Like I said, the bolt hole that near the tailights is already there, it's not custom drilled. There is no way that you could screw up the cutting at that area that close to the tailights because the bolt hole is already there. And that is exactly the bolt hole that you attach bolt to the garnish.
flip the garnish and take picture of the back, and the box of the garnish to show the Honda Genuine part label.I took out another set and installed the Lens on the left to show you the fitment is perfect. That is absolutely an installation error not the garnish.
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It came with the 2 reflectors, garnish, and 1 light fixture.
Yes, you can fit a bulb on the driver side of the reflector, but on the passenger, you would have to cut a hole into it.
Diy, drill the hole and find another plug. More info can be found from the original thread:
Typical problem of knockoff, looks good when it stands alone, but don't fit right when you try to align with other parts of the car during installation.
Agreed, but the tabs of reflectors either go in snugly or not going in at all. We are talking about 1 ~ 2 mm uneven surface between garnish and reflector at the area below the "stanley", not entire seam. IF the reflector don't go in properly, it's gap between the two, not uneven surface between the two.
Send it back to your installer, and good luck with the fix. You will need more time and effort to align the parts together.
I hate to point this out, but I do see fitment problem on OP car. He has to adjust it to make it right. This a fact, not assumption.
Up to this point you still hesitate to provide any picture on the back of the garnish to prove your statement. You mentioned on your ebay listing that, you know your part is Honda original because the first batch you obtained didn't have "HONDA" but the following batch you have do come with it. Ironically, you are actually the one who make the assumption with no proof that your garnish is original without rigid proof, basically failed to provide Honda part number and label like you show on the reflectors.
I know what's wrong with reflector now. I had this problem too when I had my garnish installed, the problem is not the garnish, it's the person who install it. The installer needs to cut a bigger rectangular hole where the back of the reflector fits through the garnish, from what I remembered is that when the hole isn't big enough, the back of the reflector gets jam between the hole and that's why the reflector doesn't sit properly with the garnish. Don't be afraid to cut the rectangular hole a bit bigger than the back of the reflector because you have the rubber gasket to cover up the rest of the hole. Just make sure you're not cutting the rectangular hole bigger than the gasket or else you'll be screwed.
Those foam tapes were used as insulation between two parts, our garnish has those as well all around the edges of the garnish. So when you put the garnish on there is no gap between the garnish and the trunk and it won't rattle as well. The one I got come with these:
