Instalation on 2nd Gen Projector Headlights!

[MyFirst4G]

Hey guys, i wanna get a pair of the 2nd generation projector headlights for my civic, but on eBay it says they are for a 88-89, but fit 90-91 with modification. WHAT MODIFICATION are they talking about? Is it hard? what do i have to do? please tell me because i will have to do this myself and i wanna know if i can do it before i buy it!

Thanks guys!

[slammed89civic]

that is question i can answer......the mounts are slightly different.

but i would advise you not to buy those things, THEY SUCK!! there not as bright as my stock bulbs, and are REALLY hard to aim, i got a ticket for the ugly ass things...anyway just a piece of advice

[MyFirst4G]

Well, i still want em, thay look cool, plus, i've heard more good than bad about these lights. So, where are the mounts different, and what do i have to do to make them fit?

[Melt]

cant you just get 90-91 projectors? I am sure I have seen these

[RedRacerCivic]

742-0797...is that a number to a hot chick?????

[ci5ic]

If these are the projectors you're talking about, here's the differences:

I've got a set of the black-housing projectors with blue-ion lense (ordered from www.autodynamic.com). They were for a 90-91 CRX, and they fit right into my 90 hatch. However, they do not match up to the corner lenses... All I had to do to those was grind out a large portion of the corner lense mounting bracket with my dremel tool... It's soft plastic so it's really easy, but on the regular headlights, there's a little tab that sticks off of the mounting bracket that goes into a slot on the corner lenses... It's different on the projectors and doesn't reach the corner lenses... No big deal though, lenses mount fine without it.

The other way around this is to swap the mounting brackets from your old headlights to the new ones, that way the corner lenses will fit without modification, but that's kindof a pain and not really necessary.

The projector headlights are AWESOME, but one problem I ran into is that they extend farther into the engine bay than the stock ones, and I had to push my Intake around to get the passenger side light in properly. Not really a big deal, but they extend over the hole to the air-box resonator, which would make it really hard to install a cold-air intake...

Hope that helps.

[MyFirst4G]

well, my friend gave me a number when i was writing this post, and i couldn't write it down, so to remember it, i put it in the subject line, but i forgot to delete it later, its actually my girlfriends grandma's number, its her b-day today, and i couldnt make it, so i wanted to wish her over the phone...


As for the lights, i will get them and try to do em myself, and then i will get the Cold Air Intake and try and put it in with the lights, should i put in the CAI or the lights first? which would be easier?

[ci5ic]

Well, what I was trying to say is that I don't think that you could use a CAI with these lights at all... Unless maybe you enlarged the hole that goes to the resonator... The bulb housings are really long and extend over the hole, so it's not really a matter of installation. I just might not fit at all (the CAI).

One thing I forgot to mention was that for the corner-lenses, you have to drill a hole for the mounting brackets. I ended up having to buy a really long 1/8 inch drill bit to do this, but it was really cheap. Then, I just used two 1/8 inch wood screws to hold them in place.

[wAtCh mY dUsT]

Hey MyFirst4G Im out in Long Island now...and you told me to hit you up as soon as i get out here