1998 Civic bumper and headlight replacement
02-21-2006, 06:19 AM
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1998 Civic bumper and headlight replacement
Hi,
I was in a minor accident this weekend and cracked my front bumper and right blinker. I called a local body shop and they estimated $700 to replace. Now I don't know a damn thing about cars but there's no way I can pay that, so I need to figure out how to fix this myself. The car is in otherwise mint condition and I want to keep it mint and stock for potential resale.
The car is a black (the Honda paint name is 'Black Pearl') 1998 Honda Civic LX Sedan.
Here's what I think I should get:
I am a complete newbie, but replacing these things doesn't seem to be too hard. Am I wrong? Should I get a service manual? Do I need special tools? The hardest part to me will be painting the front bumper in the original Black Pearl color. Do you have any ideas on where or how I can get that done cheaply and professionally?
Your help is most supremely apprecaited.
Nate
I was in a minor accident this weekend and cracked my front bumper and right blinker. I called a local body shop and they estimated $700 to replace. Now I don't know a damn thing about cars but there's no way I can pay that, so I need to figure out how to fix this myself. The car is in otherwise mint condition and I want to keep it mint and stock for potential resale.
The car is a black (the Honda paint name is 'Black Pearl') 1998 Honda Civic LX Sedan.
Here's what I think I should get:
I am a complete newbie, but replacing these things doesn't seem to be too hard. Am I wrong? Should I get a service manual? Do I need special tools? The hardest part to me will be painting the front bumper in the original Black Pearl color. Do you have any ideas on where or how I can get that done cheaply and professionally?
Your help is most supremely apprecaited.
Nate
02-21-2006, 08:03 AM
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Their is a DIY here somewhere that tells you how to remove 6th gen bumper. Its just a few screws and clips and thats the same for the headlight. Very easy. You will need a socket wrench i believe.
You can either bring your bumper into Macco or sand and paint it yourself.
You can either bring your bumper into Macco or sand and paint it yourself.
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this is very simple there are 5 large screws on the top of your bumper underhood one bolt on either side in finderwell atedge of bumper and i think two 10-12 mm bolts under the car toward thecenter of car that should have taken your bumper cover off the headlight im not sure about ihad an accident in my 95 civic ex i replaced all the parts myself was quoted 1200 by honda replaced the driver headlight finder cornerlense and bumper cover i hope this helps did it for 225 completed