Rear bumper off and a bit of rust.

[Chrismas]

Going to fit reverse sensors to the Accord, but could see dirt and rust underneath. The crash bar is a bit rusty and will need cleaning. Doesn't look like the bumper has been off in a while. I reckon most of this will clean up. Plastic clip on the bumper needs sorting, and I'm not sure whether to touch the number plate light mounts which are a bit crusty too. 

[hughezee]

That's not too bad, all lower grade soft steel parts and should clean up easily, I would recommend drilling out the spot welds breaking off the upper bumper stiffener support. Properly clean the area de-rust the bracket and repaint and secure with rivets. Also I replaced my rear crash bar as it was pretty bad on the insides, so I just got a new one.

 

[Chrismas]

Where could I get a new crash bar from? 

[hughezee]

9 minutes ago, Chrismas said:

Where could I get a new crash bar from? 

I ordered mine direct from Honda p/n: 71530-S82-G00ZZ not sure if they're still available now?

[Chrismas]

On 5/28/2020 at 12:12 AM, hughezee said:

71530-S82-G00ZZ

The bar cleaned up after removing it, and a coat of silver Smoothrite. Didn't fancy drilling the top support, so that got a thorough coating too, after a rub down. The whole area is vulnerable to the elements, due to the number plate lights being open. Bad design in my opinion. 

When I took the bumper off, I must have knocked the pointy end of the taillight off. Luckily I found it 6ft away on the road, and glued it back. 

[hughezee]

Looks great rep points on there way shortly, shame about the light though, I have spares if you decide to replace it?

6 hours ago, Chrismas said:

Bad design in my opinion. 

The bumper would increase wind resistance without a hole, rather have ventilation in that area, a lot of cars suffer heavy corrosion in those places.

[Chrismas]

Fabricated some frames to replace the crusty number plate light mounts, taking inspiration from another post on this site. Doesn't look too bad, and you can't see it anyway. 

[KingK0ng]

Good job mate look clean.

 

[Mazda Man]

Great job. 👍

[Laird_Scooby]

Great work there! Bit of a "labour of love" as you can't see most of the results but at least you know it's been done!

[PTR200S]

Excellent stuff, looks great 👍

[hughezee]

Great job 👍

[Brett]

Great stuff buddy 

This is the kind of Stuff Stu does 😃

[hughezee]

15 hours ago, Brett said:

Great stuff buddy 

This is the kind of Stuff Stu does 😃

Nice to see members actively preserving their own motors though 👍

[Chrismas]

Next job on mine is to address a liitle bulge in the wheel arch inner edge. One side is OK, but the nearside is warped with a little obvious rust. I'm going to get the Dremel out and grind it out, taking care not to damage the outside edge and wing. Then rust proof it, fill it, and spray it in the proper silver paint I have. 

[hughezee]

Great to see you keeping on top of things 👍

[welland99]

On 6/2/2020 at 9:30 PM, Chrismas said:

Next job on mine is to address a liitle bulge in the wheel arch inner edge. One side is OK, but the nearside is warped with a little obvious rust. I'm going to get the Dremel out and grind it out, taking care not to damage the outside edge and wing. Then rust proof it, fill it, and spray it in the proper silver paint I have. 

My rear wheel arches have a wavy shape along their inner edges, like yours.  I've always wondered what caused them, but suspected that a very minor impact in a car park might have been related (caused by another car).  Or, is it a feature (ahem) of our coupes?