Facelift look on prefacelift EK without conversion

[leok]

hey guys,

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, I was reading up on the facelift conversion for the 1998 EK and stumbled across a front bar which is similar to the facelift one except it will fit on the '98 model without any sort of conversions. The make of the bodykit is J-Blood - see attachment

Just wanna know what people's thoughts are about this.

[simonnowis]

doesnt look too bad, at first glance you'd think its a facelift with a massive lip lol

[leok]

Anyone know if the lip is removeable so that you can put in a type r or mugen style one?

[simonnowis]

if that is the disaplay pic, dont expect it to look like that without modifying the kit to fit perfect.
if its a bodykit lip shouldnt be removal.

[leok]

Yeah I would imagine it wouldn't fit perfectly :P But hey its a cheaper alternative to a full facelift conversion. Just gotta find matching sideskirts..

[flipfire]

Great find, how much is that front bar?

[leok]

Great find, how much is that front bar?

http://www.j-blood-na.com/civic/main.htm#fb

US$650 I think. Cheaper if from Japan I think (http://www.j-blood.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/2.html#CIVIC)

[EK1_D]

nice kit but like wat u sed need matching sideskirts cuz der pretty uglyy the ones that come with it.... maby this sideskirt?

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7973/rish20.jpg (http://img150.imageshack.us/i/rish20.jpg/)

der the chargespeed ones.

[02gzm]

http://www.j-blood-na.com/civic/main.htm#fb

US$650 I think. Cheaper if from Japan I think (http://www.j-blood.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/2.html#CIVIC)

It may seem cheap but add shipping to that and i'd say it'd be cheaper doing the conversion.

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

He has a point.

But some like that Pre-facelift nostalge.

[EK9]

j-blood front bar... expect to pay close to $1.5k landed for the front bar alone, unpainted. and no the lip is not removeable.

[nisboi40]

Man those side skirts are hot were can I get them from would they fit an ej8?
The front bar looks good but still can't pass and it has a hiddious lip hahagood thing bout fibre glass can jus cutnit right off and Wack anotha one on it :)

[leok]

Yeh those look pretty hot.

nisboi40: Would be expensive though to cut the lip off and then patch it up so you can fit like say a mugen lip.


nice kit but like wat u sed need matching sideskirts cuz der pretty uglyy the ones that come with it.... maby this sideskirt?

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7973/rish20.jpg (http://img150.imageshack.us/i/rish20.jpg/)

der the chargespeed ones.

[RtN]

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6974/69116277rr4.jpg

[na-118]

that one doesnt look too bad

[leok]

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6974/69116277rr4.jpg

Is that a modified facelift bumper or the modified J-blood one?

[reedyek4]

Is that a modified facelift bumper or the modified J-blood one?

Wonder how much it would be to make whole shell carbon fibre?...i found carbon panels for an ek civic..worked out around 7k for all the parts minus the roof which you would have to have built! thats just panels though not shell.

[02gzm]

Wonder how much it would be to make whole shell carbon fibre?...i found carbon panels for an ek civic..worked out around 7k for all the parts minus the roof which you would have to have built! thats just panels though not shell.

Or with the same amount of money you could just buy an NSX....

[leok]

I'm thinking of buying the OEM facelift bumper and customizing it like below, probably would need to do a lot of putty work.


http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6974/69116277rr4.jpg



Is that a modified facelift bumper or the modified J-blood one?