Sounds to me like you can afford it, but only you really know for certain. If it were me, I'd probably go for it. But then, I love this car, so I know what I would be getting.
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Originally Posted by Droid
Also, if I do decide to get the car, what are some of the lower costing mods (cosmetic or performance) that are easy, but increase the appearance/performance of the car (I know it is relative to the person, but just suggestions, etc would be awesome!).
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Good quality window tint. I waited several months to tint mine, and I wish I had done it right off. First, quality ceramic tint helps with heat in the car. Second, this car just looks 100% better with tinted windows.
Also look into getting clear bra or something similar put on the car to protect the paint on the bumper and hood. The paint on this car is pathetically thin. The tiniest rock or wood chip will take a chip out of the paint. I wish I had done that, but now I have several chips in mine.
Also, I recommend getting a Bluetooth OBDII dongle and running Torque or a similar app on your phone. Unfortunately the car doesn't have all the gauges it should, but you can display most of them using Torque.
Another thing that made the car surprisingly more comfortable to drive was a set of
Emdom seat belt pads. The position of the seat belt on this car caused it to cut into my neck. It was very uncomfortable. I had a set of $5 pads I picked up from O'Reilly, but one of the members here went to a company that makes rifle slings and asked them to make him a custom seat belt pad. They made extras and sell them for $45. They look and feel like they came with the car.
Those are my must-haves. Once you get into exhaust, lighting, rims and tires, you're talking about a lot more money.