jstu got my civic!

[tipota]

i finally got my civic and have a few questions. its a 95 civic dx 2 coupe.
someone told me there is some additive people put to the oil in honda engines so they run better. is this true and what is it? Also, I come from a line of nissans so i dont know much about civics. i think the car might have wide body fenders, but im not sure. if you look at the car from the front, the front fenders stick out to the side pretty noticably, but the back do not. is this how the car comes? or were wide body fenders put on? also, is there any special maintenance for civics? thanx for your help guys, and it feels great to join the forums.

[tipota]

oh yea, the car dosnt have a tach. i want to put one in, but id rather have it in the dashboard rather than an ad on? do i just take a take off a civic ex and run the wires?

[CivicSpoon]

Welcome to our insanity.

No clue about the oil additive, never heard of anything (not that I can think of at the moment anyways). The front fenders do stick out more than the rear fenders, maybe an inch/inch and a half more. No special maintenance, same as every other 10yr old car. Yes you can use the gauge cluster from an EX, it's plug and play; prewired for a tach (there is a connector for it hanging behind the stock cluster).

[tipota]

wow. i didnt know it was that easy for a tach. so i can just buy an ex dashboard and plug it right up?

[tipota]

oh yea! im not sure if my car has power steering or if the power steering is broken. the car does have A/C. I looked around but couldnt find a power steerign fluid resevoir, but I just want to make sure. where would it be? I still havnt gotten out to buy a manual(still gotta register it!).

[A-1Performance]

if it is the dx special edition, it should have driver and passenger side aibags, power mirrors and AC. if yours has all that i've mentioned, you should also have power steering too...I have a 95 dx se and i've also replaced my dx cluster with an ex that has the tachometer in it...its very simple to replace.

[tipota]

yea my car definatley dosnt have power steering. i looked again and couldnt find the pump or the resevoir. i found out what that special oil i heard about was. its called lucas and its an oil stabilizer. anyone use it?

[QUICK_EG_B16A]

Originally Posted by tipota

i found out what that special oil i heard about was. its called lucas and its an oil stabilizer. anyone use it?

I tried it before I got the swap done and didn't notice that much of a difference. I haven't bothered with it in the b16 yet.