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gelo
11-03-2006, 01:43 AM
just wondering if anyone knows FOR SURE
that normal civics including EK4 has reinforcement bars (aka re-bar)
they sit behind the front and rear bumpers

afaik they are only present in EK9's and is part of providing a stiffer chassis
u can get a rough idea of where they are located in the pic ( of an ek9 chassis)

http://www.honda.co.jp/factbook/auto/CIVIC/19970822/image3/006-008.jpg
zco
11-03-2006, 06:19 AM
gelo. what is it made from ? is it a thin one ? if so, we dont have them. i took off my front bumper the other day. dont have one.
LowEk
11-03-2006, 06:38 AM
every car should have a front reo a big bar sorta thing its to stop the front of your car from crumpling when in a smash and i dont think the civic's have a rear reo im not to sure bou that thou as my speciality is toyota's as i used to work with em.
zco
11-03-2006, 06:52 AM
every car should have a front reo a big bar sorta thing its to stop the front of your car from crumpling when in a smash and i dont think the civic's have a rear reo im not to sure bou that thou as my speciality is toyota's as i used to work with em.

yes. thats the FAT one. but i remember seeing a reinforcement bar thats THIN in ADDITION to that fat one. i think thats the one he's talking about
gelo
11-03-2006, 10:41 AM
yea
im referring to the thin reinfrocement bar which sits behind the big front bar
|N|
11-03-2006, 10:45 AM
yea
im referring to the thin reinfrocement bar which sits behind the big front bar


i do have a big fat one for my car gelo....
bennjamin
11-03-2006, 11:56 AM
only EK9's have this bar ive been told. Never seen on anything else pre-2000.
Its only part of body reinforcement ( same as the ITR rear boot brace etc))
LowEk
11-03-2006, 01:21 PM
only EK9's have this bar ive been told. Never seen on anything else pre-2000.
Its only part of body reinforcement ( same as the ITR rear boot brace etc))


^^^^^^^What he said. i have seen this kind of brace on a GT starlet thou but the car was a ex race car from japan and had braces all over it every where you could think to put one.
egads
11-03-2006, 01:59 PM
got a pic of the ek9 bar? if its similar to the itr boot brace then a simple diy is what you need ;)