Car Modifications (Spendings)

Firestar_3x

Firestar_3x

Firestar_3x

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We all love our cars and each of us takes our own approach to customising / individualising our cars to suit our personal tastes.

All this got me onto thinking how much i've actually spent on the car since i've owned it and if the improvement has been worth the cost, so i made a quick list :

ICE : £1400
Engine : £300
Suspension / Brakes £250
Cosmetic External : £600
Cosmetic Internal : £250
Electrics : £900
Various ongoing projects : £600

Total : £4300

Worth every penny imho, car looks much better than it did + future mods should see power up almost 50% to start with :)

So how much have you spent / has it been woth the while and what have you done!
 
£0

I decided not to mod her at all. She's perfect as standard.

It'll probably help the resale value too, as it seems a lot of people seem to want to ruin her by adding visible aftermarket exhausts and such :(
 
Mods = None, bar a sub, but only because my old one died
Maintenance/Keeping the damn thing running = too much

Bike came with pretty much all the mods I would have done, so that saved me a fair bit :)
 
[TW]Fox said:
£0

:/

Might order some 18's at the weekend.
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Didn't you buy stick-on tat for it? Or have I missed you changing cars?

[edit]I see I have. Nice one :)
 
Car - £350
Wheels - £120
Suspension - £50
Exhaust - £100
Seats - £150
ICE - £250

Filler/Primer/Paint - About £50

£1050

:eek: Didn't realise it was that much already!
 
In 4 months of ownership (excluding tax/Insurance/petrol)

Wheels (Rota Slipstreams + Tyres) - £600
Enlarged throttle body - £160
Replace all fluids (gear box oil, engine oil, brake fluid, coolant) - £70
HT leads, Plugs, cabin filters, fuel filter etc - £70
Cleaning bits - £50
Car Mats - £40

Total - £990

But I sold my old wheels for £200, sold my old throttle body for £60 and a few other bits.
 
Had the car about a month.

18'' Alloys £900
Angel Eye + Facelift rear light upgrade £400

Spent a lot of time cleaning it and fixing little niggles.

Major spending to come shortly

Facelift Sport front and rear bumpers £700 ?
Lowering shocks and springs £350
Tint windows £130 - Good friend owns a tinting co
replace side door mouldings £100
rear boot spoiler £60
rear roof spoiler £75
M5 mirrors £250
either dechrome grill or chrome wide grill £60
 
Mods at the moment = £0. Mainly because little silly things keep breaking on it...

Getting it "highered" a little this weekend though, on Bilstein shocks and H&R springs, front bushes replaced. Should drive like a different car when it's done :)
 
I have done quite a lot to the audi

SS Miltek Catback £700
Revo Tuning £500
Revo SPS3 £150
OEM Audi TT QS Alloys £2500 + £800 tyres (4 x winter 4 x Goodyear F1’s)
New grill £70
New titanium headlamps £180 (cheap of ebay)
Forge diverter valve £70

A touch under £5k I do love the car but I will never see any of the money back
 
I dont like to think about it but here goes. I think most of the prices are correct, I cant be bothred to check the reciepts.

Apexi Filter £100
Mongoose Full System Exhaust £365
Greddy Profec B spec II £240
Hybrid FMIC £350
RPS Max Street Organic Clutch Kit £335
Fidanza Light Weight Flywheel £280
Nismo 555 injectors £260
Horsham Dev Stage 2 Chip £225
B&M Short Shifter £160
Varley Red Top Racing Battery £80
D2 Racing Coilovers £525
Cusco OS Front Strut Brace £80 second hand
Apex OS Rear Strut Brace £100
JIC Adjustable Upper Arms £150
Whiteline Front and Rear ARBs £140 second hand
Denso Iridium IK24 Plugs £45
Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump £55
Apex 310mm Brake Kit £400
Goodridge Braided Brake Hoses £50
Porterfield RS4 Carbon Kevlar Front & Rear Pads £140
Buddy Club P1 Racing Wheels £700
225/45 R17 Goodyear Eagle F1 Fronts £180
255/40 R17 Goodyear Eagle F1 Rears £200
Polished Stainless Steel Induction Box £free
Polished Stainless Steel Coil Pack Cover £free
Clear front and side indicators £105

To fit:

19 Row Mocal Oil Cooler Kit £240
Whiteline Subframe Lock and Align Kit £65
Braided Turbo Water and Oil Lines £35
Apex Dump Pipe £55
Z32 Rear Brake Conversion £125 Total £5785 :eek:

Still to get uprated Koyo radiator, Greddy baffled sump, Garrett GT2871R tubby, z32 AFM and a couple Defi gauges with a pillar pod.
 
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I think I added it up to about £1200 in money but that doesn't count the man-hours I've put into it. No way would it be worth it if I'd paid someone else to do it.
 
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