jdm peepz, who are running w/out the jdm front rebar?

[Si Death]

I got my kit and really want to put it on but paranoid that it will be same day I get in a front end collision. Who is running without the jdm front rebar???

[slo_k20]

just order the jdm rebar man. as long as u can afford it

[cruzty]

I think a few guys around here are driving without rebars but for $130 save yourself the if something happend!!!!!

[Siborg]

I'm not running one,for obvious reasons not only the intercooler being where it would go but the thing is kinda pointless,it's like aluminum foil, I could twist it easily by hand and bend the brackets if I wanted(usdm one is a flippin tank).so it wont do anything in a wreck maybe for parking lot bumps but thats about it.

[jaeguyoon]

I dont' have one....


i lost mine when I installed my turbo and never found it when I unistalled it...

[v1c10us]

wait, is it possible to keep the front rebar, usdm or jdm, and have an intercooler?

[Windchaser]

wait, is it possible to keep the front rebar, usdm or jdm, and have an intercooler?

Not really; with the jdm bumper, you barely get any room to begin with. On the USDM bumper, you can possibly keep the rebar, but would probably have to modify it depending on how big the intercooler is.

[v1c10us]

that blows.
The jdm rebar is smaller right, so I'd think jdm rebar and USDM bumper you might be able to cut into the bumper and keep the rebar. But if the rebar is that flimsy i guess thered be no point.

[03hatch]

front only...havent put on the rear yet.

[crhatch02]

I dont' have one....


i lost mine when I installed my turbo and never found it when I unistalled it...

lol....how do you lose a rebar??? its like 3 feet long

[Siborg]

that blows.
The jdm rebar is smaller right, so I'd think jdm rebar and USDM bumper you might be able to cut into the bumper and keep the rebar. But if the rebar is that flimsy i guess thered be no point.

when I still had a usdm bumper I was running the stock rebar and intercooler,it was actually mounted to the rebar with plenty of room for piping(still had to cut out the lower grill and get rid of my fogs though).

[BaLisTek]

i've been riding with no rear rebar since october

[20CiviC02Si]

Yeah not safe to run without one....

[CivicDuty]

No rear is ok, no front is just scary. Without one your front end will curl up like an aluminum can in any type of moderate-high speed crash.

[72chevel]

I just put my jdm bumper on yesterday I have the greddy intercooler I had to cut so much of the bumper away to get it to fit around the intercooler,I was just sick. but it looks pretty good IDK what to do with the rebar, the US one is huge I was thinking of cutting the brackets back to see if it could sit back further but it looks like its going to be alot of crap to get it to fit in there. Is there anyone with a intercooler that has the rebar in place??? Pics??? If it was just me driving I wouldn't be worried about it but with the family riding around .... I just don't want to take the chance.