Russian Rocket

i understand that everything is possible with enough money but is the Early welded nose panel really hard to remove/ exchange with 951 plate??? Anybody here done the 951 front end conversion on an early 944???
Thanks
Vlad.

Z-man

The nose plate, the fenders, and other sheet metal pieces are incompatable. It will not be easy to graft a 951 nose on an early 944 n/a.

-Z.

944J

this guy did it on a late 944na:

tifosiman
http://www.p-caronline.com/directory/tifosiman

he even used the na fenders and just modified them to fit the 951 bumper

Lead Foot 944

This is very possible....I never say never....I will be removing the header panel when I do the motor swap......

DAmian

ernestedward

Maybe not easy, but possible. I've got an 83 that looks like an S2 (idiot check, S2 and turbo front ends are the same, right..?) I wish I had more details...but I wasn't the owner at the time. Can give you the # of the shop that did the switch, if you want. This was over 10 years ago now, tho...

Russian Rocket

Tifos car is my PC background
I'm in process of purchasing a wrecked 89 turbo and was wondering if the front end parts would fit.. I would really love to use the 951 fenders and everthing else because i'll have access to all the part i'll need I remember there was a guy on Pelican forums with an 84 NA, he did a 951 front end conversion and 968 rear. The car looked super cool...

Russian Rocket

Are you sure you don't have just a bolt on 951 bumper that they sell for NA guys?? There is a aftermarket bumper some companys made that will fit the NA 944 fenders and panel without any mods.

Russian Rocket

i guess we're moving along the same lines
I want to swap an 89 drivetrain in mine.... that's why i'm wondering about the fitment.

hacker-pschorr

I saw a tuner show where they changed a BMW 3-series front end to fit a Honda Civic. 951 on a 944 would be just a bit easier than that.

DVC

Wow, that is a sweet car!! Does Tifo have a write-up on this?

Thanks

ernestedward

Nope, not sure... Was the add-on metal or fiberglass? I'm talking about the front spoiler assembly here.

Z-man

Don't forget that many 944 n/a's that have the 951 front end look is exactly that: a 951 front end aftermarket LOOKALIKE nose that's made to fix exactly on the 944 n/a body. This is different than finding a used 951 nose and grafting it on an n/a.

-Z.

PS: I saw the BMW nose on an Escort car tuner show - man, they spent more $$ on that car than a decent E36 3-series would cost, and at the end of the day, the car was still a crappy Escort. Not that there's anything wrong with a crappy Escort.

hacker-pschorr

That's right, it was on an Escort, not Civic - not that there is any real difference between the two.

Russian Rocket

well... guess that idea didn't go too far
reason i was asking i have a swap on my 84 Rabbit from stupid square North American lights to euro look round ones, i had to use new radiator support and two new fenders to do that.

Serge944

The swap is a direct bolt on, but you will need all the body panels off a 951 mentioned above. The aftermarket lookalike nose is quite...ugly. It ruins the lines of the n/a.