alright my plan is to get some ZC headlights and throw a good ol HID kit in there.....now i searched and it found out they use H4H bulbs....but people are getting some H4's, 9006's and whatnto and custom fitting them...and one guy said get 9003 and get a socket from a 93 civic and they will fit on.....now my question.....if i get the part from a 93 civic and get a 9003 HID kit....would it work?.....im a lil confused someone set me straight.

 

Im pretty sure it will work, the only diff. w/ these stock bulbs are the metal brackets that fit around them. Like my buddy took a dremel to some yellow H4s (i think, not to sure what kind of bulbs they were) to make them fit in the zc headlight.

Please correct me if im wrong. Also post up what setup you end up going w/ and pics when its all said and done

 

will do...and thanks for info

 

bump for more info

 

i heard of a guy that did that to his SiR head lights and it melted his head lights because it got to hot

 

For starters... HID's are cooler than regular bulbs.

Second, the "ZC" headlights use H4 bulbs. The SiR ones use H4h ones.

To make the sum up complete before someone asks:
The EDM "ZC" headlights are similar. And the EDM VT (SiR equivalent) glass headlights also use H4.

 

Damn im not sure now...if they use H4 or H4Hs






Modified by JapJunkie at 2:00 AM 12/30/2005

 

I can't tell unless you take the bulbs out bro....

 

EDIT:

They H4s

 

Why do people just say "Oh I heard, Oh, I heard that." Like seriously if you can't give any useful info. Then don't say anything because you are just giving people false information.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SETI20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">For starters... HID's are cooler than regular bulbs.

Second, the "ZC" headlights use H4 bulbs. The SiR ones use H4h ones.

To make the sum up complete before someone asks:
The EDM "ZC" headlights are similar. And the EDM VT (SiR equivalent) glass headlights also use H4.</TD></TR></TABLE>

everything he said is true.

 

Well regardless of what bulb they use, the more important question IMO:

What's special about ZC headlights?

 

the jdm zc headlights are plastic for one and use one bulb instead of 2.. thats about it nothing to special

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonathan_ED3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well regardless of what bulb they use, the more important question IMO:

What's special about ZC headlights?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i guess the beam pattern is cut different and housing is bigger since it's only 1 bulb and headlights give more visibility. i dont have them but my friend does and they have a better cast on the road from an exterior and driving view than my stock headlights. i have silverstars and he has stock h4s that they came with still.

 

But aren't they angled for RHD?

 

I never knew headlights were angled for the driver's position? If they are, im sure you can always adjust them.

 

i really dont know and JAPJUNKIE could tell if he looks at them. turn them around and line them straight and see if the housing is slanted the same as the other. but my friend just put them in and i didnt notice a difference in them pointing to the pass side more even though i was mainly looking for that. but initially when your looking at new headlights and their function you are looking for all imperfections and i didnt notice any, i'm guess he didnt either.

 

Well I've always heard of people converting to JDM front clips and then having problems with blinding people and getting people flashing their headlights at them.

Maybe they just need a good adjusting, though.

 

i'm getting them if i can get them cheaper than $150. and the TL HIDs i have will go in. so the way i see it either way i'm going to blind people sometimes. lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Aaron EF9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why do people just say "Oh I heard, Oh, I heard that." Like seriously if you can't give any useful info. Then don't say anything because you are just giving people false information.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Whos saying "Oh I heard, Oh, I heard that."?

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i guess the beam pattern is cut different and housing is bigger since it's only 1 bulb and headlights give more visibility. i dont have them but my friend does and they have a better cast on the road from an exterior and driving view than my stock headlights. i have silverstars and he has stock h4s that they came with still.
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I love the visibility these headlights give, 10x stock. I just noticed the bulbs that are in my ZCs are Raybrig, arnt they pretty expensive?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JOEY F. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I never knew headlights were angled for the driver's position? If they are, im sure you can always adjust them. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yup exactly, you just adjust them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonathan_ED3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well I've always heard of people converting to JDM front clips and then having problems with blinding people and getting people flashing their headlights at them.

Maybe they just need a good adjusting, though.</TD></TR></TABLE>


they do, i took mine to get a brake and lamp inspection here in cali and they adjusted em and it passed their inspection

 

I looked at my bulbs on my headlights and I cannot see H4H or 9003 anywhere. Here are some more pics I took of them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JapJunkie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I looked at my bulbs on my headlights and I cannot see H4H or 9003 anywhere. Here are some more pics I took of them.











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looks like an H4H bulb to me

 

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they do, i took mine to get a brake and lamp inspection here in cali and they adjusted em and it passed their inspection</TD></TR></TABLE>

You must have gone to a pretty laid back brake and lamp inspection shop. Was it for a salvaged car? No JDM headlights can pass that inspection since they do not have the exterior nipples on them like USDM ones. They use a machine that uses the nipples to adjust everything. Unless the shop you went to had a diff light adj machine.

I took my old del sol to a brake and light insp. out here in So. Cali too. Man they made me change everything off Had to remove my rep mugen bumper for the stock one I did not have. Since it was freshly painted out of the shop, I brought it in there on 13" blackies and they were like, "It wont pass w/o new tires on these" I was like what?! And they made me take off my one pieces, for stock. Now, that I think of it, they were probably trying to make a quick buck off me...but they werent some whole in the wall shop, I dont know...all in all it ended up costing around $250 to get the isp done.

EDIT: Hmmm I swear I thought they were H4Hs, I remember my buddies w/ these headlights always had to take a dremel to thier new bulbs. What type of bulbs do oem usdm stock headlights use, the non-brights?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JapJunkie &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You must have gone to a pretty laid back brake and lamp inspection shop. Was it for a salvaged car? No JDM headlights can pass that inspection since they do not have the exterior nipples on them like USDM ones. They use a machine that uses the nipples to adjust everything.

I took my old del sol to a brake and light insp. out here in So. Cali too. Man they made me change everything off Had to remove my rep mugen bumper for the stock one I did not have. Since it was freshly painted out of the shop, I brought it in there on 13" blackies and they were like, "It wont pass w/o new tires on these" I was like what?! And they made me take off my one pieces, for stock. Now, that I think of it, they were probably trying to make a quick buck off me...but they werent some whole in the wall shop, I dont know...all in all it ended up costing around $250 to get the isp done. </TD></TR></TABLE>


yeah it was for a car that got salvaged from an accident i got into. it wasnt laid back, they took a while on the car. sounds like your shop just wanted you to feel prison raped. they probably called you sally after you left

EDIT: from my research prior to the inspection it is my understanding that as long as the headlights can be adjusted you can pass the inspection.