how much have you spent on your car??

[littledan]

just curious as to how much most enthusiasts dump into their cars. so how much have you spent on mods (not including repairs or purchase cost of the car).

So far i've spent $70 on a shift knob... ha

[tegdream]

bout 2200-2500 ...im still only 16 :) and that figure will be much larger very soon :D

[GT2NV]

haha 1000$ just for my kyb G2's and Eibach pros..

[88CRX]

$3gs - car
$3gs - misc repairs
$3gs - engine / tranny swap


:(

[4wheeldrift]

To date, around $5k on the impreza. The mustang will be over $2k after the new clutch goes in.

[Ben]

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[Wildcat]

off the top of my head..
13, 000 on the car when i bought it used
1, 000 just on maintaining it (at least)
and maybe about another 12, 000 on everything else :dunno:

[guitardemon]

probably got about 11 000 into it including new engine rerbuilt by me and tranny plus other misc stuff.... and i haven't even started body work:werd:

[War]

the biggest hert for me was the wheels and tires. 18's for rolling on in the summer and 17's with hoosier's for track days. Thats 5+ g's just in wheels and tire's. Then comes all the other stuff.

[shadowz]

Too much

[THREE40SEVEN]

Originally posted by shadowz
Too much
Ditto:rolleyes:
Coulda had a nice deposit on a house...

[JDMDC2]

Originally posted by THREE40SEVEN

Ditto:rolleyes:
Coulda had a nice deposit on a house...

Ya now I wish I had a house

[shadowz]

Originally posted by THREE40SEVEN

Ditto:rolleyes:
Coulda had a nice deposit on a house...

When I think about it ya it woulda been cool to get a house, but Ive had fun with the car no regrets

[max_boost]

Yah $10 000 isn't very much when it comes to modding a car.....if we are talking mods alone I've spent close to $40K in the 3 previous vehicles I've owned......And that is why I am not modding my current car, I am at peace with driving a stock car!!! :D

Anyway, its not a total waste of money! At least you are enjoying it!!! Right boys?!?!? haha

[GTS Jeff]

hmmm ive spent about 3 grand.

[88CRX]

I am not modding my current car, I am at peace with driving a stock car!!!

Maybe because your stock car is s2000 not a civic :guns::D

[max_boost]

Originally posted by 88CRX


Maybe because your stock car is s2000 not a civic :guns::D Because I've learnt that by the time you are done with one car, you could have something much better in stock form!!!! :D I'm just gonna save up all my money and move up the ladder since high hp cars are the norm now!!! haha

[88CRX]

Ya... I totally understand. I'm at the point where I'm having troble deciding on whether to do the body work (3-4g's) or start saving for something new :dunno:

[SilverRex]

about 4700 so far. I know I will get some rims and replace the up and downpipe so that will be around 6500 when im done.

=p

[Redlyne_mr2]

So easy to drop 10k into a car

[2000impreza]

Originally posted by shadowz
Too much

:werd: $10g's is nothing when modding a car.

[Ekliptix]

My Mustang is aleady modded, so I saved some money there.

So far:
-$225 on new bearings and internal belt replacement + labor
-$30 new accesory belt

Teg:
$1000 on stereo
$1000 on perf stuff
$400 on winter tires

[gpomp]

$2500 in the first 2 weeks... and I got pretty much nothing to show for it (damn thieves).

[mwmhong]

I've spent millions, maybe even thousands. :D

[T5_X]

Originally posted by 2000impreza


:werd: $10g's is nothing when modding a car.

Welllll, that all depends on what car ;)

[Doodle]

Probably a couple g's. Shit isn't cheap for the impreza. especially when my monthly payments are 800 beans a month.

[Shaolin]

80 bucks on a shift knob that i regret buying.. in winter the shift knob got so cold i couldn't touch it.. in summer it got too hot i couldn't touch it.. what a piece.

[littledan]

Originally posted by Shaolin
80 bucks on a shift knob that i regret buying.. in winter the shift knob got so cold i couldn't touch it.. in summer it got too hot i couldn't touch it.. what a piece.

what kind of knob did you buy? i have the aluminum rsx knob and it gets pretty hot but not so bad that i can't touch it

[l/l/rX]

we've spent about...1500? or so on our car, nothing big a little performance, a little sound, a little interior dressup. nothing special.

[EstoMax]

i spend 8 bux out of my own pocket so far..
3 bux for fuel additive and 5 bux for stock shiftknob ( didint like the 84$(US) momo shiftknob, its an expensive paperweight for now til i sell it)

max

[Shaolin]

Originally posted by littledan


what kind of knob did you buy? i have the aluminum rsx knob and it gets pretty hot but not so bad that i can't touch it

It was a EBP DC Sports Shift Knob

[RiceCake]

Mods to come... had the car for a month and I swear by the end of summer the bill will be quite extensive...


Damn money pits... but hey we enjoy it. ;)

[Rydog]

i've been fortunate enough to be able to buy a brand new house and mod my car too, but it's a hobby as I see it. But hey, that's the bonus of being married with two incomes! Just bought a Lancer OZ Rally yesterday for my wife. pretty spiffy for the price point. now she wants to start moddin' that. yikes. now we'll have a modded Civic and Lancer....money, money, money...

Before I know it, my daughter will be saying "Daddy, you should get a bigger turbo". Hahhaha!

it's all good though!

[Doodle]

Originally posted by Just_d16n
i've been fortunate enough to be able to buy a brand new house and mod my car too, but it's a hobby as I see it. But hey, that's the bonus of being married with two incomes! Just bought a Lancer OZ Rally yesterday for my wife. pretty spiffy for the price point. now she wants to start moddin' that. yikes. now we'll have a modded Civic and Lancer....money, money, money...

Before I know it, my daughter will be saying "Daddy, you should get a bigger turbo". Hahhaha!

it's all good though!

ADOPT ME:clap:

[AccordTypeR]

500 on my system... its really good for what i payed... but wait till after the summer. im gettin a new car.. then by december ill have spent close to 70000 on it

[XylathaneGTR]

haha...I dunno why im even replying to this, as i dont have a car...But yah, 0 :D Im just saving right now...Working my way up to that magical 8,000 dollar Downpayment i need :D

[three.eighteen.]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
hmmm ive spent about 3 grand.

not including repairs bitch!! :rofl:

[VeilSide]

8 grand into an 99 civic, and planning on about 20 and up on the celica.

[darknight]

Yes I wish I would have bought a HOUSE instead of wasting it on my 240. OH well, my new motto now though to help me deal with the $60,000 or so:banghead: (I've kinda stopped adding all the recepts)I've put into the car is that you only LIVE ONCE and well ya gotta enjoy life while you can. This is all that helps me sleep alittle sounder at night. I won't be selling this car anytime soon I can tell you that.

Orrin

[RGAGT]

Well Lets see already spent $5000 on the car and will probably spend another 15000 before i'm done with it but hey what the hell you only live once might aswell ejoy it:D

[lammer]

20 bucks! haha go rice!

[04blackMAX]

id say 15,000 ish....and still slow

[EvilNeon]

My budget was $20,000 including car. I've still got $2,000 to go and $4,000 of that stuff I can strip off and use on the mythical 'next car'.

I bought the car for $9,000 BTW.

So far my highly modified Neon has cost me less per month than my stock VW Passat did, and the Neon will run circles around the Passat.

[hjr]

3 g's in the purchace, and 1000 in repairs, and 160 in mods.

[ConVict]

This is weird, I acually sat down a couple nights ago and added everything up. I checked it out and I could have had a down payment on a house EASY.

I have spent well over 27,000 already just in mods and the car STILL doesnt fucking run. Aint that something for ya:thumbsdow

I'm not done modding, I still want to get a body kit by the end of the year. Want to get 19's, want to get at least 4 type R 12's...
I want to give up and move on and spend money on something that will have some return on it. But if I stop now its just a waste of 30,000 for a car that doesnt run and doesnt look that great either ... :banghead:

[szw]

Originally posted by ConVict
This is weird, I acually sat down a couple nights ago and added everything up. I checked it out and I could have had a down payment on a house EASY.

I have spent well over 27,000 already just in mods and the car STILL doesnt fucking run. Aint that something for ya:thumbsdow

I'm not done modding, I still want to get a body kit by the end of the year. Want to get 19's, want to get at least 4 type R 12's...
I want to give up and move on and spend money on something that will have some return on it. But if I stop now its just a waste of 30,000 for a car that doesnt run and doesnt look that great either ... :banghead:

:clap: probes rule!

[sin]

700 on repairs... thats it, ive only had the car for a month

[Dirty_SOHC]

Originally posted by shadowz
Too much

Word tad

[CRXguy]

CRX - about 9g's including car, engine rebuild, mods and it still looks/drives like a POS! :D

WRX - $2500 and a lot more to go. :thumbsup:

[88 CRX]

Originally posted by littledan
just curious as to how much most enthusiasts dump into their cars. so how much have you spent on mods (not including repairs or purchase cost of the car).

So far i've spent $70 on a shift knob... ha



Don't even like to think about it...... but it's all worth it in the end!!

[EMAXX]

I don't have a car yet, but when I do, I think I'll spend around $5,000-$10,000 on it.

[darknight]

Originally posted by ConVict
This is weird, I acually sat down a couple nights ago and added everything up. I checked it out and I could have had a down payment on a house EASY.

I have spent well over 27,000 already just in mods and the car STILL doesnt fucking run.

But if I stop now its just a waste of 30,000 for a car that doesnt run and doesnt look that great either ... :banghead:

Haha deal with it:poosie: Umm I've spent twice what you have and my car still has no paint, the car has only ran for 5min before the engine block went caput and at the rate its going in the body shop I don't think it will be done by next summer. :clap: :clap: Sounds like we are in the same boat, don't wanna stop until its done but at the same time wish you could just say fuck it and move on!

[variable_x]

Around $6000 on my integra. Probably the worst you could spend your money on. Everytime I look at my $800 exhaust I just want to kick it. I guess that's the price you pay for being cool.

[jdmakkord]

Originally posted by darknight


Haha deal with it:poosie: Umm I've spent twice what you have and my car still has no paint, the car has only ran for 5min before the engine block went caput and at the rate its going in the body shop I don't think it will be done by next summer. :clap: :clap: Sounds like we are in the same boat, don't wanna stop until its done but at the same time wish you could just say fuck it and move on!

Whats the hold up at the paint shop?

[Ajay]

I've spent close to 3G's but that's all been stereo equipment. Have yet to get it all installed as well.

Still gotta do the engine swap, handling upgrades, rims/rubber and soooooo much more.

All in all I know I'll spend over 12K easy on my car.

[Woodson2]

If some of you guys are going to spend that much anyway, why don't you just get a nice car to begin with?

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Woodson2
If some of you guys are going to spend that much anyway, why don't you just get a nice car to begin with? because there is no 4000 dollar car that can touch my 1000 dollar car with 3k worth of mods.

[szw]

I agree with Jeff, however I can't imagine 25 people on here spending +10 000 into their car.

[SI-vic]

Originally posted by variable_x
Around $6000 on my integra. Probably the worst you could spend your money on. Everytime I look at my $800 exhaust I just want to kick it. I guess that's the price you pay for being cool.

hahaha i know how you feel.... I replaced mine and sold it though.
I've spent close to 2G on it last summer, this year is another 2, next year is gonna be a 3-5G.
after next year, I'm saving up for an apartment.

[ramminghard]

I just sold my car and got $3000 for it. I bought it for 1300 and put 500 into it. My car made me money.

[darknight]

Originally posted by jdmakkord


Whats the hold up at the paint shop?

You know the usual. They just give me the BS story all the time. But oh well. All I know is that when I get those flares done they are going to look so bad ass. Body shop did a little mock test to show me how they are going to go about flaring the fenders and I just had a smile on my face when I seen what is going to be. I've decided to go with the stagered look, so I'm going to have the rear flared more than the front. I hope it turns out well. Patience is key when your striving for perfection.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :werd:

Orrin

[darknight]

Originally posted by szw
I agree with Jeff, however I can't imagine 25 people on here spending +10 000 into their car.

My bro has a 240 as well and has spent over 12000 just on mods so far. For his first stage of buildup he will have spent around 15000.

[04blackMAX]

Originally posted by szw
I agree with Jeff, however I can't imagine 25 people on here spending +10 000 into their car.

rims, bodykit, and stereo add up to about 10k man....

[littledan]

Originally posted by vsmSIR


rims, bodykit, and stereo add up to about 10k man....

ummm... isn't that a bit steep??

rims $3000
kit $2000

still have a bunch left over for sound?:dunno:

[darknight]

Originally posted by littledan


ummm... isn't that a bit steep??

rims $3000
kit $2000

still have a bunch left over for sound?:dunno:

Yeah, if you buy cheap shiat. Also depends on the size of rims you buy, width of tires, what kinda tires etc etc etc. Remember you might pay 2g for a kit but then you have to still paint it, maybe it dosent fit then you have to get it to fit properly, theres always hidden costs that add up in the end.

[max_boost]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
because there is no 4000 dollar car that can touch my 1000 dollar car with 3k worth of mods. I don't know man......I'm pretty sure I can pick up a first generation MR2 or an old school VW and own you

[itsnotaDUB]

i got 22,500 in to a jeep, now thats weak, lol

[B18C]

Originally posted by szw
I agree with Jeff, however I can't imagine 25 people on here spending +10 000 into their car.

You'd be surprised. Stuff adds up fast. Go to a 403 honda meet and you'll see probably 10 people that have easily spent $10 000 on mods.

[szw]

oops bad wording on my part.

I basically meant...wow..thats a lot of money.

[ConVict]

Originally posted by Woodson2
If some of you guys are going to spend that much anyway, why don't you just get a nice car to begin with?

Why does everyone ask that ?
Lets do the math... I spent 30 000 including car alright. Lets see what I can buy with that.. Hmm maybe a rsx-s, celica GT-S and thats even pushing it because I know they are more. Now lets look at it this way, I bought my car for 2700 then bought an exhaust for 500. I beat both of those cars with ease just with that mod.
How many people turn their head and give a thumbs up when they see a stock Celica GTS ? I havent seen anyone do that, but I get it all the time and thats just spending a minimum on paint , rims and lowering.
Now lets add the other 20 000 dollars in performance mods I have spent. Well shit I will be putting down more HP then a Viper that costs a 100 000 dollars.
I also have the satisfactoin of being unique, creating something of my own creation that looks the way I WANT it to look. Not just what the factory offers as "options". How many cars are on the road like mine... not a single fucking one. I get emails from people in the states going "wow send me more pics of your probe..." How many people do that when you go pick up a bone stock 30 000 dollar car ?
Have I made my point yet ? I can go on :D

[2M6]

$1200 on the R6
$350 on the G1K
$900 on the Fiero
$3400 on the Z

These prices are USD =)