money of All my mods = name of item(s) of equal value
 

Wednesday night I got together with some buddies from the local owners club, and we were trying to guess who had done the most mods to their car from our club. and what they could've bought for the same money for their car+mods.

The point of this thread is not to brag how much you spend but what other "sensible"/"responsible" thing you could've bought. No need to give specific numbers.

For the money I spent on my mods I could've bought:

1) furniture for my house,
2) new kitchen appliances.

The ones who seem most pissed off about my decision are my parents. :lol:

I could have paid for 2/3 of my car when it was new with how far I am into the mods now.

Good thing I am way ahead on paying the car off too.

I struggle with other activities. I'd like to upgrade my paintball marker, but am building up snowboard supplies. I'd like to invest in car parts, but bought an AR-15. I am now, finally, saving up for car parts.

Close to a years rent :sigh:

Not counting what came on the car from the dealer I have spent about $1.75 so far!

Plasti Dip and winter wheels/tires- $550
Exhaust - $300
Tint - $140
Clear Markers - $50
Weighted Shift Knob - $40


Not that much actually. But I paid for the car with cash, so I can't complain.

May spend more this summer.

too much stuff.....

Really dont even want to try to add all of the stuff up, will just make me think too much about how I spent too much...

I've spent about $10k on this car so far. I could have bought an above ground pool full of cheese puffs for that money.

I think I've spent about $2000 aftermarket on my BRZ, which is $2000 that could have gone into my Jeep instead. That would have paid for the front half of my lift, or maybe my slip yoke eliminator and axles. My Jeep build is budgeted out on spreadsheets at $22,000. I'm about $10K in at this point. When I'm done, it'll be worth about $15K on a good day. I'm an accountant. I must be crazy.

The BRZ will just have to wait its turn. I'm hoping that by the time I retire it from being my daily driver in 3 years or so, someone will have developed a wicked NA kit for it. THEN I'll spend some money.

I think I'm close to $4k. Probably should have invested that into the principal balance of the car, but the APR is so low, I didn't. I haven't bought anything for it in a long time though. I honestly feel it is pretty much my perfect DD now, or better said, is how I wish it was offered.
There's only two things I really feel I "need", lower control arms to correct rear camber (reign it back in to -1.0 or -1.5, it changed to -2.0/-2.4 when I put the springs on) and a new front pipe with a high-flow cat to get the most potential out of my tune.

Just $720 in gas at moment, car came with strut brace when i bough it
still waiting for warranty expire to mod it. I want to hear those who spend about a house in mods

Could have had my CPA done (assuming I passed all sections)

I love the part where my future company already agreed to pay for Becker and the CPA exam costs :thumbup:

Very nice

Coulda bought a pound of some medical grade.

A down payment on a house so that I can move out of my parents place

The real question is, how much have I lost in selling my used parts from when I bought it new. I'm at atleast $700 in just that :barf:

If I break mine down...

Wheels+Tires (3 sets) $4500
Suspension stuff $2700
Brakes $500
Supercharger+Oil Cooler+Exhaust+Tuning $10000
Mudflaps+3M+Weathertechs+Various Raceseng bling $2000

Totaling roughly $19700.

FML

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...psb96add7f.jpg


In all seriousness though, car mods is an addiction... Spent about $1k so far..

God speed bro. Still need to get the 150, but have starting looking at some problems and I nearly cried.

Might as well chime in. Looking at @BRZZZZZZZZZZ I don't feel that bad. Sorry man.

Wheels+Tires: $2500 ($3500 if I count the winters, but those are a requirement in Canuckistan)
Suspension stuff: $500 (Only bushings and camber bolts so far)
Brakes: $1000 (Cooked a set of pads and rotors on my last track day of the season or this would be lower)
OFT + OFH: $1200 (Money well spent)
Sharkfin + Raceseng shift knob + OBDII stuff: $400

So, about $5600 so far.

Works out to about what I spend for my golf membership in a year, but most of this stuff will be amortized over the life of the car, so not a big deal.

I'm $2500 or so in between headers, full exhaust, OFT wheels, and a few other mods.

Everything that cheap that I want I pretty much just go out and buy.. It would have just been spent on another car or saved if not spent there.

CPA here. Becker is the way to go. I had to pay for mine myself, but I would spend the money again in a heartbeat because it focuses you in on exactly what you need to know to pass the exam.

Besides, who doesn't want to spend every evening with Peter Olinto?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxurvsjFDMg"]Peter Olinto - reason to study CPA? - YouTube[/ame]

You have no friends. You have no family. Peter Olinto is your only family.

Chicago burbs? Are you in midwest 86 on facebook?

Good luck on the CPA exam!:threadjacked:

Thanks! No I'm not on facebook as much as I used to be. I'll have to check it out tho.

around $5,000 dollars T_T

then i think about if i could live with this car stock... and realize.. i could... but... for how long...

We have regular meets with about 10-20 cars here and there. Plus I'd love to meet another accountant with a brz/frs haha

$700 on header and exhaust
$500 OFT
$100 shark fin antenna
$2000 in wheels
$100 Rear diffuser
$4000 for Kraftwerks c38 blower and ecutek
$400 front and rear strut braces
$400 Crawford powerblocks


Once I install the SC I can sell the power blocks and OFT at least recoup a bit $$$


Can my wife see this post?

well...
 

first...i didnt have the job i have now when i bought the car 2 years ago... since october 2014, with my first 3 pays ... 2,300 on uel headers, overpipe, front pipe, perrin catback with shipping charges....1,200 on ecutek custom tune, intake manifold spacers, drop in filter, b2design spacers, dyno and labor....600 hotchkis springs, spyder foglights, raceseng shifter and lockout....thats about it...money well spent, finishing scions work...for me at least:thumbup:

Having hung out with jvincent, I can assure everyone on this board he will have to revisit this thread many times in the future for an update. LOL.

Lotta bean counters here. Strong thread topic to thread poster relationship.

I am still under $2,000. Only due to my self restraint. (OK let's be honest; my wife!)

@Pbrown, look at the pot calling the kettle black.

Why are you guys not selling your wives for more mods???

You are doing it all wrong guys.

Well shit, just added it all up. :sigh: ~$13.5k

$2000 exhaust
$600 tune
$3500 suspension
$1800 wheels and tires
$1000 brakes
$3000 track days and associated costs
and about $1600 in various other things.

:mad0260: That's a term from the 13th century

Whoa if we are adding running costs etc my number is way higher!

Driver mod is expensive, and a cost I would not have incurred if a drove in a manner the factory would consider "normal usage"

I've got to add at least another $3000-4000 for track days and auto x usage last year alone then...

I could've bought a 2015 Ford Fiesta, lol

I tried, for some reason she found it offensive. Women!