By farenheight101 (24.69.255.202) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 05:47 pm:

what is the standard 1200 headlight?
is it an H1?

By 2low2go (207.107.254.249) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 07:06 pm:

it's a sealed beam H4, you can change it to a H4 replaceable style headlight such as: Hella, Toucan, Raybright,etc etc... I'll post a pic for ya!

Justin

By Travis (12.229.215.122) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 10:24 pm:

Hay Justin, I got that GTI ('86). Its pretty nice, has a 2.0L block with the 1.8 head. Unfortunatly still a 8 Valve.. plan a 16 valve conversion. Now I got to sell the Tempo and the '87 Si. Anywho, I will have to come by sometime. How is Twyla's truck comin along? I take it, it's the MK1 body style? With a 1.8 or 1.6? Anywho. I would have e-mailed ya but lost your e-mail. And ya didn't post it.

Travis

By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 10:59 pm:

Travis
my truck has now moved inside. i had a couple rats move in over the winter so all the carpet had to go. yes it's the MK1 style and it had a 1.8 but now i have 2L 16 valve and i have 4 wheel disc brakes for it. i'm hoping it will be driveable by summer.......hoping.

Twyla twylajustin@home.com

By Speedfreak (24.78.135.105) on Friday, December 07, 2001 - 11:55 pm:

Hey what with the "V"irtually "W"orthless info on the Civic1200 board???????????????


heeheehee..... I'm a shit disturber heehee

By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Saturday, December 08, 2001 - 08:36 am:

Dave just shup up!!!!! you FORD lover!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHA

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.202) on Saturday, December 08, 2001 - 03:37 pm:

ford...ewwwwwwwww

hehe...

thanks for the info justin...

By Don (209.181.52.77) on Saturday, December 08, 2001 - 05:19 pm:

What are you pickin on Fords for?
I think most cars are neet, some just more than others. I personaly cant get real excited about a Yugo, but take away all other brands and give me some time and maybe

By mo (24.69.255.202) on Saturday, December 08, 2001 - 11:39 pm:

hey don .. shut up about yugos .. that's my "keeper" car!!
heee

By Don (209.181.52.49) on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 06:35 am:

Mo, Ya I kinda knew that, what with you hauling snowmobiles in blizzards and all.

By Twyla (24.69.255.202) on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 08:34 am:

don't forget the igloos we live in as well.

hahaha

By tedshred (63.224.195.169) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 08:31 am:

I think a Yugo, with some huge flaired wheel wells, and some super sticky rubber would look pretty cool.

http://www.yugoracing.com/

By Don (209.181.52.72) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 12:35 pm:

UG! still looks like a cornflake box with wheels.

By mike adams (206.58.33.68) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 07:59 pm:

Hey, don't mess with the Yugo! I saw one at a rod and custom show that they had chopped the top on, and dropped in a 231 v6. The damn thing was ugly as sin, but it was one of the fastest cars there!

By Eric (208.60.186.215) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 08:58 pm:

Not quite as ugly as a datsun F-10 or a renault le car though......aren't they in the same gt class as the civic?.....lol

By Don (209.181.52.31) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:08 pm:

whoa, now dont be slamin Renaults
PS by these (x2) and you can slam them all you want

By Don (209.181.52.31) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:10 pm:

Buy not BY!

By mike adams (206.58.33.68) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:19 pm:

Now don't get me wrong, I love all cars, but I find the 80's to current camaros as ugly as the day is long. And to my mind there are only a few truly beautiful cars out there, like the 49 mercury coupe, the shelby cobra, the 67 corvette l71, and the 67 mercury cougar xr7!

By j_ensign (12.225.107.32) on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 01:07 am:

Well, I was never a fan of the '93 (?) and up Camaro's/firebirds until my younger brother picked up a low mileage '95 Firehawk. It's terrifyingly fast. I would dare anybody with a pre-Z06 Corvette to try and beat it. Everytime I drove it I got out shaking a bit from the adrenaline rush. Mid-12 sec 1/4 mile from a power chip, K&N and exhaust ain't bad (High 12 off the showroom floor).

The body style grows on you as you check out the Boxster-S and the M3 in the rear view mirror.

'bit off subject, but just my 2 bits.

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.202) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 06:41 pm:

Is it possible to convert 1200's H4 sealed beam to a non-sealed beam?

By mike adams (206.58.33.68) on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - 07:54 pm:

Just check E-bay for a replacement kit. I got one for less than 20 bucks U.S. that way and they work great, they'll even send you the bulbs that are guaranteed not to burn out. They will, but they'll replace them if you ship them the bad one and pay to have a new one shipped to you. All in all the conversion kit is simple, fits in like the stock headlight but the back pulls off and a halogen bulb goes in, now both my civics, the 75 and the 93 use the same bulb. Try this one http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=599283942.

By dennis singley (65.101.3.225) on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 08:12 am:

You can also buy H4 headlights through J.C.Whitney. These have a high cut off on the beam like modern headlights. This allows you to use a higher power bulb without upsetting oncoming traffic. BEWARE! 100 watt bulbs melted my combo switch, I had to wire up some relays to keep all that juice from melting the new one. My brother (Pontiac GTP) sent me a link for a harness, I'll look it up & add later. dennis

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.202) on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 09:34 pm:

well I was lookin at some philips xenon conversion kits and they come with a started and a balast...so I don't think the wires on that would melt...
but the shitty thing is the price...$600 for a H4 coversion kit dammit!
...but they are sweet...I don't care about what other driver think of my headlights...they aren't shining in MY eyes...
hehe

By Mike S (202.12.144.21) on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 10:02 pm:

For info on vehicle lighting in the US go to....

http://lighting.mbz.org/

There's some very good discussion on the merits (and demerits) of various types of lighting. Stern also sell conversions and driving lights.