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wheresmylicense · 10-22-2005, 06:06 PM

what manufacturer makes some good jdm-style headlights for an affordable price? i'm having problems with the headlights i have now fogging up REALLY bad and i wanna go back to the jdm look. any suggestions?

slowEJ6 · 10-22-2005, 06:35 PM

noone makes good ones, they are all ugly black housing headlights.

get the real thing or just paint your stockers....hell ill paint your stockers for you if you arent up to it.

here are a couple ive done for reference:
http://www.shatbox.com/images/cars/ambercarcloseup.jpg
http://www.shatbox.com/images/headlights/04civic/

wheresmylicense · 10-23-2005, 12:00 AM

i don't think i have my stock ones anymore... then what??

slowEJ6 · 10-23-2005, 01:19 AM

pick up some stockers that you can paint or buy the real deal CTR lenses.

jdm style headlights just arent even remotely the same as the jdm counterpart they are intended to replicate. not to mention horrible quality.

wheresmylicense · 10-23-2005, 03:49 AM

too bad ctrs are so expensive....

JDMFantasy2k · 10-23-2005, 01:11 PM

it's worth it, just save up and until then maybe pick up some from the boneyard. Passwordjdm.com man, there is no substitute

wheresmylicense · 10-23-2005, 03:52 PM

is the wiring harness necessary? do they not just plug into what's already there?

*pdiggitydogg* · 10-24-2005, 03:53 PM

no harness is necessary
if you end up shelling out for units w/ city lights, you just need a socket (dealership sells them or just pull them from any civic's license plate lights from a junk yard, prelude city socket, s2000 sidemarker socket - theyre all the same). After that, stop at the hardware store and pick up a box of female spade clips and use those instead of paying $20 for a silly harness
As for the regular bulbs, no, you dont need to do anything - the standard h4 bulbs go in fine

wheresmylicense · 10-24-2005, 06:56 PM

and city lights are pretty much just side markers?

*pdiggitydogg* · 10-24-2005, 07:27 PM

no, theyre just the same socket

wheresmylicense · 10-25-2005, 10:08 PM

what are city lights, then?

*pdiggitydogg* · 10-25-2005, 11:19 PM

honestly, I dont want to describe what theyre for again, so just search (i know that sounds mean)

wheresmylicense · 10-26-2005, 05:28 PM

ok, well more or less i figured out what they are... don't really understand what they're for... but nonetheless...

my question now is, how stupid would it look if you just didn't put them in? REALLY stupid?

JDMFantasy2k · 10-26-2005, 06:34 PM

don't be a dousche, put them in. I think you can buy the sockets from passwordjdm.com also, otherwise go searching. They just look sick, trust me. But i believe the actual purpose is so people can see your car in dusk conditions without you having to have your headlights on. I love mine and use them all the time.

sicones · 10-26-2005, 08:11 PM

can you install city lights in the stock headlights, I think you would have to drill a hole and custom mount one of those wedge bulb style sockets right???

JDMFantasy2k · 10-26-2005, 08:34 PM

on the back of the housing there's a circular area where the city lights are located on the JDM ones, however you'd have to drill through the reflector housing also, and that would probably fuck it up.

10-22-2005, 06:06 PM	#1
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	reputable jdm headlights? what manufacturer makes some good jdm-style headlights for an affordable price? i'm having problems with the headlights i have now fogging up REALLY bad and i wanna go back to the jdm look. any suggestions? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-23-2005, 12:00 AM	#3
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	i don't think i have my stock ones anymore... then what?? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-23-2005, 03:49 AM	#5
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	too bad ctrs are so expensive.... __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-23-2005, 01:11 PM	#6
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	it's worth it, just save up and until then maybe pick up some from the boneyard. Passwordjdm.com man, there is no substitute __________________

10-23-2005, 03:52 PM	#7
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	is the wiring harness necessary? do they not just plug into what's already there? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-22-2005, 06:35 PM	#2
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	noone makes good ones, they are all ugly black housing headlights. get the real thing or just paint your stockers....hell ill paint your stockers for you if you arent up to it. here are a couple ive done for reference: http://www.shatbox.com/images/cars/ambercarcloseup.jpg http://www.shatbox.com/images/headlights/04civic/

10-23-2005, 01:19 AM	#4
slowEJ6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Oviedo, FL Age: 42 Posts: 3,195	pick up some stockers that you can paint or buy the real deal CTR lenses. jdm style headlights just arent even remotely the same as the jdm counterpart they are intended to replicate. not to mention horrible quality.

10-24-2005, 03:53 PM	#8
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	no harness is necessary if you end up shelling out for units w/ city lights, you just need a socket (dealership sells them or just pull them from any civic's license plate lights from a junk yard, prelude city socket, s2000 sidemarker socket - theyre all the same). After that, stop at the hardware store and pick up a box of female spade clips and use those instead of paying $20 for a silly harness As for the regular bulbs, no, you dont need to do anything - the standard h4 bulbs go in fine

10-24-2005, 06:56 PM	#9
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	and city lights are pretty much just side markers? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-24-2005, 07:27 PM	#10
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	no, theyre just the same socket

10-25-2005, 10:08 PM	#11
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	what are city lights, then? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-25-2005, 11:19 PM	#12
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	honestly, I dont want to describe what theyre for again, so just search (i know that sounds mean)

10-26-2005, 05:28 PM	#13
wheresmylicense Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: California Posts: 411	ok, well more or less i figured out what they are... don't really understand what they're for... but nonetheless... my question now is, how stupid would it look if you just didn't put them in? REALLY stupid? __________________ ~DevT Pictures of My Baby

10-26-2005, 06:34 PM	#14
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	don't be a dousche, put them in. I think you can buy the sockets from passwordjdm.com also, otherwise go searching. They just look sick, trust me. But i believe the actual purpose is so people can see your car in dusk conditions without you having to have your headlights on. I love mine and use them all the time. __________________

10-26-2005, 08:11 PM	#15
sicones Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: the MVP garage, New York City Posts: 516	can you install city lights in the stock headlights, I think you would have to drill a hole and custom mount one of those wedge bulb style sockets right???

10-26-2005, 08:34 PM	#16
JDMFantasy2k Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: northeastern connecticut Age: 37 Posts: 1,765	on the back of the housing there's a circular area where the city lights are located on the JDM ones, however you'd have to drill through the reflector housing also, and that would probably fuck it up. __________________

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