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Has anyone here converted their zenki front end to kouki fron end?

Old 11-27-08, 05:31 PM
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Hey guys, I was wondering what does it take to convert a zenki ucf30 front end(01-03) to kouki front end(04-06)?? thanks
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Originally Posted by optionii
Hey guys, I was wondering what does it take to convert a zenki ucf30 front end(01-03) to kouki front end(04-06)?? thanks
Yeah it's been done before,you need the whole front end.
fenders,hood,bumper,lights,grille,foglights & radiator support...boukou bucs!!!
your better of just trading it in or live with what you got
Old 11-27-08, 07:44 PM
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as someone will eventually say...do a search...they have lots of threads on this.....most ppl dont do it, b/c its not worth the money....
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well, go to the junkyard near you and find one that is destroyed in the back and get the whole front end of that car and find one that is hit from the front and get the trunk lid from that car and you will have a 04 looking car!!
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Originally Posted by bonafyd
Yeah it's been done before,you need the whole front end.
fenders,hood,bumper,lights,grille,foglights & radiator support...boukou bucs!!!
your better of just trading it in or live with what you got
The killer is going the wiring harness for the headlights and such
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
The killer is going the wiring harness for the headlights and such
Yeah that's why i said to live with what he has.

P.S. Freddy from autofashion did the conversion and said it was alot of work.
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i did this on a nissan gloria (in japan) which was also a lot of work ( + duckets) but just like JDMUSCLE said is what I did... Good luck and be sure to post pics.



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yet that's I was thinking, look for a wreck kouki Ls430, and take off the front end of it, but the headlight wiring part does sound like a pain in the ***
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