TheMostSadistic

Hey everyone, I found a clean 93 hatch that I am probably going to buy soon. A few things confused me about it. It says it's a 'CX', but I know the CX does not have side moldings. This one does, and it's also black, and I thought the SI only came in black??? Also, it has no power steering, which I know the CX doesn't. It has the 'CX' factory looking sticker on the back. Also, the door handles are glossy black, instead of the flat black on Si's. Question being, do people ever put side moldings on a car that doesn't have them? Also, back in '93 could one get a CX black from Honda for a fee??? If someone could clear this up it would be appreciated. I'll look at the engine code again next time and report back. Thanks
-Joe

TheMostSadistic

**correction** it does have glossy black door handles, as opposed to flat black on DX , VX, CX models. my bad

IM ALL BOB

check the VIN .. now are you purchasing this from a dealer or from a private party? see if anyone has carfax on HT and tell them to run the VIN good luck

TheMostSadistic

its from a small dealership, ill check the VIN next time I see the car, thanks

whatVTEC

get the vin and give it to the honda dealership and they can tell you which trim model it is.

Mike banX

my brothers car has side moldings and the 16 valve motor and the sticker says cx, but its from canada so a candian cx is an american dx isnt it?

TheMostSadistic

hmmmmmm very interesting, anyone want to ellaborate on this? I was thinking maybe Canadian, because why would someone want to make a non CX model a CX??

Jimmy

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Does it have sunroof? / check the engine code...

SkyeC

Sounds like a CX with moldings and a repaint to me.

leadfoot78

I have a 93 CX, it's white with glossy black door handles, oem side moldings and and oem EG lip, pimp huh?? The guy I was buying it from said he got like 50 calls in 4 days and when I was picking it up he said if I don't want the interior he has a buyer for it and he has a buyer for my lip too but I didn't sell anything. Who cares if it's CX or DX if it doesn't have a sun roof it's not an Si and the waight difference between the CX and DX is like 100lbs, thats not much, hatches are hard to find.

boostedcivicsir

my 93 si is red, door handles are body color, side moldings are black, and mirrors are red.

TheMostSadistic

well, turns out it is Canadian, my dad said under the hood somewhere it said 'made in canada' on what I'm not sure. Anyone know any disadvantages if any on Canadian civics?? Thanks for the replies.

bretx0r

i think something to do with insurance

SkyeC

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There are no disadvantages. It's already been swapped over to a mph speedo and whatnot, right? It might have DRLs.

all stock

can't you get factory options with side moldings? if not, all the better.

MLogan

Yeah my VX says Honda of Canada in the engine bay. I dont think there is any difference. About the side moldings, I thought all CXs came with them and only the VX never did.

sleeperb

my cx dont got no side moldins

whatVTEC

my DX was mfg. in Canada also.

SkyeC

CX/VX didn't come with moldings but some people added them on when they bought the car. Useless damn things anyway, I have tons of dings.

redline201

check the engine code
if it is a d15b8
its a cx

2camsaam

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TheMostSadistic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey everyone, I found a clean 93 hatch that I am probably going to buy soon. A few things confused me about it. It says it's a 'CX', but I know the CX does not have side moldings. This one does, and it's also black, and I thought the SI only came in black??? Also, it has no power steering, which I know the CX doesn't. It has the 'CX' factory looking sticker on the back. Also, the door handles are glossy black, instead of the flat black on Si's. Question being, do people ever put side moldings on a car that doesn't have them? Also, back in '93 could one get a CX black from Honda for a fee??? If someone could clear this up it would be appreciated. I'll look at the engine code again next time and report back. Thanks
-Joe</TD></TR></TABLE>

Questions :
Do people ever pull the original motors out of their cars and put faster ones in them?
Do people ever put different wheels, suspension, exhaust, paint, etc. than what came with their car originally?
Then what makes you think that someone my have had molding on the car or the car painted black?

Check the VIN and stop losing sleep over this.

SpoonFedHatch

you should get a carfax check on it.....it is possible that it could have been in an accident and the body shop got lazy and painted EVERYTHING on the car (if it was major damage)

TheMostSadistic

did a carfax and turns out it has a clean title and is listed as a CX...woo hoo...thanks for the replies

smell my sol

i bought my hatch in NJ it had a VA license plate and an MD title, just seemed weird to me

COMplex.

well be happy. sounds like you got a nice hatch there.

lucky its a cx. cx has much cheaper insurance. for me personally, a cx compared to my 2dr ex, its like $1500+ cheaper a year.