Boosted Falcon

I was looking through my recepits the other day, and i added it up ruffly that i have put about $8000-9000 into my car over the last 2years or so. And its still not where i want it to be. i was just curious how much $$ people do spend on there cars.

On mods? $650.

including buying my xr8
iv spent between 10-15 grand

jarryddelany wrote:I was looking through my recepits the other day, and i added it up ruffly that i have put about $8000-9000

Break it down for us, I wanna see where you've spent it all!

easily over 12k thats when i stopped counting probably nearing 15

eb i spent 25k ! inc $3k to buy it.

ba i dont wana think bout it haha

ill give the jist of things, headgasket, suspension, windows tinted, sound system, new started motor, fuel pump, fuel gauge, coil, dizzy, alternator, power steering pump, tune, and injectors cleaned, 8mm leads, pod filter, pacemakers, hi flow, 2/5inch exhuast, etc cant be bothered lookin through them all. haha

all the mods are in my sig, but i spent a little bit on other things to though.

Nowhere near enough!!!!!

yh its never to much

On my EL to buy it cost me $4000 get it on the road $600, lowered $500, headuit $200, speakers $130, shift kit $130, au headgasket $80, 2.5 inch cat back $150...then turbo kit $4000, gauges $400, battery into the boot $150, fire extinguisher $30, clear taillights $60..... $10,430 that was all before i was even 18 too...still needa do exhasut and cooler piping so may end up around 13000 by the time its running again

On my eb daily $1300 for the car...for that $1300 the car had pacies, lukey 2.5inch catback, lukey hi-flow cat, t5 conversion, crow cam, vernier adjustible cam gear so i thought it was a bargin then it spat a diff so $300 and thats it

Admittedly I have heaps of receipts dating back nearly 10 years ago - thrown plenty of money at the three cars I have had since getting my lic in 1997...easily a decent whack of a house deposit ah well - it's all a labour of love*

* read blood, sweat, tears and occasionally love

on the new setup approx $29050+ that's just the main parts i can think of. the fuel side just cost $3400+

this is a list of stuff i have changed over the last 3 yrs since the turbo, lost count of the money spent..

Ive had 5 different Turbo's on the car (go Garrett)
4 different exhaust manifolds (the best one is the 6boost to date)
2nd diff still holding and will hold till 9s (the best of them all.. It was for free)
6th auto on the car (the BTR held on well, just killed the clutches)
2 different ecu on the car (cant get better than MoTeC)
4 different injectors (indy blues are the shit)
4 different cylinder heads (don't ask)
5 different cams (got greedy)

I dont wanna think about how much I have put into the car.

most of mine has been getting the bastard going, not on mods, mods i have spent maybe $1500, repairs haha in excess of $3000 haha and its still broken down

Enough for a house deposit

40k there abouts on the vt, plus the 17k i payed for it like 6 years ago

20k or so on the senator including the car

bout 8k on the eb ghia including buying it

so in the long run whats better enjoying the love of cars and doin them up. Or a place to sleep at nite. That you own.

jarryddelany wrote:so in the long run whats better enjoying the love of cars and doin them up. Or a place to sleep at nite. That you own.

am how bout both... work hard and enjoy the rest

lol if you have to worry about scraping together enough cash to live then maybe modifying cars isnt the right hobby to be in.

I spent $17k on the maverick before I got rid of it. I got rid of it because it was gonna cost another $7k or so before I was happy.

Lots has been spent on cars prior to that too. It was fun but thinking back it wasnt that fun.

jarryddelany wrote:so in the long run whats better enjoying the love of cars and doin them up. Or a place to sleep at nite. That you own.

i have both, just bought an investment property.

I have spent far too much, and at the same time, nowhere near enough

Too much on the wrong things, part of being 18. I'd hate to think of the actual figure just on mods, I haven't kept receipts for that reason!

including purchase i wouldnt get change from at least 25k....

Not a whole lot really ..about $10k inc car and panel damage but exc all the little things like seatcovers for example.
Definitly want to double that number in the future...

Yeh mine would be under $10k inc car purchase and full respray/kit/bulge, etc etc etc

Well including purchase of the ea -
3 grand to buy .
About 15 grand on all the work so far. and still need to build bottom end of the motor

Xf was 3 grand to buy since starting it i would at least say over 25 grand - Most of it being stereo and new motor stuff .
atleast another 10 grand still to spend (paint, brake upgrade. Seemless engine bay)


Ef wagoon - 800 spent about 50o for roady and thats it . dont like to spend any on this

2-3 grand maybe including buying it tidying her up window tint etc i plan to spend way more on her tho shes worth millions to me i love my car

I've lost count actually, but it has to be over 20k all up now. I have spent $1230 in the last week alone getting it ready for PowerCruise that starts in three weeks and there is more to be done in those next three weeks. God damn it I better have fun at PC this year.

Good luck with that PC curse you QLD'ers seem to have.

Current ute has cost be $2125 including 12 months rego. :S

Best ute ever.

Contemplating spending cash making it faster and better or spending a similar amount of cash and getting a newer ute instead. Old age must be kicking in.

Turbo $1,950
Fabrication $1,000
Gearbox $6,000
Computer $1,600

Seeing your fuel gauge going down to give you a smile on your face $PRICELESS.
smiles per gallon not miles per gallon...

well
my ed cost me $1000
au vct engine $600
wheels $1500
diff,suspension and various bits n pieces/touch ups ect $3000
supercharger kit $4000
ecu and tuning $2000
3"exhaust inc extractors $1000
engineering $1000

so all up aprox $14100 and rising:shock:

I stopped adding up all the costs a while ago.... The figure was quite depressing...

Damn this makes me sad and happy in pants! :O

I got my car for free
Got Catback exhaust 380$
Dodgey pod filter 80$
clear indicators side and front ones 60$
bulge and gt body kit 950$

Not bad working part time for shit all lol.

many many years left of the old girl, and many many more of working to pay it haha.

my car ows me $14,000 thats including the price of the car

$34000 to buy EBXR8 new.. 8 years latter I bought a Dart block, forged rotating assembly ..
Built new engine .. Then added twin plate clutch, TKO trans..
Already had TFS heads and induction..Turbo conversion on 5.0 which was $3500
Then some new b/b T3/4 SC61's turbos and new ECU , 85 Lb injectors, twin 3" exhaust and tune..
Lately I have bought a new WRX but didn't trade any car in..
I must be a car nut as I still have the XR8tt, 94 auto WRX and an 08 WRX...
The Mrs didn't want to sell the auto which is now being fitted with rebuilt STI RA engine...
I must be a tiger for punishment..
In between I'm building a track only RA28 Mustang shape Celica with S475 turbo 1UZ, Powerglide and 9"..
These could only be done due to MOST fabricating we do ourselves...
Same with my son's car... A few friends helping each other out with their skills sure helps keep expenses down..
Although due to the fact we can !! Then we say WHAY NOT ?? Then build it ...
Bare bones stage with dead motor installed for fabrication etc..Carona complete front suspension with rack and pinion simply bolts in to allow fitment of 4.0 alloy V8 Lexus engine..

i could of bought a el fairmont ghia for the money that has been spend on eddy but then again i love eddy and when it comes to spending money on her its worth it

1500 and its still stock selling my other car soon so will prob be 3500 in the next few months

im up to $12,000 now with the custom trim and new 20z

$9,743.82