Just wondering how much people have spent on their cars. I'm guessing alot, but I'm thinking of building an EK and so I'm trying to get a general idea of how much I should expect to spend. Please post important mods, pics, or whatever as well. Thanks.

 

over 7k not including the price of the car...

fully build d16 block bored to 78mm
57 trim t3/t04e and all supporting mods

 

my soul.

 

More than I will ever get out of it...well at least im enjoying it. I plan on driving this thing until the odometer flips, and I just bought a new gauge cluster with 1000 miles on it .

 

There is a thread around on here somewhere asking the same thing, If you search for it you'll get a lot more information quicker. But I cant remember much about it other then it exists so in that sense Im not much help.

But to answer your question, Ive invested about 5-6k in my car now and Im still not satisfied with it. This summer begines my interior restoration, soon its going to get to the point I dont want to drive it because its so clean. ohhh and I stole the car for 4k with 60k miles on it at the time. Check out my sig for pics if you want.

 

Soap: $10
Summer tires: $140
Oil and filters: $150
Winter tires: $150
Gas: $4000

Having a car that takes you from point A to point B for 50 000km: priceless (well actually it's more like $4450....lol)

 

About 2 years and a boat load of money.

 

three years and about 15grand and i'm not done yet. but i love this **** i can't get out of it.

 

it'll keep adding and adding until you stop. othe wise its never going to end.

 

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+100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000

 

It's probably good to note that whatever money you put into the car will not add value to that car when you come to sell it. It might take away some value (i.e. body kits)

Also lots of bling may attracted unwanted attention (theives & cops)

But in the end.....it's your car and your money.

 

bought the car for 4000, and have over 6000 in mods.

 

hmm why do we buy Hondas?? because they are extremly affordable but then again we spend 2, 3, 4, times the cars cost in aftermarket parts! haha whatever we love it!

 

I just bought my honda and im afraid of how much money im throwing into it. Its not much yet but i dont plan on keeping track. Its a honda its not going to be worth anything when im done. Im scared to know what im going to spend because a car is never done. theres always something that can be improved and made better,

 

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QFT! After seeing all of you guys pouring money into the car, it hit me that I better just put downpayment on a IS300 or something... but then again, the modding will prob start from there... Hmmm... better just start taking the bus .

Really though, you guys must have some sick cars... Since I already have an Si front, and some other exterior pieces, I only need a swap and some interior work. I'll hopefully spend around 5g's .

 

right now i think im around $3500.. and i feel i havent done much . ..

 

I've invested 10k already.

Paint - 2300
Rims with tires- 1800
Coilovers - 1000
Seats - 1000
CF hood and Hatch - 700
Motor - 3000

Probably another 500 on misc stuff.

That's way too much ******* money!

 

i'd say your going to spend around 10k when you get done with it. i got halfway through with one car and spent about 5k....down the drain.....now about another 5k and at the same point i was with the other car.

 

motor 6000
5 lug 1200
extra set of rims n tires 850
cf hood 350
cf hatch 300
cf wing 250
seats 1000
lighting 000
bumpers 800
jdm fogs 300
ecu 180
cluster 300
steering wheel setup 300
alarm 400
mugen twinloop 500
stereo 400 (includes all speakers sub and amp)

and thats not all of it...

 

ummm....

lightbulbs.... - 30 bucks xtra vision
parents pay for gas/oil changes - priceless
wiper refills - 11 from honda
airfreshners - 8 bucks
sound system - just under 500
headlight cleaning kit - 15
chip paint - 6 bucks from honda
car washes - max 20 bucks in almost a year... I miss summer, do it in my driveway

so far it's been hella cheap

and alot of the stuff was just extras..

only thing i need was wiper refills, honda you rock

total = less then $600 canadian and i couldn't be happier

 

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Investing is the wrong word to use when it comes to cars, unless your restoring a muscle car.

So, I fixed that for you:

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probably 3 grand. and thats not just aftermarket. a lot of that was repairs.

 

Well under $7000, including the price of the car.

 

Majority of the money on my car was fixing it.

 

5k in the engine, and i dunno about the rest