Took some light front bumper damage (cosmetic only) last year before going away for a while and pledged that once I got back I would finally get round to sorting out the fugly front number plate plinth.
In the planning of I decided the annoying headlight washer jets were for the chop also. They suck, I keep my car clean (and by extension the headlights) and they soak passengers.
Today I got my sprayed parts back and fitted them with a few expletives here and there. Getting the alignment good was a real pain. But a few hours later all was re-attached and brand new black chrome Honda emblems installed. The old ones are chrome and larger and need to be cut out of the front bumper. 2 plastic pegs hold it on with 1 way metal washer retention clips.
Seeing as I needed a new one anyway I went to GREAT lengths getting these over from the US. I personally love them, not too dark to be lost in dark paint but dark enough to be more subtle. They are set off well on the deep bugundy imo!
The numberplate is now attached to a brand new black grille set which makes attachment easy as opposed to fabricating and attaching brackets directly to painted bodywork.
Some nice new flat style wiper blades also help clean up the front.
Anyway, less talk - more pics!
How it used to look:
How it looks now:
In the planning of I decided the annoying headlight washer jets were for the chop also. They suck, I keep my car clean (and by extension the headlights) and they soak passengers.
Today I got my sprayed parts back and fitted them with a few expletives here and there. Getting the alignment good was a real pain. But a few hours later all was re-attached and brand new black chrome Honda emblems installed. The old ones are chrome and larger and need to be cut out of the front bumper. 2 plastic pegs hold it on with 1 way metal washer retention clips.
Seeing as I needed a new one anyway I went to GREAT lengths getting these over from the US. I personally love them, not too dark to be lost in dark paint but dark enough to be more subtle. They are set off well on the deep bugundy imo!
The numberplate is now attached to a brand new black grille set which makes attachment easy as opposed to fabricating and attaching brackets directly to painted bodywork.
Some nice new flat style wiper blades also help clean up the front.
Anyway, less talk - more pics!
How it used to look:
How it looks now:
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