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6th gen Accord 5th gen front end? ? ?

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Old May 14, 2015 | 02:42 AM
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Default 6th gen Accord 5th gen front end? ? ?

Hi guys, i did a bit of searching but couldnt find much about if its fairly reasonable to swap a 5th gen front end onto a 6th gen accord? ? Thanks.
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Old May 14, 2015 | 07:38 AM
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Buy a 5th Gen Accord.
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Agh man cant believe I didn't think of that. Thanks for the help!
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Originally Posted by sepetinswenze
Agh man cant believe I didn't think of that. Thanks for the help!
The vehicles are entirely different in shape for the front end. You're not asking if a coupe bumper fits a sedan from the same generation.

I'm sure you can slap on some bondo and make it look ok but it's not anything close to what you'd call "fairly easy". I'd treat it more like the California Type-R headlight swap from back in the day.

Right off the bat:

- Hoods are different
- Headlights are different (fender where it meets headlight is different)
- Grill is integrated into bumper cover
- different shaped bumper obviously

So if "fairly reasonable" means buying or modifying your hood, fenders, grill, radiator support, etc then absolutely it's fairly reasonable.

I consider "fairly reasonable" to be doing the coupe/sedan bumper swap where you aren't doing nearly as much work and everything lines up as it should.
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