What are they, I don't understand? And what generation hatch do I have? I have a 97 I know it's an ek but how do you determine whether it's eg6 or whatever?

 

im not 100% sure but i think your car is an EK8.... i *think* 96-98 is EK8 and 99-00 are EK9 maybe somebody else can say for sure if i am right or not

 

I don't know about 99/00 but 96-98 DX's are EJ6's. An EJ6 is any 96-98 civic that is 2, 3 or 4 doors with the D16Y7 engine. EK is not a U.S. code from what I understand, but everyone uses it for the hatchback. It says your number in your VIN, its the 4th, 5th and 6th digits in your VIN.

 

I always thought I had an EK mine however is a 97 dx hatch.

 

EK is what people refer to as a 6th gen hatchback, which is the 96+ hatchback. Technically, and I could be wrong, but I don't think U.S. civic's are actually EK's.

 

EG6 is an SiR 5th gen, ek9 is CTR. Dont know what the 6th gen sohc hatch code is. And they are chassis codes.

 

its on your VIN.. my coupe is an EJ1

 

looks at your vin. The first 3 letters should be JHM and after that is your chassis code. I have two del sols, one is an eg6 and one is an eh2. weird, but true.

 

Not completely true, the first 3 numbers/letters are from which country they were built in

1HM is N. America
JHM is Japan

I have a
EH2

 

That's why I said "should" Holds true most of the time.