just do the whole front end conversion, i did it in a day after i did the body work, you just need to spend time making it fit, but trust me its worth it, you do need the radiator t-bar because the hood latch on the jdm hood is more to the right, the head lights are wider so you need the hood, and valance piece that sandwiches between the hood and the bumper is different than the usdm one.