I'm fitting a new RHS front wing to my '94 Accord. Seen youtube vids which are useful. But is there an easier way other than dropping the whole front bumper ?
Any short-cuts?
Obviously it boils down to getting at the bolts holding the front of the wing, maybe if I remove the bumper RH fixings I could drop the RHS of the bumper to get to the mudguard bolts? Any clues?

 

Never done that on a 1994, but yes, it comes down to getting at the bolts holding the front. Also, the plastic bumper skin probably snaps into some fittings at the front of the sheetmetal.

But it does seem like you can do that by starting to remove the bumper skin from the right side, and see how much it can flex out of the way. There should be some fasteners holding the plastic inner fender to the sheetmetal, and the splash shield underneath, as well as the plastic bumper skin.

 

Okay... I can confirm that you can pull the wing off with only removal of the top H/L mount screws (easy), and one RH top bumper 'skin' plastic screw (underneath the grille -which is dead easy to remove). Obviously all the actual wing screws and inner guard plastic screws need to be removed. Just need to get enough play to pull at things to get screw access. It's a bit of a hassle though ... (Have a good set of swearwords ready to help the process!) And a 1/4" drive 10mm socket with 2" -3"extension really helps. One plastic screw needed removing from the lower sill trim (?) so that it can be levered down for access to the rearward wing 10mm screw.
It's a bit of a struggle though. I now have my old dented wing off, but I'm yet to fit my 'new' straight wing. I'll let you know how I go. It's one thing removing, but could be a different thing fitting another wing.
I've taken a few pics along the way, which I'll post after fitting.

 

Sometimes the difficult part is getting the new sheetmetal all properly aligned before tightening the bolts. Fenders (wings) are sorta flimsy by themselves and they can easily bend so need a little pushing to get into proper alignment.

Good luck.

 

Yes, it's one thing pulling the old one off,- possibly much easier than fitting the new one. I'll tape over the edges to protect the paint for a start. I might have to pull the whole bumper off anyway, as one mount on the headlamp assembly is broken. (This whole thing started when I hit a kangaroo. After replacing the grille and bonnet, I considered myself lucky there was no damage to the wing, but then my grandson fell off his 'Tarzan' rope swing and landed on and dented the wing).

 

I hope "Tarzan" wasn't hurt...

 

Haha! -I hope he was! He's a rough 'n tough knockabout 12 year old, and I reckon he and his mate were using the Honda as a 'push-off' for the rope-swinging, - kick the wing to get the swing.
I'll just bide my time, wait 'til he gets his first job, then present him with the invoice for parts and labour -adjusted up for inflation and interest added of course, (REVENGE! -the dish best served cold eh?)
The new wing went on easily with just one side of the bumper loosened and dropped an inch or two, today I'm getting and will fit the new headlight assembly.

 

 

The pics: One shows the 'orrible thing with wing removed and broken headlight removed. Note that I've removed lots of bumper fasteners so I can drop it down on the RHS to gain access to the EVIL screw! (See other pic).
One pics shows the 'EVIL' screw - yellow line points to it. It's so low very hard to get any sort of tool onto it to tighten or loosen it. I did manage it, but it took me hours. You'd need some sort of 1/4" drive extensions with a universal joint to get to it.
Third pic shows the bumper, and note I've drilled a big hole into it which lets you put in a long straight 1/4" extension to get to that EVIL bolt.
Yes I know... sacrilege! but actually I'll be able to plug that hole so you'd never know it's there. And forever more I'll be able to change that headlight unit without dropping the bumper, because it's only that EVIL screw that you can't get to without dropping the bumper.