tryin to do some research on my civic headlights?will 88-91 civic hatchback headlight fit on my 91 civic sedan??does it matter?one of my headlight is cracked and broken it needs to be replaced..need some help asap....thanks

 

i do not think these will fit because the ef9 headlights are longer than the ef2 ones!!

 

what do u mean?ef9 are the hatchback?ef2 sedan??the front do looked the same.

 

The headlights are the same, the corner lenses are not.

 

yess thay will i got a pair fi ur intrested

 

CORRECT

 

The hatch head lights will fit but I'm pretty sure you'll need to utilize the sedan metal housings. The comment about the corner lights is also true and the sedan 88/89 corners (and headlight housings) are different then the 90/91 however you can make them interchangeable with some modifications.

 

^ what mods would that be?

 

88-89 civic/crx corner lights are held in by two screws.


90-91 civic/crx corner lights are held in by one screw, which is located 'inside' the engine bay. [notice the small tab]


these are for crxs, but the mounting are the same with the civic hatch/sedan.


the headlights on the other hand, for usdm models, all the glass headlights are the same, but uses a different corner light and metal mounting bracket. they differ from years and model.

 

the housings should be the same. the only thing im aware of different is the corners

 

the crx/hatch front ends are different from the sedans. and the 80s and 90s are different too. all stated above.

what are you trying to do, just straight replace it? if thats the case, get 91 sedan parts and it will fit correctly.

 

ugh have you seen the difference first hand? they will fit fine as long as you get either 88-89 headlights+ corners, or the 90-91+corners.

 

this is to solve any arguments, disagreements, and debate about the headlight fitment on the 88-91 civic 3/4dr and 88-91 crx
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88-89 crx headlight assembly:


90-91 crx headlight assembly:


88-89 civic 3/4dr headlight assembly:


90-91 civic 3/4dr headlight assembly:

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88-89 crx corner light:


90-91 crx corner light:


88-89 civic hatch corner light:


90-91 civic hatch corner light:


88-89 civic sedan corner light:


90-91 civic sedan corner light:

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jdm civic hatch headlight:


jdm crx headlight:


jdm civic sedan headlight:

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1. notice how the headlights itself between crx, hatch and sedan are all THE SAME.
2. notice how the 'buckets'/mounting brackets itself between crx, hatch and sedan differ from the years.
3. notice how the coner lights itself between crx, hatch and sedan mounts the same way. [88-89 two screws; 90-91 one screw on the tab]
4. notice the crx corner lights are 'evenly' curved.
5. notice the hatch corner light have one sharp corner than the crx.
6. notice the sedan corner light have one sharp corner, BUT shorter than the crx or hatch.
7. notice that both the jdm crx headlight and jdm hatch headlight are the same.
8. notice that the jdm sedan headlight has the corner light and headlight as a 1-piece design.
9. notice that both the jdm crx and jdm hatch headlight uses one light bulb.
10. notice that the jdm sedan headlight STILL uses two light bulbs? [correct me if im wrong]
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any corrections let me know.

 

Ok so yes 91 sedan lights work in a 89 hatchback. I will post some photos soon. I found the light assembly to be the biggest problem.

 

I will soon get a pic up.

 

So I took 1992 sedan headlights out of the light bracket mount. I switched up the actual lights and the bracket mounts so they would work with my 1989 side lights.