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Although the man is prob the most hated person on this thread he is right.Quote:
Originally Posted by 90LAN
the only reason you pay 10k more for an EG6 is to have the number it on the chassis, if you dont understand that, then theres no point explaining it.
and +1 for EG6 many more interchangable goodies for them and the wank factor is strong with an EG6 :p
to bad your from perth, around a month back this old guy posted up an original eg6 came with all extras and the original momo steering wheel. he was selling for cheap also. i mean real cheap.
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Originally Posted by rpm boy
dunno bout an eg6 but with ef9/8 its much cheaper to buy the genuine thing than to build a replica??
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Originally Posted by rpm boy
ef9s are hitting the 10k mark too now
thats why you bought a jdm gt four
when you could of just got a celica with a conversion
thats right you pay more than 10k just to have gt four on the back of your heavy ass slow car
how do i know my brother use to own
+1 for the GT four wank factor for pos rally car is strong with the gt four
funny how you own jdm cars
why didnt you just buy aussie models and do them up instead of getting the real models ? lol
typical ozhonda members talking about stuff they dont know anything about again
LOL....
tell them how it is Lan.
This isn't true.Quote:
Originally Posted by shitbox
I think it's true. You can get a good EF8 CRX for anywhere between $7000-11000 depending on condition and mods etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Sp33~
Otherwise you'd pay more than half that for an ED9 or EF7, another $3000-3500 to purchase/install a B16A (assuming most idiots buying converted CRXs are dumb enough to not swap the engine themselves) and then even more money for the SiR bonnet, bumper, indicators etc (and they're all a pain to find & expensive to buy).
For example I bought my glass-top EF8 for $8500 (I believe this was a good deal for 9 months ago). It had 96,500 original KMs on in and a very straight body. Already had RS*R headers and a 5Zigen cat-back, 14" watanabe rims, spare set of 17" rims, RWC, some rego, RS*R shocks, RS*R short shifter, momo steering wheel etc etc.
If I'd wanted an ED9 or EF7 with similar body condition and KMs I'd surely have to pay around the $7000 mark. So I think if you build your own replica you'd probably pay around 30-50% more in the long-run. Not to mention, legally, it should require an engineering cert because the B16A CRX wasn't an Australian delivered option for the model.
Then, at the end of the day, it's a shitty replica and everybody raises an eyebrow when it goes up for sale because it's obviously been totally messed with.
JDM FTW. Anything else is a compromise and you shouldn't bother trying to make it JDM.
So 3500, plus the cost of the front end conversion, so say 1500? Lets say 500 for road worthies and engineering certificates. That's still far less than 7-10k.Quote:
Originally Posted by dougie_504
Not saying it's better, i just don't think it's cheaper.
Well, that's $5500 + ED9/EF7 price. And to get one in good knick? You can get a shit ED9/EF7 for like $3000-4000 which would equal the price of a good EF8, or to buy a good ED9/EF7 you could pay $5000-7000 and suddenly you're paying a price equal to an immaculate EF8.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Sp33~
Maybe as well just buy a good knick EF8, yeah? I believe it's cheaper that way. Conversions are for desperate people who aren't prepared to wait twelve months for a good SiR like I did :D
I read the 3500 was including the car and b16 conversion.Quote:
Originally Posted by dougie_504
You can pick up a clean shell (not running, you don't need the old engine!) for less than 1k. I would even go as far as saying it's possible to pick them up for a couple of hundred.
And 5-7k doesn't get you an immaculate EF8.
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Originally Posted by ~Sp33~
True about the shell, good point.
And no I'm not saying $5000-7000 gets you an immaculate EF8. I already said I paid $8500 for mine which isn't immaculate, and that they range from $7000-11000 so you would think my opinion of immaculate is more around the $10000 mark, right?
What I was saying is that paying $5000-7000 for a very tidy ED9/EF7 and then factoring in about $5500 worth of engine, labour and body conversion (as previously discussed) would equate to $10000-13000 and for that sum you'd be looking at just getting an immaculate EF8.
But yes, true about the rolling shell. However I stand by my argument that at the end of the day all you have is a non-genuine attempt at owning a JDM EF8 CRX and people don't respect it because you didn't originally respect it for what it was and ended up messing with it...
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Originally Posted by dougie_504
It's cool, i see where you are coming from, piecing together cars can be expensive, especially when you don't know what you're doing, though if that's the case you probably shouldn't attempt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dougie_504