how much money have u spent?, curiosity Options

[Malhar95]

Can we get any updates?

[1994Celica]

Around $4500 for....
Original price of the car
GT-4 Bumper
GT-4 Hood
TRD- Side skirts and splitters
Projector head lights with HID's
7GC Seats
Plastidip
Wheels+ Tires
Rear Strut brace

What I have left to do
Brakes
Suspension
Manual trans swap
build a decent 5s
Rare JDM parts

I'll probably have 7000-8000 invested in it when I'm "done". Its a lot but hey for 8k I get an awesome car.

[playr158]

I've probably wasted something like 10,000 - 15,000 over the years on this car....and all I have so far is a randomly pieced together incomplete shell that needs another 10k.

include the price of the car and i'm something like 25-30k into it

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 5, 2013 - 3:32 PM

[mgnt232]

Ha same prob 10-20k over 7 years. multiple motors, bodies, paint, lights, ect.
I try not to think about all the money I've put into her lol, just call it priceless

[Julian_Navia]

I've kept a list. Only $1,679 including the car

[cyberblader1130]

$3200 - Car/Fees
$3700 - Bodywork/Paint
$1300 - Exhaust/Intake
$2400 - Suspension
$2200 - Misc. Main./Mods
$800 - Projectors/HIDs/LEDs/Kouki Tails/Clear Turns + Sides

$500 - Front Bumper, Side Skirts + Rear Splitters that im not currently using...

$14200 - Est. Total Before swap will be completed

Car is very reliable, Run on 93 Octane and Mobil 1 Synthetic/ OEM Oil Filters

Need to be done - V6 swap with Hybrid Trans
- Rims/ Tires
- Full LED conversion

[Terzin1]

I just want to shout out on how much I have NOT spent. I bought the car nearly a decade ago for $5400. The fuel line rusted out 6 months later and I spent $700 on that. I had to replace the exhaust last year for $250. I bought a car that was a decade old and have had it for nine years now and only put about $1000 in repair costs in it!

[skogs]

I haven't read through this thread, but i think i win(or loose?). First i bought an at200 for $12K, sold it for $2k and bought a 7gc for $17k, sold it for $15k and bought a st205 for $30k, blew the engine after a few days, imported a st205 from japan for $7.5K and finaly paying $5K for the engine swap including Haltech ECU og Spec clutch. Bought back my first at200 for $1k.

Including maintenance, i guess i have used somewhere around $60k on celicas over a period of 7 years and about a total of 130 000km. Worth it? Hell yeah!

[Trodai]

€7500 over a year and a half for car,parts and paint for rebuild from ground up all done by myself to save money

[dudeofchaos]

$240 - Jdm tail lights
$7500 - Car
$150 - Oem Jdm 3spoke steering wheel
$140 - Oem 3sgte intake hose and air box + TRD drop-in air filter
$75 - Euro licence plate holder
$90 - Powerfolding mirrors (Had already bought another set that didn't fit which cost me ~$70)
$400 - Replacement Gt-Four bumper and fenders
$100 - Aluminum differential mount
$415 - Oem euro front lip

~$30 - TRD rad cap
Also spent ~$750 for new tires

Which makes a ballpark price of $9100 as of yet without the tires and all the maintenance cost.
...What hurts the most is that I know I'm VERY far from being done
Gonna repaint the whole car in black as soon as I can. The whole thing! Gonna strip the car and paint the interior also. I don't want any traces of white left on the car.
Thing is I can't come up with a limit budget for this paint job and I don't know what a reasonable price would be for a good job.
Also I can't seem to find a guy to do it

This post has been edited by dudeofchaos: Dec 7, 2013 - 11:10 AM

[match220]

$9,000USD for car (9 years ago), I stopped counting after $10,000 USD..lol

engine stuff:
Autronic SM4 EMS $2500
gen3 3sgte $1500
machine block, overbore, deck; knife edge crank; and head work $1500
JE pistons, Eagle rods $1200
FMIC, piping, & HKS SSQV $400ish
Haltech dual channel wideband controller $200
valve cover powdercoated blue $200
HKS adjustable cam gears $200
Audi 2.0t COP coils $120
other stuff $????

non-engine stuff:
GT4 hood $600
coupe spats $200
ASA AR1 17" rims $1000

This post has been edited by match220: Dec 8, 2013 - 6:36 AM

[zoocsijr]

I bought the car for $5400 about 7 years ago and spent for:

-engine, clutch and other maintanence: $1300
-OEM sideskirts, SS-III rears and Euro front splitters: $250
-paint and fit these: $375
-JDM tails: $170
-17x8 Drag DR9 wheels: $650
-interior and audio: $200

It sounds a bit much but when I look to my love I think it worth it!

[delusionz]

Wow you guys list big long lists its cute how little the number comes up to, my running build price is ridiculous lets just say i could have an R34 GT-R with the same money

[richee3]

Just in what I can remember right now, $24,500.

Yep, it's safe to say this has gone way up. If you're not buying car parts, you're wasting your money.

[match220]

Wow you guys list big long lists its cute how little the number comes up to, my running build price is ridiculous lets just say i could have an R34 GT-R with the same money

Entertain me..I'm curious

[cheela]

regardless of anyone's answer, I think the REAL answer is "not enough"

[bnr32celica]

Car--500

V6 swap--3200 with exhaust, re-cert, etc.

Suspensions--2000 (coils, new arms, etc)

Stereo--1000

Car was totaled 3 weeks ago I think (horrid with time), I got back $4800 and kept the car.

New car--800

Sale of parts from both cars--1000 credit and rising

Round 2 of V6 swap, this time with an AT200--500 in extra shizz

Total investment for 110,000 miles and two years (excluding maintenance): $2200

I thank my lucky stars that old spicbitch had good insurance. Insurance companies hate receipts, so save everything. If you get a used part, get a receipt. If you don't have a receipt, you can't get paid for it.

[dudeofchaos]

regardless of anyone's answer, I think the REAL answer is "not enough"

THIS. Hahaha.
Getting close to 10k and not planning to stop!
..Not at least before I reach 30k.. which could've get me a nice LHD TT Mk4 Supra easily hahaha

[onnaj]

Pff bought the 1998 Celica ST for about €3500,- in 2012 with only 160.000 km (about 100.000 mls), bought some other rims € 400, did a complete rebuild and swap of a 4AGE 20V € 3500,- (did most things myself), some little parts € 500,-, thing i forgot € 200,-+) so that's well over € 8.000,- ($11000).

But i have a great car now, a new engine (9000 km since the rebuild) and still only 190.000 km on the car. No rust and the paint looks awesome and almost no dents/scratches or whatsoever.

Happy to read i'm not the one that spend most on his car . But prices over here are WAY higher then in the US.

An genuine Euro ST205 GT4 will cost between € 14.000 and € 20.000,-! Some imported JDM GT-4 are offered from €5.000,-.

[SwissFerdi]

An genuine Euro ST205 GT4 will cost between € 14.000 and € 20.000,-! Some imported JDM GT-4 are offered from €5.000,-.

Godgloeiende...

Because the Euro market was sparse, and the JDM market saturated with cars? I don't understand the high price.