Hey. I just went to a car show in sacramento yesterday. I saw a couple 99-00 civics with a type r grill, but the mesh wasn't metal. It was a thick plastic mesh. See this auction below:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2402992758&category=6766

This is for a 7th gen, but the mesh is the same type of thing. Do they make these plastic meshes for 96-98's? I'd rather have that than some ghetto metal grill.

Yeah I saw the same thing on a 99-00 si, but I was at school, and didn't see the owner around,... I am looking for the same thing for my 98' ,....

thats the grill that is on all 99-00 civic si's. They do have the jdm ones but there pretty much the same thing. Just get on off of the 99-00 civic si's and it should fit.