vetkid89

yo my boy told me i have an ek but idk and what does the number signify? can anyone tell me what my car is and or how i can find out what it is. is it something to do with the vin??? and dont rag. it might be a dumb question but i doubt your the honda doctor. help me out people please.

hushypushy

damn, there have been a lot of posts about this lately.

Your chassis code is the third, fourth, and fifth letters of your VIN. So if it starts with 2HGEJ6, then you have an EJ6.

vetkid89

yea sorry if we'er tiring you with this question but i just wanted to know. thanks alot man. i appretiate it. big thumbs up to you.

ej1love

so what u got?

vetkid89

im gonna go check later on when i clean my baby..hahaha. its dusty inside so i gotta clean it and plus im gonna scrub my engine down so when i get out there ill look through my windsheild and ill let you know what i got.

vetkid89

yo i just checked it and its a ej6. but like hushy said it would be 2hgej6 but its 1hgej6 is there a meaning/difference?

hushypushy

1HG means your car was built in the US, 2HG means Canada, JH4 means Japan.

NOFX

Okay, so to start things off, there really is no EK chassis sold in the US. "EK" is often used to refer to ALL '96-'00 Civics or all '96-'00 Civic hatches. An EK can really be a hatch or sedan, but none of them were sold originally in the US.

For the US 1996 - 2000 Civics:

CX hatch (D16Y7) = EJ6
DX coupe (D16Y7) = EJ6
DX hatch (D16Y7) = EJ6
EX coupe (D16Y8) = EJ8
EX sedan (D16Y8) = EJ8
GX sedan (D16B5) = EN1
HX coupe (D16Y5) = EJ7
LX sedan (D16Y7) = EJ6
Si coupe (B16A2) = EM1
VP sedan (D16Y7) = EJ6 (also called an SE or DX-V)

Plenty more info here (and in other posts too):
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/noob-question-what-eg-ek-ej-2356502/
https://honda-tech.com/forums/showpo...3&postcount=11
https://honda-tech.com/forums/moderated-threads-55/ultimate-honda-chassis-code-list-1928390/

NOFX

And on top of that, coupes were built in the US (1HG), hatches in Canada (1HG) and sedans were built in the US, Canada and Japan (1HG, 2HG and JH4).

In short:
1HG = US built coupe or sedan
2HG = Canada built hatch or sedan
JH4 = Japan built sedan

EJ6 = CX hatch, DX coupe/hatch/sedan, LX sedan, VP sedan
EJ7 = HX coupe
EJ8 = EX coupe/sedan
EM1 = Si coupe
EN1 = GX sedan (built and sold in US only)

So 1HGEJ6 is a DX coupe or a DX/LX/VP sedan.

Daniel jdm

nice info

vetkid89

foreal . home boy gave me the whole scoop on chasisi numbers. thanks bro. now i know when people ly about their car. good looking out.

NOFX

They usually don't lie about their chassis code. It's more that they don't know. But yes, this can help you know what the car was stock from the factory even if you don't have the internet to look up the VIN.

Here in the US the chassis code matches the engine for all 1996-2000 Civics. Overseas a car might not use the same engine though. For example, our EJ7 uses a D16Y5 (HX coupe with a 1.6L SOHC VTEC-E engine). In Japan the EJ7 uses a D16A (STD coupe with a 1.6L SOHC which I think might have VTEC, but I'd have to look it up again).

hondaman203

bump for ej6

vetkid89

what does that bump for ej6 mean????

ej1love

^ means he got a free post, wait so did i...

NOFX

It means he's either post whoring (trying to up his post count without actually contributing in any way) or he's not aware that he can subscribe to a thread without posting.

To subscribe to a thread if you have nothing to contribute, go to the top of the thread and click on Thread Tools. There will be a drop down menu and one of the options is to Subscribe to the thread. Follow through from there.