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Originally Posted by clayrush
I can feel the pain in my wallet from modding cars. And worse yet I am doing it to 2 cars at the same time.
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I'm building out my other vehicle at the moment, and having that constant assault on my credit card is helping to keep me from modding my BRZ. It's still stock to the bone. Every time I'm tempted to buy rims or tires or a header or exhaust or even a shark fin antenna, I just open the $22K spreadsheet I have running to track my other project and see immediately where the money has to be spent.
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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive
I never understood why so many people are in a rush to start modifying a brand new car. What's wrong with enjoying it the way it came from the factory for a couple of years?
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That's what I did with my other vehicle. I waited until the engine finally died before doing anything to it. Now it's getting a moderately modified second life at 14 years old.
But with the BRZ, it's hard
not to modify it because there's so much potential there. It sounds okay stock, but it would sound great with a header and exhaust. It performs okay stock, but it would perform great with a tune. It handles like a dream stock, but rims, tires and suspension upgrades would make it a wet dream.
The problem is that no single one of these mods breaks the bank on its own. But once you've done one, you have the bug, and it's hard to stop. I could easily see the mods on this car becoming an all consuming obsession.