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- Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:31 pm #310290 I am on tight budget, out of homestate, and college student.

right now I have civic hb 92 and it needed a new radiator support.
I just wonder if I could do it cheaper by installs it into bolt on from weld on.
I thought it would be easy, faster, and save time at sametime it would improve my budgets.
even though I could swap engine by take off the radiator to make it smoothly steps in the future.
also I have 2 years experienced auto body collision repair.
I will replace reinforcement since it is destroyed./

correct me at any mistakes and helpful information as can, thank you for read this post

- Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:35 pm #310291 You could bolt it on no problem, would be better bolted on!!

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- Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:47 pm #310293 what exactly are we talking about here?

the little radiator stay that holds the top of the radiator in place? or the entire radiator support as in the front end of the car?

95 Civic Coupe DX - d15b7 - some mods nothing crazy - My 5th EG
98 Jeep Cherokee 2 door - little lift with 31s 4.0 5 speed
77 Chevrolet C10 - Mild 350/350 combo - lowered a little

- Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:36 pm #310297 The front panel

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- Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:50 pm #310301

what exactly are we talking about here?

the little radiator stay that holds the top of the radiator in place? or the entire radiator support as in the front end of the car?

Whole radiator support in the frond end of the car, you notice it welded on

so my question is that I wanted to change it into bolt on instead of weld on

- Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:40 pm #310307 doesnt sound very safe to me.

95 Civic Coupe DX - d15b7 - some mods nothing crazy - My 5th EG
98 Jeep Cherokee 2 door - little lift with 31s 4.0 5 speed
77 Chevrolet C10 - Mild 350/350 combo - lowered a little

- Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:17 pm #310309 its part of the unibody structure. you remove the welds and bolt it in, during an accident or cornering the car will flex really bad.

- Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:40 pm #310314 i have a welder and i live in ny. i could help you out if your local

1995 4 door civic b18c jrsc

- Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:06 pm #310339

i have a welder and i live in ny. i could help you out if your local

I live in Rochester Ny

- Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:13 pm #310340

doesnt sound very safe to me.

I am just curious what different between weld and bolt on

weld on is to stick on, contact to the other metal and its stay on

Vw, chevy, and some of other company that used the bolt on as their original method on the cars, so If it actually work on car, I might have to follow with the strength of bolts

Reinforcement is the bolt on also and it front end right on radiator
so this thing is for accident absorber and what I did is threw it away because it was damaged and needed to get it replaced

so Im trying to find out which is much safer

- Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:16 pm #310341

its part of the unibody structure. you remove the welds and bolt it in, during an accident or cornering the car will flex really bad.

Yes it is unibody structure, but I believe that reinforcement behind front bumper is mainly subframe that absorb the accident, maybe I am wrong.

- Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:38 pm #310355 you could go either route honestly. ive never seen a honda with the radiator support bolted on which actually sounds like a legit idea. remove it when your working on the car and put it back on when your done... your onto something here man.

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- Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:47 am #310374

you could go either route honestly. ive never seen a honda with the radiator support bolted on which actually sounds like a legit idea. remove it when your working on the car and put it back on when your done... your onto something here man.

- Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:23 am #310391 I was thinking on doing that but i dont know how becuz mind is hit but not bad i was just thinking to pull it out an done with it but if i can bolt it than i will get me a new one and bolt it if i find how th do it.

- Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:24 am #310392 I was thinking on doing that but i dont know how becuz mind is hit but not bad i was just thinking to pull it out an done with it but if i can bolt it than i will get me a new one and bolt it if i find how to do it.