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A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the g

A garnish for a vehicle body including a plastic exterior skin and a metal reinforcement member. The garnish is installed on the vehicle for coating or painting and then the garnish and the vehicle body are sent through a bake oven to cure the coating or paint. After exposure to the bake oven, the garnish is removed from the vehicle body for installation of a headlight assembly. The garnish is then reinstalled on the vehicle body after the headlight assembly is installed.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle body part, comprising:a metal reinforcement member, including:a support plate that horizontally extends rearward in a flat manner from a curved front surface to a back edge,at least one arm formed with the support plate that also defines an aperture to allow attachme

What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle body part, comprising:a metal reinforcement member, including:a support plate that horizontally extends rearward in a flat manner from a curved front surface to a back edge,at least one arm formed with the support plate that also defines an aperture to allow attachment of the reinforcement member to the vehicle; anda plastic exterior skin, wherein the plastic exterior skin is adapted to receive the metal reinforcement member and is connected to the metal reinforcement member with fastener passing through a post on the skin that has a vertical member and horizontal member formed together,whereby the curved front surface of the support plate prevents the exterior skin from sagging in conditions of extreme temperature.