in contact with other enthusiasts in the countries where the 4ws models were available. Australia might be your best bet, as their handling of old cars (and I think junkyards) is most similar to the US. Japan and the UK are both fairly small, and likely destroy old junk cars much more quickly.

I'm not certain when the 4ws models went into production, but it's possible that they started in 1989. If you can find a full 4ws CB overseas that was manufactured in 1989 (date usually written inside one of the front door panels), you could probably import it easily... as it would be over 25 years old. Well, maybe you'd have to wait until later in the year... but regardless, the cost would probably be about the same as acquiring all the parts and fabbing it yourself... and you'd have a full unmodified car instead of a custom job. It may be easier to locate an entire car than it would be to find just the parts.

That is what I was worried it might come down to... I mean, I would much prefer mechanical over computerized any day, but I would also hate to have to "start over" considering how I know every inch of this car and the plans I have for it. I'm not really sure how to go about importing a car though, but I'm sure Google can help me with that. But might someone enlighten me as to how you FIND the car you want to import? I would also love to know how the mechanical setup differentiates speed variances.

[deevergote]

Finding the car could be as easy as searching vehicle classifieds in other countries. Then you'd need to locate an exporter nearby (the seller may be able to direct you there), as well as an importer here in the US. Contacting the US importer would probably be the best place to start, since they'd probably have connections overseas.
We have a few 4ws owners on this site. One of them might be interested in selling at some point.