I'm looking at a 91 Civic Hatchback here in Atlanta and was wondering how I could tell if it was the base or DX model?

Is there a site where I can plug in the VIN # and it would come back with that information? I have the Carfax report here and all it says is 1.5L motor. Would the Carfax report say DX on it if it were?

 

basemodel stock was a 4 speed. dx was 5 speed. also, no passenger side rearview mirror. There are a lot of different ways to tell, but those are a couple.

a few more are the bumper covers and driver side mirror housings are unpainted on the std, and the hatch should theoretically have a dx badge, while the std had no badge. I dont think the std had a rear windshield wiper either. The std also has no center console plastic, there is just a gear lever and a rubber boot coming out of the floor, with no plastic around it.

For the record, carfax does not really specify correct EF info. I have a ed7 that i know is an SI, but it is listed as a 1.5 l in the carfax. so carfax is really only good for showing whether the car has been totalled in the past.

 

carfax SUCKS! its only good for NEWER cars haha

STD's also didnt come as an auto, had a black tail light garnish (dx/si got red), gauge cluster doesnt have a tach

 

STD model has D15B1 engine with close coupled cat - cat is connected directly to the exhaust manifold like a CRX HF

 

when i bought my car i googled the vin and it told me the model some other basic info and that for what ever amount of money i could view the 3 or 4 reports on it

 

Any Honda dealer will tell you what model it is with the vin #

 

does the dx have a rear windshield wiper? i know mine doesnt it had a dx badge on the trunk, its d15b2 ed6

 

my hatch is a ed6 dx hatch and it has the rear windshield wiper so it does

 

And don't forget that stock STD did not have AC or power steering.

 

thats weird i wonder why mine doesnt, it had ac till i removed it but no power steering

 

it had a/c really? my hatch is a 1991 civic dx model and it didnt come with a/c

 

Over the base model, the DX got:

- cloth seats & door inserts
- rear wiper
- more complete center consol around shifter
- painted bumpers
- tilt steering

 

no tilt steering wheel no painted bumpers if they were the original 1s, blue leather seats, no rear wiper,

 

As for the bumpers, I believe the 91 dx's had the color matched bumpers. The 90 dx had black.

 

yea true dat my hatch is 91 and it has the color bumpers and the rear wiper

 

hey i got a ? can the cluster off a 91 ex 4dr work on my 91 dx hatch? cuz i wanted a si cluster for the tach and a buddy of mine gave me a 91 ex 4dr cluster but i wamted to kno if it would work so i wouldnt waste my time putting it on for it not to work

 

no hatch comes with power steering

 

no hatch comes with power steering

 

i used to work at autozone and a lady cam it with a white 91 dx had ac p/s and 85k original miles

 

si have em

 

i thought you said no hatches came with p/s and this was a dx not an Si

 

Yes it will work. I have a STD hatch with a ex 4d cluster. It has to be from the same year. 90-91 with 90-91(plug and play)

 

no usdm hatchbacks have power steering, only sedans..

 

im takin bout a/c

 

idk but i've seen one harch with p/s and std's can come with ac as well