jfd_8126

Hi there. I got lucky recently and scored a whole S2 front end for a very low price. There is not much documentation online in doing this conversion so I went ahead and did my own. I did it through my YouTube channel in 2 parts.

Part 1 covers removing the S1 front end and installing the S2 fenders. I also found out that the S1 fender liners do fit the new S2 fenders. So that saves us money.

You Tube

Part 2 covers rewiring the S2 Headlight turn signal and Side markers on the S2 fenders.

You Tube

I also wanted to make the wiring simple so I made my own wiring diagram to share with you all.




I hope this helps anyone that is currently doing an S2 front end conversion or for people interested in how much work it is just to do this. If you have any questions, please feel free to hit me up.

P.S. At the end of Part 2 of my YouTube video, you can see I tested the new headlights and everything is functioning the way its supposed to be.

Speedanimal

Hello! Thanks for putting this together, I’m looking at doing this myself.

So just to be clear, in terms of wiring from the S2 donor you only need the Side marker pigtails, and the Main Headlight connector?

laurier.lg

Nice to see the headlights and fenders bolt right up! What about the bumper though?

Congrats on the video quality, very nice ! Serious effort was put in, and it shows.

TeamRX8

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he can’t search any better than most newbs

if you mean bumper cover; yes, you need the bolt-on brackets that it attaches to, they bolt on in place of the S1 mounting brackets

if you mean the bumper crash structure, no.


https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-ext...ries-i-223344/. (post#7!)

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-ext...derway-265355/

https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-ex...-parts-258044/

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discuss...es-1-a-248840/


there are probably more.

jfd_8126

Hey @Speedanimal ,

Yep, you will need both the side marker harness and main headlight connector, but you wont need to use the big connector to the headlight as it connects already IF your S1 already came with Xenons. As for those owners with S1 non xenon headlights, from what I read there is a bit of moving the wires around to get it working. Hit me up on Facebook or my Instagram (Freemadc2) and we can chat about it. Ill be glad to help you out

jfd_8126

Hey @laurier.lg ,

Yep Front bumper bolts right up, but just found out recently that you will be needing the bottom trays for the S2 front conversion. I just posted a new video yesterday on installing dual oil coolers and I show my R3 bumper mounted. You can see the S1 bottom tray not lining up . Thanks for the support and looking forward to add more DIYs here.

jfd_8126

BTW, I just found out from one of my subscribers, if you are swapping your front end with a JDM S2 front end, there are turn signals in the headlights. We only have them for the USDM version.