If jdm corners aren't amber?

[JDMDriver]

Ok this is my opinion and im open to correction.

First there is a confusion due to the wiring setup (due to the US design specifications).

What is called JDM corner lights are actually park lights in a JDM car (therefore clear). this is due to the side repeaters being separate and located in the fender. The fender side repeaters are always amber (honda didnt want to make clear side markers as the clear look is not yet universaly accepted and they have tons of stock of amber side repeaters to go around).

These JDM "park lights" equivalent in the USDM also incorporates the repeaters (therefore amber) as no fender repeaters where allowed (US specifications dictated repeaters to be near the extreme edge of the cars) hence the incorporated design in the cb7. This design mandate is also evident in other makes and models eg. 3rd 88-91 gen Prelude has a long rectangular amber repeater in the front and rear bumper and no side fender repeater again.

Maybe its changed (to allow for flexible deisgn cues of incorporating repeaters in side view mirrors and not limited to edges of the car) but thats what i have noticed.

Now with regards to the lights in the bumpers of the CB's both are signal lights in JDM and USDM. However in the Series1 CB's these were definitely amber. In the series2 CB's these can be amber or clear (as the clear design cues become more and more accepted). I know for a fact i have a series 2 bumper with clear bumper blinkers and another also series 2 bumper with amber blinkers.

[deevergote]

Ok this is my opinion and im open to correction.

First there is a confusion due to the wiring setup (due to the US design specifications).

What is called JDM corner lights are actually park lights in a JDM car (therefore clear). this is due to the side repeaters being separate and located in the fender. The fender side repeaters are always amber (honda didnt want to make clear side markers as the clear look is not yet universaly accepted and they have tons of stock of amber side repeaters to go around).

These JDM "park lights" equivalent in the USDM also incorporates the repeaters (therefore amber) as no fender repeaters where allowed (US specifications dictated repeaters to be near the extreme edge of the cars) hence the incorporated design in the cb7. This design mandate is also evident in other makes and models eg. 3rd 88-91 gen Prelude has a long rectangular amber repeater in the front and rear bumper and no side fender repeater again.

Maybe its changed (to allow for flexible deisgn cues of incorporating repeaters in side view mirrors and not limited to edges of the car) but thats what i have noticed.

Now with regards to the lights in the bumpers of the CB's both are signal lights in JDM and USDM. However in the Series1 CB's these were definitely amber. In the series2 CB's these can be amber or clear (as the clear design cues become more and more accepted). I know for a fact i have a series 2 bumper with clear bumper blinkers and another also series 2 bumper with amber blinkers.

Somehow, I know that should all make sense... but it confused the hell out of me.

The lights in question are the plastic lights located next to the glass headlight housings. In Japan, these are clear. They are only on coupes and wagons. On sedans, the headlights are a single piece, with this "corner light" integrated into the housing.

The OEM corner lights in Japan are not amber. If you find some amber corner lights that are for sale in Japan, they are JDM.


However, JDM means absolutely nothing. It's nothing special. It just means something was sold in Japan.