just bought a 97 civic coupe recently.
found a replacement hood, but is curious if the hood will fit in the trunk (w/ seats down)?! anyone know !?
(im at work right now, can't measure it at the moment)

 

I would have to say no. Don't have a buddy with a truck?

 

damn =[
was hoping to take care of it without having to borrow a truck.

 

any chance anyone could measure the width of their hood, and their trunk opening for me? i just want to know if it'll slide in w/ the seats down.

saw a post somewhere that the 8th gen civic hoods do fit thru the trunk w/ seats down.

much appreciated !!!

 

Take off old hood and drive to get new one. Unless it's raining no big deal. Seen many people do this.

 

+1

Take off your hood, leave it at home.

When you go to purchase, ask person whom you purchased it from for a hand for all of five minutes, and put the new one on.

 

+2

The hood definitely will NOT fit in the trunk!

 

I know a door will fit....its a pain in the ***** to get out though.

I think a hood would fit in the backseat....lay it from the floor up towards the back window.
I know a kid with a cobalt SS that has lost his hood on the highway...and he put his in the rear seat...drove home with it.

 

wow you guys are awesome!
Thanks for the suggestions !!

 

Or get blanket, put on the roof and tie it down tight.

 

Now that's being excessive, all he needs to do is put it on the roof and have some homies hold it down with their hands is all...

 

Or if you don't plan on keeping your current hood, you can replace it once you get it and throw the old one in a dumpster.

 

The only way it would possible fit is sideways in the trunk or leaning at an angle in a backseat (sedan only). I wouldn't do it though and I think it's unlikely it'd fit. I've had to drive home with a front bumper in the trunk of a coupe and it's a tight fit even though the piece is somewhat flexible.

Eighth gens have really short hoods compared with sixth gens.

 

^
I just picked up a EG like a month ago....in the backseat / trunk...had 2 full doors, front bumper, 2 fenders, and 2 full size tires on rims.

Could I see out the window? No
Did I only have to make 1 trip? Yep :D

Took me longer to shoe-horn the junk in the car, then making 2 trips wouldve....but you know, lol.

Getting out took double that time, lol.

 

i have a sedan and i can say no i tried

 

I think the interior of a 5th gen is comparably larger inside related to the hood size versus a 6th gen. Not to mention the openings of the car.

I was definitely talking about a 6th gen before.

 

i just bought a hood for my 97 civic and it wont fit in the trunk nor the back seat. you have to tide it on the roof.

 

Too bad it's not a hatch..sucker would probably fit in there with only a little trouble
XD;

 

I think we figured out there were some items that actually fit in the '98 coupe better than the '97 hatch we had here. It has to do with the height of the panels on the shock towers in the rear. Those shock towers really make the interior much narrower than it would be.