Speaking of decade old cars and aging plastics, my taillights both look great, despite the fact that the turn signal and the backup lamps are both clear (with amber bulbs for the turns), still look fine without discoloring. The side repeater lights still look good as far as I can tell, however, I do note the repeaters on similar vintage Golf/Jettas do turn yellowish as someone recently replaced theirs on their Jetta, and it's obvious they were new and shiny - and clear, not yellowed.
My headlight buckets, however had been clouded but I think the Honda dealer may have buffed them out, sort of, missing some spots and I just noticed a small crack in the driver's side of maybe 3/4 of an inch. However, they aren't nearly as yellowed, or glazed as many I see so the light output is still decent.
The same goes for my driving/fog lights, look reasonably clear and shiny as far as I can tell.
Other than the wheel bearing, mechanical issues have been pretty minimal outside of needing a fresh upper radiator hose, which I still need to replace, and the transmission (automatic) leaking a little and needing fresh ATF at some point.
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Date: 2013-08-29 04:38 am (UTC)Speaking of decade old cars and aging plastics, my taillights both look great, despite the fact that the turn signal and the backup lamps are both clear (with amber bulbs for the turns), still look fine without discoloring. The side repeater lights still look good as far as I can tell, however, I do note the repeaters on similar vintage Golf/Jettas do turn yellowish as someone recently replaced theirs on their Jetta, and it's obvious they were new and shiny - and clear, not yellowed.
My headlight buckets, however had been clouded but I think the Honda dealer may have buffed them out, sort of, missing some spots and I just noticed a small crack in the driver's side of maybe 3/4 of an inch. However, they aren't nearly as yellowed, or glazed as many I see so the light output is still decent.
The same goes for my driving/fog lights, look reasonably clear and shiny as far as I can tell.
Other than the wheel bearing, mechanical issues have been pretty minimal outside of needing a fresh upper radiator hose, which I still need to replace, and the transmission (automatic) leaking a little and needing fresh ATF at some point.
But for 123,600+ miles, not bad.