I've done some searching but all I can find is, "Do I need a JDM front core support for the JDM front end?" and that's about it.

My front core support is slighty bent back due to a truck backing into my parked car. The hood is dented and the headlights are pushed back.

My friends say that the front core support is bolted on and the thing comes off by un-screwing some bolts.

But then again other people are telling me that I'm going to have to cut and weld.

What's the truth about the 88-89 ef sedan front core supports?

 

4 10mm bolts, 2 on passenger side and 2 on driverside.

Remove the bumper lenses and you can see the bolts and access them from there, using an extension. The bolts are vertical and you cant miss them.

Then unscrew the 2 screws on the far edges of the bumpers in the wheel well.

 

Thank you for your help! Now I don't have to worry about welding lol.

 

He said FRONT CORE SUPPORT, not the BUMPER SUPPORT. OP your gonna have to drill out all the spot welds to replace the front core support and weld on the new core support.

 

oh my bad haha.

 

It's all good, we're all here to help each other.

 

yup, core=welding

if it was a bolt in thing, the frontend would get tweaked too easily by everything, even engine vibration

hence the welding


If its bent, make sure to grab a tape measure and compare both frame rails against each other

Make sure ONLY the core support was bent.

 

Is the core support bent or is it the T bracket between the headlights that is bent?
If just the T bracket then it unbolts but if it is the core support then you have welding to do.