Civic-EG.com Forum 3.3.1

- Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:07 am #52010 im planning to buy a SI eg hatch soon. whats the difference between the dx and si? is it only the rear discs? is it hard to change the rear to disc if i cant find an si. is there anything i should look out for? like under the body rust? would a complete engine swap solve mechanical problems in case i get a crap civic.

- Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:11 am #52011 si also has a d16 1.6 vtec engine..

dx has a 1.5

power mirrors, sun roof, rear disc conversion isnt' too hard if u have the right parts.

- Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:01 pm #52077

is there anything i should look out for? like under the body rust?

Our hatches rust in the rear quarter panel and the wheel well, look for rust in those areas. And remove the piece of rubber on the lip of the fender, this accumulate moisture and debris that later on turn to rust. GL with the buy.

Bori-

- Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:03 pm #52095 If you were to get a dx... you can easily due a rear disc brake conversion. Also you can make your car have power windows and what not.... the only thing you wont be able to do is get a sun roof... now if you had some cutting and fabrication skills.. haha

- Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:41 pm #52114 Which ever one you get, just do a 5 lug conversion and a motor swap and good suspensions set up and call it a day

[teal_dx]

- Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:57 am #52164 #1 thing to watch out for is the rust.
replacing an engine takes a fraction of the time that it would take to repair the honda rust. See the link below for the full repair of the famous honda rust:
http://civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?t=24

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- Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:12 am #52167 basically just look out for rust? because im planning to do a complete engine swap(clutch, etc...) later on..would an engine swap make it run like almost new again?

- Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:16 pm #52211

basically just look out for rust? because im planning to do a complete engine swap(clutch, etc...)

exacly if you already know you're doing a swap, then lookout for rust. As Teal mention a swap you'll do it faster than fixing rust (and he knows about rust, look how his used to look...). So as long as all you want is a hatch and not a specific model look for one that has no rust and obviously a clean title.

Bori-

- Fri May 09, 2008 4:50 pm #54477 Some of the other differences:

Si has:

Rear Disc Brakes
Power Sun Roof
Power Side Mirrors
Cruise Control
Power Steering
1.6 Vtec motor
Better tranny
Better Exhaust

That's all I can think of for now.

Good luck!