sorry bout the delay.

Basically, the 88-91 civic/crx suspension uses a radius rod to keep the front suspension perpendicular to the ground. If you look just ahead of the front wheel on a 88-91 civic/crx, you'll see there's a rod that connects the control arm to the front crossmember. That's the radius rod, also called a strut rod.

The 92+ civics don't have those. I don't know exactly what type of suspension they use, to be quite honest with you, but there's no radius rods. It's probably a MacPherson Strut system, where the shock absorber also acts as a structural member, holding the control arm perpendicular. That shock/structural member is called a Strut. Hence the name, MacPherson Strut suspension.

But one way or another, you can't swap a 92+ front suspension onto a 88-91 civic/crx. I'll try and find pictures to post, to give you an idea of the parts I'm talking about.