how to identify ORIG CTR(96 spec) headlights/grille??

[disturbed]

Hello!

I need help!

A friend gave me a deal on these items...

CTR 96 spec headlight and grille..

Please help me how to identify if they are original or not..I trust my friend but I still do need other opinions..

If you can please post pics of your headlights 96 spec and grille front and back

What I found that disturbed me is..
CTR headlights has a hat or diffuser
grille does not have any HONDa logo (2k spec grille I know can be broken into two pieces frame+grille)


PLEASE HELP ME OUT!MANY THANKS!

 

[babyface]

the headlights look like vti headlights sprayed in black. there is no lense cover on the ek9 lights.
also, the 96-98 spec grill includes 3 pieces. the mesh should also be metal. also, there is a black piece of plastic that sit in the middle of the grill (behind the mesh; part of the b;ack frame)
the one on the pic is not genuine if made for the 96.

 

[disturbed]

thank you for the input sir!

others please do comment on the pictures above..

 

[jugbugz]

hmm, just correcting babyface about the lens cover. 97-98 models have lens cover where as 99-00 doesn't.

1) The headlights inner cast design doesn't seem right. And the colour is normally shadow chrome. The colour looks a bit thick to be shadow chrome, so I don't think it's genuine. Either custom or replica. You can check the headlight cover to find a 'HONDA' logo.

2) Normally the front grill comes in 2 piece, 1 the black plastic grill mount and the painted grill cover. I've got a spare new genuine one at home and it's not metal mesh. Yours seems like a 1 piece which all replicas are like.

Sorry but, your friend sold you replica stuff

 

[babyface]

woops, thanks J
i;ve never owned a pre facelift. just assumed it was the same as the facelift type r

 

[disturbed]

so you are saying that for CTR 96-spec headlights it has a diffuser or hat?now that is new..there is a HONDA logo on the headlight cover..is there any way to check if it is painted?

So the mesh grille is actually a replica?=( So that is one down..

Need more inputs for the headlights..

 

[JDMjunkies.ch]

regarding the grille: you should find a stamped or casted partnumber with "honda" imprint somewhere on the inside i think. allmost al honda plastic parts have this. also like others told the prefaclift ist a three-piece kit with metal mesh the frame and the black plastic item!

you can check if the headlights have been opened on the sealing (baked for spraying it inside. also you should find the JDM- "E"-Number on the clear part of the headlight. its somewhere at the SAE / DOT emblem and should be "E13" for japanese market i think, in LHD-driven europe we have "E12" and in the US it's something different i think

btw: prefacelift really look like that, but i also think they look a little faky but it's hard to say on used parts if you don't got em in your hands

 

[disturbed]

I also noticed the sealant is all over the headlight..I'll check the JDM markings..

do you happen to know if 96 spec headlights has diffuser/cap/hat?

 

[jugbugz]

actually, the 99-00 grill is 2 piece, and JDMjunkies might be right about the 97-98 grill being a 3 piece and metal mesh. I'll have to open up my box and post up pics for you.

Sorry babyface, you might be right about the metal mesh. I was confused...

 

[jugbugz]

I also noticed the sealant is all over the headlight..I'll check the JDM markings..

do you happen to know if 96 spec headlights has diffuser/cap/hat?

I've got brand new 97-98 spec headlights at home as well... so I'll take pics of these too for you.. But I've found a pic of one of my wrecked one that came with my car originally... because mine is a 97model that I converted from. I was planning to advertise these on ebay but never got the chance to do it. It's only for 1 side.

I'll post some more of the new ones and the grill later. Click on the pics for the bigger image

This is what the real one looks like

 

[disturbed]

so many thanks! you all have been really helpful!


I'll contact my friend and I hope everything will be ok..

More HP!