Quote Originally Posted by ~Sp33~ View Post
This isn't true.
I think it's true. You can get a good EF8 CRX for anywhere between $7000-11000 depending on condition and mods etc.

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.