the 96 bumper will fit straight on yes, the 98 needs a little bit of work, but check out peoples posts like idrees' he changed hsi car from uk n/a to glanza! if im honest id get them to jump in with u, not being snobby, but we have had some bad experiences in the past with non-Starlet drivers, rather not repeat em - not casting any aspersions on your friends - civic maybe lol