[WannaBe]

Ok, still fairly new to the whole Rex scene but I have a question...I bought a used '88 Rex a while ago and was told that it was a DX but everytime I have run the VIN it keeps coming back as an SI. It has a full power sun-roof (doesn't work but it's there!) but the engine was a 1.5L and not a 1.6! Any other way to verify or do I just go off what the VIN says? :help:

 

[jfrolang]

If the VIN starts with JHMED9 it's an Si. Sometimes carfax reports and things like that can have confusing or conflicting descriptions.

BTW Mark, Wasuri moved to Idaho for school. He's in a town called Rexburg, I kid you not.

 

[JustAnotherRex]

Hey, you're back!
You and I are the only ones here in Idaho, you know!

If it has a sunroof, it is an Si.

Not entirely true! I have seen a couple of HFs with factory, yes factory, sunroofs. I didn't believe it and argued the point at first, but proof is in the product. He could have an HF ;D but more than likely its an Si.

 

[Baker]

If the VIN starts with JHMED9 it's an Si.

Best and most accurate way to tell if it is a REAL Si.

 

[danielleb]

Hey, you're back!
You and I are the only ones here in Idaho, you know!

If it has a sunroof, it is an Si.

My Rex has a sunroof... and its a DX :?

 

[toxiclows]

factory metal sliding moon roof ( not aftermarket installed) ed9 vin never NEVER seen a dx or an HF with the metal sunroof. . . never made on that I am aware of then again I do not claim to know everything. . . more than likely the one that was seen was an hf that someone out a si roof on. . . its really not that hard to change a roof. . . and mostly required for a car that has been rolled and r titled. .

 

[bobski]

Not entirely true! I have seen a couple of HFs with factory, yes factory, sunroofs.

My Rex has a sunroof... and its a DX :?

Are you two talking about the glass, manual pop-up type? IIRC, those were dealer installed. The Si sunroof is a motorized, opaque metal panel. If you find what seems to be a non-Si with a motorized roof, I would check the VIN like jfro' said... It might just be an odd engine swap. It's also possible to swap panels - someone could swap on the whole Si roof.

 

[WannaBe]

Thank you all!! Accourding to the VIN it is an.....SI! i was a little surprised I must say...but darn glad too!

 

[JustAnotherRex]

Not entirely true! I have seen a couple of HFs with factory, yes factory, sunroofs.

My Rex has a sunroof... and its a DX :?

Are you two talking about the glass, manual pop-up type? IIRC, those were dealer installed. The Si sunroof is a motorized, opaque metal panel. If you find what seems to be a non-Si with a motorized roof, I would check the VIN like jfro' said... It might just be an odd engine swap. It's also possible to swap panels - someone could swap on the whole Si roof.

I was referring to a motorized variant, and the thing didn't look to be modded in either. The paint was relatively fresh, so its possible, but there was VERY little aftermarket done.

 

[shox]

Pull the headliner down and see if it has welds on supports. That will tell you if it was changed along with all the epoxi and seam sealer. I have changed my roof on my civic. You can't tell unless you see under the headliner.

 

[toxiclows]

yeah fresh paint on that one that you seen and what not im would imagine r titled car. . if some one can prove me wrong please do. . . I would rather know the truth. . . but TTBOMK there were no dx ( std) or HF models with a metal slider at all. .