Just wanted to know how much work, time, cash are you will to put into your celi?

just wanted to know cause i wanted to see if i'm going over boared with my futur plans... seeing as i have one more car note and she is all mine....my projects are about to start....

i'm going to go with the body work and paint first towards the end of spring.... then the suspension... after the going to make the interior more comfy ... that just what i'm planning for this year.... and my numbers have me speending a little over 5 K...

THis winter:

7A-FTE projects, change the looks of interior and exterior.

Status of the project: gathering parts for turbo setup. 80% finished.

Status of exterior project: Mold for my custom hood is finished, need to make a finall product >> Front bumper is on my next step.

Status of interior: All riped off the car, sanded and waiting for the color change, seats are at reupholstery shop.

Willing to finish everything till May.

Already spent about 1000$, i think 2 more will go >>

I estimated my mods with prices.....i'm pushing the $5k mark. But it will be eventualy done by 2 years. That's my estimate.

to date with everything I have ever done to the car.....$33,074.94

thats the stuff I have receipts for.. and not counting the car and Im pretty sure I would have alot more into it if I counted tools and BS like that

my projected cost through 6 stages for my car (i know its not a celica but just for comparison) is $13,210.16. factor in the 1-2k that i know i will be going over budget on and i probably will be in the 15000 range. right now im over budget by $2.75, not too bad so far.

$1,000 for rims. Might lower it, and tint the windows. Thats about it. if I had more money, I'd probably buy that gt-4 truejigga had for sale instead of spending it on my car. Although I don't have the money. Cause I'm a frikkin college kid. and all my money goes towards pizza.

33,000$ ....thats hard to believe.

and if its true, then you should have takent that money and spent it on a nice supra.

well, I dont think theres really a finite number there will always be something..ya know. But my number would be 8,000.

-lagos+Dec 17, 2003 - 4:19 PM

so far ive spent about 2500 bucks so far. my last 3 modifications would be a new front bumper clutch and flywheel.

I got her just recently (a few months ago), so there's not too much here.. but y'know..

$7,700 for the car, title, license.. etc.
$700 in maintenance (got a 60k tuneup + some)
..gas..

My plans have 5 tiers:
-Stereo and Interior
-Body and Paint
-Wheels
-Performance
-Final Touches

The stereo is going through right now, head unit, front/rear spkrs, an amp.. + installation, around $1,200. Other interior parts include a PS2, lcd, etc.. running another few hundred.

Body and Paint include a full Invader kit, full body repaint (navy blue =D), professionally installed and painted. Guesstimating $3k.

Wheels. This includes a set of 4 15" winter tires and rims, and a set of 4 16" performance-oriented tires and rims (chrome probably). Guesstimating somewhere in the neighborhood of $2k.

Performance. The cheapest part, I'm only going for an I/E setup, I like a show car over a fast car.. just my opinion. So that's around $700. (GReddy SP2 =D)

Final Touches. This is just stuff that I'll do if I feel like it after doing everything else.. like.. if I really think I should put more into her after all this. Includes JDM Tails, Z-Rated tires, neons, other random unnecessary stuff. No real price, its a long list.

Thing is though, this is taking place over the next two years, so it balances out nicely. $6-7k over two years isn't bad IMO. I'll probably run into some unforeseen engine problem or get in an accident or something and this will all be messed up, but you understand heh.

-Brian

body and paint is probably going to run you around 4k in all honesty, if you are going to do a full repaint without a nice discount.

Celica:
Around $3000 w/o the price of the car.

Supra:
Around $8000...

RX7:
Around $2000

This post has been edited by snadman: Dec 18, 2003 - 12:03 AM

I'd say put as much time, effort, and money into it as you can afford to without interfering w/ more important stuff. right now im pouring the majority of my cash into my celi. everything but my $ for tuition and food is going to car payments insurance gas and mods. so far:
rims +tires $650
Interior paint $35
Neon lights-$60
system $1000+
pedals $20
intake $110
clear corners- $10 for the 2 sheets of plexiglass and the cutter
damage from wreck fixed $350
carbon fiber stuff $? i forgot but not cheap
paint and loom for engine $50+
muffler $150
- the list goes on and on and i dont even have that much done yet some of these guys have easily thousands more into theirs. i say mod till ya cant take it anymore .. .and then mod a little more just to be on the safe side. >>

When all is said in done, I will have spent roughly 25g's, but that's over the next 3, possibly four years.....if i had that kind of money lying around I would obviously have something better >>

I guess mine is up to about $3500 so far. I pay for most of it out of my personal business though. As of now, after rims, I am $590 under budget. That's about to go down drastically though, I got two or three people at my work that want racing seats;)

Jon