Lower Radiator support with steel bar - 1995 Civic
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Lower Radiator support with steel bar - 1995 Civic
Hey guys,
My lower radiator support is bent up and I'm wondering instead of replacing it with oem/after market lower radiator support, can I just weld steel bars like this guy in his video?
Has anyone done this before? It seems like the bar would provide a lot of room for turbo in the future.
Thanks in advance.
My lower radiator support is bent up and I'm wondering instead of replacing it with oem/after market lower radiator support, can I just weld steel bars like this guy in his video?
Has anyone done this before? It seems like the bar would provide a lot of room for turbo in the future.
Thanks in advance.
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I personally wouldn't, because it would impact the resale value and change the front end collision characteristics. But it's your car, and if neither of those factors are a concern, it's a cheap solution.
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How bad is it bent? That was my original plan, but I was able to get mine "good enough" using a come-along. What you don't see in this picture is I also had to chain the back of the car to my Suburban to keep it from moving.
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My is not bent inward but upward from jacking it up. I tried to jack it up really high and use sledgehammer but it get pretty unsafe when the car is off the ground that high. I i don't jack it up high enough, the sledge hammer wont have room under the car to work.
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re: Lower Radiator support with steel bar - 1995 Civic
If your support wasn't configured like what it was when it left the factory than you have issues. That is when **** can go wrong. I'm predicting you didn't have that middle brace therefore it got bent out of shape.
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Nope. It didn't have the middle support bar. It was a previously turbo car that they removed the middle bar to make room for turbo manifold/dump pipe.
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