imported_chaego

hey guys i got a 96-00 buddy club replica front bumper....today i was trying to put it on but when i took out the stock bumper ....on my 96 civic hatch there was a big metal going across in the middle which blocks my buddy club bumper from fitting....


my question is...

1. are you suppose to take out the metal piece i guess which acts as a reinforcer for the bumper in a collision....to put on the custom bumper?

2. or have i been bull****ed and that the replica bumper was actually for a 99-00 civic?

imported_SIR99

1. never suppose to take the metal piece out cause that is your rebar... if you take it out and get rear-ended.. your car is basically totalled... and it is illegal to not have one on your car.

2. might have been bull****ed and actually bought the one for the 99-00 civics? I know they are different but not sure if that would be because of the rebar.... do you have any pics?

imported_chaego

your talking about the metal bar piece in the front bumper right?....yea...the one on my 96 is wide so it fits the stock front bumper perfectly, but im looking at all these buddyclub front end pics and i dont see how you'll fit it on unless you take out that metal bar



the part under the grill is to small to fit the metal bar compare to the stock

imported_SIR99

the only other thing i can thing of is pm SlamedCivic17
she has the exact same body kit, she car prolly tell you if you are suppose to take the rebar out.... but i doubt it cause you shouldnt have to

kwasley

maybe just take the styrofoam off.

imported_chaego

i did take off the styrofoam....it was the same size as the rebar

the thing is the gap between the grill and buttom grill is too small for the rebar....

imported_tuttle

Is it near the ends that it gets caught and wont fit? If so you may need to grind it off, we had to grind some of the ends off on the front bumper for mine.

imported_chaego

nope it wouldn't go in ...the rebar is in the way i can't shove in

did you have to take off your rebar?......cuz mines is in the way

imported_BoOsTd

sell the knockoff junk and get a real wings west tuner type1, they fit perfectly without removing the rebar, and its polyeurethane.

Those knockoffs are junk, they never fit right, even if you take off the rebar (which is unsafe and insurance will laugh in your face if you ever hit anything) they still fit crappy with the headlights leaving huge uneaven gaps....plus i bet its fiberglass, you will smash it to pieces the first summer going into driveways and ****..

thats just my 4 years experience speaking with my bumper.

imported_chaego

thanks....your right this knock off is junk in my yard now....**** doesn't even fit my ride

Nova_Dust

BC front bumper is meant for JDM Civics, with smaller front rebar. So on USDM, you need to eliminate the front rebar, I know because I had it on before.

Either that, or cut your rebar horizontally (to reduce thickness) which is what the installer told me to do 4 years ago, but I didn't do that.

imported_SlamedCivic17

Ok....I have a buddy club front on my car but I never cut anything....

Just fits right on....No hassles at all