brandon
08-22-2003, 11:07 AM
Hey guys,
It's been a grueling week for my Galant, and I'm STILL not done. haha
I took Wednesday and yesterday off from work trying to get everything in order but I still have a couple things left...
Anyway, I will try and take some pics after I get my rear springs/struts in (hopefully Saturday or Sunday), and once I throw the JDM grills in.
So here's the story:
JDM bumper bolts right on as far as the mounting points are concerned (two bolts at the center of the t-bar, one bolt at each headlight corner, and one bolt at each wheelwell).
HOWEVER, there are two brackets on the JDM bumper that need to be sawed off. It's weird, there's this metal "bracket" that goes across the entire bumper in the back, and holds the fog lights (I dunno if you guys with the stock fog lights have a similar bracket or not) and what must be mounting brackets for the bumper on the JDM Galant. So yeah, I took a hacksaw to the two mounting brackets that stretch toward the engine bay and then you can fit it on fine.
The only fitting issue with the bumper really is that the passenger side fog light stretches out so far toward the engine bay that it interferes with the horn. I was too lazy to relocate the horn so I just unbolted it, at least for now.
The JDM grills are a little bigger than our stock ones, and you have to kinda force them in but they do fit (had to take em out after to adjust the headlights and it was too dark to put em back in last night)...
I got the JDM headlights hooked up, using just the H4 as lo and high beam. Maybe someday I'll get some H1 harnesses and have dual high beam but couldn't find any H1 harnesses around.
The foglights are H3s, but I couldn't seem to find a stock harness for the USDM fogs... anyone know where this/these is/are?
I guess that's pretty much it. I'm in love with the bumper and I think it looks good with the Erebuni sides and rear... it's a little higher up but it still flows rather well. If I can save up some money for a canard or rig up some sort of lip it'd look even better.
Like I said, pics hopefully sometime over the weekend. Gotta clean her up and make sure everything else is in order.
Thanks for all of your help!
**Oh yeah, I also received what I guess are JDM mudguards if anyone wants them... I know someone here was bidding on the sideskirts so these would probably make a good addition.
I will also have 2 extra H4 harnesses if anyone will be doing the JDM headlight conversion soon.
It's been a grueling week for my Galant, and I'm STILL not done. haha
I took Wednesday and yesterday off from work trying to get everything in order but I still have a couple things left...
Anyway, I will try and take some pics after I get my rear springs/struts in (hopefully Saturday or Sunday), and once I throw the JDM grills in.
So here's the story:
JDM bumper bolts right on as far as the mounting points are concerned (two bolts at the center of the t-bar, one bolt at each headlight corner, and one bolt at each wheelwell).
HOWEVER, there are two brackets on the JDM bumper that need to be sawed off. It's weird, there's this metal "bracket" that goes across the entire bumper in the back, and holds the fog lights (I dunno if you guys with the stock fog lights have a similar bracket or not) and what must be mounting brackets for the bumper on the JDM Galant. So yeah, I took a hacksaw to the two mounting brackets that stretch toward the engine bay and then you can fit it on fine.
The only fitting issue with the bumper really is that the passenger side fog light stretches out so far toward the engine bay that it interferes with the horn. I was too lazy to relocate the horn so I just unbolted it, at least for now.
The JDM grills are a little bigger than our stock ones, and you have to kinda force them in but they do fit (had to take em out after to adjust the headlights and it was too dark to put em back in last night)...
I got the JDM headlights hooked up, using just the H4 as lo and high beam. Maybe someday I'll get some H1 harnesses and have dual high beam but couldn't find any H1 harnesses around.
The foglights are H3s, but I couldn't seem to find a stock harness for the USDM fogs... anyone know where this/these is/are?
I guess that's pretty much it. I'm in love with the bumper and I think it looks good with the Erebuni sides and rear... it's a little higher up but it still flows rather well. If I can save up some money for a canard or rig up some sort of lip it'd look even better.
Like I said, pics hopefully sometime over the weekend. Gotta clean her up and make sure everything else is in order.
Thanks for all of your help!
**Oh yeah, I also received what I guess are JDM mudguards if anyone wants them... I know someone here was bidding on the sideskirts so these would probably make a good addition.
I will also have 2 extra H4 harnesses if anyone will be doing the JDM headlight conversion soon.