Hello!

My name is Marcus and this is my first post here, i have read alot here before though. Live in Sweden and i drive a JDM Integra GSR. As you may know that model still has the "frogeyes", but i´m thinking of a change to the JDM Type R front but here in Sweden we have as a rule that those lights are illeagal because they are made for the RHD market.

Is there anyone who know of JDM headlights that are legal for the LHD market?

/Marcus

 

Please do not post incorrect information such as this. Yes, JDM headlights ARE illegal here in the USA due to the RHD beam pattern as the OP mentioned. It's just that many places don't check or enforce those rules.

Most automotive inspection is MUCH more stringent in Europe than here in the US. In some areas in Europe, they will fail you for things like uncaptured springs (suspension springs loose when shocks at full droop, which is the case with every coilover sleeve setup on any Honda). So yes, I can certainly see how they would fail a car that had a RHD beam pattern in a LHD car.

OP, as to your question, I have not ever seen any LHD headlamps made to fit the 96-01 JDM Integra front end. Due to the projector assembly inside being made of cast pot-metal (including the cutoff shield), your only options are to take the headlights apart and either fit your own LHD shield behind the RHD shield, or (a better option) cut off those projectors and replace them with LHD projectors.

At that point, you could easily just do an HID projector retrofit using LHD HID projectors. But I also know that Europe is pretty stringent with HID-equipped cars being required to have automatic leveler systems as well as headlamp lens washers. So that may not be a feasible option for you.

I would say your 2 best options to satisfy Swedish automotive requirements would be to either keep your 94-95 front end using LHD headlights, or cut open a set of 96-01 headlights, cut off the stock projector and replace with LHD halogen projectors. I know Valeo makes a pretty good H7 halogen projector.

 

Thank you!

The reason it´s illegal is because the light will dazzle, RHD and LHD do not have the same "lightimage"
I owned a R32 skyline before and there i had to modify with the projectors from a ford scorpio (still looked original of course).

I am sorry to hear its legal in the US, because then it is no market for JDMlights with correct "lightimage". Well i guess ill have to build my own again.

 

Patrick:
Nice facts there... Right now i have a 99 Euro Type R front end on the car, just because we only got the Type R and as you all know, the lighs doesent fit from 94-95 to 96-00 either.

The facts there about leveling control etc and lens washers is only for "xenon" lights... maybe that´s what you meant but theres no such rule for just the projector headlights in Sweden.

 

Yes, I was saying you could do an HID projector retrofit if you open up the lights, but that Europe has those other requirements mentioned.

If you really want the 96-00 headlights, then you'll pretty much have to open them up, and either fit a custom shield or replace the projector completely. Be aware that it's not like other projector headlights where the projector itself is a separate unit that you can just remove. Integra projectors (both USDM and JDM) are made from cast metal where the projector and shield is integrated into the internal "frame" of the headlight, with the lens attached to the front and the parabolic reflector attached to the rear. You have to actually cut off the stock projector in order to fit a different projector in there.

Read up on HID projector retrofits in the Lighting forum and on HID Planet www.hidplanet.com/forums to see what is involved. The halogen projector fitment in your case will be the same as fitting an HID projector, labor-wise.

 

as patrick stated they would be illigal. When i had owned a Subary EDM and JDM headlighst were popular. The only difference were that EDM beam pattern was designed for LHD so ok to use in the US. Many people however, bought JDM ones and figured out how to modify the projector to not scatter light into traffic. Look up the DIy on Nasioc. SHould be under a JDM headlights thread somewhere. If you have trouble finding it, let me know and i will take a look.

 

Bumping this thread...

Does anyone know if the JDM ITR was sold anywhere outside Japan, maybe Thailand where they got "left side traffic"?

The info i want is if Honda made the JDM ITR headlights for "left side traffic"...

 

That's just it. It was called the JDM front because it was only available in Japan. It was sold elsewhere as gray market vehicles, but was still JDM.

 

Nope, that front end/headlights was only made for RHD Integras.