ZR1 Glass vs Plastic Headlamps

[swamp]

CRABS, I will take any photos you are kind enough to send me.

Thanks again for your help.

PAT

[vettn71]

1990 #1422 has plastic headlamps. This was sent in on the NCRS forum

Jim

[vinsZR-1]

1990 #1966 plastic

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by vettn71

1990 #1422 has plastic headlamps. This was sent in on the NCRS forum

Jim

that maybe the closest to my car i've found

[tccrab]

Pat:

Pictures as promised.
I am not the worlds greatest photographer and my camera is a junky $100 Kodak.

On the bulbs themselves is:

Guide Halogens
12.8V
H6054F
DOTH89
65/35W
140
RM






'Crabs

Originally Posted by swamp

CRABS, I will take any photos you are kind enough to send me.

Thanks again for your help.

PAT

[geezer]

one owner all original 1990 #1389 -- glass

[swamp]

Crabs, thanks a million. It was great information that you furnished.

I want to thank everyone who helped out on this survey. I am attaching the information that I published on the NCRS Technical Discussion Board this afternoon. The response is now 23 1990 ZR1 owners helped out on the survey.

1. Ed, thanks for the response. Your 1990 ZR1 VIN#1990, build date of April
1990 is the last 1990 ZR1 that I have found with Guide Glass Headlamps.

The first 1990 ZR1 that I found with Plastic Wagner Headlamps is VIN # 2124, (NOW VIN 1996)
no build date available. The next response that I have with Wagner Plastic
on the 1990 ZR1 was VIN # 2282 with a build date of May 1990.

I had twenty responses from the 1990 ZR1 owners alone.

Your time and effort is greatly appreciated and the change over period is
pretty narrowly defined with your help and the rest of the individuals who
took time to respond.

The non ZR1's are a different story. The change over was sometime in Feb/May
1992 when the change over from Glass to Plastic was first noted. The last
Glass Headlamp response that I had was in February 1992. The next three
responses that I had were for Plastic Headlamps during May 1992 and they
were Sylvania Headlamps. The first response I had for a Wagner Plastic
Headlamp was late in the 1992 model year.

In the responses that I received, Headlamps after the 1992 model year were
Wagner Plastic for ALL Corvettes, except for a response that I received
stating the owner had Glass Headlamps in late 1994. No explanation for this
finding.
So anyone with a 1992 LT1 who wants to chime in with their responses,
especially in the change over period. please help us out.

PAT, Central New Jersey Chapter

[vettn71]

So the fact that my car (1422) has plastic headlamps seems to make no impression on you. This is a 17,000 miles car (I've owned it since 12,000 miles) and is a 98.6 McClellan award vehicle. Some poll. Ignore what doesn't fit it preconceived notions, I guess

Jim

[swamp]

Jim, I am not ignoring you and I am impressed with you submission. Your Plastic Headlamps did not fall into the sequence of the other Plastic Headlamps. Does this mean they are not correct, no it does not. It just means they didn't fall into the sequence. They could have been early P;astic units and put in when they arrived.

I am sorry you felt that I was not taking your input with the thought they were not correct. I did not fit any results to fit the poll, I only reported what other owners told me.
I had 10 responses with Glass Headlamps before you and four response with Glass Headlamps after your VIN number.


Are they early Plastic Headlamps, could be. That is why I hoped to get a lot of replies. This poll means nothing personally to me, I was only trying to help out another individual who was told his Glass Headlamps on his early 1990 ZR1 were incorrect.

Thanks again for your time.

[Kevin]

as I said before I have #1433 owned since 99 had 23,000 or so miles on it and i've got plastic