After 17 years, the headlight assemblies on my Accord weren't providing nearly enough light. Although the bulbs still worked, deterioration of the outer lenses significantly reduced their effectiveness.
Commercial products for restoring the outer lens surfaces helped, but never quite provided the results I wanted. For about $100, I found a new set of replacement assemblies and decided to proceed.
After disconnecting the battery, I removed the plastic rivets, bolts, and other fasteners holding the bumper cover to the front of Accord.

Most of the fasteners were easy to remove, including plastic rivets in several locations and bolts, which required a 10mm socket, on the underside.
The easiest fastener to miss (my opinion), but still easy to remove, are the JIS screws connecting the bumper cover to the fender, just forward of the front tires.
The screws are oriented vertically and their heads are recessed. They install straight up and remove straight down. Two fasteners, one on each side, required the most effort.



These are the only plastic connectors that are not plastic rivets.

After removing all of the fasteners, very little hardware remains holding the bumper cover to the front end.
However, a row of recessed fasteners along the 'border' where the bumper cover meets the fender and headlight assembly may still not want to let go.
Working with painted bumper cover and fender sheet metal, I wanted to minimize the chance of marring any of the hard surfaces with a tool.
For that reason, I did not want to use anything like pry bars and screwdrivers. Ultimately, the kitchen provided a solution...


My wife bought a new set of wooden kitchen tools, which made her very happy as well.

Before long, off came the bumper cover, which fully exposes the headlight assembly fasteners.


Front bumper and headlights assemblies removed. Ready to reverse the process with new assemblies.


New headlight assemblies still have the protective film in place. Now, where are all of those bumper fasteners?
This is a nice opportunity to replace any missing/damaged plastic rivets or other fasteners. I replaced at least a half dozen of them.


Headlight assembly replacement is now complete, and (shocked and amazed)... everything works. ;-)


The passenger side headlight assembly was deteriorated the most. This photo is for comparison of the old and new passenger side enclosures.

We now live on an unimproved mountain road. Although wishing I had taken a 'before' photo, the results of this project are fantastic.


Driving up our gravel mountain road at night is now a substantially better experience.

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