Rubbing/Bump strip Q

ok i have been looking at a few USDM EF civics and noticed that yours are completely smooth and dont have a recess for a pin stripe , why is this ?? are all the USDM modelslike this ???

none have a recess for the pin stripes. why the hell would we have a recess? I'v never herd of such chois

well mine have a recess for the pin stripe to go in but the USDM ones i have seen dont, i prefer the look of the USDM ones but i like the red pin stripe on mine

ours have pin stripes along the top of the fender/door/quarter pannel and wraps up around the back quarter glass. No recess that. Got a pic of one that has the recess?

are you talking about on the black moulding that goes all the way around the, the 88-89 civics had the recesed area (I think in Canada, the special edition for those years had a silver pin stripe), but the 90-91 years eliminated the recesed area for a smoother look....

http://www.all-torque.org.uk/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=118

theres one of mine, u can just make it out

ya, exactly, it was on all USDM models from 88-89, but the 90-91 the style changed...most models didn't have a pinstripe however, just the recesion..

oh, our stripes are in a differnt spot, but like viper said I think they eliminated it in 90, but 88/89 have it. But we dont have stripes in it.

hmm thats wierd mine is a 91 :? ah well maybe it varied then ,

it's a euro thing... I like it. It's kind of like getting used to red pinstripe seats in every Si even though the rest of the car may not contain any red at all except for the "Si" badge.

yeah , mine had red pin stripe, and stripes on the seats and a red VT badge, thats it

mine has no badges, no red stripes on the seats, no pin stripe, and no body line (well it has one but its not the same as everyone elses)

Mine has baby blue pinstripes :P

The 88-89 moldings are hard to see until you get up close cause then you can tell the difference. It's exactly like your moldings only that the 90-91 doesn't have it except a round smooth look to them. I prefer the smooth look. And again, it's something alot of people don't even notice it.