Final Tally On Honda Civic "Makeover"

With makeovers all the rage on tv, Spike TV should do a car makeover
show. (Is there one already?)

I digress. Thought I'd offer an update on project Frankenstein to
Freulein. The '99 Civic EX coupe has had its facelift. In order to get
the two headlights to match, we spent:

New light - $l50.
New fender and fender well - $110.
Paint new fender - $150.
Install fender, well and light - $150.
Total - $560.
Improvement to the
looks of the car - Priceless

Ouch! It didn't seem like it would end up being that much. Buy a part
here, paint a part there. Man, does it add up!

 

they charged you $150 to install a fender and light?!

i'm in the wrong business. It would take maybe an hour to install a fender
and light.

 

Hey, that's cheap! When I went to have just the light installed (fender
ended up having to be done too in order to look right), two places, one
being the dealer, wanted that much just for the light install!! I
shudder to think if I'd taken it to a body shop (or the dealer!) and had
them paint and mount the parts. Three places wanted $240. to paint the
fender, free standing off the car! (I thankfully found one place that
understood how easy the job was and charged me $150.)