New owner here!

[UWU-mancer]

Installed the OEM mud flaps today due to the spacers on the wheels. I put a little PPF on where the mud flaps touch the paint as i've seen in past cars mud flaps that will dig into the paint.

also my copper wheels came!

The copper wheels are so UWU

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[stan23]

awesome. my OEM flaps arrive tomorrow UPS. will put them on pronto. any comments or tips installing? i heard a number of guys didn't use the rear spring clips because they didnt want to damaget the paint and also there are enough screws to hold the flaps already. i plan to ignore those clips also. anyway let me know your install thoughts and any tips you have thanks.

I did not install those clips! The rear flaps seem very secure already without them. I skipped similar clips on my Honda Pilot when I installed the rear OEM flaps, and 2 years later - no issues!

If you don't have a stubby screwdriver, get one, so you don't need to jack up the car. I used this :

 

[GotSeoul?]

Man...I'm supremely jealous seeing everyone's DE5 with tint.

NY new law next month will start automatically deducting points for stuff like tint.

 

[lunarhalo]

awesome. my OEM flaps arrive tomorrow UPS. will put them on pronto. any comments or tips installing? i heard a number of guys didn't use the rear spring clips because they didnt want to damaget the paint and also there are enough screws to hold the flaps already. i plan to ignore those clips also. anyway let me know your install thoughts and any tips you have thanks.

Just installed the OEM guards last week, did not use the

I did not install those clips! The rear flaps seem very secure already without them. I skipped similar clips on my Honda Pilot when I installed the rear OEM flaps, and 2 years later - no issues!

If you don't have a stubby screwdriver, get one, so you don't need to jack up the car. I used this :

I just installed my OEM guards last week, also did not use the spring clips per comments here and Reddit and on YT. Like the way they look and they did their job keeping grime and salt and spray off the fenders on a long road trip home.

Also STRONGLY second what Stan23 recommended. Will make your life loads easier.

Only other little thing to look out for is the screw on the underside of the rear guards. There are like 2 or 3 layers you have to align, and there’s a little spring clip inside that might become dislodged like it did on mine, so the screw wouldn’t bite. Was easy enough to realign once I figured out what the problem was. Really the only small hiccup on an otherwise very easy install.

 

[stan23]

I also have a set of the fx3d guards coming, so I may swap. I had those on my FL5 and I loved them.

My wheel shop had an opening today so they threw on the OEM copper wheels. I also removed the 15mm spacers (just wasnt my thing) I take my time putting on the wheel caps as to align to the valve stem but took a pic before I installed them.

 

[stan23]

Friday fun in the twisties!

 

[stan23]

Overland Alcantara console with a S660 Ti knob.

 

[stan23]

Weather has been good here in the SF Bay Area. Took out the S2K for a quick wash and wanted to take a pic of the 2 Hondas.

 

[stan23]

Installed the Homelink mirror today. This is the 3rd time i've done it! First on my FL5, then my friend's FL5 and now on my DE5. I used the wiring harness method as it was familiar to me. Install went nice and smooth.

 

[artofboxing986]

I'm a new owner too. I was in the market for a '26 ITS but picked up this '24 instead because it was such a GREAT deal....only had 804 miles on it. I flew up to Chicago and drove it 552 miles back to Tennessee on Christmas Eve.

Love the color

 

[SlippyFist]

Installed the Homelink mirror today. This is the 3rd time i've done it! First on my FL5, then my friend's FL5 and now on my DE5. I used the wiring harness method as it was familiar to me. Install went nice and smooth.

which mirror is that? accord or MDX? i'm looking at making this my next mod since im having a garage built

 

[stan23]

Man a clean black DE5 looks fantastic!

 

[stan23]

which mirror is that? accord or MDX? i'm looking at making this my next mod since im having a garage built

It's the Accord one. Exact same looking mirror as the OEM one except has homelink.

Here are the part numbers :

 

[SlippyFist]

thanks. what was the incentive for using the MDX mirror over the accord mirror? i was following that long-winded thread about this specific topic that was posted when the cars were new, and i remember some people going with the MDX mirror over the accord one. something to do with the base fitting better or something?

 

[UWU-mancer]

thanks. what was the incentive for using the MDX mirror over the accord mirror? i was following that long-winded thread about this specific topic that was posted when the cars were new, and i remember some people going with the MDX mirror over the accord one. something to do with the base fitting better or something?

Oooh this is a good question! I’m looking to swap mine too but wondered what the difference was. Thnx for thinking to ask this bro

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