I have an issue with my dash swap. The person I bought it off of said it was a 91 si dash. I think it is an 88-89 Dash because my ef dash harness doesn't match up. I wired in the crx dash harness and I had a few plugs that weren't plug and play. Then I was about to purchase a a 91 si CRX cluster but the cluster lights wouldnt function properly My Hatch is the base model and I am led to believe I need a crx dx cluster because all the lights are the same/for example the seatbelt light, CEL, battery light. any input would be great Im confused!

 

I put a crx dash in my hatch about 8 years ago but if i remember correctly, i didnt even mess with the crx dash harness. I swapped my civic harness right over onto the dash. the cluster should be plug and play, at least mine was which was a 90 crx gauge pod going into a 91 civic. I dont know if the 88-89 gauges swap directly into a 90-91

Use your cars original harness and put the dash together with YOUR cluster to see if its a problem that you caused to start with. If everything works, then try the new cluster to determine if thats the problem

 

Here are the differences:

*88-89 Civic (works with 88 CRX)
*90-91 Civic (works with 89-91 CRX)

You can use either car year cluster but the harness that control all the switch from the cluster housing (bezel) going down to the radio are different.

*What year is your civic?
*Does the cover (bezel) for the cluster a rectangular shape or a curve shape?

Everything should be the same with the exception of the cluster harness in which the plugs are that goes to the hazard/dimmer and such are different. also remember that the 90-91 Civic model have the seat belts on the door so you need that plug to be connected to the back or it corresponding speedo. the 88-89 Civic didn't have that option. Hope this helped.

 

Ok thanks guys I have my stock ef harness in right now and I have my ef cluster in working properly. I just can't fit any of the covers over it (of course) and Im just confused that a 91 si cluster didn't work properly

 

like i mention guy, if you have a CRX dash then you need the coresponding CRX year dash trimming. you can't use the Civic cluster bezel on the CRX dash. and also the cluster are different within the 2 year gap.

 

I know that my main concern was a 91 si crx cluster didn't fit in it. sorry for the confusion C ur ex

 

Sorry to jack your thread, but for the dash swap into an EF you need the door panels also, correct?

TIA guys!

 

No you don't the line up well

 

hmm the only problem I had with my conversion was that one of the for the fuse box plugs didnt plug in (it was off by like 2 holes, it was too large) I used a 91 crx si dash into my 91 ef si, and used the cluster harness off the crx. I had to remove my whole dash once again and i used the civic si cluster harness with the crx cluster. all lights work except for the right turn signal, idk why maybe a ground got loose. any have this problem as well?

 

I had that same problem with the plugs off by two holes. I just need to find a crx cluster and cover to put in mine. I'll let you know when i get it if my blinker doesn't work lol