95 Civic DX

Ok here's the deal, I don't know much about civics, or imports at all, but my previous car(camaro) had it's transmission die, so I am looking to buy a new car and I'm currently look at a 1995 Honda Civic DX, my question is this, I know the aftermarket for Honda Civic's is huge, but if I'm not in it to be getting the best time on the track and really just have a cruising car and partially fast, the the DX series have enough expandibility to reach a good amount of horsepower, I know it's the 1.5 liter as opposed to the 1.6 VTEC in the EX, which gives it a gain of around 20 to 25 horsepower stock, but as far as interior goes, and modifing the body styling is it pretty much the same? Or should I shop around for an EX, additionally, later on if I were to do an engine swap, it wouldn't matter if I started out with the EX or the DX would it? Thanks you guys, I appritiate your help ahead of time.


- omega