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Bumper install

Old Aug 12, 2005 | 10:04 PM
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The Honda dealer installed a "new refurbished" bumper on my 5G for the second time. Look at the gaps. Would you accept this?
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 10:21 PM
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The first picture looks normal, but the second picture obviously shows that it is not sitting properly.

Take it back and demand that it fits right since you have done it twice now.
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Shmoo
The first picture looks normal, but the second picture obviously shows that it is not sitting properly.

Take it back and demand that it fits right since you have done it twice now.
Yea I agree, you pay for a good job, especially from the dealership
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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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Looks as if they forgot a screw er something. Take it back.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 03:23 PM
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It gets better. When they reinstalled the front bumper after paint, they didn't install the front tag (required in Texas) and today on the way home from the store, the rt. front turn signal lamp fell out. They just laid it in there without securing it. I'm gonna put these guys outta business. In 15 days, they did a wheel alignment, inspected the front suspension, remove, painted and installed the front and rear bumper. And they dicked the paint on the left front wheel during removal or installation.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 09:53 AM
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To me the gap looks fine. My gaps worse than that.

Sorry about you wheel though. That sucks.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:47 PM
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For a Chevy, that gap is fine.... not for a Honda.

I had my front bumper replaced when a dork backed into me a few years ago, and when I got the car back it fit perfectly (I did take my car to a body shop that specializes in nothing but Hondas, Toyotas, and Audis).
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