The 'Vic - 96 Civic DX

[Hog F150]

hawk, are you still around?

I just bought a '98 Honda Civic DX. How did you attach your air dam to the bumper? I see there are slots in the plastic of the bumper guard every 12 inches or so, these must be for attaching the air dam, correct?

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by Hog F150

hawk, are you still around?

I just bought a '98 Honda Civic DX. How did you attach your air dam to the bumper? I see there are slots in the plastic of the bumper guard every 12 inches or so, these must be for attaching the air dam, correct?

He hasn't posted in seven months. I have a 98 DX. Unless you are installing an OEM chin spoiler, there are two ways to go: lawn edging can be bolted onto the front bottom of the bumper cover (drilling your own holes), but I did it by drilling my own holes into the bottom of the cover, closer to the wheels. I prefer that because it minimizes scraping since the airdam is closer to the wheels, and I can use the factory created arch in the lawn edging, avoiding the rippling effect some guys get when they force the edging to take the arch their bumper covers have. My avatar is a picture of the first version I did.

[Hog F150]

Thanks, California. I'm not quite following how you did yours, and I can't expand your picture.

The picture attached is of the bottom of my bumper cover. I'm planning on just slipping a bolt with a washer in the holes, and attaching the lawn edging to it with a 90 degree steel bracket, like doax did with his. I also might try slipping a conduit through the lawn edging for added strength. Might take some work, but it sounds good in my brain right now..

[California98Civic]

That sounds workable too. Keep two things in mind as well: you might want easy access to the front tow hook in the event of a breakdown and two the airdam will scrape, so make it easy for the edging to bend when it hits. Otherwise it will rip.