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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox
Let me just say, if you want to buy quality stuff, you're WAAAAAY underestimating the budget.
Just my coilovers/RLCA/toe kit and rear sway links, wheels, tires, and cheaper catback. Were $8k, if I had bought an ARK catback exhaust it would have been $9k. A properly done, quality turbo kit is going to be around $10k on it's own. And I only bought 8th gen Fortune Auto 500s, had I gone with MCS from Vorshlag, XIDA from 949Racing or similar, add another $3k.
And those prices assume you're doing all the work, paying a shop? Add thousands more.
That doesn't include the $2500 I spent on PPF for the bumper/headlights, full ceramic coating and window tint.
So you can see real quick you're almost back to the cost of a new RS3. This isn't to discourage you if you want one, it's just to show you need to be realistic about what things cost.
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My experience was on the complete opposite of OkieSnuffBOX.
Bought the car (2015 FR-S) with 10k km. Bought a Gruppe-S header at 550$ CAD used. Open flash tablet 500$ CAD used. An ST Suspensions XT coilover set with the camber plate used for 900$ CAD. 720 form wheels (15.5 lbs each) for 600$ CAD used but perfect condition. Of course you can spend a lot of money, but this platform is not costly to buy and to run. It all depends on you!
