[blee123]

Title says it all, lets share our stories with each other ! I'm currently in the introductory stage of modding my car. I'll start first:

1. Gloss black roof $650

2. Blue tinted back windows $130

3. Rear roof spoiler $350

So far total: $1130

Planning to get some Vertini wheels (19s) soon with a set of new All season tires. Looking to lower it also with h&R springs. Total i'm looking is around $4000 with alignment and taxed in.

What about you guys? How much $ have you guys spent on modding your car so far?

[1exotic]

inb4 w6sta

[belaud]

im nearing the 8k in a week.... reverting it back to stock of course :badpokerface:

nevermind 10k*

[blee123]

im nearing the 8k in a week.... reverting it back to stock of course :badpokerface:

nevermind 10k*

what mods did u spend that money on tho? :suspicious:

[boostfever]

~$9K so far. everything performance related.

[Grim]

230 dash cam
200 hid

about to spend 140 on some door jam vinyl. fog light over lay

so 570?
had car for only a week n half and im already 600 in.........

[belaud]

Spent $1200 before I even got the car :fuckthatshit:

[Mr.C]

$1k.

Figure another $1k or so to rice it out. One day I will supercharge it, though, and God only knows how much that will be.

[Araaadi]

$130 Tint
$140 JDM Emblem pack
$25 Taillight tint
$700 Coils
$350 Installation + alignment of coils
$180 Roll fenders
$600 rims + lugs
$700 tires
$420 Front Lip
$50 led interiors/licenseplate/reverse
$80 noyka yellow drl/ philips xtreme power low beam


so if my math is correct $3375

[Djiban]

About 3-4K: bodykit, suspension, wheels, tires, and tint.

[yukikaze203]

$20 Plastidip
$150 Tint

Total $170 :fuckthatshit:

[BrRsn]

lift kit was $3500
6000K hids for the fogs + lowbeams + high beams was $350
VHT nightshades for the rear taillights was about $25
Exhaust shop charged me $90 to cut off the exhaust after the cat for the drag racer rumble
Annoying the fuck out of revscene members, and secretly going to meets and doing burnouts? Priceless.




:troll:

[k3lv]

veilside body kit: 3000
bottle of nos: 200
stage 3 nitrous purge: 450
lambo doors: 650
altezza tailights: 100
ling long tires: 200

in total, more than you can afford pal, ferrari

[1exotic]

Didn't keep track but spend about 10-15k in a day buying some parts from Japan.

[MindBomber]

$350 retrofit
$700 wheels and tires
$100 ES bushings
$200 sway bar
$2000 various suspension parts
$100 random bulbs
$250 lip kit and paint

not too bad..

[kwy]

About 1.5k in mods and 1.5k in new oem parts

[dlo]

Tint 130
Roof spoiler 110
Trunk lid 110
Visors 60
Hid fogs 160
Black out headlights 200
Black out grill 80
Interior lights 40

So far lol

[Energy]

Lowering springs $150 (always have to get rid of 4x4 status)
Smoked sidemarkers $20
JDM smoked turn signal diffusers $100
Black chrome honda emblems $100
Countersunk Titanium shift knob $100
Winter wheels and tires $700
OEM AP2V1 wheels and better summer tires ~$1000

I like to keep it simple and just enjoy my car stock. That way I get to spend money on other stuff.

[-EuroRSN-]

LOL over 10k invested in 3 years for sure now ... Including Labor, Parts, Paint and some repair work. Wow could of bought a BMW :(

These thoughts hurt id rather not think about the money spent..

[bcrdukes]

Where the fuck do I even start? :fuckthatshit:

[lgman]

Any oldschoolers have any rust/rott/cancer horror stories?
Spent 3k+ rust removal and paint. Some rust has returned.

8K in parts over 5 years. 2nd Car now.
$860 Sparco e3 last month.
$130 Car DVR 1080p last night.

[Prolowtone]

In the last year... 9K+ for performance and i still have stuff i don't know the price on. :S

Thats Not including misc interior/exterior bits. Holly fak never really priced it out before, I still have stuff to buy and a paint job with some rust repair. :S Another 700ish for suspension bits and say 2-300 for lsd shipped and maybe +installation if i dont feel comfortable doing it

[blee123]

nice to hear all the stories abt you and your car guys :thumbs: keep this thread alive !

[lowda9]

spent about $1500 so far, not including all the tools and other stuff required to install them into my car.

[supafamous]

Springs: $300
Wheels/Tires: $1900
Brakes: $600
Exhaust: $600

[XplicitLuder]

2500$ for the car. no mods yet :fuckthatshit:

[Supafly]

total mods = worth more than 70% of RS'rs cars....:concentrate:

[Gh0stRider]

enough to buy a 2nd car lol

[Nvasion]

had the car for one month...

18 bucks for plasti-dip for front grill
90 bucks on 10 bottles of DW-1
80 bucks on 3rd/4th pressure switches
250 on rear brakes and rotors
500 for brand new apsec strut and springs
250 for install/alignment(pending)



i figure ima spend 2k by end of summer

[Eastwood]

$120 on HIDs

[TjAlmeida]

let's see some pictures of your car the way it sits after your modifications. Or some before your modifications and after modifications.

[jtrinh]

JDM window visors $165
Winter mode $999
Nokya yellow DRL + Misc. interior LED's(dome, map, puddle lights) $150
BC Racing Coilovers $1200
JoeZ tube $85
aFe filter $66
*total $2,665

Before
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/558939_10150531992118078_506328077_7703388_1578570 562_n.jpg
After
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/jtrinh/10a9ab79-1.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/jtrinh/400df534.jpg

Big plans by the end of summer!

[CP.AR]

Intake from a Acurazine member - $60
Exhaust mods - $100

so $160 :okay:

[vo_hantu]

...I rather not think about it, I don't know about you guys/girls.

[loong]

more than i spent on school...

[Ikkaku]

Stickers - $40





:troll:

Wheels and tires - ~900?
Springs - 180
Shocks - ~700
K&N filter - 40?
HID - 100
- replacement bulbs because all the cheap ones are shitty, but I don't learn ~100
dome light, parking light and license LED - 40
shift knob - ~30-40

[mpr]

about a medical degree. i'm pretty fakked up.

[spoon.ek9]

my list is way too long.. i don't think i want to calculate the total anyways lol.

[Doubledown1]

My friend has put over 60k into his 350Z.

[Great68]

Enough that things like window visors and tint wouldn't even register on the scale.

[see.lai]

So far,
depo headlights , $140
HIDs , $130
Ebay fogs , $50
Red outs for my tails - $10
CS-X3 - $40 so far.. lol...

[pintoBC_3sgte]

enough to buy a 2nd car lol

quoted for the ugly truth :( lol

stock
(kinda.. dont pay attention to the fart cannon and its stock :P )
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/pintocrazy/Celica/picture12.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/pintocrazy/Celica/re3.jpg

as she sits today

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/pintocrazy/Celica/Jon2.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll13/pintocrazy/Celica/IMG_0817.jpg

[white rocket]

I wouldn't even know where to begin.

[fliptuner]

I don't care to calculate how much I've spent on my cars.

All I know is that's cheaper than hookers and blow and being an alcoholic.

[iam_dan]

i think... around 8k on my old car.
just the wheels + tires were like $2800.
the kit costed about 1400 after paint?
a load of stupid small things added up so damned fast

i only regret it a little bit hahaha...it was really fun while it lasted.

[!e.lo_]

:fuckthatshit:
way too much!
but you gotta pay to play

[Suprarz666]

over 15k in just parts/materials, no labor included.

[124Y]

More than I should lol.

[bensta]

when i had my tsx it was around 200$ for mugen visors
240$ for hr oe sport springs
700 for tires
couple hundred for stereo stuff
480 for oem front aero kit..

now 2000 civic new boots for 500$, motor going in will be 1500$ish, 500$ for stereo stuff, alarm was another 500$.

[hi-revs]

Im just happy i did the installs for my suspension/brake mods/upgrades, along with a few others.
Wouldnt wanna start tallying up how much labour would be for everything.

[Peturbo]

Had car for just over a year and did all this labour myself except for fender rolling and tire mounting.

OEM JDM side markers - 110
OEM JDM front turn signals - 70
Clear headlight lense - 200
Wheels - 1300 used
Tires - 850
Stance Coils - 1450
Energy bushing kit - 160
Energy Steering rack bushing - 20
Greddy downpipe - 230
Test pipe - 60
Bride brix - 500 pair used
Bride rails - 200 pair
Greddy Front + rear upper strut bar - 160 pair used
HKS subframe collar - 70 on sale
Hawk HP+ front pads plus front rotors - 340
Napa rear rotor and pads - 90
GT-spec ear trunk brace - 60 used
Rolled/pull quarter panels - 180
Nismo extended lug - 80
Open end lug nuts - 60
Circuit sports RUCA - 130
Alignment - 180
Front SS brake lines - 60

plus few hundred more on maintenance.

[jpark]

not enough

[TRDood]

Exhaust #1 $450
Exhaust #2 $300
Wheels+tires #1 $1000
Wheels+tires #2 $900
wheels #1 $50
wheels #2 $75
tires #1 $200
tires #2 $650
tires #3 $650
front bumper $75
coilovers $100
springs $300
alignment $100
spacers $120
lug nuts #1 $80
lug nuts #2 $50
HID $200
fog covers $5
antenna $5

rs sticker $5 :troll:

grand total estimate $5315

[falcon]

About 8 times the value of my car. I'll leave it at that.

[hc529]

Tint: $150
Lower springs: $300
Wheel #1: $800
wheel #2: $2300
coilovers: $1200
Intake: $280
V6 bumper: $200
Mugen style lip kit: $600
Led tail light: $150
Roof spoiler: $80
Lip spoiler: $150
Exhaust #1: $300
exhaust #2: $120
exhaust #3: $180
Retrofit headlight (new oem): $1250
Spacers 5mm: $50
Spacer 15mm: $100
Lug nut #1: $180
Lug nut #2: $150
Lug nut #3: $150
And all those small stuff that I forgot.

[spoon.ek9]

I don't care to calculate how much I've spent on my cars.

All I know is that's cheaper than hookers and blow and being an alcoholic.

don't forget all the money people spend on smoking and weed :lol

[blee123]

what a great thread indeed :thumbs: be more helpful if you guys can total your amounts that you have listed, keep this thread up !

[Hustler604]

My friend has put over 60k into his 350Z.

I'm into my Z for around this....

[Tai Chi]

approx $13715.....I do try to keep track how much I spend on the mods so when it comes to selling them, I know how much it does cost originally.

18" Work Schwert SC1 BP w. Tires $3250
H&R Spacers $110
H&R Sports & Koni Yellows $1000
CF Performance Spoiler $315
Performance Aero Kit w. Paint $3300
Injen Intake $430
Angel Eyes $30
6000k HID $170
Performance BBK $2360
Drilled & Slotted Roters Front $190
Cool Carbon Pads $160
Alum Strut Brace $360
Performance Exhaust w/Resonator Delete $650
CF Diffuser $500
Mattig Eyelids $100
CF Grill & Mirror Caps $350
Kerscher Front Carbon Lip $440

[AWDTurboLuvr]

JIC/CROSS coilovers with poly upper mounts: $1850
H-Sport Competition F+R Sway bar: $455
TSW adj rear control arms: $235
Cornerbalance and alignment: $265
RMW dyno tuning: $350
Powerflex trans, upper and lower engine mounts: $175
17" GramLights57 w tires: $1500
15" A-tech weapons w R-comps: $1400
Wilwood BBK with street and race compounds: $985
Mynes Tuning headers with decat option: $800
Craftsquare CF mirrors: $450
JCW intake and injectors: $650
Intercooler sprayer: $125
Innovate AFR gauge: $285

Total: ~$9525

[jing]

Probably could've bought an AP1 or a 350Z for the amount of money I spent on my S13 lulz. ICBC gave me back a fraction of what I put into it. Oh how things would've been different if I didn't sign the form and I negotiated letting me take my car back...

[MindBomber]

How many of you have had this question before?

"Why do you spend so much money on an old car, couldn't you just buy a new one?"

I always just respond,

"I could explain, but you wouldn't understand."

[extracrunchie]

Mugen GP with Hankook v12's $2500
Mugen Grill $400
Aspec Suspension $800
Aspec Lip Kit $1000
TL-S RSB $100
HID Fogs 3000k $60
Roof Spoiler $100
Grom USB audio Unit $150
K&N Filter $60
DIY Cold Air Intake $3
Winter Tire/Rims $1200
Rotors/Pads $500
Short Shifter $150
Ingalls ETD $200
Weathertech Visors $150
Tint $200
Compustar Alarm/Starter $600
TL Switchblade key $200

on a 2007 Acura TSX

[Nightwalker]

All of the money.

[firebird79_00]

i think im about 20,000 into mine. Mind you paint and wheels were 8000

[ilvtofu]

I try not to think of these things... worst yet think about how much my car is worth lol

[belaud]

Just looked at my credit card after purchasing more... Fuck :fuckthatshit: