Thanks, Gary.
I feared removing the rear seat bottom would be necessary to do this right. It sounds like that isn't so difficult, either.

Now for the deciding factor - does my wife like 'em

 

Gumby
The deciding factor would seem to be - keep the wife or instal the exciting sexy desirable scuff plates? No contest in my book!

 

Tulip,

I'm thinking those NON-lighted ones may be just the thing...
We'll see. Maybe that way, I can keep the wife, too.
I'm too busy to do the install anyway, right now.

 

Received mine from Hong Kong today, six days after ordering on E Bay. My wife likes them so lucky old me. I get to keep the plates and my 'trouble and strife' as well!

 

Okay... I've decided to give the lighted ones a try! I went the $5 cheaper way... using the bid instead of the "buy it now" option for an auction which ends on the 7th. Please don't outbid me!

 

Yea!!! I won! Got the door sill plates at $5 off. Hopefully they'll arrive in a week and I can start drilling holes in my car... YIKES! What did it just get myself into?!!!

 

Let us know how it goes! Blue is my favorite color, and I figure that the blue lighted scuff plates would go nicely with the blue displays and the magnetic pearl color of my car. I may not be able to do it at all though because my loan contract says no mods. I will have to reread it to see if this would count as a "mod" or not.

 

From Gary's photos it appears the blue is a little lighter than that from the dash lighting... but it's close enough! My XM Roady is also off a little, too.

If you want something to contrast, the seller also has red lighting in the same style. Might look good on a red HCHII... oh yeah, they don't offer the red on the hybrid (darn it! I love the red Civic color!). Maybe someday Honda will add more colors to the hybrid line!

 

All the more reason to make your payments promptly so they never find out!

 

Haha! I like that line of thought. There's nothing better than that extra motivation.