I had my Civ into the local dealer today to get a once-over. It's got about 147k on it. They did pretty solid for me: flushing and changing my brake fluid and tranny fluid for like 59 and 39 respectively.

They also strongly recommended a rear trailer arm bushing swap, but I declined. Mostly, I'd rather try myself vs pay them 380 bucks. But secondly, I haven't noticed any rolling or squeaking/clunking from the back end.

What do you guys think? This is strictly a commuter/daily driver and is BONE stock at the moment. If I don't have any crazy noises or rolling, I guess my mind tells me to wait on it.

Also, since I'm purely a honda noob, can somebody break down the abbreviations for me? My '99 Civic DX is an "EK" ?? is that right?

 

i would take off the wheels and see if the bushings look good

 

its an ek in japan in the us if u look at the vin its a ej...i just sold my 99 ex....miss it already :-(

 

How much did you get for it if you don't mind me asking?

I got my 99 DX for 2 grand which apparently a very good deal?

 

sold it for 3 grand with a reconstructed title...when i got it the motor was smashed tranny cracked and both frame rails were buckled...i bought it for a hundred bucks and luckily i worked at a body shop at the time so i had full access to the frame rack after hours and whole sale body parts and a paint booth...got an engine and tranny from the junk yard...y7 like yours but i used the y8 head off the original engine to retain the vtec (and it was a mean mini me) in the car..if the title didnt say reconstructed you would have never known it was wrecked..all lines matched perfect and drove straight as an arrow....so if u paid 2gs and ur car is clean with a clear title then yea u got a deal

 

I can tell you that I just had my rear bushings replaced last month. I didn't know that they were bad ( no noises or anything also). Car corners 1000 times better now. My brother is a Honda tech and did them. He hates doing them because they won't come out. Good luck.