The plastic portion below the chrome grille. Someone mentioned before that it's separate. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Which matte black lower portion? The front grille (Part Number 71121-TGG-A01) seems to be 1 big piece that is entirely glossy piano black. Check the diagram below from HondaPartsNetwork.com + pic from @NeoDragons installation.
Which matte black lower portion? The front grille (Part Number 71121-TGG-A01) seems to be 1 big piece that is entirely glossy piano black. Check the diagram below from HondaPartsNetwork.com + pic from @NeoDragons installation.
(note: HondaPartsNetwork.com has cheaper parts but shipping is super expensive!)
put a dab of wd40 or any spray lube on them prior to disassemble, should help a lot. when reassembling take a acid brush and a little white grease, will really help if cover has to be removed in the future.
Post pics! Which grille did you buy?
I bought the RS Turbo grill (black gloss) here in Thailand. I ended up paying around 3500 baht or around 100 usd at the dealer.
great write up.I removed my bumper to add the hatch sport grill. Wanted to add some comments.
- A second set of hands would have been helpful, but I did it all by myself
- I laid a mover blanket down under the car to avoid scratches - make sure you put something down because when all the clips are finally undone it basically just drops.
- The fog light cable connectors have like zero slack, when my bumper dropped I'm sure it tugged pretty hard on them, this is one area where a second set of hands would be helpful. Thankfully no damage/issues arose from pulling on the plugs too hard
- I was concerned about sensing if it would have more plugs. The sensing stuff is attached to the bumper frame, not the plastic, so there was nothing extra that needed to be done.
- The clips!! Removing all the bolts was easy, but the clips that hold the bumper on were very difficult for me. I have no idea where the clips actually are, so I spent a lot of time tugging and stopping to look at videos, re-read the documentation, try and get a screwdriver in there. In the end I can't even say how I got them off, if it was just tugging or if my screwdriver work helped as well. Below are two pictures showing where the clip locations are.
- There are also clips on the two pieces above the headlights, watch this youtube video for info on those:
- Overall it took me about 4 hours - I would say I spent over an hour on the bumper clips part
- The bolt underneath the bumper is 10mm and the hex screw is 5mm
- Reassambly was worlds easier than disassembly
- At one point I was trying to separate the chrome piece from the top of the bumper until I realized I was replacing the whole grill and that piece did not need to come apart
- I had to remove my license plate frame to get the grill out
- I did break the pegs in my H emblem, so it is now held on with 3m tape - you can't even tell.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
hopefully it will help out the other members that are on the fence about doing it themselves
Do you have a picture of the final setup? Just curious because I have the same color car and I was wondering how it would look.
Damn that looks awesome! Thanks for the pics I'm definitely doing it now lolDon't mind if I do!
I have a problem with my grille the top is separating from the bumper and I want to take the bumper off to try fixing it myself somehow I know those small tabs shaved off from my bumper. I am most worried about those tabs around the headlights are those easy to break off? Thank you appreciate any input.I removed my bumper to add the hatch sport grill. Wanted to add some comments.
- A second set of hands would have been helpful, but I did it all by myself
- I laid a mover blanket down under the car to avoid scratches - make sure you put something down because when all the clips are finally undone it basically just drops.
- The fog light cable connectors have like zero slack, when my bumper dropped I'm sure it tugged pretty hard on them, this is one area where a second set of hands would be helpful. Thankfully no damage/issues arose from pulling on the plugs too hard
- I was concerned about sensing if it would have more plugs. The sensing stuff is attached to the bumper frame, not the plastic, so there was nothing extra that needed to be done.
- The clips!! Removing all the bolts was easy, but the clips that hold the bumper on were very difficult for me. I have no idea where the clips actually are, so I spent a lot of time tugging and stopping to look at videos, re-read the documentation, try and get a screwdriver in there. In the end I can't even say how I got them off, if it was just tugging or if my screwdriver work helped as well. Below are two pictures showing where the clip locations are.
- There are also clips on the two pieces above the headlights, watch this youtube video for info on those:
- Overall it took me about 4 hours - I would say I spent over an hour on the bumper clips part
- The bolt underneath the bumper is 10mm and the hex screw is 5mm
- Reassambly was worlds easier than disassembly
- At one point I was trying to separate the chrome piece from the top of the bumper until I realized I was replacing the whole grill and that piece did not need to come apart
- I had to remove my license plate frame to get the grill out
- I did break the pegs in my H emblem, so it is now held on with 3m tape - you can't even tell.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
