i have a 89 Si Shell, and want to pick up a 90 - 92 CR-X Ef8 from Japan. The shell i have now is pristine (no rust, straight as an arrow) no salvage, and i know its history. Heres whati want to do...


Since buying part piece by piece cost too much, ill buy the whole car and swap everything over...it will be all oem...So my question is, what will not just bolt in? i know the dash and center console wont (duh) and the glasstop will have to be cut/rewelded...but what else? because most of the parts bold into factory locations pre-drilled on the USDM chassis as well..

This is going to be my project for the next few years, and after seeing CYBERCRX's car (red glasstop, all EF8 parts) i got this idea....


So all you ef8 owners and fanatics, please help.

Thanks....

 

how about swap vins over from the 89 Si to the EF8 and save yourself 1000 hours of headaches...

 

i dont know how hard it is to import a car in your state but my guess its probably easier than us here in cali. so why dont you just import that ef8 and register it and use it. if its clean use that dont transfer parts over to your shell. if its hard to register then just transfer parts over to your shell and make money off of it.

 

by the time you get a complete car imported you might as well bought it part by part because its gonna cost alot

 

sweet. i need to know what transfers over, not peoples opinions on what to do. i have already decided what im gonna do.

thanks to you that helped!!!

 

well since you dont wanna think logically,everything will change over except the things u mentioned.So now u can go rip apart your perfectly good jdm ef

 

To the OP: I'm glad you've decided on your coarse of action and it's a wise one, since you can't legally import a JDM car w/o close to $90k to invest, and importing it piece by piece is gonna be a pain in the ***, require alot of waiting, and still cost a ton.

IMO:
Your not gonna get a decent JDM CRX (w/o an inside hook up in Japan) to your door without investing around $6-8k. Between the car's cost s/h and all that, for one with the options you want in good condition you'll need around $3-5k depending on condition and if you have help finding one, a good $1500 getting it here, and then transportation/customs duties, your lookin at high numbers.
If you have patients, I'd just sit back and buy each part individually, it will save you alot of $$$.

As to your ?:
If your planning on doing a RHD conversion, goodluck, it's definitely not a bolt up process in the least, just search for RHD conversion and you'll see what is entaled in installing the dash and what not.
But other then the obvious things like that and the previously mentioned glasstop, everything you'd want to be transfering would bolt up just fine. Our cars basic frames are the same minus the firewall and roof skin (depending on model)

I tell you what though: I have a glasstop, leather CRX Vtec seats, JDM PWR windows, leather EE8 door cards, a jdm backseat, etc.
Pretty much everything you'd be getting on your JDM CRX minus the RHD. I'll trade you that for a JDM CRX if you get it here, legal or not.

 

or how about i buy a complete interior with everything,and you can trade the car for it.

 

EF8 = RHD

89 Si = LHD

Hardly anything will bolt up. Outside of most of the interior and body panels, all hardware/wiring won't work, as they are places in a mirror image.

Don't do it.

 

I have somebody i can talk to about getting you a jdm ef, he is getting a shipment in on friday and maybe i can get him to throw an ef on with it. He gets about 5 cars 5 cut front clips, and about 15-20 engines

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by G0crxG0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To the OP: I'm glad you've decided on your coarse of action and it's a wise one, since you can't legally import a JDM car w/o close to $90k to invest, and importing it piece by piece is gonna be a pain in the ***, require alot of waiting, and still cost a to
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90k????? are serious???????

 

close to nothing will bolt up????hmmm.....

ok.


except mostly everything but the dash and steering rack will be the same...


god, sorry for asking....

ok, heres a new question....i have a 1991 CR SI right now...champ white with power windows, JDM climate, jdm front, jdm tails, JDM rear interior from front seats back, JDmef8 armrest, Spoon VTEC controller, Spoon Mirrors, and JDM complete swap....and a bunch of other parts that are JDM...(XSi cluster, bumper pole, DC5 shift **** and boot, spoon ecu, blah blah blah) just not EF8...


so...

how much is the glassstop...shipped to my door with the sunvisors, maplight, glasstop sun screen visor that protects ya from the sun, and everythging i need to install?

how much are the EF8 seats, or better yet, i want the Recaro Dc2 seats...are those even possible to put into a 91 CRX?

i guessi dont know what i want to do with that 89 really....if its going to cost that much ill just leave it alone, put a glasstop on my car and call it a day. mine is prettyu damn close, but we all dream. haha.

 

did you read this thread before?

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1599773

 

expletive man, you have been here for a couple years and you still ask these "how much can I get blah blah blah for?" questions?

USE THE DAMN INTERNET!!

ASK A ******* IMPORTER!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludesrv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">EF8 = RHD

89 Si = LHD

Hardly anything will bolt up. Outside of most of the interior and body panels, all hardware/wiring won't work, as they are places in a mirror image.

Don't do it.</TD></TR></TABLE>and u get the he didnt say he was gonna use the wiring or the dash/steering components.Everything besides that will bolt up.

 

its better to swap jdm part into a usdm car so you dont have to deal wid all the custom inspection BS, the fees.... part it out get it inspected and put it back all together...
saves you a lot of headache and $$

 

whatever.

some people on here suck at life....


ugh.

thanks to all that helped.

ill have my car up in a few months....and ill do a write up about using ex inner and outer handles in your CRX....plus the power windows swap too...and other stuff....but with all this negative bullshit, i dont know if i want to put the effort in just to get bashed on...


again, thanks to those that had something valid to say

 

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and just cut up the old rex and call it a day..or if ur in Cali u might have to do that, in order to get most of its parts to the junk yard or scrap metal yard.

 

Id be swapping vins for sure

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MaD_VTAK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and u get the he didnt say he was gonna use the wiring or the dash/steering components.Everything besides that will bolt up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You are a tool.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have a 89 Si Shell, and want to pick up a 90 - 92 CR-X Ef8 from Japan. The shell i have now is pristine (no rust, straight as an arrow) no salvage, and i know its history. Heres whati want to do...


Since buying part piece by piece cost too much, ill buy the whole car and swap everything over...it will be all oem...So my question is, what will not just bolt in? i know the dash and center console wont (duh) and the glasstop will have to be cut/rewelded...but what else? because most of the parts bold into factory locations pre-drilled on the USDM chassis as well..

This is going to be my project for the next few years, and after seeing CYBERCRX's car (red glasstop, all EF8 parts) i got this idea....


So all you ef8 owners and fanatics, please help.

Thanks....</TD></TR></TABLE>

He clearly got that the dash won't 'bolt up'. But he should know that a good portion of the brake lines, clutch cable, throttle cable, mounts for the wiring, wiring, factory engine mounts for the EF8 and a few other EXPENSIVE things won't fit. He should also know to get a safety prior to install the JDM front bumper, as the lack of rebar makes it unsafetiable, unless you have a crooked mechanic that will just tap the bumper and say 'it's good'.

He is better off finding a running USDM spec CRX and tranferring everything over that is in good shape, and peicing the rest, then important, and complete disassembling and rebuilding a CRX.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i have a 89 Si Shell, and want to pick up a 90 - 92 CR-X Ef8 from Japan. The shell i have now is pristine (no rust, straight as an arrow) no salvage, and i know its history. Heres whati want to do...


Since buying part piece by piece cost too much, ill buy the whole car and swap everything over...it will be all oem...So my question is, what will not just bolt in? i know the dash and center console wont (duh) and the glasstop will have to be cut/rewelded...but what else? because most of the parts bold into factory locations pre-drilled on the USDM chassis as well..

This is going to be my project for the next few years, and after seeing CYBERCRX's car (red glasstop, all EF8 parts) i got this idea....


So all you ef8 owners and fanatics, please help.

Thanks....</TD></TR></TABLE>ok so were you planning on swapping every single thing over?I thought maybe u meant like interior and exterior.As for the motor your gonna need mounts and all the other odds and ends like a normal swap.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">close to nothing will bolt up????hmmm.....

ok.


except mostly everything but the dash and steering rack will be the same...


god, sorry for asking....

ok, heres a new question....i have a 1991 CR SI right now...champ white with power windows, JDM climate, jdm front, jdm tails, JDM rear interior from front seats back, JDmef8 armrest, Spoon VTEC controller, Spoon Mirrors, and JDM complete swap....and a bunch of other parts that are JDM...(XSi cluster, bumper pole, DC5 shift **** and boot, spoon ecu, blah blah blah) just not EF8...


so...

how much is the glassstop...shipped to my door with the sunvisors, maplight, glasstop sun screen visor that protects ya from the sun, and everythging i need to install?

how much are the EF8 seats, or better yet, i want the Recaro Dc2 seats...are those even possible to put into a 91 CRX?

i guessi dont know what i want to do with that 89 really....if its going to cost that much ill just leave it alone, put a glasstop on my car and call it a day. mine is prettyu damn close, but we all dream. haha. </TD></TR></TABLE>
WTF is wrong with you? your talking about importing an siR, an incredibly expensive thing, just for the roof, when you have almos everything you need except different options?
Wow.....

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but with all this negative bullshit, i dont know if i want to put the effort in just to get bashed on...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Take my word for, you will just be bashed, I've done some of the most through, in depth write ups HT's ever seen (*see the linnked thread a few posts up), and I get more **** then you can imagine.......I did take'em down but f it

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SIred91 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">expletive man, you have been here for a couple years and you still ask these "how much can I get blah blah blah for?" questions?

USE THE DAMN INTERNET!!

ASK A ******* IMPORTER!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">close to nothing will bolt up????hmmm.....

ok.


except mostly everything but the dash and steering rack will be the same...


god, sorry for asking....
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Look Napoleon dynamite:
Everything is NOT going to bolt up. The only thing that will are Strictly the interior pieces, outer body panels (bumpers/fenders/doors) and the suspension components.

-It is absolutely ridicilous to import a CRX for the Suspension parts as their the exact same as our SI's except for the ABS models, which the ABS part are no longer available in Europe or Japan.
-Nothing else is going to just "bolt on" for plug and play. All the brake, fuel lines, everything are different. You'll have to have custom brake lines made, you'll have to completely replace the cars ENTIRE wiring to accomadate the dash, weld in a new firewall.

This is ******* outrages when you have a CRX with more JDM parts on it then most JDM CRX's even have.......

Im sorry, I hate flaming but:
Your a ****** cry baby, you asked a question and we answered it and you just wanna make whiny *** remarks.
Your a idiot. This is the most retarded idea ever. If you had a 0 parts and needed EVERYTHING it'd still be a ridiclous waste of money and time and a perfectly good EF8.

And obviously you still havent learned to search.
Take our friends advice, quit bein a ****** moron and get searchin for a glasstop.
You need that and PWR mirrors and seats and theirs your siR