What's the most you've spent modding a car?

[weebob]

I'm trying desperately to not got back into car modding (too old for that now, let alone the lack of cash). So just wondered how much has anyone on here ever spent on modding a car.

To make a start the only car I have ever fettled was my 2004 Alfa 156 jts, I have included a price including the fitting were I could. (actually binning the receipts now)

- momo leather interior fitted = £450
- 17" Gta teledail alloys bought and referbed = £600
- remapped by alfatune = £400
- raggozon straight though centre section and backbox, all stainless fitted = £600
- Alfatune manifold and front section, including a race cat, complete one off, fitted = £900
- eibach -40mm springs with matched dampers fitted = £670
- eibach anti roll bar kit fitted = £550
- power flex bushes front and rear fitted = £300
- discs and calipers from a 2.4 JTD fitted =£200
- breaded break lines fitted =£100

 

[gordiniseb]

An airfreshner. Halfords £2.99.

 

[weebob]

Lol

 

[Alex_225]

Most of the changes I've ever made to a car have been audio and alloys.

I'd probably say a couple of grand has gone on my cars. If I add up the Megane, it's probably got about £1k spent on it in modifications.

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

I worked out the other day, that I've spent just about £1k on mine, such a lot of money I really can't believe it :/ atleast I'm happy with it now! Only tiny mods to do like getting some mats and shizz left on the list

 

[singlespeed]

I couldn't and wouldn't want to add up the cost of mods over the years, although I haven't actualy had many cars since starting in 1990. Fortunately the labour bill has been small :? :?

1st car. 1.3 Maestro. Full MG suspension, wheels and brakes, 1380cc rebore and head work. LCB manifold and twin SU carbs

2nd car. 1.6 8V Astra Belmont. GTE seats and brakes. Lowered and gas shocks. A lot of diy head porting work with input from a tunners, skimmed and flow tested on a bench setup. rally cam, tubular manifold and straight through exhaust and webber carb. 165bhp on the rollers

3rd car. Fiat Cinquecento Sporting. Just springs and pads

4th Car. Toyota MR2 2.0 GTI. koni shocks, Eibach springs. Fully polly bushed suspension. Custom exhaust. Superchip piggyback chip.

5th car. Fiat Seicento Sporting. Just discs and pads

6th car. Westfield SEI. previously built with 1700 x-flow engine and twin dellorto DHLA 40's. RAC roll bar. replacement shocks and springs. Replaced flared arches with cycle wings. Polly bushed and new rose joints. Alloy 4-pots and alloy hubs. Removed windscreen and all the wipers/washers/heater. replaced wiring loom and dash board.

8th car. Audi A3 1.9 TDI. Weitec coilovers, KW anti roll bars. Polly bushed. Boxter 4-pot calipers 312mm discs 280mm rear disc conversion. chipped. Full Miltek exhaust.

9th car. RS 133 Twingo


:roll: Not much realy :lol: gulp

 

[gsidave]

I think the most I've ever spent on one car was my fiesta st
1. Pipercross panel filter 35
2. Miltek flexible pipe 120
3. Magnex exhaust 300
This all got sold off when I got it mountuned
4. Mountune 165 kit 1400
5. Prorace 1 wheels 400
6. Eibachs springs 140
7. Tinted rear windows 100
8. Smoked indicators 15
9. Ford side graphics 35
10. 185 upgrade kit 500
11. Kw coilovers 700
12. Mondeo 300mm brakes 200
13. Front and rear strut braces 60
14. Braided lines 50
15. Wind deflectors 35
16. Leather gaitor 10
17. Smooth rear wiper 20
I spent a small fortune on that car then lost faith in it.

 

[Karl]

I don't like to think about it do never add things up lol


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[Anonymous]

twingo so far,

£800 for exhaust with delevopement cost being double ( lol)
£900 for close to 11 hours remapping (still needs some more lol)

*curls under a cold running shower*

 

[MovingShadow]

11 hours remapping???

 

[yotah1]

Well... long list !
- 4 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 wheels in 15" : 700€
- 4 Toyo R1R in 15" : 400€
- 4 OZ Ultraleggera 16" + winter tires : 1600€
- AST Sportline 2 coilovers + top mounts : 1900€
- rear strut brace + K&N airbox : 250€
- engine remapping : 450€
- Inoxline Performance custom made exhaust : 800€
- Ferodo pads : 200€
- Carbone Lorraine RC6 pads front and rear : 800€
- bits and pieces inside, including carbon panels : 500€
- Recaro Pole Position seats + subframes : 2200€
- Schroth 4 point seatbelts : 500€
- complete geometry done twice this year : 500€

If i add to this all the labour time, the fact that i put the car into the armco in March, had to pay for the armco, the towing of the car out of the track, the cleaning of the track, the marshalls working time, etc etc, you add 7000€ to that note.

Summary of 2011 with the RS, with 116 laps of the Nürburgring with it (counting the laps price just for fun), that's an global amount of 18300€ :?

I dare anyone to do better next year :lol:

 

[Swiftysport]

my swift sport bought it brand new and spent...
milltek twin backbox - £385
ragazzon centrepipe - £150
decat manifold - £150
coilovers £470
tinted windows - £120
gloss black powdercoated alloys - £150
debadge grille - £70
hks induction - £300
and bits and bobs here and there .....lol

 

[Gareth]

A tenner... Its a ford..

 

[weebob]

A tenner... Its a ford..

Mate, you well got ripped off there.

 

[Gareth]

A tenner... Its a ford..

Mate, you well got ripped off there.

I thought it was big and clever at the time

 

[weebob]

A tenner... Its a ford..

Mate, you well got ripped off there.

I thought it was big and clever at the time

lol. Shiny though

 

[Anonymous]

11 hours remapping???

indeed . 5 hours both at RS and Ktec, Ktecs machine at the time uploaded maps painfully slow and at RS on the first run it took something like 3mins for the first few dynos to hit red line (safe to say everyone was wearing if protectors that day)