I got this e-mail after asking about few parts for front conversion and this is what it said:

"First of all I must tell you that we haven't any info as to whether the
parts from a 99 will fit on a 97."

So my question is, if I get a 99-00 front bumper, hood, fenders, will it fit on my 1997 hatch? The reason I want to do the conversion is because I like the front bumper better than what i have no (also want the fog lights).

Will i have to change/fix anything to the 99-00 body parts etc.?

 

need headlights and grill too

 

Something about a radiator support too?

Search for it, it's been covered a lot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WildPig &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Something about a radiator support too?

Search for it, it's been covered a lot.</TD></TR></TABLE>

with the rad support, you need to either:
-get a 99-00 one or
-notch your 96-98 one to accomidate the 99-00 lights

 

need:

frt bumper
2 fenders
2 headlights
frt grill
hood

have to:

cut bumper to fit top radiator supp
or...tuck bumper downwards to fit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dantastic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
-notch your 96-98 one to accomidate the 99-00 lights</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you certain you know what you're talking about?

 

stevenlo:

when you said I have to "cut bumper to fit top radiator supp
or...tuck bumper downwards to fit" is that if I dont' switch/upgrade to a 99-00 rad ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Top-Fuel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">stevenlo:

when you said I have to "cut bumper to fit top radiator supp
or...tuck bumper downwards to fit" is that if I dont' switch/upgrade to a 99-00 rad ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can either notch or use the 99-00 radiator support. The support is welded in, so it's a bit of work to replace; so you may just want to notch it to fit.

 

I thought you just notch the bumper so it fits over the radiator support?

 

look at my sig.

 

Hmmm pictures helped a lot, wow seems like a lot of work. Guess pays off!

 

i know im a little late but did you get it done ? i jus did this yesterday and it was pretty simple , notch the bumper etc..