Is it true???? I have been doing an awful lot of looking for JDM EF side moldings and side skirts and I found where someone said 88 DX hatch side mouldings are the same as the JDM counterparts. Is this shocking revalation true?

 

I dont know about the side moldings but if you do find out about it please email me at slopok7@earthlink.net

But I've got a B16a with CTR internals but I didnt put it back together yet. Could you please tell me how well it runs and its reliability before I put mine together. My cousin told me that he had a friend who did it already and has had many oil leaking problems.

 

yeh the 88-89 hatch trim is the same...it has the indent in it like jdm hb..i hear the sideskirts are impossible to find

 

this is what mine looks like with the stock usdm side mouldings...

 

88-89 hb moldings interchangable with 90-91 ?

 

probably Steveee0. if they aren't i believe it's easy to make em fit. I would say they are bolt on, but with reserve

gl

 

That's what I'm gonna try to do. I know the crx ones are. I have a '91 fender on my '89 and the moldings would swap easily, I checked it before I put my kit on. They (88-89 and 90-91civics) are the same basic chassis so I assume they would be. Hondas are legos, everything works.
Who would think you can just Take a block out of a CRV and slap VTEC head on it and not have to custom engineer some sort of adapter plate? Then in the end have a big beastly torquemonster. I think I'm gonna try swapping Northstar heads on a 350 chevy and see what happens.
Anyway I wouldn't think they would change the stamping just for 2 years in our counry and canada. As far as I know Japan and Europe have the "SiR" style. Which isn't even SiR exclusive. I have a link to a site that appears to be a Japanesse auto trader and all the 4g civics have the wrap around corners, slim headlights, and slim moldings. Even the base model 1500cc versions.
Thanks EF_LSVtec for the visuals.
As far as taking these off a yard car, which I know you are all going to try. Don't waste your time you can get each whole sidemolding kit for around $55 per side new from Majestic Honda.