Bumper trim.. gone or non-existant?
03-30-10, 05:28 AM
#32
JESUS already! Go to PepBoys or Autozone...they have high quality chrome trim that is the same thickness as OEM made by 3M. Re-did my entire car last year for around 20 bucks and it looks sick! Or you can waste your money and buy oem for just the area you need for $75 bucks and then find that now the other areas look too dull and also need replacing. So there goes another $150+ lol. $200+ on chrome trim lol!!!
There comes a certain point (and age) of our vehicles where "certain" items can be bought as non-OEM; no big deal. GL
There comes a certain point (and age) of our vehicles where "certain" items can be bought as non-OEM; no big deal. GL
03-30-10, 08:41 AM
#33
JESUS already! Go to PepBoys or Autozone...they have high quality chrome trim that is the same thickness as OEM made by 3M. Re-did my entire car last year for around 20 bucks and it looks sick! Or you can waste your money and buy oem for just the area you need for $75 bucks and then find that now the other areas look too dull and also need replacing. So there goes another $150+ lol. $200+ on chrome trim lol!!!
There comes a certain point (and age) of our vehicles where "certain" items can be bought as non-OEM; no big deal. GL
There comes a certain point (and age) of our vehicles where "certain" items can be bought as non-OEM; no big deal. GL
03-30-10, 10:03 AM
#35
lol, cool ty. if u not familiar with me, i always try and do my own leg work before i ask anything of anyone.
oh and before u go and look rock, i did find some on those sites but MOST were 1/2" or 1/4" im SPECIFICALLY looking for 3/8" which is what our car is
oh and before u go and look rock, i did find some on those sites but MOST were 1/2" or 1/4" im SPECIFICALLY looking for 3/8" which is what our car is
03-30-10, 11:04 AM
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03-30-10, 08:00 PM
#37
Actually, I just measured mine and it is 1/4" thick. Slightly thinner than the 3/8" oem...a couple of mm smaller; barely noticable. Since the "kit" came with 9' of this trim, I re-did my entire car...it needed it anyway. Now, it looks fresh and spot-on. Obviously, it might look stupid if I mix and matched this bumper trim with the thicker oem trim. IMHO, if you saw my car you wouldn't know that the entire outside is 2mm thinner. It just looks like brand new oem trim.
Brian, I tried to find your 3/8" and couldn't find it anywhere. Go with the 1/4" like I did. The 1/2" wouldn't even fit in the gapped area in the bumpers anyway. GL!
Sexy Lexy, I believe I got mine at either Advanced Auto Parts or PepBoys at the time, it was over a year ago though...
Brian, I tried to find your 3/8" and couldn't find it anywhere. Go with the 1/4" like I did. The 1/2" wouldn't even fit in the gapped area in the bumpers anyway. GL!
Sexy Lexy, I believe I got mine at either Advanced Auto Parts or PepBoys at the time, it was over a year ago though...
03-31-10, 10:44 AM
#38
Actually, I just measured mine and it is 1/4" thick. Slightly thinner than the 3/8" oem...a couple of mm smaller; barely noticable. Since the "kit" came with 9' of this trim, I re-did my entire car...it needed it anyway. Now, it looks fresh and spot-on. Obviously, it might look stupid if I mix and matched this bumper trim with the thicker oem trim. IMHO, if you saw my car you wouldn't know that the entire outside is 2mm thinner. It just looks like brand new oem trim.
Brian, I tried to find your 3/8" and couldn't find it anywhere. Go with the 1/4" like I did. The 1/2" wouldn't even fit in the gapped area in the bumpers anyway. GL!
Sexy Lexy, I believe I got mine at either Advanced Auto Parts or PepBoys at the time, it was over a year ago though...
Brian, I tried to find your 3/8" and couldn't find it anywhere. Go with the 1/4" like I did. The 1/2" wouldn't even fit in the gapped area in the bumpers anyway. GL!
Sexy Lexy, I believe I got mine at either Advanced Auto Parts or PepBoys at the time, it was over a year ago though...
05-01-10, 11:04 AM
#41
auto zone 1/4 inch same crap as the dealer if you want to spend more money go right ahead and go to the lexus dealer no were not hondas but there is such thing as universal... all the ebay guys do is get the stuff from auto zone and cut it for you. 15 dollars at auto zone to over 40 at the dealer seems like a easy decision to me.
