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
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.
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
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...
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.
Absolutely Red awesome canyon road hugger with impressive straight-line acceleration.
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
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
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
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