has anyone ordered a complete jdm front end conversion from ebay before??
anything i should look out for if i wanna order one??
anyone have any experience from ordering one from there??
any help is appreciated thanks

 

Dont do it. I ordered one from Canada. It took me forever to recieve and was missing parts. Just take your time and find one local. Itll save you mad money.

 

Agree with 10sec4door, just look out for a kit within a certain radius of where you live and meet halfway with someone to get a legit kit if you need to.

 

Whether you buy on ebay, or from an importer, its a chance unless you see pictures of ACTUAL item before buying. I have seen front ends come from "reputable" dealers, and they were horrible. Bent corners on the hood, headlights that look like they went through a sandstorm followed by a swamp, and cracked bumpers.

Either way though, they never come with the clips to attach the grille, as all importers break them upon removal, so I sell replacements when you are ready. :0)

 

I bought mine from Kenny. He sells on Ebay and in here too. Check my sig to see how my front and how clean it came in. He's a good seller. I got a front clip from him for $1,350 shipped.

 

+1 for finding it local.

The one I ordered came from Canada and I had pictures of everything before hand, but UPS managed to damage the shipment bad enough to trash the core support and hood. It looked as if some dumb *** stacked something really heavy on top of the pallet carrying my front end.

The replacement hood I ordered was also damaged during shipment.

Save yourself the headache and find something local.

 

It's actually a hit or a miss situation.

 

GheyDM

 

im going to have one for sale soon. its a oem metal hid jdm front.. located in nj

 

i'd just go with another 97 front

 

ithink his the one i was looking at to buy

 

why would i go with a 97 front end on my 96 itR??

 

well judging by your signature you're working on a 97. if yours actually is a 96 then i would go with the "JDM" front end, in which case it would be your OEM front end.

 

i would keep the us front imo

 

i'll trade you my jdm front for your shell

 

Get most the parts local and get the missing pieces(if they are missing pieces) shipped to you if worst comes to worst. Only advice I can give you that hasn't been told already is BE PATIENT, you will find one up for sale in a decent radius. I drove 2 hours to get mine and waited a year but found the right one!
Good luck!

 

hmotorsonline.com

 

This is who i got my JDM front from. It got to my house from CA in 3 days after I paid and it was all in clean condition. Kenny is the man.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-I...Q5fAccessories

 

jhotimports.com has a ton of oem jdm front ends for sale. my friends and I got ours for $1050 each for a complete front end with lip. no dents or dings. only prob is they usually only have the sir headlights. they usually get a shipment once a month. cool people too