The rear bumper cover is different as well, and the 97/98 Talons also had a side molding on the door and quarter panel as well.

 

http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96474 -This will help you out alittle. The bumpers are not as easy to find as you would think. I have no idea where to find the side moldings either besides the dealer (I don't even know if they would have them there).

 

would be easier as the production numbers of the 95/96 Talons are a little better than the 97/98's.. however, finding the parts are a bitch.. and the 97/98 talons had different bumpers, side moulding, and I belive the sideskirts are different(not sure if the 97/98 even had any) eitherway, good luck man, I wish I had a 97/98 Talon

 

I belive the sideskirts are different(not sure if the 97/98 even had any)

97-98 talons didn't have sideskirts. That is the one thing i don't like about them.

 

97-98 talons didn't have sideskirts. That is the one thing i don't like about them.

that's what I thought, but wasn't 100% sure, I still think they are dead sexy.. I'm still thinkin about converting the Eclipse and being backwards about the conversion

 

The dealer does still have the side moldings. I looked into it about a year ago and I believe it was close to $100 per side for the molding.

 

Thanks for the replies guys! Didn't realize there was that much different to them! I didn't even think of looking on autotrader.com but there are a TON of them! So as soon as my Stealth sells then im snatchin me one with hopefully around 60k or less on it... Can't wait!!!
sean

 

The dealer does still have the side moldings. I looked into it about a year ago and I believe it was close to $100 per side for the molding.

That sucks. I really wanted to get them and paint them when i paint my bumpers but that is alittle too expesive for my tastes. Those will be impossible to find used.

 

The dealer does still have the side moldings. I looked into it about a year ago and I believe it was close to $100 per side for the molding.

I got mine for free from the junkyard because I bought the other stuff at the same time (minus the front bumper, that came later). There is no way i'd pay $200 for those, but I do love them on there. They give it more of a raked looking stance.

To sum it up, here's the differences in '95-'96 and '97-'98 Talon bodies...
Front bumpers are different
Rear bumpers are different
Spoilers are different
'97-'98 Had the sidemoldings (I call them door bumpers ), '95-'96 had none
'95-'96 Had the sideskirts, '97-'98 had none.

My car has the stock '96 sideskirts + the '97 conversion. I think it looks best this way, because the sideskirts make the car look a little lower, and the bottom edge matches up with the front bumper better. If I had bought a '97 or '98, I would've put on '95-'96 sideskirts anyway.

I bought my car with the intention of doing the conversion, because I didn't really like the '95-'96 body, but '97-'98's were much more expensive at the time, and they aren't as common.

The funny thing is that my car was made in July of '96, so you can only assume it was probably at least the next month before it was sold, and the '97s were already coming out, or just about to, and all of the conversion parts on my car are from '97s.
So you could almost call my car a '97 Talon, minus a few electrical differences. I like that.

Anyway, good luck in your quest!

 

Aren't the headlights different as well??
(and the foglights)

 

The headlights are the same on all 2G Talons, they changed them on Eclipses.
Doh! Forgot about the foglights, duh! Thanks.