Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior how much have you spent on your cars?

i've only had my car for 3 months and i think i went over board on the mods...

injen SRI-190 install-60
window tint-100
trd exhaust-420 install-37
denso iridium plugs 60 install-30
aem pulley-75 install-85
=1057...
i know a lot of you guys have spent more but i was wondering if this was normal or i need professional help.
i want my car to be my baby but it's hell if it turns me into it's bitch..ha,ha

a little over 4 grand myself

in under 6 months

including body kit and rims/tires ... it doesnt take long to rack it up!

3 months = a little of 2000

CT- you could have saved half of that moneyt if you do the work yoursaelf. I have spent over 2000 on mods, all the work done was by me.

[ 03-31-2003, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: SpiderManGT ]

i'm not very handy with cars...so i have to rely on people who are

hahah, i've spent at least $500, and i've had the car for only three months the crazy thing is, i don't think it will ever stop !!!!!!

Well over 2k in 2 years. Im way behind

over 5k in a year, still not finished.

Uh, you got me thinking here. In order of purchase and install, here we go:

Clear tail lights (the one's that everythingcelica.com call "meat balls") $192
Pioneer Headunit (340+50)=390
and 2 Pioneer 450 watt 12" subs (free box) (100+40)=140
Jensen Amp (720 watts) (220+40)=260
2 footwell neons and one ceiling neon = 40
Blitz front end (-500 accident deductible) =700
Injen COI (+plus heat/spash guard) (320+28) =348
TRD exhaust (550+25) =575
2 front Infinity Reference components ~=200
17" Chrome Eagle Alloy MSRs ~=600
Kumo Exsta tires (cheap, but worth the cash) =410

HAVE, BUT NOT INSTALLED:
2 rear Infinity Reference compents ~=200
300 Watt Jensen Amp (for the 2 rear speakers listed above). ~=140
ACT clutch (am buying flywheel to install all at once to save labor costs) ~=400
C-One fiberglass hoodscoop ~=120

Roughly, about $4715. If you factor in the accident i had that caused me to get the 200 front end + custom raping on it (500) + insurance dectuctible (500)= 1200 instead of 700 (5215 since January 02. (I also lost my license for 6 months). It's been a rough year. I expect to double this by December.

working on 6K in 1 year

I do my audio work (except the head unit because the damn internal amplifier screwed me up). Otherwise, I had to pay for everything else. Lucky my step-bro is a mechanic. But he recently moved.
Now I fork over real money for real work

almost 18,000 in 1 and a half years but that was two stereos. that is not including the price of the car

2 grand in one month. Much more to spend.

Ive got damn near $3000.00 in my wht 00 GT and I'm getting a full kaminari urithane $800 cash after tax season

Ive got almost $2000.00 in my red "76 GT celi.

And now I got a F*ckin boat already into it about $2000.00 and its not painted yet

probably tipping 6k, i've had my car since nov...

around 6k?

10 months, almost 2 grand

graphics = i change my graphics every two months then got a final decisions on the kind of graphics i want

injen intake, custom exhaust, paint, body kit + installation and paint, shift lamp, light bulbs, APR wing but i sold it, tail lights but swaped it out with a 2003 model one coz im tired of lookin at altezzas or lets say its played out, indiglo...

next are RIMS

Three Grand and counting!

spent around 9 grand!!

After I get my new Eclipse HU this week it'll be around 7 grand. I've also done all the installs and everything. They only thing I didn't do is paint the bodykit. I'll have the car a year in March.

My guess is I spent around $500 on the car so far. I got it in December.

Limo tint on all windows - $145
Super Blue Xenon Headlights - $20
Super Blue Front Blinkers - $10
Clear side markers w/ blue bulbs - $25
Iridium spark plugs, along w/ a tune-up $71
Cold-Air Intake - $80 (eBay)
Radar Detector - $68 (Yahoo Auctions - bought it way before I had a Celica)
Spray paint & primer - $9 (Metallic Red center console)
TRD chrome license plate frame - $30
TRD die-cut decals - $5 (set of 2)

Coming soon...

SpringTech Coilovers
Strut tower bars/sway bars
TRD exhaust
Headers w/ exhaust manifold
Jet speed chip
16" silver or white rims with Falken Ziex tires

Sometime in the future...

Blitz Supercharger Kit
Lamborghini Door Conversion
A body kit of some sort... I'm not too big on bodykits. I think most of them look too big & too "All show, no go". Besides, they're extra weight.

Exterior:
$1800 - 18" Primax 472s (Chrome) 225/35/18
$900 - Getting stuff painted and repainted
$600 - Wings West Body kit (W Type)
$350 - Kaminari Rear Race Wing
$150 - Tint 35% front, 20% back
$120 Raised Hood Scoop
$40 Aftermarket Lights
$20 - S2000 Antenna
$10 - Red out tails
$10 - Rear fill-ins

Interior:
$1000 -Alpine CVA-1003 Motorized Monitor (with Surround Sound.
$1000 -GPS Navigation System (Mounted above center console).
$500 - Installation on stuff
$250 -XM Radio Tuner Module (In the trunk)
$250 -Alpine CHA-S634 6 Disk CD Changer (In the center arm rest).
$200 -Playstation 2 (Mounted under dash).
$150 -Alpine V16 Amp.
$150 -Alpine 12" Type S Sub.
$60 -Reverse indigo gauges.

Performance:
$540 - TRD Extended Exhaust
$300 - Progress Lowering Sprigs (1.5" Drop all around)
$220 - Injen Cold Air Intake

$8620 is what i came up with but i know i left out some stuff too

close to 3 grand... 700 kit... 700 paint and install... 230 aem cai.. 220 eibach pro kit wif installation. 500 nx express... 140 install plus 60 dollars custom fuel rail n welding. 100 bucks on lights which i took up because it was getting too ricey. n 300 on aftermarket speakers

Almost 7 g's in 1 and a half years

Feel better CT?

$1200 - 5Zigen M-05's + Tires
200 - Replacement Tires
200 - Injen CAI
200 - H&R Springs
10 - Blue Bat Tail Lights
140 - Tint
325 - GReddy Exhaust
40 - Exhaust Install
20 - S2K Antennae
30 - Indiglo gauges
25 - Gauges Install
15 - Broadway Mirrors
15 - Shoulder Pads
15 - VVT-i Badge

To Be Installed:
400 - TCS Carbon Fiber Hood
315 - Kaminari Fiberglass Front

total: $3135 in over 3 years

yeah... I know some of those don't count, but if we listing everything...

[ 03-31-2003, 11:30 PM: Message edited by: Britai 7018 ]

damn!

i guess my thousand bucks worth of mods ain't so bad...ha,ha,ha but seriously i bet with all that money, creativity and love you guys got rides that'll make anyone turn their head. thanks for the input. and yes..I DO feel better..ha,ha

-nuthin' but love in this forum

2002 Specta Blue GT

Veilside body kit- $1875
TSRM- $475
Euro lights- $200
17" rims and tire package- $1000
Rear roof spoiler- $120
Reverse indiglo gauges- $64
MTEC lighting package- $60
S2K antenna- $30
C-one style hood scoop- $120
Clear corners- $30
$3974
Nothing is installed yet
had car since NOv, still looking for suspension kit

[ 04-01-2003, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: Blue Ice ]

almost 4K...the rims and installation charges were major adders...

Ive had mine for 2 1/2 weeks and I haven't spent a cent - yet. On my VR4 I spent about 10K in just under 2 years though! It will start soon on the Celica.
Robert

About $9,000 !

About $9,000