Silvia headlights on Civic

How hard would it be to custom mold the silvia s15 headlights onto a 95 civic would they be to big or would they be the right size, just alot oh custom work.

depending on your experience and resources for custom fabrication... i would say pretty damn hard. but... if u pull it off that would be fucking sick. i say go for it if u've got the motivation and time. post some pic's when ur done. im eager to see how this is gonna turn out

they're definately not the same size, you have to get the whole s15 front end, cut off your core support, weld on the s15 one, cut the s15 fenders and your own to those together, blah blah blah, lots of hard work. If you're serious I'll explain everything.

There's a Civic Coupe w/Silvia S15 headlights on www.teamprototype.com check it out, I think it looks pretty tight

Alright, there's another way to do it if you don't wanna go through all of that cutting and welding. You cut out the shape of the headlights into the hood, fender, and bumper to make it fit. Then you have to find a way to make the headlight brackets bolt on. Then make sure that the rubber seal fits tightly around the area that you cut out, which will probably be the hardest part. If you don't do the cutting right then it'll look very sloppy and crappy and will be an easy target for thieves to open your hood and steal all your shit. If you cut out too much then you'll have to do some welding and then grinding to get it back down to the right shape. Personally I'd try doing the whole S15 front end which would look really cool. Then you'd have the headlights and the front bumper.
And about the taillights that you asked about, it's pretty much the same thing as cutting for the headlights. Cut out what you need, and weld in what you need to make them fit, then making them bolt in.
My shop just got done putting a 98 front end onto a 94 civic, and we've always found it easier just to put the whole front end on.

thanks for the help i think im gonna just take my time and carefully do it without getting the whole front end since that would prob be pretty pricy.

Dude, u know they make kits for that, dont you? I beleive extreme dimensions makes them for about $1700 for an s14 kit for civics and integras... much cheaper and easier than custom fitting cuz the kit is made to fit?

Dude, why are u making your Civ look like a Silvia? Why dont you sell your civic, and buy an 240sx? For the same price as making your Civic look like a Silvia, you could have a real 240sx (sports car unlike the Civic) and RWD! Dude, dont be poser. Dont do this conversion unless you have a good reason... and if you do... i would like to here it.

Peace holmes.

first of all u dont have to use the word dude before everything you say. And personnally i think a civic with s15 headlights is alot more original than just getting the 240 and makin it look like a silvia ,and custom fitting the silvia lights wouldnt even be close to payin 1700 for a kit. And having a civic with a turbo'd h22 i dont think is being a poser last time i checked so DUDE exactly what type oh car do you have just out of curiosity?

HA this is funny i was readin other post jeelani posted an one of them is on doing a r33 or supra or integra taillight swap for a z31 why u tryin to make your car look like those dont be dissin if ur asking about doing a light conversion on your own car oh thats right you dont even have a car yet you wanna get a z31 and put hydrolics on hahahaha

Originally posted by jeelani
Dude, why are u making your Civ look like a Silvia? Why dont you sell your civic, and buy an 240sx? For the same price as making your Civic look like a Silvia, you could have a real 240sx (sports car unlike the Civic) and RWD! Dude, dont be poser. Dont do this conversion unless you have a good reason... and if you do... i would like to here it.

Peace holmes. People don't do conversions to try and make their car look like another car because they want that car. People do conversions to make a car look different, to make a civic seperate itself from the other 432403240230 civics out there without getting a new car. It's not being a poser ya hoser, it's being different.

Peace holmes.

i personally dont think the silvia conversion would favor my tastes, BUT its your ride.

and i think conversions are tite in general. when a car rolls up and i mistake it for something else. then they tell me it's a civic, i go "how the hell did you do that?!"

and i agree with what kicker said, too many damn civics out there ;/

First off, a front end conversion is more extreme than a tail conversion. Second, compare a z31 and a civ:

Z31:
Sports car
RWD
3 Liter V6

Civic:
Family Car
FWD
1.8 Liter 4 banger

Ok, so lets assume that both cars are stock. If you were to put an entire s14 face on a stock civic, it would be RICE. If you did a simple tail light conversion to a z31, you would have the balls to back it up.

And the hydrolics idea was jus a thought. I jus wanted to know more about it and i was considering it.

Ok now i noticed that u said u had an H22. The H22 is one of my favorite engines ever (the sr20det is my favorite only b/c it is rwd and is very small) If the H22 were RWD, it would definately be my favorite engine b/c it produces more power than a turbo sr20!

In my post I said that you shouldnt do this conversion unless you have a good reason. Making your car look different than all the other civics out there is a damn good reason ONLY if you have the performance to back it up... and with an H22, you definately do.

Im sorry if yall took it the wrong way, but i did not mean to offend anyone. I love hondas and I am seriously considering an Integra. for some reason I was thinking that yo civics was all stock and yall was ricers (sry ive been in the nissan forums WAY too long) I know this post is long and does not make sense, but im sorry.

The conclusion of all this is: this is a nice conversion. if you want to do it, do it only if you have the performance to back it up. I was only saying that i would rather have a 240sx than a civic with a silvia face, because the 240sx would perform better and the conversion would be easier. But whatever, its jus a car, do what you want jus dont make it rice (you all know what rice is)

Peace.

Originally posted by jeelani
Making your car look different than all the other civics out there is a damn good reason ONLY if you have the performance to back it up...
The conclusion of all this is: this is a nice conversion. if you want to do it, do it only if you have the performance to back it up. Why do you have to have a fast car to go with a nice looking car? :confused: All cars don't have to be fast, there is no rule that says you have to make your car fast if you're going to make it nice looking. There's show, there's go, and there's show/go. There is nothing wrong with having a crazy conversion on a car and it being slower than crap. Not everybody is into speed, looks do more for some people. So why do you say that one must have the performance to back it up?

You are right. If you want a crazy looking car but is slow, do it. Those were jus my opinions. All im saying was that if it was me, i would only do that conversion if i had performance to back it up. I would also want performance so I am not thought of as a typical ricer (ricer=slow nice crazy looking car). But whatever you want to do, do it, jus keep in mind that some ppl wont like it. Its jus my opinion and i respect yours.

question: y go through all that work for a civic...???:rolleyes:

Originally posted by BluStori
question: y go through all that work for a civic...???:rolleyes: civics are and can be great little cars. They look cool, get good gas mileage, and after about $10,000 can be very fast lol. They're cheap to buy, cheap to drive, cheap to mod.

Why not?

I like my civic.I plan on doing allot of work to it. To me its a project I take pride in,with so much you can do to a civic im looking forward to it.

I think someone's definition of rice is a little off, but we've already had a whole discussion on that before. As for the value of a civic, I love my car. It's not the nicest thing on the road, but it is a nice car (IMO). Some people have to ride around in POS's. I'd be thankful just for a set of wheels, so I try not to take my car for granted. I also agree with kicker, it's a nice inexpensive car that doesn't cost too much too mod. I think the reason civics get all the dirt is because there is just too damn many of them riding around. And for the reason stated above, a majority of them are rice....i mean, uh.. "unfavorable";)

and on the original topic of this thread, GO FOR IT!!!! conversions :D

hey does anyone know if the s14 conversion on importtrenz.com for a 92-95 civic is a direct bolt on? or will there have to be some custimization?

Originally posted by ZoomBy
hey does anyone know if the s14 conversion on importtrenz.com for a 92-95 civic is a direct bolt on? or will there have to be some custimization? It looks like it should be and it didn't say anywhere that it is or isn't so I'm not gonna say for sure, but I think so. I'd give them a call and ask before I order though.

yea i had the same impression, just wanted a second opinion, id definetly call before i ordered, thanks for the quick response, for some reason i had a feeling itd be you -=)

i shot them an email about the kit and they never responded to me at all. :(
How hard would it be to get the kit for the s14 and then mold on a set of jdm s15 headlamps onto it?

damn, that sucks. The headlights wouldn't be very hard at all.

Die all of you who put Silvia headlights on your hondas. Stick to your honda parts. If you want nissan, buy a nissan. :mad: :mad: :mad:

it not about having a nissan its about having a unique civic:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Fliquer
If you want nissan, buy a nissan. :mad: :mad: :mad: That's the stupidest thing that I have heard in my whole life! :rolleyes: Why would someone buy a honda civic and then spend a lot of cash to put nissan lights on it if they wanted a nissan? If they wanted a nissan they would buy one, but we love our civics and are into customizing them, and the nissan lights happen to look good on civics. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with wanting a nissan!

Im mad because S14mc Headlights are hella expensive. All these honda owners are wanting to fabricate them onto their cars, so when I need to replace a cracked headlight, I cant find cheap used parts anywhere.

Think its the "stupidest thing you ever heard" now smartass?

Your saying the only reason why your s14 lights are expensive and hard to find is because of us 'evil honda owners'?

I don't know much about Civcs but are you trying to do this?

Originally posted by Fliquer
Im mad because S14mc Headlights are hella expensive. All these honda owners are wanting to fabricate them onto their cars, so when I need to replace a cracked headlight, I cant find cheap used parts anywhere.

Think its the "stupidest thing you ever heard" now smartass? Well now I have to take back my comment that I made earlier about that being the stupidest thing ever because this one just topped it, so I demote the other one to be second stupidest. S14 headlights are so damn expensive, but if all of these honda owners want to fabricate them onto their hondas that means that the headlights would become a higher demand and the manufactuers of the headlights would realize this and produce more and by doing that they could lower the price since they're producing/selling more of them. So with the higher demand, that means that you can get your headlights cheaper someday.

How often do you need to replace headlights anyway?

Originally posted by Swoxy
How often do you need to replace headlights anyway? exactly, it's not like getting a flat or having a bulb go out :D

New parts are never cheap, especially from the dealer or factory. IMO your statement is even more moronic because you think Nissan is going to start making new parts for a LOW VOLUME car that they stopped making 5 YEARS AGO.

How often do you need to replace headlights anyway
Well it already happened once. And once is enough ($200 is a lot for a college student)

Originally posted by Fliquer
a car that they stopped making 5 YEARS AGO.
Must have been a great car :lol2:

is that a joke? i dont get it :confused:

dude, get out of here, you're just in here causing problems!

Im just wondering.
Who here thinks that a s14 front end conversion with JDM s15 headlamps on a civic would look good?

Just go with the headlamps. It wont look much different than it would with a S14 front and youd save a buttload. :bloated: