So how much has everyone invested in cars?
 

Just asking how much does everyone have invested in your car not including any tools you have bought to work on it.

*Edit*ima dip and cant spell ;)

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10k bones easy
but then again i have sold some ---- too ;)

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Really for what i use and cost its well below 5g's in my rex of ownin it for over 4 years. Gotta love d series.

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under $500 but ive only had the car 2 days :P

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In the past when running stock D16's and hmt kits it was cheap and i had little invested in it.I have started a somewhat serious build now and I am aiming for mid 11's, I have spent 5-6g just in parts in last month.There is a point it seams when you cross the line and it starts getting real expensive real fast.I guess there is much worse places to spend your money though.

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about 2 grand totaling wheels, tires, shocks, springs, new sets of tires and miscelleneous crap, plus the 3/4 of my turbo kit i have sitting in my room. so far so good

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On the WRX counting the stupid new transmission around $10,000, in 2 years, I could have purchased an STi or a damn M3 by now :-\ :P

On my old civic hatch I spent about $3,000, ZC swap and 2 turbo setups

On the Integra so far around $500, b16a swap, and speakers

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93 Coupe, d16z6, car was free, traded for rusty pathfinder...ractive header, and catback, magnaflow fart can, free cause i gave the kid who had them, a job in my shop and he wast using them, aem cold air, same kid, same freebie..., $200.00 no name springs, big ricer tach out of my stang so free, 16 bsa wheels with kuhmo's, free from a parts car my uncle bought, light tint all around, free from one of my shop's vendor's. 9 cans of flat black free again from our paint supplier, Bully clutch new $200.00, installed with new/used trans by me so no labour. Car had a smashed hood when i got it, took one of a write off at the shop, so free, so yep, bout $400.00 and im the proud owner of a 280000k pretty godamn slow, little bit rice, flat black, lowered, civic...now that i read this back seems like i wasted 4 bills...sigh...

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civic=6000
rims=600
intake,rice can,headers=200
stereo=2000

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if the "cost" included all the suspension and engine setup i went througth, it tops 10 grand easily LOL

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I just bought a $3400 car with 19k on it so thats how much I've spent :-*

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same here, plus my other car and the new engine and a ton of other parts, so i think im just above 5 grand. It will drop when the celicas mint and i can sell the VW though.

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I bought and turbo'd my CRX for about $1000.

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so far id say im under the 3000 mark.
for my d series i made a kit that was about 1000
traded $1000 kit for a b18c1(and ls rims that i traded for fat fives)
biult a b series turbo kit which cost about $700
got full suspention(bushings spring shocks bars) $500
gay tails and angel eyes with eye brows bout $200
rsr gt2 straight cat back slightly used for $175
s1 cable trans and 85 crx $400
thats about it and the total is $2975
but no more hatch so this is all point less

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I wouldn't call it an investment, more like how much have I spent. Close to 10g's. Swap, body work, rims, audio and I'm not done...then agian will I ever be?

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3200 for my car
2600 for the first swap
about 2400 for the turbo setup
2300 for the new motor
and im sure ive spent well over 1000 in the past year and a half that ive owned the car on random ----.

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$1400 for the car which came with suspension and work wheels (SiRII hatch)
$120 for a bride brix seat w/sabelt belt
8,000yen for a ITR intake mani/throttle body/intake air box, ITR sway bars, exhaust,
14,000yen brakes

sold the muffler for $125

so total I have right at about $1600. thats what you people in the states pay for a B16 swap. :P

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I voted wrong... It won't let me vote again :P I didn't realize the cost of the car had to be included.

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if the cost of the car is included, im way over 10 grand.

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Civic 22,500
saturn trade in 1,500 on top of the civic is what i owed
1st intake 350 w/install
2nd intake 150
msd setup 300
1st set of rims 1000
tach/a/f/oil gauges 250
gauge holder 50
white face gauges 75
exhaust 350
Front end 300
painting the front end 100
Cliffard alarm with extras 700 installed
Stolen minus all above but the front end was left.

replaced exhaust 300
replaced msd setup 150 for all
Nitrous 350
Stolen agian minus nitrous/amps MSD/honda si rims

New alarm 1100 w/install
bought new rims 750 for 5 rims with tires
Turbo kit 1300
clutch 250
profec 175
test pipe 50
a few different sets of gauges 250
p-28 ecu 150
msd 100 (great deal)
Del sol seats 250
Tuning 100

Blown Rings in pistions
new pistions 450
ARP rod bolts 100
Head gasket 75
Labor for all that 260 (thanks Jeff)


All in all i am missiong around 1000 here or there in other stuff. I am over 35k easy including the car and my wife hates every minute of it. ;D

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Didn't get the purchase price in there. That would have put me in the $5k-$9.9K bracket.

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The cost of my car is one of the cheapest parts.Gotta love $500 Hondas. :y

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The only reason I'm into the highest bracket is due to the fact I purchased my car over a decade ago. So, with just the purchase of the car, I was at $12k from the start. But all the added on/performance parts I've added since only adds to about $2k.

Mostly Suspension and chassis mods. But I've had a bit of porting/polishing done to the intake/heads as well. But the most expensive mod for me was swapping out the automatic trans in flavor for the 5 speed and ceramic puck clutch (waiting for the OBX lsd install).

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I'm below 5G's, gotta love the LS.

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over 10k here ::)

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1 91 crx $2500
1 Wings West body kit $590
tint $140
Paint $1240 only cost me $240
new interior dash, door panels, sunroof, wiring harness. $250 parts car. nice buy
S2000 "H" emblem $15
rear 1/4 glass window molding both sides $150
more trim for door $130
New carpet $200
engine $410
engine componets around $200
clutch $200
ecu and tuning is $150
turbo kit and exhaust $1000
wheels $800
All in all its about $7000
I bet I could tack on about $1500 in other stuff that I can't remember. this is over a 4 year period.
All for a honda.

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I'm 30 years old and have been doing this ---- non stop since I was 15, I have blown way over 150,000 dollars on just my "car" hobby. I spent about 60,000 alone last year :-[