Well...I just got my '96 Civic in August and haven't had the money to do anything to it...and still don't. So what I did was free...since I work at my dad's bodyshop. My Civic came with these awful gold emblems. So since we had some free time at work...my dad let me take off my emblems and paint them. Anyways...here's how they turned out. The pic of my grille didn't come out good since it was rainy and all the water makes it look weird. And don't mind the paint chipping on the actual grille, I'm gonna be ordering an Si grille soon anyways.


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Can the SI grill fit the 96-98 :thinking:

 

si grill wont fit your car
you need jdm grill

 

That's what I figured because the hood, headlight, is shaped a tad differently h:

 

Well I saw an Si grille on jdmshit.com made for the 96-98.

 

link

 

well...it's a "type R" grille and the page it's on is http://www.jdmshit.com/parts/exterior/index.html ...it's about 3/4 of the way down.

Here's what it looks like:

 

im sure weaksauce can get you an authentic ek9 grill

 

that black mesh 'si/jdm/ek9/etc' grill looks soooo nice on the 96-98s.

 

diy grill for those years, cuz you have no money