i was woundering if a crx dash will fit a hatch. and what about the vin number

 

Yes you can use a crx dash in a hatch.For the VINs just drill out the rivets and swap them then just rivet it on.

 

but the rivets will be different and cant you git in trouble if you swap the rivets

 

you can get in trouble if you switch vins but not replacing original vin, no

 

I have done it I have a 91 CRX complete dashboard in my 89 hatch and I swapped the vin's and you can't even tell aside from the fact that my rivets are silver and OEM ones are black but what dumbass cop will notice that anyway? it looks completely stock my man.

 

If your putting the same VIN on then you wont have a problem.

 

I was told that you have to keep within the same year (IE: 88-89 CRx dash won't fit 90-91, but will fit 88-89)

Can anyone shed light on this hypothesis?
I think he said it was something with the electrical, but I mean you can always just swap harnesses anyways.

 

Oh yeah...LoL, BONUS POINTS FOR ME FOR USING THE SEARCH FEATURE!

If only newbs would follow suit...it's amazing the things you'll find.

 

i don't believe you can just swap harnesses. the pinouts would be wrong. i put a 88crx si dash in my 91 std hatch and had to rewire the whole guage cluster but it will bolt in except for the bolt behind the lower console. but it still holds sturdy

 

As for the harness swap, I don't see why you couldn't just leave the electronics...snap, I just realized what you were saying, I hadn't even thought about that. Good call. Hmm...how hard is it to change thsoe pinouts?

 

well the civic is a 91 and the crx dash is a 90 they are the same wiring i was just woundering if i can change it because of the vin number is on it

 

Yeah, I was referring to my swap though.

For your swap, though, yes, you can dremel/drill out the old and rivet in the new.