crx_si-r

ok, im in the mist of making a deal with mitsubishiv5 on getting his other JDM EF2 bumper support, but i want to know if it is the same as a EF8/9 support?

i know the front ends are different but are the supports as well?

here is what i know:
88-91 civic bumpers are interchangeable given you stay within respective years (88-89 and 90-91)
i know you can put a 88-91 EF9 bumper on an 88-89 civic HB and sedan, so this leads me to believe that the jdm supports might be similar since 88-91 civic hb and crx use the same support.

the reason im looking at getting it is i dont have a jdm bumper support i only have an HF bumper support on my EF8 front end. thanks in advance. if anyone has pics of the supports next to each other can you please post them or explain if it will or will not work?

mitsubishiv5

well here is the picture of my ef2 bumper brackets. both ef2, just one has brackets welded on for projector headlights



and to tell you the truth if worse comes to worse the only reason why it may not fit on your crx sir front bumper is cause the part where the bracket screws into the bumper signal light doesnt match, could be too wide? too short? just right?

Deetz

another shot of that support

crx_si-r

Deetz you got any pics of them side to side for comparisson? Or do you know if it will work?

mitsubishiv5

seems similar, the stamping on my jdm ef2 bracket is sh4y

doesnt come with that top piece though, but doesnt look functional?

Deetz

Sorry brotha, i wish i could help...my bumper is already mounted up on my car in storage for the winter.

~sp33~

They're different part numbers, and look different. Whether you could make it work or not....

Here's some other pictures:

crx_si-r

how about this:
how much of a difference is there between the 90-91 civic 4DR bumper support and 90-91 crx bumper support non JDM models of course.

mitsubishiv5

they look similar except for the part ontop for the nose of the bumper.

i wish i could compare them side by side

~sp33~

They're visually different, try and overlap the sedan bumper onto the picture of the support i posted, the support is rounded, while the sedan bumper is far more squared.

Though i haven't tried it before, and who knows what could happen

crx_si-r

Yea, I'm looking at it and it looks close to an hf support. I guess I'll just have to pick it up and see what happens.

crx_si-r

ok, got the ef2 bumper support from mitsubishiv5 and i over layed in on my crx before i drover her home from my parents house. looks iffy, but it might work. what do you guys think....


but i will know for sure on friday when i attempt to install it on my ef8 bumper.




Hey ~sp33~ can you if possible post some top view shots of the EF8 bumper support so i can match them to my ef2 bumper support?

~sp33~

There is no way that's going to fit man. If i can find anything i'll post them.

crx_si-r

im not trying to sound rude, but which parts wont line up? i looked on ebay and found pics of a EF8/9 bumper support and they look like the pics you posted or are those just general pics that everyone posts up? lmk


any type of modding that will be needed?

crx_si-r

after work ill bolt it up to my usdm bumper and see how everything lines up.

mitsubishiv5

yee

~sp33~

No worries man, was just making an observation. That's where i pulled those first few pics from too, i couldn't find any others elsewhere.

From the pics posted though, this is how it looks like it's going to line up:



The red being the ef2 support, and the black being the CRX bumper cover. The clips on the support to hold the bumper in place don't appear to be any where near where they should be to be made use of.

Regardless though, good luck. Hope you can get it to work.

crx_si-r

Well here is a top pic of my bumper on my car now....

crx_si-r

well, i got out late so i didnt have a chance to bolt it up to my usdm bumper. but i did lay it on top of it and from the looks of things it looks like the 2 main bolt locations (under the corner lights) appear to line up. i will have to actually bolt it on to make sure. now the only question would be if the support will actually hold the bumper as is intended.

~sp33~

Best of luck.

crx_si-r

sadly the support didnt work. ~sp33~ you were right. it lines up and is off by 1/2 inch on the outer edges under the corner lights but it begins to flex in the middle because the crx bumper is longer on the mid section where the 3 bolts go. looks like its going on craigslist now.

~sp33~

Damn, .