Touring Owners (Does the chrome door handles and door grill bother you?)

[Zerostatic]

I'm not a huge fan of the hatchback body style but I hate the chrome grill on the coupes and sedans and the touring trim is even worse with the door handles as well. Does does bother any of you touring owners?

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[tsupersonic]

I hate chrome, and I'm so glad the hatchback came with black grill by default (though I'm annoyed at the chrome around the top of doors). For sedan/coupe, you can change your grill to black (check posts on here).

 

[brienp]

My issue with chrome is the same I have with black cars, I LOVE a freshly washed and polished black car....for about 20 seconds, or until a breeze comes and covers the car in what should be invisible dust but somehow magically appears as giant boulders on a black car. The same for chrome, it looks nice when its freshly washed and polished....annnnnd then somehow water spots magically appear and it looks like crap again. I have a touring coupe and Im forever fighting with the chrome to keep is shining, but alas, I live in the pacific northwest where it rains 13 months out of the year.

 

[Green82]

I love chrome on a car sadly my hatchback sport is all black trim and to make it worse is the blak rims they needed to be chrome or at least a polished aluminum

 

[gtman]

I think it kind of depends on the car paint color too. I blacked out the chrome grille on my dark Cosmic Blue sedan and thought it looked better with the contrast of the chrome.

 

[Rickmeister 48]

Don't have a touring, but as soon as it gets warm, I'm blacking out the chrome.

 

[Billy4202]

The grille really isn't enough chrome to bother me, but IMO on a darker color it works well. I like the door handles, it's a differentiator vs. all the EX-Ts I see everyday.

If we were talking late-2000s Chevy amounts of chrome (those damn LTZ rims), it'd be a different story.

 

[CivicChina]

In general i'm not a fan of chrome but for the first time on this car i love it, because it contrasts with the otherwise too dark (for me) cosmic blue. I even added chrome door handles to give a bit of shine and movement. At the beginning i had a hard time getting used to this dark thing, because the dark color flattens the body lines and makes the car look smaller.

 

[IDriveACivic]

Without chrome pieces, my car be a gray block.

I think the black grille works better with the bright red, blue, white, or green.

 

[fenerli]

I feel chrome complements well with my WOP.

 

[shihabp79]

I’m glad the Type R had black trim all around. Usually I’m not bothered by such little details if the vehicle overall is so good but that chrome is a serious turnoff. I do think the chrome accents look good on the Accord, though.

 

[gtman]

It just depends on the car and color I think unless you just find chrome to be awful. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of chrome, but I find on my dark blue Civic sedan it adds a nice contrast. Blacked out just kind of gives my car a "blah" look. On other hand, many Civics especially the coupes and hatches look great blacked out. The Type R would look silly with chrome.

Here's an example of what I mean:

Modern steel sedan blacked out:

Modern steel sedan with chrome:

In the above case I actually like the chrome better. But it's all in the eye of the beholder.

 

[bembol]

One of the reasons why I bought the Hatchback Sport Touring.

 

[Schmullis]

I'm not a huge fan of the hatchback body style but I hate the chrome grill on the coupes and sedans and the touring trim is even worse with the door handles as well. Does does bother any of you touring owners?

I'm not a big fan of the blacked out look. The chrome looks just fine to me!

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