Are all JDM headlights plastic? - Honda Prelude Forum

triumph · 11-10-2002, 03:04 AM

Are all JDM headlights plastic?

SLICK96 · 11-10-2002, 03:06 AM

Yup, sure are... it sucks. Mine are already cracked on one of the sides.... They sure as hell look better than the USDMS, though...

J

U.K VTEC · 11-10-2002, 06:21 AM

Slick's right, everyone else got the glass, two-piece option.

92 SI Ludester · 11-10-2002, 09:28 AM

they are plastic for the weight reduction

...thats a good .15 lb cut in weight right there...not to shabby

dj_wawa · 11-10-2002, 09:57 AM

that's like 0.00001 seconds off your quarter mile

triumph · 11-10-2002, 10:28 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1872286733

Look at the boxes...

'GLASS FRAGILE'

bk94si · 11-10-2002, 10:29 AM

I'll stick with glass. Plastic looks really bad after a few years. It can get all foggy and yellow looking.

slo mo · 11-10-2002, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by bk94si
I'll stick with glass. Plastic looks really bad after a few years. It can get all foggy and yellow looking.

uh oh, I better trade in my jdms for some beauty usdm spec lights.

j/k

I think that plastic jdms can look very good even after a few years. Mine aren't foggy at all and they haven't turned yellow yet and I'm guessing they are close to 10 yrs old.

triumph · 11-10-2002, 10:59 AM

So the JDM's did come in glass?

bk94si · 11-10-2002, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by slo mo

uh oh, I better trade in my jdms for some beauty usdm spec lights. j/k

I think that plastic jdms can look very good even after a few years. Mine aren't foggy at all and they haven't turned yellow yet and I'm guessing they are close to 10 yrs old.

Maybe it depends on where you live. It is very dusty here and all the older plastic lenses I see look pretty bad. I think the highways out here just eat them up. The JDM ones do look better although I think the USDMs look nice also.

bk94si · 11-10-2002, 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by triumph
So the JDM's did come in glass?

No, that's probably just a convenient box unless they are referring to the light bulb.

triumph · 11-10-2002, 11:13 AM

U.K VTEC · 11-10-2002, 11:40 AM

They are not glass, they probably use the same boxes worldwide if that is what's concerning you.

94lude · 11-10-2002, 01:07 PM

I have the 3M stoneguard clear film on top of my JDMs. Had them on for a year now with no color fade or change. But most importantly, no chips or scratches to the JDMs.

You can usually find a kit that covers the headlights, the four bumper lense for about $40. The only problem with premade kits is they're designed by USDM headlights, so the headlight piece comes in two pieces (headlight & corners) and of course, the niple cutout that only the USDM headlight has.

The ones I have were custom made

Check out the pics

If you look carefully in the pic, there's a faint line that appears around the border of the JDMs. Small price to pay to avoid chips and scratches.

Also note in the pictures, the 3M stoneguard is covering the front hood, bumper, front lip, and vents (next to the JDMs) Both my car and my brother's Integra had the 3M done.

Additional Pics:

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...22_15_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/installs...22_19_full.jpg

Deepmist · 11-10-2002, 01:40 PM

94Lude, howd you get your lil vents to line up so well?!
Mine are all over the place.

Si4WS · 11-10-2002, 02:02 PM

the Honda Prelude movie star:

92 SI Ludester · 11-10-2002, 02:02 PM

nice work...i read about stuff like that in an issue of import tuner where they put that kinda stuff on a wrx...you were able to see the one on the wrx but i cant see yours at all...nice job

92 SI Ludester · 11-10-2002, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by dj_wawa
that's like 0.00001 seconds off your quarter mile

every second counts

SLICK96 · 11-11-2002, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by bk94si
I'll stick with glass. Plastic looks really bad after a few years. It can get all foggy and yellow looking.

This too is happening to one of my JDM's, GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Regardless, I still love them compared to the gawdy 2-piece pieces of sh!t we get stateside.

J

brendon2k · 11-11-2002, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by bk94si
I'll stick with glass. Plastic looks really bad after a few years. It can get all foggy and yellow looking.

So can glass. I see a lot of cars with glass headlights that are really yellow and foggy.