I finally FIgured it out...what I don't like about my car

[89AcCOrDmike]

so I was standing out front today, staring at the 3g, thinking to myself..."something just doesn't look good about my car". being that this has been a problem to me ever since i got the car....it was really starting to bug me. At first(a few months back) I thought it was the headlights. But then I have seen stock 3g's on this website and out about that i really like. So next... I thought it was the tan color of my car. Again I was wronged when I saw a my color....but somehow it looked better. All of the sudden. BAM it hit me, the two tone car bumpers are killer. I need to take them off. mine are black on tan, bumpers are all black, car is tan.......and I just want it to be tan on tan. my car is an 89 dx, and if there is some way i can go to a junkyard, and tear those uglies off......and put some nice same color bumpers on.....please i beg of you fill me in.....for my own sanity and the sake of my car.......

[blazin3gen]

yea all dx's have black bumpers thats y i like my lx-i its all blue which in my view is a major change good luck on finding tan color bumbers for your accord

[MrBen]

Just paint the bumpers. It's cheap.

[bradccool]

I had my bumpers painted mines a dx...... http://members.cox.net/bradccool1/Mar0209.jpg
http://members.cox.net/bradccool1/Mar0208.jpg
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[DROPPED88]

that car has a nice clean look are you planning on lowering it, that would make it look tight

[kevin b]

:huh: you took off your mud flaps. that was my fav part of your paint job. still a good lookin car though

[bobafett]

yeah looks really clean! dont rice it out.. but please lower that car! :)

[Nospeed]

Originally posted by blazin2gen
yea all dx's have black bumpers thats y i like my lx-i its all blue which in my view is a major change good luck on finding tan color bumbers for your accord

ok wait...ALL DX'S????? cause i have a dx, and i have colored bumpers. they are mostly blue, but then i have a black strip of black on them...whats up with that? mine is an 88 dx, is there anything different about that year? maybe i just have a mystery g. ask bobafett...my car is wierd. look at the mirrors too...they arent as curved as most...its like i have totally square mirrors...does anyone else have mirrors like these??

http://images.cardomain.com/member_img_b/265000-265999/265590_58_full.jpg

[bradccool]

yep I am getting it lowered......just waiting on the $ and yea........I had to take the mudflaps off....started chipping a lil, I knew it would.....flex paint cant handle that much!

[guaynabo89]

Originally posted by Nospeed
ok wait...ALL DX'S????? cause i have a dx, and i have colored bumpers. they are mostly blue, but then i have a black strip of black on them...whats up with that? mine is an 88 dx, is there anything different about that year? maybe i just have a mystery g. ask bobafett...my car is wierd. look at the mirrors too...they arent as curved as most...its like i have totally square mirrors...does anyone else have mirrors like these??

http://images.cardomain.com/member_img_b/265000-265999/265590_58_full.jpg


Coupes are the exception to that rule. You have dx mirrors. Power mirrors are more curved in shape.

[Grant2k]

are the black bumpers only an 86-87 DX thing?

[SiR]

Originally posted by Grant2k
are the black bumpers only an 86-87 DX thing?

Black bumpers were on all years on the DX trim. Its easy to find those bumpers at junkyards, any year bolts on.

[markmdz89hatch]

All 86-89 DX Sedans and DX Hatch's had black bumpers. BUT, ALL coupes, DX or LX-i had painted bumpers.

As for the mirrors, the more square ones are non-power mirrors. Those too are only found on the DX. The LX, LX-i, and SE-i all had power mirrors which are the more curved ones as guaynabo89 said. The biggest difference in those mirrors is the smaller neck or "joint" area where it mounts to the vehicle.

Yeah, if you want the bumpers to be body colored, and yours are in good shape, just get them sprayed and you'll be rollin' pimp style.

[89AcCOrDmike]

how much is a spray job? and where can i get it done?

[bradccool]

I got my emblems shaved 2 huge dents taken out of my back left Q panel and my moldings and bumpers painted for 300$ I got a great deal! * I think so anyways* well now that me n the guy are friends........he is hooking me up by repainting my whole CAR! for 500$ its gonna look awesome, he is painting those stupid black door handles too..... but any body shop will do it for ya....go to the privatly owned onez dont go to big corporate places like MAACO or any place like that........I had to shop arround till I found the best price....and MAKE them show you some of their work B4 u ever give em the keys to ur car!

[bobafett]

nospeed... lol, i guess your car is just a hybrid of all kinds of stuff! hehe

[MarioBurke]

Originally posted by guaynabo89
Coupes are the exception to that rule. You have dx mirrors. Power mirrors are more curved in shape.


This is not true either. I have an 88 DX 4 door, and my bumpers are the same color as my car. even before i painted it

[89AcCOrDmike]

maybe its just 89 dx then

[guaynabo89]

Originally posted by MarioBurke
This is not true either. I have an 88 DX 4 door, and my bumpers are the same color as my car. even before i painted it


A previous owner had them painted. All dx's except for the coupes had black bumpers.

[89AccordLXI666]

Very true indeed, The Dx's all have he black bumpers on them unless other wise it's an LX, LX-i, or SE-i all have the matching color of the car and that's it.... and the only other way that someone with a DX have their bumpbers the same color as the car, is if the previous owner had em painted... Lataz

[Silver86LX]

Does any one know about the Accords in Canada? I have a 1986 LX, and the previous owner had painted the bumpers the same colour as the body. The paint is now chipping off and it appears to be black under the paint. I know that the 4 trim levels available in Canada were the LX, EX, EX-i, and SE-i in 1989. So would that make my LX the equivalent as an American DX?

[johndej]

yeah, your LX would be an american DX.

[SirRapier]

I bought a 89 Accord DX 4dr and it is all white with a pearl. I guess someone had the bumpers, side moldings and handles painted too. Its cool tho. Yeah the black bumpers will make you crazy!!

[SirRapier]

I bought a 89 Accord DX 4dr and it is all white with a pearl. I guess someone had the bumpers, side moldings and handles painted too. Its cool tho. Yeah the black bumpers will make you crazy!!

[SirRapier]

I bought a 89 Accord DX 4dr and it is all white with a pearl. I guess someone had the bumpers, side moldings and handles painted too. Its cool tho. Yeah the black bumpers will make you crazy!!