As the title says, I wanted to know if the whole front chassis of an 88 is the same as the 91 front end. I am not talking about body parts, I really mean the frame.

 

Everything that I have seen has been the same... Of course chassis mounts for motor mounts are the same, and I have bolted crx fenders onto a hb, and I've seen vice versa. I've also bolted a crx front bumper beam onto a hb, so those bolt holes are all the same, headlights are interchangeable, I would have to say yes, front end under the sheet metal is the same from firewall forward crx and civic hb. I did a full CRX front end swap onto a hatch a few years ago, everything lined up like stock

 

88-91 crx frames are identical

 

I have an 88 front lower cross member, an 88 complete radiator support and an 88 fender with an 88 headlight on my 91. Bolts up not problems.

 

Okay cool, thanks.

 

ah, **** I read your question wrong! I thought you were asking if the crx and civic 88-91 were the same front structure

 

^^^LOL, I was wondering why you were talking about a hatch in your post...its all good.

But yeah 88-91 CRX front chassis are exactly the same.

 

Actually, I also wanted to know about the HB because finding a clean front nose frame of a Crx is hard to find. So, a Civic Ef would be the other option.

 

ED9 (as ironic as this may seem) is the chassis code and <u>NOT</u> Erectile Dysfunction - thusly it is the same. ED means ED no matter what year.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by buggs (DIRECT FROM THE FAQ'S) &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Here you have a few more detailed explainations on the 4th gen...

EC8 1.3l EDM D13B1/2 DX
EC9 1.4l EDM D14A1 3Door GL/GLX

ED2 1.4l EDM D14A1 4Door GL/GLX
ED3 1.5L USDM All 4-door DX/LX
ED4 1.6L USDM All 4-door EX
ED5 1.3l EDM D13B1/2 4Door DX
ED6 1.5l EDM D15B2 3Door GL/iGLX
ED6 1.5L USDM All 3-door Standard
ED7 1.6L USDM All 3-door Si
ED7 1.6l EDM D16A6/Z2 3Door
ED8 1.6l EDM D16A9 2Door ED8 1.5L USDM All CRX standard / HF
ED9 1.6L USDM All CRX Si

EF1 1.3l JDM D13B All Civic 23L, 23U
EF2 1.5l JDM D15B Civic 25XXT, 25X, 25R, Sedan Civic 35X Extra, 35XT, 35M,
35U, Civic Shuttle 55X Extra, 55X
EF3 ZC JDM Civic Si, Si Extra (DOHC), Sedan Civic 36i Limited (SOHC), Civic
Shuttle 56i (SOHC)
EF4 1.5l JDM D15B All Civic RTX Extra 4WD, RTX 4WD
EF4 1.6l JDM D15B 4Door 4WD
EF5 1.6l JDM ZC 5Door 4WD
EF5 ZC JDM All Civic RT-Si 4WD (DOHC), RTi Limited 4WD, RTi J 4WD, RTi
4WD, Beagle, Beagle X (SOHC)
EF6 1.5l JDM D15BAll CR-X 1.5X, 1.5X G Special
EF7 ZC JDM All CR-X Si (DOHC)
EF8 B16A JDM All CR-X SiR
EF9 B16A JDM All Civic SiR, SiR II

EE2 1.5L USDM All Wagon
EE4 1.6L USDM All Wagon 4WD
EE5 1.6l USDM D16A6/Z2 4Door 4WD
EE8 B16A1 EDM All CR-X 1,6i-VT
EE9 B16A1 EDM All Civic 1.6i-VT</TD></TR></TABLE>