Well here is today's update. I stopped by Honda and picked up my parts and bought a few other pieces while I was there. Weird part was that they had the parts in stock.
Here is a quick pic of the smaller items I picked up. They are the parts to rebuild the wiper motor assembly and some more hardware and some hondabond for future builds. I always try to have that stuff on hand since I don't use cheap off brand sealant.
New hardware for the bottom of the mirrors. I knew I had to be a little clever since you can't buy these particular pieces of hardware without buying the entire mirror. But I knew that they looked strikingly similar to the hardware that holds on the plastic to the steering column right under the key cylinder. Turns out they are the same if you want some for your build.
Here is an old pic of the wiper assembly
And here is a (poorly lit) pic of the new nice and beautiful wiper assembly.
A little info about the clips that hold in the rods is that you can't buy them without buying the rods also. They are only like $17 each so no big deal and they add a nice contrast. But the stranger part is that they had them both in stock. But they said they probably fit many other vehicles.
Here is a pic of the color of the mirrors with and without flash just because.
And the big piece of the day is my OEM rear bumper. Remember my Grandpa ran into my other one with his truck. No bueno. Notes about this piece was that it was wrapped very well, and I've opened a lot of bumpers in my day.
And my next project is painting a factory usdm spare tire to make it look like the putrid yellow-brown color that the jdm ones are. A quick before: