I'm not new to hondas, i work at a honda dealership in fact... i have a 88' HF crx, what is the 3 character abreviation for that body... (example: ef9, ek9...ect.)


(don't call me an idoit!!)

 

its on your VIN tag on the dash. you should atleast know that.

 

i am pretty sure that all 88-91 civics and crx's are ef9 but dont quote me on that

 

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Well, I bet if you'd ask around there would be someone who would know. I would hope so at least.

 

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we won't because it's wrong. he probably doesn't know about it since our cars really have ed not ef in our vin. but anyways ef8 is a crx, ef9 is a hatchback.

 

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That is wrong. The ef9 denotes only one model (jdm civic SiR, I think). Actually, there are no USDM "EF" chassis cars. All USDM 88-91 civics/crx are the ED chassis (except the wagons). My 89 hatch is an ED6 for example. Most people just assume its "EF" because that's what the JDM cars were, and/or most people just don't know.

That said, I have no idea what the HF chassis designation is, lol. Might not even be ED!

 

HF is still an ED

 

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we won't because it's wrong. he probably doesn't know about it since our cars really have ed not ef in our vin. but anyways ef8 is a crx, ef9 is a hatchback.</TD></TR></TABLE>

in japan only... the US uses ED and a number for it's chassis designation for 88-91 civics (except wagons)

btw. you spelled you name wrong, it's Grimace

 

i know i spelt my name wrong other one was alrdy taken. also when you corrected me you wrote the same **** i did. i wrote it's an ed for the u.s. then you said the same thing?

 

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Wow.

FAQ is your friend: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1521231

 

I have an 89 CRX DX and it's an ED. I never knew the difference between the ED and the EF.

 

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just givin you a hard time about the name...

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we won't because it's wrong. he probably doesn't know about it since our cars really have ed not ef in our vin. but anyways ef8 is a crx, ef9 is a hatchback.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ef8 is a crx in JAPAN and ef9 is a hatchback in JAPAN... you didn't specify.. but you did mention ed not ef in our vin... which is true for most (US residents) on HT



we said the same thing

 

since no one has actually answered your question,
it is ED8 (for both the hf and dx) si would be ed9

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