hi !
I just bought a JDM conversion for my 95 teg .. and I have a question :

A guy in a bodyshop tell me that the bottom of the rad support is te same on the USDM and the JDM .. it is true ?

because my JDM support was welded in the center .. like if someone cut it and re-weld it .

I have to install all the JDM support ? or just take the top of the JDM support .. and install it on my USDM bottom

other question :

I have to cut approximatively this section ?



Thanks for your help !


Modified by trepteg at 11:57 AM 9/26/2007

 

Dont cut your JDM support apart that would be pointless. And yes you have to weld the JDM support in or the headlights wont fit.

 

the guy i the bodyshop tell me that I can take the top of the JDM support .. and weld it on the bottom of the USDM , it is true ?
the headlights bolt on the top of the support .. if I only weldthe top of the JDM support on the USDM bottom .. it will be the same thing ?

he say that it is faster to do that .. I dont know if I should believe him ..

because the bottom of the JDM support looks like the USDM's bottom

 

Iv never heard of that, but even if it is true why would you want to rip 2 rad supports appart when you can just use the one that is intended for your application for sure.

 

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because the bottom of the JDM support looks like the USDM's bottom
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im pretty sure u can do that. there is a DIY on that where he took the top piece from the jdm support and welded onto the usdm bottom

 

because he say it is faster to do that .. but I think the easiest way is to install all the JDM Support

I ask this question because my JDM rad support was cut in the middle .. and welded again , that's why I want to know this

the bottoms of the 2 supports look the same .. but install the all JDM support will be probably the best way lol !

 

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im pretty sure u can do that. there is a DIY on that where he took the top piece from the jdm support and welded onto the usdm bottom</TD></TR></TABLE>

did you have the link of this DIY ?

 

alot of people take apart the rad support like that

here is the write up that i followed to do mine
http://www.masetuning.com/jdmc....html

shows step by step

my rad support is very very sturdy and i dont see any problems doing it that way

 

thanks for the link !

I hope the guy at the bodyshop will be able to install the support correctly .. It is the first JDM conversion in my town .. loll

 

found few threads on jdm conversions, on the first one u can see where he connected two supports by color difference

http://www.team-integra.net/fo...earch
http://www.team-integra.net/fo...41593
http://video.google.ca/videopl...92010

 

Password JDM actually sells the top part and vertical brace by themselves. Apparently that's all you need for the conversion, but if you already have a full JDM radiator support, i would use the whole thing rather than hack it up. Just my .02.

http://passwordjdm.com/JDM-DC-....aspx

 

if i were you i would just weld the how jdm rad support it looks alot cleaner and thats what i did with mine

 

finally I think I will install the complete JDM support .. it is more work , but the result will be nice !

I will do it myself with a friend this Saturday

 

I just cut the top of the jdm support off and welded it to the bottom of the usdm support, and it came out clean and was very easy to do. If you're worried about the clean look of using the entire jdm radiator support, how often are you going to ride around without the bumper on?

For your second question, yes you have to cut that section.

 

he speaks the truth

 

yes your top and mid support is the only thing difference between jdm and usdm

Installing it the T-bar better and easoer then installin it the Full support way, trust me i know from freinds, even got them done at body shops

When u do the T-bar way you able to mantain you stock "very strong" lower welds

if you take off your old support and install a new one theres gona be new welds there and may not be as good or strong as your stock welds

2 of my friends did the full support after they had it done they had to bring it back to get it rewelded

your lower weld are more important because those are the welds that actually attacthes to the frame of vehicle, the top support is only attacted to the rad. support itself and jsust holds the fender and headlights

 

heres mine i replaced the hole rad support all you really have to do is drill out the spot welds its really easy if you have a spot weld drill bit did it with a friend that knew how to weld in like half a day but we were not constantly working on it

went from this


To this
















PS if your not comfortable with welding you can bolt it in like the one article using bolts one of my friends did that and he hasn't had any problems with his car

 

the part that I have to cut .. is on the car's body ? or on the rad support

i'm a little confused

but thanks for your help guys ! I really appreciate it

 

Its on the car itself, if you're referring to the picture. You'll find out if you're doing the work yourself what section needs to be cut, otherwise, it won't fit.

 

http://www.masetuning.com/jdmc....html

That should be the link to tell you how to do it. Its what I used and it worked perfectly.

 

all you need it the T bar. just drill out the old one and weld on the new one. its pretty easy. it should line up perfectly. heres my car with the t bar removed



you could buy them at

&lt;http://passwordjdm.com/JDM-DC-ITR-Ra...96C86.aspx&gt;

 

in this video :


at the end , he say that I have to modify the bumper support .. what kind of modification I have to do ?

the bumper support is the blakc bar in the middle of my rad support ??



it's the first time I change the rad support .. so I didn't know all the parts names . Thanks !

 

yes thats the bumper support. the bumper support is adjustable. you can move it up or down to properly align the front end

 

We just did a type r front end at my shop, all u have to do is replace the top of the rad support ( where the dc2 vin tag is) and the middle part where the hood latch assembly is. thats all