hey, im about to purchas a civic half rad for my 5th gen and also new hoses, and just wanted to know wether i need a hose kit (samco) for a prelude or a civic? anyone with a half rad installed if u could help me out that would be great. thanks

 

I used Prelude hoses but I cut a short length of Civic hose to go around the nipple on the radiator before the Prelude hose. Make sense??

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yea.. using part of the civic hoses makes sense...

quick question though: Are you still running w/ one lower radiator support or did you manage to put a second one there?.. b/c I was woundering if it was necessary to add the second one.

 

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yea.. using part of the civic hoses makes sense...

quick question though: Are you still running w/ one lower radiator support or did you manage to put a second one there?.. b/c I was woundering if it was necessary to add the second one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I haven't had any problem with the one rad mount. The upper hose puts tension on the rad and pushes it against the rad support where the foam is.....so it's pretty sturdy.

 

I fabricated a second bracket with just a bent piece of aluminum (two bends) that I drilled a hole in for the radiator to fit through. It's worked fine for several years.

 

you can also drill out the spot welds for the drivers rad bracket and just weld it in the new position.