02-27-2017, 02:13 PM
Here's the situation...
My very sweet but occasionally spatially-challenged wife tipped over a bunch of gardening tools in the garage last Fall and the tank of my DLX took the brunt of it.
There are no dents, but that oh so beautiful paint job now has some very obvious scars. I've done a little research on paint repair in the area and, as weird as this seems to me, it's starting to look like the costs of having the paint professionally repaired could be comparable to the costs of simply replacing it with a new tank.
There are several online Honda part suppliers that claim to have a direct replacement for the DLX's tank but I want to be sure before I order.
The OEM part number for the tank seems to be 17520-MGC-N20ZA. Does anyone on this board have any experience with this part? Will it come in the same Candy Red as my original?
Here's a link to one such supplier's part if it helps: http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts/deta...a/b3262747
What do you guys think? Should I go for it?
-Brian
Here's another link to the same part number from a different supplier. Curiously, the description seems to indicate that the color is "Graphite Black". How that can be a replacement for a '14 DLX tank? The DLX wasn't available in that color?!
http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/ho...N20ZA.html
My very sweet but occasionally spatially-challenged wife tipped over a bunch of gardening tools in the garage last Fall and the tank of my DLX took the brunt of it.
There are no dents, but that oh so beautiful paint job now has some very obvious scars. I've done a little research on paint repair in the area and, as weird as this seems to me, it's starting to look like the costs of having the paint professionally repaired could be comparable to the costs of simply replacing it with a new tank.
There are several online Honda part suppliers that claim to have a direct replacement for the DLX's tank but I want to be sure before I order.
The OEM part number for the tank seems to be 17520-MGC-N20ZA. Does anyone on this board have any experience with this part? Will it come in the same Candy Red as my original?
Here's a link to one such supplier's part if it helps: http://www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts/deta...a/b3262747
What do you guys think? Should I go for it?
-Brian
Here's another link to the same part number from a different supplier. Curiously, the description seems to indicate that the color is "Graphite Black". How that can be a replacement for a '14 DLX tank? The DLX wasn't available in that color?!
http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/ho...N20ZA.html