Currently have Hones which i love, but the bb and axel are all too short for my new frame.

Highly rate the Hones, so Saints seemed the obvious choice for an upgrade? But is the price justifiable?
This is off CRC, so i'm unsure if there the 09 or 08 versions. I'de be running the 34 tooth version, which means i'de need a new bashguard,
of which i'de most likely get the e-13 supercharger in white. As that fits my frames colour scheme. It will have to be the 83mm bb version. Which i've found limits what i can choose crankset wise. How do people rate the Raceface products? Maybe even the Truativ products?

I'm asking for advice as it's my dad paying. And he wants to see some opinions rather then what the shop said, etc etc. Thanks all.

Would love to go second hand, but i need it all to be pretty specific as i've gotten used to smaller chainrings, where as most people seem to run larger chain rings. Plus i'm trying to get my dad to buy something we have a warranty on, then their is the definate assurance everything is IN working condition. Which as much as i know he don't want to say. He cares about me, i know because he thought running brakeless was stupid just riding up and down the road, and having my front rotor so close to the fork brake mounts was dangerous, and he being a car mechanic wouldn't let on the rode. Lol.. such a long winded excuse to spend more of my dads money.

But you'de reccomend them then?

True, so if i bought ones with a 38tooth chain ring?I could mount a smaller one?
If so, maybe second hand is the way. Then he could get my bash as well.

you could wait until the new 09 saints are out and try and get some new 08 ones cheap, it doesn't matter what size chainring they come with as you can swap it straight away, the saint chainrings are good though. If your hone bottom bracket is still working well then go secong hand, that way, even if the bottom bracket goes early on (which tbh is the only thing to go wrong with saints unless you really hit them hard) you can still use them with a decent bb

my opinion is that saints are worth every penny and i would definitely get some more if my current ones go

If you can get new and not have to pay for them, i'd go new.  Why inherit someone elses 'possible' bad mechanic skills on a set of cranks?  I wouldn't....

Ive got saints on my bottlerocket

had nothing but problems with them,
apparently whoever fit them, fit them wrong, ive had a mechanic look at them and he cant seem to fix it,

the non drive side crank constantly falls off!

So after a little insperation from Roo i have a quick release going through the middle, holding the crank to the bike..
its a little annoying, but its a solution!
 

Ive got saints on my bike, most people use saints for DH and FR stuff, mine are on a 24'' dirt and park hardtail. So ive given them a different point of view to most people.
Mine have been brilliant, my BB has started to go now though, after about 9 months, but im sure with some greasing and proper care i can bring it back to life.
What you have to be careful of, is over tightening, the guy above ^^ who's always come loose, they were probably over tightened first time, thus damaging them for life.

Wicked cranks, well worth the money!

and wreak the bearings good man