what people have spent getting there car how they like it ?

[azzer1987]

Hi all making thread on how much people have spent on there cars to get them how they like them to be ? including car price when you brought car :) im curious what amount money is spent on getting some these cars to how they look. :) im guessing its shocking amount on money

[-shuggles-]

4 grand for me :n:

[Tontsy]

on this particular one . . .
about 12k... lol.

on the saxo, before i just scrapped it, about 4-5k

on the r6 - countless!

[saxo-parts]

never spent a great deal on a road car but if i totted up how much my old winch challenge spec Defender stood me at, i'd probably die and realise i could have bought a small house lol.

[rick_VTR]

Probably about £2500

thats including a replacement gear box + driveshaft.
the few mods
the car itself was £1200
and the usual servicing/brakes/MOT's.

[azzer1987]

dam some these amount are insane lol
on this particular one . . .
about 12k... lol.

that is alot dont think ill be spending tht much on mine lol as 1.1 haha :(

[azzer1987]

mot and tax prices is bit stupid these days and especially when mot cost 50 + pound they find anything they can so you end up spending more :(

[saxo_singh]

Spent about £2,500 inc the car.

[spudders]

done evrything on the saxo myself work wise an cost me around £900
my d turb though is a diffrent matter i wouldnt want to work it out and it aint finished yet

[azzer1987]

Personally i cant wait for 2 years go by for my insurance go down before i spend money like this on mine like when i get vts or somethink but its frustrating knowing this only 1.1 and dont wanna spend so much money but i want the body be clean tidy as previous owners spray parts and it looks stupid arghhh :( 2 years seems long

[Tontsy]

dam some these amount are insane lol


that is alot dont think ill be spending tht much on mine lol as 1.1 haha :(

i did spend 10995 on the car itself though ;) lol...

[slow-norris]

only had saxo just over 3 weeks but so far about £150 lol

scooby sti i spent around 4k+ (doesnt include the car)
scooby turbo 2000 just over 1k just on f**king repairs (only kept 6 weeks bag of shite)
vectra sri 2.2 at a guess 2.5k
vectra sri 2.0 16v a guess 1k
1st saxo westcoast again at a guess £3k
fiesta zetec 1k (only had it 3mnths though)

i gotta stop wasting flippin money lol could of got a house by now!!

[azzer1987]

aint it amazing when you go over what you spent on a car lol :) you get a shock when it all adds up

[Jay_]

few grand. Shit just breaks on me. So its nothing special!

[wassy78]

Way to much but doing a lot my self saves me big time I did a thread like this few months back when I added up spending nearly 6 grand on 4 sets of alloy wheels two sets for hrv and 2 sets for Saxo :(

[holdawayt]

I spent £600 getting the golf how I wanted it (including car). Sold it for £850

Mazda currently stands me at £700. Respray will cost 300. Should see a profit off this one too.

[Barry123]

outside of repairs probably about £1.5 - £2k

With repairs around the GDP of the EU

[saxo-parts]

1500 quid per axle, 800 on tyres, 2400 on 2 Warn winches,400 quid for winch cables, god knows how much on things like roll cages,GPS and all the other bits and bobs needed on a competetive truck, all on top of the purchase price of a 4 year old Defender, thats made me cry lol, then when its built,go out and drive it like a loon. Body damage on every event, on average 2 CV joints each month, then usual shite like prop u/j's, good fun but never again!

[wassy78]

Jay 1500 on axles omg they gold ?

[saxo-parts]

ARB difflocks 800 quid a piece (1 front,1 rear), strengthened shafts at 300 a pair (2 per axle), strengthen CV's 150 each (2 in front axle) plus all bearings etc, all to go and throw them into mud and sheep piss lol

[blackie_2k5]

my car was bought for £760, ive spent a fair bit on it, but doing all the work and hunting for bargains means it only owes me probs a 1/3 of what it should, so this keeps me happy tbh

[azzer1987]

i do the same i look ebay and shop around find cheapest i can for hald decent quality anyway :)

[Prickle]

£300-400ish i think over the 2/half years. :oops:

[blackie_2k5]

£300-400ish i think over the 2/half years. :oops:

john do you still have a saxo? why are you driving the micra and not the sax if you dont mind me asking?

[Prickle]

john do you still have a saxo? why are you driving the micra and not the sax if you dont mind me asking?

ofc i dont mind.

the saxo went 2yr+ ago lol. (still miss it tbh) it was rotting in the boot etc so sold it with 2 weeks mot for £300 iirc. So went looking for another saxo, viewed one, it was a dog. :homme: waited a weeks later (bearing in mind i was on jsa so saving loads a week wasnt gonna happen) i ended up buying a micra. Not my first choice of cars as i rly did hate them tbh but its served me well. :A:

Yes, its not the first choice some people would go for but tbh its cost nothing rly to maintain it etc. :oops:

haterz gonna hate. ;)

[blackie_2k5]

ofc i dont mind.

the saxo went 2yr+ ago lol. (still miss it tbh) it was rotting in the boot etc so sold it with 2 weeks mot for £300 iirc. So went looking for another saxo, viewed one, it was a dog. :homme: waited a weeks later (bearing in mind i was on jsa so saving loads a week wasnt gonna happen) i ended up buying a micra. Not my first choice of cars as i rly did hate them tbh but its served me well. :A:

Yes, its not the first choice some people would go for but tbh its cost nothing rly to maintain it etc. :oops: ;)

runabout is a runabout mate, my first car was a mk1 clio 1.2rl, paid £200 for it, most ppl dont appreciate the value of stuff till they have to buy it themselves, there was more oil in the engine bay of that clio then then in the engine :fcuk:, turned out to be just a leaking rocker gasket that had been left and topped up every few days for over 18 months.....so probs about £30+ monthly in oil for a £6 gasket :homme:

[Jazz]

On my VTS not too much, about £400-£500.

Accord Type R- £2000ish

Impreza STi- £2500-£3000

Civic Type R- £800ish..

S14a- £340 on used performance bits, already bought the car stage 1 modified.

(Thats all mod money, excludes servicing, MOT, tax, insurance etc..)

And because I'm too lazy to break/split any of my cars, I have lost pretty much all my modification money when I've sold up.

Its a stupidly expensive game we're playing this modded lark, but its an incurable disease lol..

[Prickle]

runabout is a runabout mate, my first car was a mk1 clio 1.2rl, paid £200 for it, most ppl dont appreciate the value of stuff till they have to buy it themselves, there was more oil in the engine bay of that clio then then in the engine :fcuk:, turned out to be just a leaking rocker gasket that had been left and topped up every few days for over 18 months.....so probs about £30+ monthly in oil for a £6 gasket :homme:

yeah thats all it is really. but i still ended up doing things to it, colourcoding etc alloys, zoorst. i just couldnt help myself. :homme:

it sqeaks, everything now but it just presses on!

not doing anything else to it as it should be getting passed down to my br0. so looking to get a new car end of this year/jan time hopfully. something with tec. :A:

well the so called "banter" has been amusing on here over the last 2yrs owning it, all of which got pwnt. :cool:

[blackie_2k5]

cant beat a bit of banter mate, life would be boring without it... btw micras are nothing without hello kitty head rest covers :A:

banter yo!!!

[Gibbo-Vtr]

Around £3000,
And still not finished ..

[Dom]

Will hit nearly £4k in a few months time. Pfft, what's money to me anyway.

[Prickle]

cant beat a bit of banter mate, life would be boring without it... btw micras are nothing without hello kitty head rest covers :A:

banter yo!!!

oh i dont mind rly, its when the same boring banter is repeated. :bored: I dont mind genuine Q's etc.

roflmao, thinking of getting a kitty zoorst. and eyelashes of ebay.

[blackie_2k5]

oh i dont mind rly, its when the same boring banter is repeated. :bored: I dont mind genuine Q's etc.

roflmao, thinking of getting a kitty zoorst. and eyelashes of ebay.

ai, id imagine it gets annoying after a while

that sounds like a plan, dont forget to wrap a tampon round your steering wheel though

[Prickle]

ai, id imagine it gets annoying after a while

that sounds like a plan, dont forget to wrap a tampon round your steering wheel though

yeah. next car not sure if to get fully oem or one with decentish coilovers/w.e and zoorst.

a used tampon or a fresh? i think a used one for the pinkish effect tbh.

[blackie_2k5]

yeah. next car not sure if to get fully oem or one with decentish coilovers/w.e and zoorst.

a used tampon or a fresh? i think a used one for the pinkish effect tbh.

get less grief with a car that doesnt scream look at me, tastefull but clean :y:

used, got to be used... pinkish effect FTW

[bboy90]

I spent £1500 on my punto before i found out it needed another £1200 of welding and then ripped apart its power steering pulley. Saxo is somewhere around £800 now.

[Prickle]

get less grief with a car that doesnt scream look at me, tastefull but clean :y:

used, got to be used... pinkish effect FTW

i was thinking ek/p. :A:

will update when the lass has posted hers! she said it might smell, i said im not fussed!

[blackie_2k5]

i was thinking ek/p. :A:

will update when the lass has posted hers! she said it might smell, i said im not fussed!

ooooooohhhhhh, make a nice diff to the micraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

i think weve taken this one a little too far now....although maybe we havent, ill await an update on the matter

[Prickle]

ooooooohhhhhh, make a nice diff to the micraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

i think weve taken this one a little too far now....although maybe we havent, ill await an update on the matter

i hope its a reliable as it. :homme:

maybe we have, i think we've started that white text convo off again. im hoping theres no hairs on it!

[blackie_2k5]

i hope its a reliable as it. :homme:

i hope so too

maybe we have, i think we've started that white text convo off again. im hoping theres no hairs on it!

i also hope so too! haha, white writting convos are for cool ppl...dont let anyone tell you otherwise.....

[Prickle]

i also hope so too! haha, white writting convos are for cool ppl...dont let anyone tell you otherwise.....

people must think these are invisible posts. ninja's. the woman got back to me and shes posting a fresh one too. would it be rude not to taste it?

[0rang3peel]

bought my vts with pretty much the spec I wanted, just money on servicing bits.

spent about £1000 on my golf decided to stop spending money & get rid. I could seriously spend £5000 just like that on it.

[0rang3peel]

double lols

[blackie_2k5]

people must think these are invisible posts. ninja's. the woman got back to me and shes posting a fresh one too. would it be rude not to taste it?

samurai pizza cats are posting invisibility! by all means pal.... try it, may aswell, its free isnt it?

[mtpagey]

at a guess £7k, the car itself being £3,200

[Cam]

hmmm think its about £1000 on sorting probs out and mods..
but no matter how much i spend i will never be happy lol:drink:

[Jay_]

whats with all the invisible posts? I can't see anything!

[azzer1987]

i paid 750 for saxo and spent about 300 to 400 allready in month :(

[danny-vts]

will let you know when its finished next year lol

[azzer1987]

lol still going then :)

[Proffitt]

About £40 so far :p

o and that's not including the car :A:

[Stissy]

about 2k on the sax when i had it - all mods

and about 2k so far on the cupra - again all mods (apart from one replacement driveshaft that gave out at pod)

[Sean_VTR]

My first Saxo I spent about £2500 on it, car was £750 then obviously lowered, exhaust alloys, induction kit and then with services, new breaks etc... Works up to a high ammount over all!

[tobomoto]

i paid 10700 for the car and i hate to think how much on it since. i might write it all down when im at work later but im guessing about another 3k just on mods..

[K17NEY]

£2000 for the car
£200 on suspension
£600 on the exhaust system

That's about it and thats why i love it, It's exactly how i want it.

[CrouchyM]

£1400 for the car.

Am going to be spending £170 on exhaust.
£200 on wheels.

So in total about £1800


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[Vtr_Cam]

£1700 for car
About £800 on stuff like oilite axle, exhaust mani, and other little bits.

@kitney, i was talking to the guy you had your exhaust from the other day said he sold it to you

[isle-of-mull]

car £5000
quaife gearbox £1400
uprated shafts £340
avo adjustable rear shockers £650
front bilstein £390
cam £490
ecu £550
re-map £480
new cup car gearbox £2200
new avo front adjustable suspension £600

1600 16v engine with 170bhp, not go bill yet but £££££££££££££££££££££££

[LSOfreak]

about 4 grand :(

[Kyza]

Saxo I bought for £700 took it back to a shell worth £200 then spent over £2k on a seat, wheels, polycarbs, suspension and a few bit n bobs.

Current car I like as it is out the factory, but with my plans it will cost me another 4k.

[Yates]

car £5000
quaife gearbox £1400
uprated shafts £340
avo adjustable rear shockers £650
front bilstein £390
cam £490
ecu £550
re-map £480
new cup car gearbox £2200
new avo front adjustable suspension £600

1600 16v engine with 170bhp, not go bill yet but £££££££££££££££££££££££

170bhp with just cams?

how come you have two gearboxes?

[VTR-Chris]

£8000 car
£450 induction
£550 exhaust
£500 manifold
£800 ECU
£1850 supercharger

so around £12000

not including normal things like brakes tyres etc

[m11ler]

900 for the car
Probably around 450 on the car excluding repairs

[craig180]

I bought my golf, pretty much as it is. so far spent about £100 on it and I'll be spending a grand total of £3200 getting it EXACTLY as I want it.

[isle-of-mull]

170bhp with just cams?

how come you have two gearboxes?

no sorry the cam i bought was for the 8v engine i got with the car, currently getting a 16v engine built for me! and i have 2 gearboxes because i destroyed the quaife box so bought a better box being the be cup box,

[Mochachino]

I havnt spent a penny on the Integra and im happy with it! If you want to get nitt gritty then £5000 total.

Making my first purchase for it in a few weeks.

£520 for Wilwood 4Pot Brake ith DS2500 pads.

[azzer1987]

£8000 car
£450 induction
£550 exhaust
£500 manifold
£800 ECU
£1850 supercharger

so around £12000

dam some pricey stuff

[J222JRA]

I lost track along time ago but this year its around £6000.

Some would say its a waste of money on a car that isnt used much but i figure i work hard for my money and can spend it on whatever i wish.