coupe to sedan front end swap

i was thinking of swapping a coupe front end onto my sedan. i did some searching but still have some questions.

this is my understanding:
bumper cover fits on without modification (bolt on)
coupe hood is required or there will be a gap

is that correct?

are the headlights the exact same?
is the "grill" area of the coupe a separate piece?

thanks for any help.

and if anyone has a pic of the coupe bumper/hood on a sedan (with the center grill removed) that'd be great.

did some more searching and it seems that only the 98-00 coupe bumpers have the removable grill. i guess that's what i want.

this is what i'd like (except on my sedan):

but is it the 01-02 bumper that has the holes at the bottom?



i wanted those AND the removable grill

maybe i'll just get a new sedan hood and give up on the coupe bumper.

yeah 01-02 has the holes at the bottom...and also has removable grill.

You need The fllowing parts

1.Coupe Front bumper
2.Coupe hood (you my want the coupe hood cuz there will be a big gap due to the couprs has larger hood)
3. I think you need the upper piece of metal that holds the grill not sure.

ANDRYCK said:

yeah 01-02 has the holes at the bottom...and also has removable grill.

You need The fllowing parts

1.Coupe Front bumper
2.Coupe hood (you my want the coupe hood cuz there will be a big gap due to the couprs has larger hood)
3. I think you need the upper piece of metal that holds the grill not sure.

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so the 01-02 does have holes AND a removable grill?

that's good to know, plan is back on.

in one the threads i found, someone mentioned doing the swap and not needing the new mounting bracket.

maybe that was coupe/sedan of the same year? i'd be putting a 01-02 coupe bumper on a 99 sedan.

another thread mentioned being able to cut a ledge off of something (bumper cover or metal bracket, not sure which) and then it'd fit.

first i'll have to try and find a junk yard with the parts..........

oh, and i'd probably be getting the coupe hood to go with it. my hood has some cosmetic damage which is why i wanted to do this in the first place.

ANDRYCK said:

yeah 01-02 has the holes at the bottom...and also has removable grill. NO THE GRILL IS INTERGRATED INTO THE BUMPER LIKE YOUR SEDAN HAS

You need The fllowing parts

1.Coupe Front bumper
2.Coupe hood (you my want the coupe hood cuz there will be a big gap due to the couprs has larger hood)
3. I think you need the upper piece of metal that holds the grill not sure.
THIS INFO IS CORRECT

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good try though

i also heard that you need a fender also because it doesn't lined up evenly. anyone else who done this mod know?

ANDRYCK said:

yeah 01-02 has the holes at the bottom...and also has removable grill.

You need The fllowing parts

1.Coupe Front bumper
2.Coupe hood (you my want the coupe hood cuz there will be a big gap due to the couprs has larger hood)
3. I think you need the upper piece of metal that holds the grill not sure.

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I wish it we're true too But, unfortunatly it is not.

search^search^search... somebody did this already.. forgot his name.bxfly----- something like that..its green color sedan..

edit; jas saw this seconds ago...clicky

lol look at my sig I did it too

as far as the fenders go they line up fine theeres only a small difference from the coupe fender and a sedan fender and that is the strange bend that follows the headlight

all that I have had to do to mine was coupe grill and coupe hood