Elementdog

Whats going on...just wondering if you guys have any recomendations for companies to get a front clip from...Looking for a JDM integra type R front clip...websites would be cool if you can help me out. Thanks for the help

Slammed89Integra

Only website I would know of would be www.flashoptions.com


Not sure about their rep though.

Elementdog

yea...i am pretty impressed with what they got. Thanks for the help man.

illicon2003

be weary of that place , I heard it took them a year and a half to deliver a clip.

Gen2Teg

http://www.jdmtheory.com/
Thats Acutech Autos in South San Francisco, Ca. Niki Tam, the owner, is a state certified smog referee and a brake and lamp referee. Hes been importing whole cars, clips, and parts for a long time now and hes the one who i get all my parts from. its mainly a word of mouth place around here and they've been doing a damn good job, but now hes going more main stream and launched his website. I'd trust him over any other shop for anything.

H22AdelSol

yeah fuckin right...
I heard the world was going to end to.
Flashoptions has great prices and my front clip only took 25 days i think.

E_SolSi

if you are looking to do a front end conversion ... you most likely will not get what you want from a front clip
yes all the parts will be there but more likely than not they will be fucked up (scratched, dented, etc)

92b16vx

Very true, most clips are sold for the express purpose of having everything nescessary for a complete engine swap, but whats funny is you still can't use hte wiring harness. If you're lucky you can get a complete dash too, but most of the time they have been stripped of clusters, button, steering wheels, etc.. and since a lot of them are from wrecks they aredicked up with cracked lights. Most place that sell the conversions get a hold of good clips and pull the motors and sell them seperate, since the cost of a clip is usually less than both a swap and a conversion.

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Elementdog

well im using it for the swap plus right hand conversion...but im not using the dash...im making my own (i work at a custom shop)...and im only using the headlights out of the body panels...im just looking for a good clip that will give me the powerplant and steering assembly. Obviously i want the wiring harness to work, I dont care about the cluster or any thing with the dash.

Incredib1e

hybridrevolution.com

Elementdog

anybody else have any recomendations?

pissedoffsol

yeah, don't do a right hand drive conversion.

you have NO idea what you are getting yoruself into.

and if you are able to pull it off, your car, will, well, suck. good luck.

Elementdog

why do u say it will suck?...and i know i can do it...(i do custom paint)and my boss's brother is a fabricator at a racing fabrication shop, and is going to assist me. But anyway why not do it?

Slammed90Lude

perhaps i'll just point you to this thread and let you make an educated inference as to the purpose of RHD in this country/our feelings on RHD

http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/inde...howtopic=33295

mattcalica

think about it kid...you are going to have to look over the passenger side window just to make a left turn...you wont be able to go through any drive thrus...you are going to have to learn to shift with your left hand and smoke with your right...it will just suck...dont do it, because its not cool at all.

92b16vx

While I do not condone RHD conversion for the express purpose of having a "cool" car, I will say that doing it the right way, is not hard. Basically remove everything from both engine bay, drill out all the tack welds on the RHD and LHD remove firewalls, swap them, and re tack RHD to LHD chassis, now use all RHD parts to reassemble new RHD car.

If you do this, and then come here and show it off, don't expect many to care. Just a forewarning.

E_SolSi

Elementdog

yea thats cool with me, im not doing it for u guys...im doing it b/c i want it, thats the reason i hook up my car...isnt that the reason you do it to? for yourself?

92b16vx

Finally, someone

Slammed90Lude

Elementdog

so now that we got that clear...anybody else got a good place to get a front clip? So far flashoptions.com looks the best.

Kolumbo69

I know where a full front clip is and the engine has been heavily modded not sure on the actual stats on it but send him an email or call him and tell him steve sent you hell probably hook you up with a deal. Go here

sleepn_accord

I bring in motors.. so far I've never had any problems with 'incomplete' or damaged front clips.

hell, we've brought in 3 silvia clips and 2 ITR's (I import motors too). The most body work that needed to be done was wet sanding. Literally there was 1-2 tiny dents on each clip.

Interior had everything. No chang-fuckers still little expensive pieces..even had the steering wheel.

Just make sure whoever you buy it from provides you with pictures beforehand. It's not that fucking hard to do.

I've had horrible experiences with:
Osaka Motors
Street Imports
total-boost/jdm

Hmotorsonline is good. Little pricey and a thin selection, but good.
Also Ricky's Auto Center (forgot their url) is great but in Flordia.

My current distributor hasn't sent me 1 bad engine/part yet... but then I'm biased so I'm just going to offer suggestions as to how to going about researching your purchase.

hcivic.com

japanstarmotors.com