I got a 96 civic hatch, the owner doesnt know if it was a CX or a DX. it was red with no power steering, no tach, no power ANYTHING, no sunroof, not even a hatch dome light.
is there anyway I can find out what it is?
I tried search, but couldnt find any clear cut answers.
also is it hard to swap in a new cluster that has a tach? what type of wireing would I need to do, or is it plug and play?
thanks for any help
Craig

 

is your spoiler the same color as your car, or a flat black? DX has color matched, CX is the flat, i forget the other way to tell

 

I have a flat black spoiler, with the car, but I dont know if it came on the car.
I got the car and it had shaved moldings and a molded buddy club body kit on it. I spent about a month unshaving the moldings and taking OFF the body kit. to put it back to stock.

 

dx's have cruise control and a rear wiper.. cx's don't

 

no cruise or rear wiper so Im guessing its a CX.
thanks for the help!

 

anyone know the base weight of a cx compared to a dx?
thanks

 

i think its around 2293 lbs compared to the 25-something DX

search, theres a couple threads on exact weights

 

http://www.hondaswap.com/forum...29355

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by huepowered &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dx's have cruise control and a rear wiper.. cx's don't</TD></TR></TABLE>

My dx has no cruise control.

 

Just Carfax the vin number.

 

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My dx has no cruise control. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeh, neither does mine... to the best of my knowlege, the DX had power steering and a rear wiper. and AC was an option on the CX, but comes std on the DX... i think.

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Lol learning about your vin#

 

sounds like a CX with no tach and no powersteering...

 

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yeh, neither does mine... to the best of my knowlege, the DX had power steering and a rear wiper. and AC was an option on the CX, but comes std on the DX... i think.

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No power steering or a/c in my 96 DX hatch...standard my ***.

Anyways though...check the the vin on your hatch. If the 8th number is a 2 it is a CX, if the 8th number is a 4 or 6, then it is a DX. This is for year '96 not sure about other years.

Example: 2HGEJ632TH100001 is a CX

Example: 2HGEJ634TH100001 is a DX

Now run out to your car like a *** and go check your vin! jk

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCarp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">also is it hard to swap in a new cluster that has a tach? what type of wireing would I need to do, or is it plug and play?
thanks for any help
Craig</TD></TR></TABLE>

i just put an si cluster into my ek hatch... and it was straight plug and play. , no need for any wiring. Also, im pretty sure the type-r ones are plug and play as well.. but im not sure. Good luck on figuring out if ur car's a cx or dx haha.

 

My 1996 dx has no p/s and no cruise from the factory. I have a/c though .

 

carfax says cx!!! I couldnt get the damn vin to work, but today I stoped at my body shop to check the vin again. damn S's and 5's
it is a CX, now I just need a cluster w/a tach.
thanks for all the help.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCarp &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">carfax says cx!!! I couldnt get the damn vin to work, but today I stoped at my body shop to check the vin again. damn S's and 5's
it is a CX, now I just need a cluster w/a tach.
thanks for all the help.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Like mentioned before, just find a cluster out of a SI or even an integra, theres writeups in here that will help you put it into your car and Integra clusters are sexy

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by huepowered &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dx's have cruise control and a rear wiper.. cx's don't</TD></TR></TABLE>
My dx has no cruise control. too