Better to go aftermarket if the car wasn't equipped from the factory.

 

x2 for aftermarket. i have a civic lx cruise setup and it's a pain in the butt to install

 

i have a civic lx cruise setup and it's a pain in the butt to install

True, but it's all Honda parts. You don't have to rig up brackets and junk to operate the throttle, or velcro some tacky control panel to your dashboard... Everything looks like it's supposed to be there and operates the way you would expect OE cruise to operate.

 

My old crx had it dealer installed with aftermarket parts. It had a stalk that was behind the turn signal to control it. The wiring looked pretty simple to me when I removed it (was not working). I think tonyguns has a teg cruise in his but he has pretty much everthing else in there too.

 

Thanks for the advise. If I were to go with an aftermarket setup does anyone have a certain model they would recommend?

 

yes, where do I get mine?

 

I have an after market CC in one of our rexs :bounce:
It's soooooo nice! HAHA!!

[EDIT]OK this is what I have, and I have no background info on it because it came with the car[/EDIT]

No manufacture info, only a part #

No cracks/comments on my dirty engine bay... :lol:

Vacuum connection

Throttle connection

Ugly vacuum motor

Dizzy connection

 

Thanks for those pics. It seems pretty involved being that it will have to run off vaccum though. Was there and option on the SiR for CC?

 

I'd say go with the DA setup, like tonyguns did, if you are very good at figuring out wiring, and are mechanically inclined. It seems to me any CC setup is gonna require about the same amount of wiring, as well as need a way of controlling the throttle, because they all pretty much do the same thing just with different methods of doing so, there aren't gonna be setups where you just plug in an adapter harness or something and go... unless they cost way too much... even then they aren't honda stuff so won't be nearly as clean. Get some cool JDM setup with crazy letters so no one can figure out what it is when they drive ur car, lol.

 

I'm going to attempt to use cruise control from a newer civic, losely using this writeup:
http://causeforalarm.thecarthing.com/cr ... index.html

The main draw of it for me is the fact that it appears to use an electric servo, rather than that goofy diaphragm thing in the bay and it pulls the gas pedal, rather than the throttle body.

I' m thinking of fabbing the steering wheel control up to the side of my guage cluster bezel i if can make it look good.

Something like this:

 

I' m thinking of fabbing the steering wheel control up to the side of my guage cluster bezel i if can make it look good.

Why? Just get a non-SRS steering wheel with the buttons on it (Civic/Accord/Prelude/Integra/Legend/whatever). An '88-91 Civic EX/LX 3-wire slip ring will drop right onto the CRX switch assembly and screw into the existing holes there. The existing horn contact tab comes off just as easily... All you have to do is hook up the horn wire to the slip ring connector. Just make sure you get the little turn signal return drum thing that goes around the column shaft itself - the stock drum is too large to fit through the hole in the slip ring assembly.

 

I like a three spoke steering wheel...

 

Take a look at this: http://www.rostra.com/cruise-control.htm

 

Nice info, but I have a picture in my head and I want to see how it pans out. b

 

I like a three spoke steering wheel...

 

Meh, I'd be all over those 'teg wheels, but they say Acura...

 

More info please! :bounce:

 

More info please! :bounce:

'88-91 Prelude. I've read that they sit a little closer to the control stalks than other Honda/Acura wheels. I've never tried one for myself so I can't say how much or if it's particularly annoying.

 

I've read that, too.

 

So, to bring back a thread and piss everyone off, did ANYONE find a good solution? I'm dyin' without CC. Haha

@imgoingforit did you end up doing the CC that you said you were going to??

 

Wow... lots of dead links.
The OEM cruise system for the '88-91 Civic sedan can be transplanted in. You need, with wiring connectors and/or mounting hardware where applicable:
- The cruise actuator
- The pedal assembly with all switches
- The cruise power switch
- The cruise "brain" box
- The steering column slip ring and turn signal return barrel
- A steering wheel with two cruise buttons
- A gauge cluster with cruise light

 

Wow... lots of dead links.
The OEM cruise system for the '88-91 Civic sedan can be transplanted in. You need, with wiring connectors and/or mounting hardware where applicable:
- The cruise actuator
- The pedal assembly with all switches
- The cruise power switch
- The cruise "brain" box
- The steering column slip ring and turn signal return barrel
- A steering wheel with two cruise buttons
- A gauge cluster with cruise light

Is that more work than an aftermarket one?..

 

Possibly. Swapping out the pedal cluster is a bear - you have to drop the steering column to get it in place. It's cleaner looking when finished though, as I said above.

 

Possibly. Swapping out the pedal cluster is a bear - you have to drop the steering column to get it in place. It's cleaner looking when finished though, as I said above.

Well true.. but buttons are always manageable.. I just won't have the option of steering wheel controls or the cruise light in the cluster with aftermarket..

 

I just won't have the option of steering wheel controls or the cruise light in the cluster with aftermarket..

That depends on the system you use, your level of knowledge and how much you're willing to tinker with the system. The buttons and light are just electrical on/off signals, so it's entirely possible the OEM parts could be adapted, or possibly even directly connected to the aftermarket unit. That would give you the clean look in the interior, but not so much under the hood, nor give you the OEM level of reliability (which would really depend on the quality of the installation).