What to do what to do?

[furiou5]

Hey as some of ya'll know from a previous post of mine i have just bought an ek9(pre-facelift/white) in japan and it should arrive here in about 5-6 weeks time.

I do however have a big problem, i wanted to bring the car in wone whole piece, just for the sake of it, but its looks possible that customs might end up cutting it in half.

I currently have a ek1(facelifted/silver), my question is what should i swap over to my civic, if the car is cut?

Obviously i'd be swapping all of the cars running gear, including brakes and rims, definitely the rear wing, recaros, console, steering wheel, rear seat.

The problem lies with the body pannels and lights, how much of a head ache would it be fitting the front pannels and spraying, would there be any problem with changing the rear bumper.

Should i also change the boot, type r dont have a rear wiper, or easier filling my boots hole.

Either that or should i sell the front pannels and lights, and just buy fl head lights, also would rather the fl type r tail lights.

I have a mugen front bar waiting to go on anyway, plus i did intend on tidying up my paint job, in the near future, also want to get rid of my antena, thing doesnt go down properly and i think it will suit the civics lines better removed.

Sorry its so long, couldnt make up my mind past week

[sesshoumaru]

swap everything you can?

is your mugen bumper for facelift or non facelift? i'd assume the conversion from facelift to non face lift is fairly straight forward if you have all the parts (full front cut).

[furiou5]

i dont mind swapping everything, just wondering if any mounts to the chasis are different, and if spraying the panels again is a big task

[barefootbonzai]

Dam what a waste. Just beg them not to cut it, give them fifty under the table or something

[furiou5]

yer i wrote a letter to them today saying please let me bring the car in one piece, said i'd be using it for motorsport, eg motorkhana and track days, if they ask for proof im in the shit i dont have a cams licence, go get one later, i think the licence u need will cost roughly 1100 bux to get

[R96P-EJ8]

Just a question..you're getting a pre-facelift EK9 (I'm assuming its 96-98 year) but your current car is a facelift model (99-00 year)..I thought you can't put an older engine into your car?

[[[d a n n y]]]

no it doesnt cost u 1100 for a liscence

[furiou5]

i think its a c4 licence, after going through all the tests and courses it will add up to $1100

licence test $500
health check $100
Club membership $100
C3 licence fee $359
Cams manual $44

and obviously the lower grade licence is cheaper, but i dont think you cna bring a car in on them

[furiou5]

oh yeah and with the motor thing, in WA its deals with motors and emmisions of the same year, something like that,

[luzinit]

if u swap over pre face lift bumper + bonnet + fender and lights onto ur EK1, it will fit fine, same with the back, so just swap everything over

[[[d a n n y]]]

u can import a car if u have a C2 lisence.. i think.

i've already sent my form away

just waiting for a reply..

[furiou5]

c2, hrhmm i'll check into that my mate has one.