JDM sidemarker position & template [Archive]

BustedLX

12-10-2003, 08:52 PM

I got these off HS I beleive a few months ago cause I figured they'd come in handy:

http://www.josebellas.com/images/jdm/image057.jpg
http://www.josebellas.com/images/jdm/image058.jpg
http://www.josebellas.com/images/jdm/image059.jpg

ProjectCB7

12-11-2003, 09:57 AM

Are those the EXACT specs for a CB7? I have a 93 coupe. Did you do that yourself or hove someone do it? If the latter how much was it?

BustedLX

12-12-2003, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by JDM CB
Are those the EXACT specs for a CB7? I have a 93 coupe. Did you do that yourself or hove someone do it? If the latter how much was it?
My understanding is those are the exact specs for the CB3, the CB7 never came with side markers. I haven't installed mine yet but I'll probably have the body shop do it when I get the whole car painted.

ProjectCB7

12-12-2003, 08:04 PM

So there's no side markers on 2 doors? I saw some on a 4 door before...it looked cool...

93accordEX

12-12-2003, 08:16 PM

cb7 = US, no side markers, cb3 = japan.

ProjectCB7

12-13-2003, 06:59 PM

I actually worded that worng. I meant that there are side markers on the Japanese 2 doors? I've seen them on Japanese 4 doors. I have a USDM 2 door...I know there's no side markers...:D :lol:

shawn.hayden

10-16-2004, 01:47 PM

every car in Japan has sidemarkers... :boink:

rebels

10-22-2004, 02:24 PM

makes it harder for me to measure from the side molding since i dont have them! :(

J-specCb4

11-15-2004, 05:18 AM

thank you been lookin for that for a long time

Aaron

03-22-2005, 12:33 PM

http://www.josebellas.com/images/jdm/image059.jpg

okay i know this thread is ancient but i was confused by the above picture...is it meant to be measuing to the center of the sidemarker or are the arrows just drawn funny and are supposed to be pointing to the edges of the marker?

JDMCB3Si

03-22-2005, 02:25 PM

they are drawn to where the bulb would actually be after mounting them.

Aaron

03-22-2005, 05:20 PM

they are drawn to where the bulb would actually be after mounting them.

alright thanks

J-specCb4

03-22-2005, 06:57 PM

i dont remember where but someone asked a while ago if the prelude 92-96 had the same sidemarkers and they were said as to be the same i come to find out today that they are not when i got my jdm prelude sidemarkers and compared them to the accord ones i have both sets because the clips on my accord set is broken so i found prelude ones cheap and ordered them the prelude ones are like 3/8 of an inch longer im still not sure which ones i will be using yet

shawn.hayden

03-22-2005, 07:46 PM

the BB4 ludes ones, EK9 ones, and CB7 ones all have the same part#'s on them I'm pretty sure.........

I got those on mine came off a CB3 in Tawian (or however you spell it)

J-specCb4

03-22-2005, 07:53 PM

i dunno but ill post pics shortly

timmy0tool

03-23-2005, 12:32 AM

YES prelude and EK sidemarkers are different from CB. they are longer.

http://www.optauto.com/images/oas-sm.gif
from top going clockwise: EK civic or prelude 92-up, DA and DC integ and s2k, EG civic, EF civic or crx, CB accord.
(Notice the slight difference in length with the CB and the EK/prelude.)

the pic and info was taken from this thread. look at my post at #6.
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=10755&highlight=sidemarker%2A

Aaron

03-24-2005, 11:45 AM

yea someone also told me prelude and cb7 sidemarkers were the same so i bought prelude ones off ebay only to find they are not, oh well, theres not too big of a diff im just gonna put the prelude ones on

Aaron

03-25-2005, 02:01 AM

what head did you guys use for your dremel tools to cut the metal??...the one i was using that came with the tool wouldnt work worth shit...

shawn.hayden

03-25-2005, 02:07 AM

ah I see now... I've got the accord ones... they stick out more and are a tad shorter ;)

DeathFromAbove

08-31-2005, 11:34 PM

i got some jdm ones off ebay. but damn, that's a big hole to cut in the fender, i thought it would be like, you drill a little hole for the wiring or something, not cutout this huge piece. did those of you who did it, seal the raw edge of the metal with some paint to keep it from rusting...should you live in a place that has bad winters like montreal..? and does the marker just clip into the hole? yes i aw aware how old this thread is.

timmy0tool

09-20-2005, 02:09 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/uncle_el/accordsideskirts.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/uncle_el/accordsideskirts2.jpg

copy this for reference (also see bustedlx's pic with dimensions on the 1st page).

oneoffaccord

10-16-2005, 12:15 AM

My understanding is those are the exact specs for the CB3, the CB7 never came with side markers. I haven't installed mine yet but I'll probably have the body shop do it when I get the whole car painted.
i have a JDM brochure for a 90-91 and they have side markers (4dr)

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 12:08 AM

SMseagren83

01-20-2006, 12:19 AM

I think someone should pull out there sidemarker. Trace a template and post the actual size so you can just print and cut it! It would make life easier!

DOo0o0o0o IT!!

Really though someone should do it cause i want to put mine on and i dont want to mess up!

;)

agreed! just recieved my CB3 sidemarkers in the mail today...and i would rather have a actual template...i could wing it....but im anal about being perfect so i rather have one!! thanks

Sean

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 12:21 AM

Yea man,

If someone can just create like a printout/template how there sidemarkers are installed that would be awesome.

93accordexcoupe

01-20-2006, 12:26 AM

anyone know what sizes the edm sidemarkers are?

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 12:29 AM

anyone know what sizes the edm sidemarkers are?

I think there the same as the JDM ones. I have EDM one's aswell. Thanks to UK - Accord. :bouncy:

SMseagren83

01-20-2006, 12:43 AM

I think there the same as the JDM ones. I have EDM one's aswell. Thanks to UK - Accord. :bouncy:

haha thats who i just got my JDM CB3 markers from! lmao! anyways............SOMEONE get that template up! PLEASE!!!!

Sean

93accordexcoupe

01-20-2006, 12:45 AM

umm yea i got mine from UK Accord too hahahaha

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 01:07 AM

I just got this idea and I think someone should pull out there sidemarker. Trace a template and post the actual size so you can just print and cut it! It would make life easier!

DOo0o0o0o IT!!

Really though someone should do it cause i want to put mine on and i dont want to mess up!

:bouncy:

93accordexcoupe

01-20-2006, 01:08 AM

i see a sticky in the works, i too will be needing this too, so please donate!!!!

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 01:10 AM

i see a sticky in the works, i too will be needing this too, so please donate!!!!

Yea man, I cant believe no one hasnt thought of doing this yet. I would do if i had my markers installed already or had jdm fenders.

91whitecb7

01-20-2006, 01:12 AM

yeah.. that would really help for all us lazy people.. haha :thumbsup:

SMseagren83

01-20-2006, 01:29 AM

yes yes do it ! DO IT! DOOOO IT! lmao! im not lazy...well ok im lazy, and just anal about how i mod up my car...nothing wrong with perfection and this would greatly help! good idea!

Sean

UK - Accord

01-20-2006, 04:41 AM

I could do u guys a template but how would i post up the actual size of it lemme know ill have a go at makin one for u :tu:

LX Rida

01-20-2006, 05:08 AM

you the man!

Maple50175

01-20-2006, 07:07 AM

I already have a template. got it with my jdm sidemarkers when i got them off ebay

Travis u didnt get the ones i sent u yet/.

Conspiracy

01-20-2006, 08:47 AM

93accordexcoupe

01-20-2006, 09:44 AM

I already have a template. got it with my jdm sidemarkers when i got them off ebay

Travis u didnt get the ones i sent u yet/.
not yet, maybe it will come today, i will try and post an acual size picture when i get this guys :tu:

uncle_el

01-20-2006, 04:57 PM

Its not an official template but the dimensions are on the site somewhere I already printed them off. It shows 2 pics one with the dimensions of where the sidemarker goes in relation to the fender and wheelwell and the other of the sidemarker cutout dimensions themselves. I'll see if I can find a link to the pics.

Found it
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=2248&highlight=sidemarker+template

they're not referring to the position of the sidemarker, but the template for the actual cut out in the fender for the sidemarker itself. apparently people no longer can be ingenious enough to trace the back portion of the sidemarker itself in order to make their own template.

chile

01-20-2006, 05:04 PM

I already have a template. got it with my jdm sidemarkers when i got them off ebay

Travis u didnt get the ones i sent u yet/.

did you get yours from the guy in NZ? mine should be here next week and come with a template, also...will post if no one else does first...

flyinlow

01-20-2006, 11:59 PM

I made a template out of cardboard but its not that great, and Im still scared to start drilling and cutting.But Im going to try yet another body shop to see if they will take on the job.Three body shops wouldnt do it because they werent sure of their work and didnt want to ruin my fender and be out hundreds of dollars to replace stuff... :thumbsdwn ohwell ill just keep tryin or end up doing it myself.

chile

01-21-2006, 01:07 PM

if you can use a dremel, it's pretty easy...if you use the nibblers, it's a little more time consuming but doesn't require as steady a hand as using the dremel.

heylookitsdylan

01-21-2006, 02:49 PM

yea....thats what i was looking for before Uncle El flamed me....common sense eh?

heylookitsdylan

01-23-2006, 10:47 AM

this is what i uses, for mine and for Cmak/blackhawkcb7s car, since its on photo bucket, you will have to resize, be sure to make it smalledr then the real marker, you can always make your hole bigger to fit accordingly
>hope this helps!!!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/heylookitsdylan/sidemarkertemplate.jpg
Heres mine....
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/heylookitsdylan/dylan024.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/heylookitsdylan/dylan025.jpg
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I hope this helps you all...and thank you uncle el for your kind words and strong encouragement....

tweeaks

01-23-2006, 02:54 PM

...and thank you uncle el for your kind words and strong encouragement....

I completely agree with uncle el. How hard is it to draw your own? Well thanks for getting that up for the people that need it. I don't see how people are confident enough to cut up thier fender, but not enough to draw a square on paper.....

rocesride

01-23-2006, 03:30 PM

i am actually an engineering student and can make a scaled template of it only if someone is willing to sell me a set of clear ones...cheap. let me know. i can only make them if i have a set

93accordexcoupe

01-23-2006, 03:47 PM

I completely agree with uncle el. How hard is it to draw your own? Well thanks for getting that up for the people that need it. I don't see how people are confident enough to cut up thier fender, but not enough to draw a square on paper.....
cause fenders are hundreds of dollars and paper is like 2 cents

SMseagren83

01-23-2006, 08:11 PM

cause fenders are hundreds of dollars and paper is like 2 cents

well said! glad some people think BEFORE they type......lol

Sean

uncle_el

01-23-2006, 08:35 PM

yea....thats what i was looking for before Uncle El flamed me....common sense eh?

1st. you hadn't posted anything in this thread before me. so, i'm unclear as to how anything i wrote was directed towards you.
2nd. i didn't think i was flaming anybody. just giving you a bit of food for thought. people have put on sidemarkers on their cars before this template was available.

this is what i uses, for mine and for Cmak/blackhawkcb7s car, since its on photo bucket, you will have to resize, be sure to make it smalledr then the real marker, you can always make your hole bigger to fit accordingly
>hope this helps!!!
I hope this helps you all...and thank you uncle el for your kind words and strong encouragement....

3rd. this template is from whatever sidemarker you have... which at this point is assumed to be that of a cb7... hopefully yours is from a cb7, and anyone using this template will have a sidemarker from a cb7... but if they have a sidemarker from an eg, eh, cd but don't know it, then someone may find themselves in a situation they were hoping to avoid (cutting the fender more than necessary).

4th. i hope that the members who requested the template find it useful.

SMseagren83

01-23-2006, 08:45 PM

4th. i hope that the members who requested the template find it useful.

yessum i already printed cut...checked...and resized it! very useful! coulda made one possibly...but this was even better... :thumbsup:

So iin the end...a useful thread!

Sean

tommi

01-23-2006, 09:27 PM

5th. nice install dylan sorry bout the mix up tho man... turned out nice anyways. :tu:

tweeaks

01-24-2006, 01:47 PM

well said! glad some people think BEFORE they type......lol

Sean

However they do NOT read. I said I don't see how people are confident enough to cut up thier fender, but not enough to draw a square on paper.....

Maybe I should rewrite it....How do you figure you can cut a hole in your hundreds-of-dollars-fenders but cant figure out how to simply draw a square on your $.02 paper and cut it out? If it were me and I couldn't figure out how to draw squares on dispensable paper I wouldn't risk ruining my fenders. No hard feelings, but seriously where is the train of thought on this? I do agree that a template would be helpful, but people have been doing this for years....

Furthermore if a body shop is afraid of doing something as simple as this then I would definately avoid taking anything to them in the future.

cp[mike]

01-24-2006, 02:18 PM

s2000 sidemarkers != accord sidemarkers != civic sidemarkers

template looks nice, but a lot of ppl might start cutting the wrong sized hole if they follow it.

take an old cereal box, cut a side out, use a ruler and measure the sidemarker, and draw it onto the cardboard. cut it out until the lense fits snug, then trace it on the fender.

why is that so hard?

excalibur02

01-24-2006, 02:21 PM

']s2000 sidemarkers != accord sidemarkers != civic sidemarkers

template looks nice, but a lot of ppl might start cutting the wrong sized hole if they follow it.

take an old cereal box, cut a side out, use a ruler and measure the sidemarker, and draw it onto the cardboard. cut it out until the lense fits snug, then trace it on the fender.

why is that so hard?

what mike and others said is true..
just measure it and cut it out of cardboard or like a cereal box....

these are my cut outs for my edm fog light and sidemarkers
http://www.m1xe.com/mauri/my%20car%20pics/lights%20n%20misc3.JPG

heylookitsdylan

01-28-2006, 01:45 AM

ok,
*uncle el - sorry if that came out as me being a dick, i just kinda posted the same thing "LX Rida" posted and you locked the thread dude to " my lack of common sence"...the way i see it, why risk effing something up if someone might have the answer/key in the form of a .jpg file?

and just like "excalibur02" said, please, and i repeat, PLEASE dont just print and use this, use the saying "measure twice, cut once" i too made about 40 templates with an old cerial box before i got it nice a snug...also, make the template a little bit smaller then needed...its always easyer to widen a hole, then have it too big...

again, sorry to all for coming off like an asshole. it wasnt intended.
-Dylan.

DeathFromAbove

02-06-2006, 07:52 PM

i too got mine from that dude in new zealand months ago, although one marker was missing the clip. i find the accompanying template with them to be too small, and also are backwards, the way they are directed according to him are to have the more bulbous end facing forward, but all of you, including the pic of an actually JDM fender clearly show the narrow side facing forward like a wedge. i traced his template exactly on thin solid carboard and i had to enlarge it a few mm and turn the design around, because they contradict the directions in the first page of this post. so seeing how many of us got markers from the newzealand guy, don't use his template unless you want your markers on backwards and have to enlarge the hole considerably on both edges at even incriments as not to offset the proper position amd keep it centered.

Maple50175

02-06-2006, 09:38 PM

i too got mine from that dude in new zealand months ago,

Thats where I got mine. Guy was a good man. Here is the picture of the templete he sent me. enjoy!

http://i1.tinypic.com/ncjt41.jpg

These are for the JDM sidemarkers for the inspire/accord

DeathFromAbove

02-06-2006, 11:45 PM

thanks for scanning that, that's my point though, it contradicts this http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/heylookitsdylan/sidemarkertemplate.jpg whic is the correct way. just wanna make sure no one cuts their hole to put the thing on backwards...not like it's a big deal anyway, i know someone made a post about how he crinkled the metal around it, and someone commented on how it was on backwards.

Maple50175

02-07-2006, 12:41 AM

yeah i had it backwards LOL

DeathFromAbove

02-07-2006, 02:10 PM

yeah i had it backwards LOL

lol.
actually i contacted him and told him that is templates are upside down and showed him the other pic. and also i told him that one of my markers didn't come with a clip and asked if he could send a spare clip if he had along with one of his auctions i plan on winning.....and then he told me he'd send me a whole entire marker regardless if i win the auction or not. he really is a good dude....and with something like 860 feedbacks, all 100% positive that's pretty impresive....especially being in new zealand where he's usually always have to ship anything accross the globe, still no problems.

Nocturnal CB7

02-12-2006, 02:42 PM

']s2000 sidemarkers != accord sidemarkers != civic sidemarkers

template looks nice, but a lot of ppl might start cutting the wrong sized hole if they follow it.

take an old cereal box, cut a side out, use a ruler and measure the sidemarker, and draw it onto the cardboard. cut it out until the lense fits snug, then trace it on the fender.

why is that so hard?
daym i didnt even think of that. GENIUS!!!!! lol no foreal tho........ hey at least im honest about it. Cool my next fender will use this process! YES!!!! thanks!

uncle_el

04-03-2006, 03:09 PM

sidemarker position and sidemarker template threads merged, for easier searching.

oneoffaccord

07-10-2006, 08:05 AM

jasonthebombero

07-10-2006, 12:20 PM

im bringing this back from the dead. i was thinking about measuring 7inchs from the molding and 3 inchs from the side of the fender my friend measured my sidemarkers and then used plexiglass to get a good fitment then he made a a stick on template from painters vynil.
http://www.josebellas.com/images/jdm/image059.jpg
instead of the 8.5cm its going to be 3in and instead of 9.75 in its going to be 7inchs
Is it inches or centimeters? :confused: The picture says 8.5cm X 9.75cm and you are going to use 3in X 7in?

8.5cm = 3.346in and 9.75cm = 3.838in

3in = 7.62cm and 7in = 17.78cm

Also My ebay markers came with measurements from the top edge of the finder down and from the side over. That is why I looked here to see how you guys were measureing them. I was going to do it last night but I chickend out. :p I'm at work now so I will have to post the actual measurements later

P.S.I have an awesome conversion program on my computer if any one needs any thing converted hit me up good luck with the side markers :tu:

yeamans17

07-10-2006, 12:33 PM

honestly as long as they are in the same position on each side and they are where you like them, there is no place that they are going to work better than any other

oneoffaccord

07-11-2006, 12:34 AM

Is it inches or centimeters? :confused: The picture says 8.5cm X 9.75cm and you are going to use 3in X 7in?

8.5cm = 3.346in and 9.75cm = 3.838in

3in = 7.62cm and 7in = 17.78cm

Also My ebay markers came with measurements from the top edge of the finder down and from the side over. That is why I looked here to see how you guys were measureing them. I was going to do it last night but I chickend out. :p I'm at work now so I will have to post the actual measurements later

P.S.I have an awesome conversion program on my computer if any one needs any thing converted hit me up good luck with the side markers :tu:see what i did a few years back were in inches. that was those autozone ones. i went to [cp]mikes house a few hrs ago and we measured his. i cut my fenders tonite and they look good.