is it possibe 2 change the whole front of a 2001 tiburon 2 a 1999 body style without major body work?

 

the front reinforcement will need to be removed, and replaced with a older one. thats really the hardest part. fenders and such work fine. if you had a donor car, and had basic body skills, you could do it. the rear conversion would be alot harder

 

Why in the world would you do that?

 

^something unique. it wouldnt be hard. just the reinforcement would be a pain. and i think rear would be easier. just the hatch, bumper, and tails would need to be changed. a lot easier than chopping off a rad reinforcement and welding it on or whatever

 

^^^

But wouldn't it just be easier to put an 01 interior in an RD1?
Seems like a lot of work for marginal, if any, reward.

 

in a few different ways, the RD1 front has better aspects, as does the RD2 in others.



the taillight holes in your rear imact area doent line up at all, major cutting or just like the front, a RD1 replacement is needed

 

For the front you need the following:

radiator reinforcement
headlamps
cornerlights
bumper cover
hood
hoodlatch

you can reuse the same bumper reinforcement and the same fenders.

the reinfocement is the most expensive and time consuming part but you can get one at a junkyard fairly easy. The rest is just time and patience.

IMO it looks sexy. But then again I'm a little biased. smile.gif

 

ya i like the front of the rd1 way better then the rd2. ya its a lot of work but no ones got it

 

No one has it? really, is that so? hold on a sec..........*looks in garage* hmmm I dunno about that statement.