Hey guys..other day coming home and there was a pack of deer,i was going 50,cars an em1.i hit a brick decoration driveway...infront of the radiator is bent in likt this--^--------..i was wondering what that part is.looks like a bar that just goes across and it bolts in?its not really hurting anyhting.i mean my hood now my hood wont close alll the way down..just asking for a little advice.thanks h-t

 

if anyone can tell me at least what part it is

 

haha.
i like your demonstration of how the radiator is bent.
umm... the part that you're trying to describe, it sounds like the support bar... i think thats what its called.

 

Its called a core support

 

and is that bolte don or wlded..and since its not really causeing any damage is it safe to just leave it?..so the bars called the core support?

 

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thats what it was!
haha.
i was trying so hard to remember the name.

 

its not really necessary. what it basically does is keep the bumper on tight and fit. i had mine off cause it makes a difference when autocrossing.

but i'd buy another one if i were you. or keep the same one if its not really damaged.

 

it is spot welded on. They are not very expensive...but you have to get a body shop to weld it on. It holds your radiator and it holds your hood closed. It's not structural. It wont hurt anything except your image to keep it bent. Unless ofcourse, the hood latch mounting is compromised. Then your hood might fly up one day.

 

Can you take pics and show us you might be able to fix it yourself without replacement. If its not that serious those things are pretty flimsy I bent mine when I placed my motor on it to position it when I was doing my swap. It bent but I was able to fix it just using my hand.

 

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...UMPER

Here is everything you would need.

 

I believe the core support is structural. Think about how much body flex you would have with out it. It the only thing joining the frame rails in the front of the car.

 

well....how much force goes from the suspension to the front of the car? The forces are contained between the front and rear strut towers, pretty much. There's really no structural suspension force applied to the core support. If you took out your core support, and cornered hard...you would feel no difference.

It's thin stamped steel. It's not accident resistant. You could kick it in if you wanted to. It's just there to hold stuff in place.

 

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It's thin stamped steel. It's not accident resistant. You could kick it in if you wanted to. It's just there to hold stuff in place. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Naw, he's right, although it's thin steel and you'd think it'd have no purpose, the frame rails (since it's a unibody and they aren't supported all the way back to the rear wheels like they would be on a muscle car) sway EASY. I realized this when we decided to drive a project hatch when it didn't have a rad support on it. Without the core support your car COULD NOT handle.

That's why it should be spot welded, not just bolted into place.

 

he would be correct^^ changed one on my crx... what a pain in the ***... but i just used nuts and bolts from the hardware store to attach the newone.

 

If you think that area of the car has nothing to do with flex, add a traction bar up there and see what happens to body roll.