CivSteez

So, after having an abused beat up EF 4 speed for a few months, I decided to upgrade a bit and found a mint 1992 white dx hatch that is at 54,5xx miles. The interior is amazing and has remains of that "new car" smell. The man I got it from was very particular about keeping it garaged the whole time he owned it. From what I understand it came to have a chip or two in it from his commute driving and a few spots on the car were re-sprayed in the 17 years he owned it. It is an automatic, and has power steering, and AC. Over the summer I plan on doing a few things to it (rims, tires,suspension, 5 speed swap,stereo)to make it just a nice daily driver. I am curious to see everyone on here that has an EG and what your first/favorite mod was. I'd also love to see pictures of rims/tires on the car and tire size. Thanks!

CivSteez

woops, forgot to mention ill post pics tomorrow

RagnarX

Ah, nice pick up. My first car was an auto too (93 civic coupe dx), went through the whole 5 speed swap, it was fun and a great learning experience. By far that was the best mod ive done, recommended if you're stuck with an automatic.

Sadly she got totaled Let me know if you need any swap parts, i'd be happy to help.

CivSteez

much appreciated, thank you

Jimster480

i converted to 5spd (97 EX), built a new D with vitara's and boosted it. First mod was Ebay intake, then E3 plugs and some new NGK performance wires (not really a mod).

sp00ledbseries

Nice find. My first mod to my hatch was a drop. Dumped hatches=TEH SECKS

PhatFactory

my first mod was taking out the factory tape player and installing a kenwood Cd player/MP3 player along with the SI rims (looks so much cleaner without the stock 13" steelies). Good luck with your 1st mod on the new sexy EG6 bro.

sayyoooon

I'm planning on getting a hatch in a week/two and first thing I'm gonna do is drop that ish.

chchchino

92 GL Hatch, rear disc brake conversion.

blueg6

nice. my first mod was a jdm b18c and thats by far my favorite one ;]

cleansi

i agree with the jdm b18c lol. but really mine was i cut off the muffler but that was years and years ago b4 ricing got too gay now i think back and am like man, i look like that 16 yr old kid that just got his car on the road. i would never do any thing to alter oem style or power without having good taste or giving hondas a bad name

y2kferari

yea. My first mod was unbolting my stock axleback and ziptying and half-*** bolting a beat up pipe. Many years ago.

CivSteez

haha thanks for the input everyone. The more I read about these cars, the more I want to do to mine already


if only money grew on tree's...

Jimster480

lol i dont raelly consider a stereo a mod. Because then my first mod was a new stereo system because my car had none when I bought it.

alfredwen

Mines was a skunk2 shift ****. I just got the car like 2 weeks ago. Came with this weird ebay ****. It feels so much better shifting now. Also gunna put in a deck today cause the OEM was stolen from previous owner

My_FrankenStein[EG]

First mod for my 95 DX Hatch would have to go with 50 Shot on a Zex Dry Kit man my kar really felt like a big kids toy after that. Lasted a year never blew then sold the kar to kuzin. I Miss Her.

civic_driver

My first mod was to install ES bushings almost everywhere.

fungus mungus

CivSteez,
I've had the same white DX hatch for 3 years now. Mine, however has a manual tranny with A/C. Unfortunately, mine wasn't mint like yours...it now has almost 280K on the original motor and some substantial dents in the passenger side fender and the hood. The interior was really in nice shape, although dirty when I acquired it. It's really clean now though. I finally replaced the fender yesterday...waiting to find a good hood.

My first mod was a speedo/tach cluster swap (mine didn't have a tach). While I had the speedo cluster out, I converted the lighting to amber and painted the needles with fluorescent paint. Then I did the climate control. Added a JDM amber clock. Then I added the optional center console and the arm rest console.

In the next few months, I will be putting in a new carpet and converting the entire blue interior to black (since the opt console and the arm rest is black). I have all the pieces that I pulled from a donor car the other day except for the seats. I also have a leather wrapped EG steering wheel w/SRS purchased from this board. When I do the carpet, I'll probably put in some sound deadener to make the ride a little more quiet. Not sure yet what I'll do about seats.

Mechanically, I've done nothing yet, but I have plans. I've got the full Integra disc brake set up ready to swap in, as well as a Tokiko shock/GC coilover setup to go in at the same time. Of course, when the brakes are done, I'll need new wheels 'cause the 13" steelies I have aren't going to fit over the front brakes anymore. Waiting on my 15" Regamaster wheels to arrive from Japan. Then in a year I'll swap the motor for a B18 series motor...not sure which one yet.

In the end, I don't want the car to look too far off from stock. The wheels and coilovers will be the biggest change in appearance, but I don't plan on dropping the car too much.

fm

gs_rbaby

Threw in a B&M Dual Bend Short Shifter for my CX Hatch. Love the feel vs the slushy OEM feel.

thumper64

Switched radios, cut the intake tube so my new filter fit better, switched the Integra console it had for a Civic console with arm rest. First REAL mod was swapping in Koni Yellows, Ground Controls and an Integra Type R rear sway bar with ASR brace. Best $1300 or whatever I've spent.

shortycm17

just picked up my 3rd hatch too... clean 95 white dx wit the crappy blue interior but its clean...First mod I did was remove the pepboys special wheel covers...ugly... just put on some tanabe sustec SS coilovers...tuckin my 14inch steelies lol... got some amber corners... next up ...front SIR lip, spoon mirrors, spoon duckbill, then the big stuff... engine swap+boost=fun..

CivSteez

So many of these cars sound so awesome. I'm super stoked to get money going on and start mods The list might be longer now than I planned haha

CivSteez

bump for pics, yay!

sp00ledbseries

SWEET MOTHER OF GOD that thing is so clean

z6hatchboy

my first mod was moving my license plate to the left haha. I did do the autometer 5" tach though since the dx lacks those, then rebuilt with vitaras, turbo, skunk2 shifter, painted it, and got some rotas lol