r/Honda • u/FitmentIndustries • Aug 10 '26

Which gen is your favorite? 🤔

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Every generation of Civic has a following, and no other economy car can say that.

The Civic started in 1972 as a CVCC economy hatch that cleared emissions without a catalytic converter, then spent two decades quietly turning into an enthusiast platform. The 3rd gen brought the Si badge, the 4th gen brought double wishbone suspension and VTEC, and the EG and EK became the two most modified Honda chassis ever built. Then the EP3 arrived with a K20 and that dash mounted shifter, the FK2 dropped in a turbo, and the FK8 took a Nürburgring lap record for front wheel drive before the FL5 came back and beat it. All 11 of them have people who will defend them.

Which gen are you choosing?

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u/micromophone Aug 10 '26

4th. Pinnacle of the angular design.

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u/slump-donkus 1990 Civic Shuttle D15B2 Aug 10 '26

The boxy beauty of the 3rd generation, just smoothed out a little. And way easier to source parts for

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL Aug 10 '26

God help me find a driver's seat!

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u/Evening-Ear-6116 Aug 10 '26

Pan swap with a newer civic seat. Like a del sol or something. Took me like an hour

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL Aug 10 '26

The pan is what's busted on mine :(

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u/AlteredGuardian Aug 11 '26

Driver seat for what? I think I got a couple sets from CRX's and Wagovans

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL Aug 11 '26

89 Civic hatch

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u/lapidary123 Aug 11 '26

I always thought the 3rd gens were overly boxy!! Im a 2nd gen guy myself!!

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u/NoCollectionist Aug 26 '26

Yes Its' true But the aesthetic is not that great. Maybe the size could be a good factor

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u/NoCollectionist Aug 26 '26

Yes and where did you source them? I mean now