96-98 To 99-00 Front End Conversion

[cynosurecivic]

This DIY is a how to on how to convert your 96-98 civic front end to a newer updated 99-00 front end.

This DIY was not written by Cynosurecivic and was sourced from www.honda-tech.com
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The other day I decided to start my 99-00 conversion, and I figured I might as well post a how to, and the problems encountered along the way.
I started with this:





The front end was messed up thanks to a jackknob in a mirage pulling out in front of me, and the "OOPS!" was kinda, um, my fault

Anyways, you have to take off every body panel on the front end; Hood, bumper, fenders, headlights, grill, so your car looks like this:

(I kept the hood on for the time being, because if it started to rain I would have some protection for the engine

Then put the fenders on first, then the bumper, then the lights, then the hood, and finally the grill. Now for everyone the does not know the answer to "Do I need the radiator support?" here is the answer.

You don't NEED the support, but if you want it done 100% correct, you will want it.

Otherwise, you will have this:



You can just drill holes into the metal to fix it, or you could leave it, for the rest of the bolts and the grill pretty much hold up the bumper anyways.
Also, on the bumper right to the side closest to the grill, you have to dremel a small piece off of it to get it to fit correctly. But nothing too major though.

Hoodless:


Here is the finished product:


Now, after getting the hood on, I noticed some fitment issues. I don not know if it has to do with the CF hood, or if the bodylines are messed up from the accident I was in. I did have to throw out the passenger side headlight support because it was trashed.

Alignment pics:




It took about 4 hours for me to do, but if I had to do it again it would probably be a lot quicker that that