why do ;people with EK's get the 99-00 front end conversion??whats different they look the same to me

 

96 Civic front


99-00 Civic front



Notice how the 99-00 headlights are a big bigger and sharper on the inside? The 96's look rounder and are smaller. Thats not all, the 99-00 bumper also has the built in slots for the fog lights. Personally I think the 99-00 front looks better, thats why I had it on my 96 ek.

 

thankkk you, now i definately notice the difference...the slots for the fogs make it look soo much nicer.

 

I'm a newb here and to Honda's in general. I was just wondering what EK refers to. Is it a reference to what generation of civic it is? I've owned my 97 EX sedan for about a year now and I'm getting ready to start playing with it. I'm planning mostly body and interior work and no too much under the hood, so I'm probably gonna be asking a lot of generation specific questions and i want to know the shorthand for how to refer to my car.

 

Ek - refers to the 96-00 civic hatchbacks here in us. In japan the EK9, where it originally comes from is the Civic Type R.
Eg- refers to the 92-95 civic hatchback series
Ef- is the pre 92 hatchbacks and crx's (Ef 8)
All these terms where derived from the japanese chassis codes, because here in the us I think the codes are different. I dont think there is anythig like this for a 97 ex, so just call it a ex. I know the 99-00 si's are em1's...

 

the codes arent different here in the us. read the vin. of your vehicle to get your chassis code. but basically your looking at the fourth through 6th letters of your vin for your chassis.

The first character represents the country of manufacture, and can be a letter or a number, each signifying a different country. The most common ones are as follows: (1 = USA, 2 = Canada, 3 = Mexico, J = Japan, K = Korea, W = Germany, Y = Finland, Sweden)

The second/third characters represent the manufacturer, also known as the make. The most common are: (A = Alfa Romeo, B = Dodge, C = Chrysler, D = Daihatsu, E = Eagle, F= Ford/Eagle, G = All General Motors vehicles (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn) H = Honda/Acura, J= Jeep, L = Lincoln, M = Mitsubishi, N = Nissan/Infiniti, P = Plymouth, S = Subaru, T = Toyota/Lexus, V = Volkswagen)
Other popular makes use a 3-character initial sequence: (TRU/WAU = Audi, 4US/WBA/WBS = BMW, 2HM/KMH = Hyundai, SAJ = Jaguar, SAL = Land Rover, 1YV/JM1 = Mazda, WDB = Mercedes-Benz, VF3 = Peugeot, WP0 = Porsche, YK1/YS3 = Saab, YV1=Volvo) The fourth character is the type of restraint system.
the next up os the vehilcle line, series and body style. This will obviously be different across makes and models.
The eighth character is the engine type.
The tenth character represents the year of the car. Pay close attention to this one: B = 1981 F = 1985 K = 1989 P = 1993 V = 1997 1 = 2001 C = 1982 G = 1986 L = 1990 R = 1994 W = 1998 2 = 2002 D = 1983 H = 1987 M = 1991 S = 1995 X = 1999 3 = 2003 E = 1984 J = 1988 N = 1992 T = 1996 Y = 2000 4 = 2004 For the most recent used model year, 5 = 2005
The eleventh character indicates the assembly plant. In the above example, the C indicates Ontario, Canada Characters 12-17 represent the vehicle's unique fingerprint. It is these six digits which make every single vehicle in the world different.

 

what would my 1997 civic be??

 

Ek.

 

just ek no number?? i have built drag cars my whole life, i am just starting to get into the import thing, and of course i got the worst platform to start out with an HX.

 

look at your vin number. it's all in there.