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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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Hello..

wondering if anyone of you have the 90-91 ZC headlights for your civic/crx.

if so, are you using the 90-91 jdm clear corners? how do they fit??

both my right and left side seems to not match perfectly to the lines of the headlight. They are both OEM parts.

just wondering if anyone has this problem.

TIA..
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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Use USDM after-market clear corners instead. ZC headlights are pretty much single-bulb USDM headlights, so the USDM corners work perfectly.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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YUP! they work just fine. a have a few friends running USDM corner lights, no problems at all
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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Anyone have any pics of the ZC headlights installed?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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^x2 I want a set for my hatch. I'm going for the zc look front end.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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???? corners (usdm, jdm,edm,etc) fit all headlights 88-91. it's the corner to fender tabs that are different.

88-89 corners = screws

90-91 corners = plastic alignment tabs.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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Don't laugh at my rainbow car, it's fully primered now...

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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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IMO, the ONLY ZC headlights worth running are from Europe. They are better!!!

- made of glass, not crappy plastic that yellows

- can be had from a left hand drive car, beam aimed the right way

- they use an actual H4 bulb, not the gay h4h bulb like the Japan model

- can also be has with the powered height adjustable beam option too if interested

Any usdm style corner lens works fine
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Don't laugh at my rainbow car, it's fully primered now...
Bastard! I've been looking for that bumper forever and haven't came across a mint one.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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I just re read the title of this thread!!

The headlights everybody has been talking about are 88-89 style.

In both Japan and Europe, all 90-91 models came with SiR style front ends
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Yeah, specific to 88-89 equivalent here. And I definitely agree that the euro version is better if you can get your hands on a set.

As for my bumper, to be honest I know there is a slight variation in contrast to the USDM bumper but if you really want to have a clean bumper just get a USDM one and see if you can get your hands on a lip. To me it's the same stuff but I do understand that JDM mentality, I just think the bumper in this particular set up is one that can slide and the car will still look good regardless of if it's an ACTUAL JDM Si bumper or a standard USDM 88-89 bumper.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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I've been looking for an usdm 88-89 one every where and no luck so far. Waiting on Vega to let me know tho.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Vega as in Vega Box? James? LOL I practically gave him my first one for free when I was trying to clean out my garage. The JDM one I have isn't perfect either so I'll be on the hunt for another one or I might just put my body kit back on.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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Bastard! shouldve gave it to me for free! how clean was the bumper?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 02:59 AM
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I think it had one small hole in it near one of the bumper lights, could've been repaired maybe but I don't know. This was years ago though.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 03:07 AM
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well i just saw 2 sets of zc headlights from the guy i purchased my jdm ef8 headlights and he wants $40/each same price i paid for the ef8 lights. if anyone is interested lmk i can be your middle man. they were pretty clean lights manual adjusting of course.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:58 AM
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Default Re: 90-91 ZC Headlights questions

Originally Posted by Deetz
IMO, the ONLY ZC headlights worth running are from Europe. They are better!!!
Australia had the single globe glass headlights in 90-91 too.

Originally Posted by 4DRmafia
Bastard! I've been looking for that bumper forever and haven't came across a mint one.
It is literally identical to the usdm one. It's the lip that makes it different.

Originally Posted by Deetz
I just re read the title of this thread!!

The headlights everybody has been talking about are 88-89 style.

In both Japan and Europe, all 90-91 models came with SiR style front ends
That's only true for Japan, Europe also had the non-SIR style front end. The sedans also had the ZC style headlights in 90-91 in Europe.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:28 AM
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Ahhh you're right, I remember seeing a pic of what appeared to be a USDM style front 90-91 hatch but it had the single bulb headlights and the bumper had a notch all the way around the rub strip like the 88-89 bumpers and moldings. The guy was saying it was some euro spec version but I forget what specific country it came from.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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Yeah, the lip just makes it different and the bumper support too. Jdm counter parts have a thin metal strip that supports it while we have a bulky heavy *** support.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Agree on plastic sucking, plastic does not hold up well to sun/chips compared to the glass, I would rather have glass myself
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Deetz
I just re read the title of this thread!!

The headlights everybody has been talking about are 88-89 style.

In both Japan and Europe, all 90-91 models came with SiR style front ends
You should know better Deetz.
The EDM 88/89 headlights are identical to the USDM ones, with the exception that the EDM ones don't have the weird adjuster nipples.
But they use the same dual output hi/low setup.

All the single bulb H4 model EDM headlights are 90/91 style per definition.
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