alvinoolivas

i have a 98 civic dx coupe and want the ex upgrades? what are most of the differnces between the 2? i wanna do everything but the sunroof and motor... the engine swap will come when my lil one blows

eh9deux

Edit: Whoops my bad. Thought you meant the 92-95 coupe. I think its pretty much the same...and I think the side moldings are color matched.
Here's off the top of my head: Color-matched mirrors, power locks, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, power steering, AC, Cluster w/ Tachometer, Clock and the rear spoiler.

apexi_rsx

power windows n locks> u might as well find a wrecked doner car to swap everything over

98civdx

Front sway bar, different front LCA's. Power mirors.

NotAJDMFanBoy

There's more sound deadening also. Adding power steering, AC, cruise, power locks, etc could be a chore.

Why do you want to do this? I'm all for making the exterior look nice. Paint your moldings and mirrors, it looks clean and nice. An OEM spoiler is a nice touch. Cruise is nice on long drives. If you're going for performance, cruise and AC could get in the way. Power locks are totally overrated. I think it's just as easy pulling my lock up as pushing the button to make it go up. Power windows are slow, so, whatever.

Honestly, I prefer not having all the extra stuff. I like manual windows, they aren't as problematic and they aren't super slow like all Honda power windows seem to be.

98civdx

Actaully some Dx's came with AC, and PS.

alvinoolivas

Ya mine has ps and ac. Idk if it came with it but that's how I bought it. All I've done so far is swap a cluster with a tach and put a center console with armrest. Oh and taillights that are from a ex I think. There just red and clear. No yellow.

98civdx

Mine did also, the red clear lights came from 99-00 civics.

91DSM

My dx hatch has PS and AC, its also got a power moon roof and cruise, but those were added.

89t-rex

dont do the power windows as ek's have the worst rep for jumping off track once or twice a day depending on your use of them

NOFX

6G Civic Trim Differences
The taillights are from a '99-'00 coupe. The amber taillights came on the '96-'98 coupes.
That happens on both power and manual windows. In fact, of the cars we've had at this house, the '98 EX coupe had zero problems with it's windows and the '97 CX hatch had multiple problems, eventually ending in a power window conversion, which replaced all the broken parts (and it never had problems after that!).

Just keep the tracks lubricated and you'll be just fine.

HondaPartsHero

the front LCA's are the same, the only different were the 99-00 Si

98civdx

You are correct, but the back half were the endlink bolts to are not all the same.

You must swap at least the back half of the control arm when installing a sway bar on car that didn't come with one from the factory.