Have You Ever Added Up Your Car Investment Totals?

yeah things add up fast for my car MPD47 can agree with me
-clutch 300
-racing pressure plate 600
-turbo 900
-MAF conversion with injectors 1600
-Tial WG w/adapters 315
-greddy profec 300
-fuel rail/lines/regulator/damp 600

theres more but it adds up fast especially for my car

o boy im kind of afraid to even start:

truck: 10,000
exhaust system #1: 200
exhaust system #2: 300
exhaust system #3: 350
intake: 250
MSD wires/coil: 120
Headers: 250
traction bars: 60
shift kit: 300
slicks: 150
stripe: 90
bed cover: 120
motor rebuild/all the other misc. stuff that went with it: 3200
alarm: 150

total: $15,440

excuse me while i go sit alone in my room and cry

yes but I think what gets me, is my mods are Much more then what the car is worth, or even cost to begin with.

4200 for trans
4500K for turbo stuff~
750 for suspention
150 for replacement struts for front while waiting for fronts to be warrantied.
300 for 11.6 upgrade (front brakes)
200 for cobra calapers (front brakes)
129 for hawk pads
100 for ASFB’s
200 in intake work

hanging with a corvett in a taurus… priceless

i’ve tried to add it up in the past but i never actually finish because it makes me queezy just thinking about it.

30th for 12g’s
cam for $225
ls6 heads for $450
12.5 1/4 mile

^^^ arp head bolts for free

30K for the cobra + 15K in crap :frowning:

ill do this year:

4100 for turbo shit (which was a SPANKIN deal)
-3000 for selling sts kit
=~1100

~5500 for engine
~800 for fuel
~1000 for odds and ends
~300 for 2bar
+~1100 for turbo ki

~8700 outa my pocket this year :cry:

my dad picked up my clutch for christmas last year

forgot the block
… add $700

forgot the block
… add $700

is it just me or can everyone not edit or quote today?

I swear we see this thread about every 6 months…

i cant recall ever seeing it b4

:inb4someonefindsanotherthreadlikethisthatipostedin:

summer ride: 91 s13
car:1400
es100’s: 480
180sx type x seat: 150
5 spd swap tranny/slave/master/pedals ect.: 500
Complete ss clutch line: 100
spec stage 2: 360
1 piece aluminum Driveshaft: 450
stock replacement brakes: 120
gr2’s/sportlines: 430
cluster guages/ shift knob ect.: 100
head unit: 200
spacers/ lugnuts: 100
total:$4390

hopefully actually driving the car modded this year will enlighten me as to why i drive this instead of selling my cars and buying an a4

dd/winter: 95 jetta
car: 1050
brakes: 120
exhaust: 360
grille: 110
headlights: 75
tires: 240
wheel bearings: 40 (at 98k miles, yay vw!)
total:$1995

I have over $31K in my srt-4. If I were to get $16K I’d be doing good. Any takers?

$7k for the touring
$800 for wheels & tires
$400 for another set of wheels and tires
$400 for ground controls
$400 for bilstein sports
~$2500 into the motor
~$300 into body kit pieces
~1k in misc crap

fine with me, damn things worth probably 15k

240z:
$1800 purchase price
free rims i took from my dad lol
$350 for sparco seats from brett
$40 a month for it to sit there for 2 years untouched.

damnit

636;
$3400 purchase price
$285 for vortex adjustable rearsets
$150 for barely used pirelli supercorsas
$120 from pitbull stands (actually had left over from my r6)
$30 taillight
$100 frame, bar end, and swingarm sliders
still need to spend $450 on race plastics, $150 on fairingstay, $85 on cluster, get gas tank fixed, and paint everything.

$8,500 - Truck
$260 - Intake
$600 - Nitrous
$125 - Pulleys
$375 - Headers
$325 - Intake Manifold
$325 - Exhaust
$125 - Rotors
$50 - Pads
$100 - Misc.

Roughly $10,800 Total, I’m not complainging, I’m only 18 and in the military nothin really to worry about, and it’s pretty bad ass truck for my first vehicle.

Ohh yeah and $35 for my hoTTne$$ Dodge Viper key that works in Dakotas.
Seriously… works with ALOT of dodges and looks Cool as Fuck :D:D:D:D

http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/a8/2a/13_1_b.JPG

damn i wish i knew about that sooner. all i have is the triangle shaped ones and 1 oval shaped one with the ram head in it.

Where can I buy one? I’d like to know if it fits 95-99 Neons.