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Picked her up today, very exciting and a smooth overall process.

As soon as I got home, I ordered a full set of Lasfit all weather mats, including a trunk tray. I was originally going go OEM but the aftermarket appears to have a lot better coverage, higher side walls, ect. and I have used Lasfit products in the past and been very happy with them.

After getting some forum inspiration, I ordered tinted indicator lights; the orange has to go… And a roll of 3m vinyl to black out the chrome on the window.

Also ordered Amazon LEDs to brighten all the interior lighting. I’ll probably debadge the odyssey and sport because I don’t think the chrome goes well with all the gloss black and I prefer the look of a clean trunk.

Finally, I did cave on an OEM accessory… the utility trash bin, which for some reason seems like such a good addition to me.

That’s all for now, this stuff should all be here/installed by mid January. At the end of the day, I don’t want to do to much and make this responsible family purchase into a money pit!

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I’ll take better pictures tomorrow but WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

I highly recommend everyone do LED interior lights. The ones I got were a cheap (~20) set from Amazon. Reviews were generally good and if they start going out in a few months, I’ll get a second, high quality set to replace them.

As this car will primarily be used for family transport, I wasn’t sure my wife would like them but turns out she loves the brightness and crisp white color!

Second thing I did was one of two VipMotoz led corner lights. I quit after one because the sun went down and I’m off tomorrow so why rush it! I’ll get photos of everything tomorrow.

I believe these corner marker lights are the same as the ones on the 10th gen civic. Attached is a photo of my civic to compare. If that is the case, we can use Suma or Unity lights… much higher quality and nicer, but for 40 bucks I’ll rock the eBay ones for the time being.

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@Jconnway
What ever you do with the LED lights, do not change out the visor Lights. They will blind your eyes and your wife will probably throttle your neck if you did.
What Amazon LEDs did you get? Please leave a link...
 
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I've changed the visor bulbs to LED on my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Gens. I'll have to see how bright they are in the dark tonight. Earlier I hadn't seen this as an issue, but I rarely (if ever) use the visor mirror.
Nice van!:giggle:(y)
 
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It’s absolutely FREEZING in New York at the moment so I have no intention of getting to work on the hitch.. but even if I did, I have a bit of an issue.

The hitch arrived in a pretty banged up box and there are two areas where the powder coating is chipped off.

The seller offered to contact the manufacturer and arrange a replacement so if it’s all no cost to me I’m going to do that.

I was thinking some spray paint would take care of this, especially since it’s completely behind the bumper anyway.. but why settle for a damaged part?
 
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I am a stickler for getting what I paid for and receiving me what was promised. I wont be batting an eye for this paint chip. It is not structural, blemish is small, and is not visible.
The best I would do is ask for a discount or additional services and go about my day

also, that Lasfit mats are the same ones branded as 3W and cost me $125 for the three rows. I presume you paid about the same?
 
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I expected the seller to offer a discount but they said they’d contact the manufacturer. I normally wouldn’t wanna be dealing with shipping back and forth but since there’s no rush here I’m just gonna see what they say.

Also, I agree it’s not a huge or even visible damage but it’ll rust without a doubt.

The Lasfit mats were 175 including the trunk tray. So four rows if you will.

Not sure if they’re just branded and based on another mat set or not.
 
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This is the exact one I purchased. Unfortunately it’s showing out of stock now but there should be a bit more info on the listing

When it warms up a bit I’m going to check if 10th gen civic marker lights fit, they look identical to me. If they do there are way more options available that we could use.

They are plug and play but if you want the market to flash amber with the turn signals you have to tap the wire in the bumper. I did not do this, I don’t need them to flash and I wasn’t keen on slicing into my brand brand new van at the moment.
 
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I gave in and bought the Timbren SES bump stops. I know when I get the hitch installed I’ll be loading the rear so I’m gonna preemptively have these ready to swap in.

I got them on “sale” and including tax and shipping they were just about 240 dollars, which to me is ludicrous for rubber inserts but from the reviews you get what you pay for and they should be a solid upgrade.
 
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Got my replacement hitch and intend to install it this weekend.

In a lucky twist, I was told to keep the original chipped paint one BUT had to send back the hardware kit (6 bolts and washers). Ironically the replacement is chipped too so I’m just going to paint both of them for corrosion resistance.

If someone is looking for a hitch and is local to Westchester NY, I’d be happy to split my good fortune with you!

100 bucks, less than half what I paid.

Replacement hardware would run you about bucks.

6x Bolt M12
1.25 x 35, CL8.8

6x Conical Washer 1/2”

I’ll be listing it on FB Marketplace but wanna put it out here first.
 
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Another thing I’d be interested in is clear matte wrapping gloss interior surfaces. I hate the fingerprint prone gloss surfaces. My wife and I chose the Odyssey over a similarly spec’ed Kia Carnival for many reasons but one of them being the amount of black gloss interior panels that showed fingerprints very easily.
 
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Got my hitch installed today. 1.5 hours total and that was being extra cautious to not break a single tab or nick any paint! I think it’s more like an hour job if you have everything laid out.

I love how it turned out. Factory fit and finish and with an extra set of hands (thanks Dad) I would say this is like a 4/10 if you’re at all experienced with car stuff.

Looking forward to getting a basket for luggage and a bike rack for my kids. Even though we torqued the bolts to spec, I highly doubt I’ll ever tow anything, but I will absolutely be strapping suitcases out there on trips.

I was going to do the Timbren SES as well but the temp started to go below 40 and the wife started asking how long I’d be, so that will have to wait for another weekend.

I slapped a plastic plug I got for a couple bucks on Amazon in there to keep dirt and water out and think it looks great.

Last thing, as I mentioned before, if anyone is in the Westchester, New York area, or willing to travel, I have an extra hitch minus the 6 bolts and washers I’ll give you a killer deal on!