Rear Bumper bar

[beeza]

My car was hit from behind,just slightly... but I can get a new bar on insurance so what is the best bar for my 96 EK1 Civic sedan please? I understand the 99-00 facelift/pre-facelift 96-98 for the front end but not the rear.

[shadou]

pretty sure the rear end stayed the same

[Mugen Civic]

The pre-face lift and face lifted rear bar are slightly different. For example, the pre-facelift rear bar has thous black plastic strips on the corners.

The fitment i'm not 100% sure, I think it may be slightly different.

[shadou]

aren't those optional?

[beeza]

Cheers,I can't decide if it will look better with or without the strips...since my car has them on the front and sides.

[beeza]

Can anyone give me a positive answer on this plz :)

[beeza]

bump!

[vampzzz]

any 96-00 coupe and sedan rear bars will fit, they are interchangeable.

just the hatch rear bars wont fit.

i would personally go for the coupe rear bars or the 99-00 sedan rear bar because they don't have the black strips on them, but it's up to you.

hope this information helps you enough to make your decision.

[beeza]

Sure does Vampzzz,thanks mate!
Repped!

[EK1.6LCIV]

Different Bars! Call Honda, I have about the same bar and coupe and sedan are different so two stores have told me

[EK1.6LCIV]

if its not the case and you want preface look get the EJ8 rear bar

[finalazy]

if its not the case and you want preface look get the EJ8 rear bar

then an ej8 front to match :)

[beeza]

Thanks Ryan.So a 96-00 ej8 rear bar? :)

[EK1.6LCIV]

EJ8s are only from 96-98, bit hard to come by from my expirence, hell any coupe panels are. The cost for wreckers are 220 respectively for each bit, otherwise Honda is around 500 mark for a newy. But the nice people at Southside Honda have assured me that the coupe and sedan are different bars, well to the VINs anyhow, altho I havent checked personally. I wanted to get an EM1 bumper for my lip and thought hell why not a sedan as theyre around everywhere in the wreckers, but I got fed up with no one knowing and ended up retro fitting the EM1 lip to the EJ8 bar, lol

[beeza]

haha,nice one.Got any pics :)

[swannno]

hey mate, have a read of this thread - http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94905&highlight=sedan+rear+bar+coupe

Hopefully that will help you

[beeza]

Thanks Swanno,I remember reading that one :)

[EK1.6LCIV]

haha,nice one.Got any pics :)

If you find one I have a guy who can actually get it on if youre keen :)

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd127/kwelrap/DSCF1038.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd127/kwelrap/DSCF1049.jpg

[Killa From Manila]

get the ek1 99-00 sedan rear bar
and wen u eventually rear end som1 get the ej8 front bar ;)

[beeza]

That's beautiful Ryan!
That's exactly what I want.Colour match the lip WOOT WOOT :)

Are your side skirts and bump strips colour matched?

Thanls heaps mate.

Your car is lookin' real nice man.

[EK1.6LCIV]

Yes, the side skirts I bought new for a good deal for the Si model, and we were going to buy the thin side mouldings but ended up finding a great paint that can be applied to that type of plastic without the peeling effect of other paints so we did that.

Thanks mate, just need to finish off a few things needs a timing belt now lol (sigh) lol

We're overdue for a meet up, you coming out to the cruise end of the month?

[beeza]

Oh yeah,is there a thread for the meet?

Did U paint the stips yourself? nice.

Have you done a timing belt before? It's like anything,once you do it a couple of times with somebody your right.

[EK1.6LCIV]

Yea, the meet thread is http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95634 come along for some fun

The strips were done in the body shop

Yea, I was goin to have a go doin the timing belt, looks like a fun project for when I have time off, oem parts from the dealer were under 90 so it looks ok. Altho may need to borrow an air wrench from what I've heard

[beeza]

Yeah,ECU Man's (John) meathod obviously works,a braker bar and some muscle.I used an air gun at my my mechanics to get that darn crank pulley bolt out.

[EK1.6LCIV]

yea 4sure, it's looking like a fun job :)

[beeza]

get the ek1 99-00 sedan rear bar
and wen u eventually rear end som1 get the ej8 front bar ;)

Sorry I missed ya post last night :D Is that the same,with no bump strips?

Are ya gonna paint ya boot ryan,it will look heaps better :thumbsup:

[gbang007]

beeza, i got a front ej8 bar on mine but cant find a rear bar. looks much cleaner imo without strips. but getting a rear is so hard. but i havent been looking that hard either

[beeza]

Ah thanks gbang,I offered the smash repairer that I can get the bar through ozhonda and he said no,he will get the part himself,so I guess I'll wish him luck :)

[gbang007]

you found any on here? coz if its convenient, i might grab one.

[beeza]

I haven't looked as yet.

[EK1.6LCIV]

there is a company that makes replicas of them, but a genuine one at a wreckers isn't around in QLD, I tried just the other day, the going rate if there is one is $220 second hand in great condition