Yes or no?
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Yes or no?
92 Civic front end on a 91 Hatch: Crazy? Tacky? I've done some eye-ballin'. Looks like it would work. But, could it? I'm really in a bind. My 91 has no front end. Had to dismantle it a year ago to fix a few problems the previous owner neglected to mention. Now that I have it on the road, I wanna clean up the exterior. Never having an appreciation for the ED's OEM face. I wanted to replace it with something a little more aerodynamic. The fenders, hood and grill from an EG had the lines that I wanted for my car. But, I'm apprehensive about starting. Any advice is welcomed.
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
I've seen it done before and it looked clean. But I can't believe you don't like the stock front. Have you ever seen a clean one? When you paint it all one color and slap a lip on it it really looks clean. Have you seen the jdm frontend?
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
ive seen it done... i mean its possible. but honeslty doesnt really look good. doesnt flow with the rest of the car at all. . ... like thevtecnician said clean paint and a front lip will look good ....
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Re: Yes or no? (pinecone)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pinecone »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am not really sure how the rounded 92 front end would look with the rest of the straight 91 bodylines.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You have to be very skilled to put it nicely.
You have to be very skilled to put it nicely.
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Re: Yes or no? (pinecone)
Thank you all for the quik response. No,I've never seen the JDM front end. I've only seen the USDM version. Cleen and painted they look like they're sticking out they're bottom lips. Just my opinion though. Thank you.
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
This guy did it: http://www.superhonda.com/foru...77109
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.
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Re: Yes or no? (Targa250R)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This guy did it: http://www.superhonda.com/foru...77109
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.</TD></TR></TABLE>
that guy did a good job..
still looks funny though with the round/sqaure thing going on..
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.</TD></TR></TABLE>
that guy did a good job..
still looks funny though with the round/sqaure thing going on..
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Re: Yes or no? (Targa250R)
If you do as amazing as he did than F@$% Yah!!! that car looks hella sick!! haha.. but if your not that good... JDM front end never failed anyone!!! ummm... with a carbon fiber hood!!!
my 2 cents though...
my 2 cents though...
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Re: Yes or no? (Targa250R)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This guy did it: http://www.superhonda.com/foru...77109
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.</TD></TR></TABLE>Hey. That came out a lot better than I had sketched so far. Doesn't look too difficult. But, good jobs never do. It's all in the attention to detail. Hopefully, I 'll be able to afford the amount of effort they put in. Alot can change in 6 months.
I personally prefer the JDM '90-91 hatchback front end.</TD></TR></TABLE>Hey. That came out a lot better than I had sketched so far. Doesn't look too difficult. But, good jobs never do. It's all in the attention to detail. Hopefully, I 'll be able to afford the amount of effort they put in. Alot can change in 6 months.
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
This is the '90-91 JDM hatchback front end (with some accessory fog lamps added and an OEM lip):
Taken from this thread: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1521472
Taken from this thread: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1521472
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
no, here are some pics of my old hatch and my current hatch with JDM frontends.
Current beater
Old Beater
I like HX wheels and JDM frontends.
Current beater
Old Beater
I like HX wheels and JDM frontends.
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Re: Yes or no? (CRXBart)
Yo! I f'ed up and got rid of my HX. Wheels and all. I was gonna swap the wheels out for the steel wheels on my ED but, ran outta time. I kick my own *** for that.
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Re: Yes or no? (ED609)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ED609 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">All in all. It looks as though I'll be happy any which way I choose to go. Thank you.</TD></TR></TABLE>
No problem. Please take all of our advise, though and go the JDM route. That Civic conversion looks like poop. Done well mind you, but it just doesn't look right.
No problem. Please take all of our advise, though and go the JDM route. That Civic conversion looks like poop. Done well mind you, but it just doesn't look right.
