Disbelief in the amount of money I have spent!

[daedalus]

I was bored tonight, and decided to do something, no one who modify's cars should ever do. I added up the cost of everything I have purchased to modify/rebuild my car since its purchase. I'm not trying to brag here, but I honestly could not belive how much money I actually spent on this damn car. Considering that I still have to pay a little over 10k off on the loan its a little daunting. My summer job will pay the car off so i'm not worried, but when I put it in this perspective, I honestly think i need consuling. I find that I dont go out and eat, or buy groceries, and i just buy car parts. They should make pills for this shit.

Grand Total Spent on Rebuild So Far:
Parts: 9344.25 (I still need endlinks, and about 300.00 more worth of misc crap)
Labor: 800.00

Grand Total: OH SHIT!

So what have you guys spent? I didnt think i had spent this much, but umm, yep, it happened.

[pluto316]

$500-600 total in parts I think. Zero laybor.

[Pretzellogic]

I really don't want to think about it.

[mazpro]

I have spent between 4 and 5K on my car, and it's all on minor stuff. now comes the bad part, bodykit and turbo! another 4 to 5K

[Pretzellogic]

Off the top of my head, it's probably over 7k now. No wonder I'm horribly broke.

[SP33D]

I'm at around $11,800 give or take $500 either way (did a lot of rounding and estimating)

and the thing that sucks is I pretty much have to redo my entire front end.. fix sideskirts, new carbon fiber hood, new front bumper, new fog lights, paint a-pillar, new eyelids.

[mdaj]

Yeah, that is not a smart thing to do. Just mod your car but NEVER EVER calculate the total that you have spent on it. With saying that I have spent a total of $1510 and I don't have anything to show.

[Dexter]

Uhm...total? probably around 2 grand.

[Demonic-Speed]

Just over two...and I don't have that many parts:) My accord about almost 15K in it. I keep a spreadsheet of everything I put into the car. :)

[Dexter]

hahah i have a spreadsheet too lol

[MSP #167]

I was bored tonight, and decided to do something, no one who modify's cars should ever do. I added up the cost of everything I have purchased to modify/rebuild my car since its purchase. I'm not trying to brag here, but I honestly could not belive how much money I actually spent on this damn car. Considering that I still have to pay a little over 10k off on the loan its a little daunting. My summer job will pay the car off so i'm not worried, but when I put it in this perspective, I honestly think i need consuling. I find that I dont go out and eat, or buy groceries, and i just buy car parts. They should make pills for this shit.

Grand Total Spent on Rebuild So Far:
Parts: 9344.25 (I still need endlinks, and about 300.00 more worth of misc crap)
Labor: 800.00

Grand Total: OH SHIT!

So what have you guys spent? I didnt think i had spent this much, but umm, yep, it happened.


how old are you? what do you do? How can you afford this? And pay for the car.

I don't get it. If you could spend all this money, why didn't you buy an evo to begin with.

[peepsalot]

I have a list written in notepad, I'm at work right now so I don't know the exact total, i think it is around 1.5k.

[Dexter]

oh shit i just checked it, damn i spent 3 grand so far...stupid...lol

[peepsalot]

The plans i have for this car involve almost another $2k, I slowly buy the parts as I can afford them.

[Dexter]

my plans involve..oh god...stupid too much...i should probably just stop..if i woulda spent that 3 grand on the payments id be under 10g left...damn stupid...

[pluto316]

I will spend $1k on the stereo, more than likely $5k on the engine, $2k on the exterior, and $2k on the interior. That being said I plan on paying ZERO laybor. Ultimate Street Car Challenge here I come!

[KyRaceFan]

Never really totalled it all up, but at least 2000... dont want to know really.

[Mike R]

Yikes, over $2500 for me...and I owe like 15K still and the car has 61K miles on it!

Scratch that, forgot a few things. Thank goodness for my sig. More like $3K(boom03)

[hazeXban]

I am at about 3500, and it doesn't seem I have too much to show for it. Though the iON turbo back is like half of this number, just need to get it! It's amazing how much the lil stuff adds up. I am thankful for the sweet deal i got from JaxMSP on his used AEM CAI and TUrbohoses hardpipes and my free Forge BOV from Goku!

[daedalus]

how old are you? what do you do? How can you afford this? And pay for the car.

I don't get it. If you could spend all this money, why didn't you buy an evo to begin with.


I'm 18, and a freshman in college (I have a full ride thank god). I saved up for 3 years prior to purchasing the car, and would've been able to pay it off in full when i purchased it, but then the engine blew and i was kinda screwed. No one would buy the car w/o an engine, and I had just paid 1500.00 worth of sales tax on the purchase the day before, so it was a no win, no out solution. However, the only thing I need to pay off is the car, and my job will allow me to have my 5 year loan paid off by the end of the summer. And belive me, the total cost is up over 27k now, and i'm sooo wishing i would've gotten a different car. An evo, sti, 350z, anything would've been cheaper! But i wasnt planning on doing all of this right off the bat. I just figure that if the engine is pulled, I can either pay someone to drop the same OEM p.o.s. back into it, or i can do it right the first time.

And yea, I have a spreadsheet too!

[low_psi]

spreadsheets are the shit.

[peepsalot]

notepad owns

[peepsalot]

By the way, anyone notice my title under my screen name? I'm bona fide!

[Dexter]

i wanted someone to put POTENTIAL SCAMMER! under my AV title. they wouldnt do it :(

[peepsalot]

i could start a thread about how you scammed me, that might do the trick

[TX Speed Demon]

Purchased so far:
FMIC - $900
SRI - $200
Tint - $125
Tires - $400
Gauges - $200
Various gauge pods - $140
--------------------------
Total > $2000

Allready owned about $400 in stereo stuff

Still to buy:
Custom catless midpipe - $60 (going in next week :) )
Down "J" pipe - possibly Hiboost - $130
EBC - $400
Sound deadening materials - $150
Carputer system - $1000
Front Motor Mount - $100?
Exhaust hangers - $100?
----------
Total - $2000

All together I plan on spending about $4000-$5000 along with normal upkeep. Not too bad.

Of course there was also the $12,000 in damages I did on my car, but I only had to pay $500 for repairs and $300 for a rental.

[Demonic-Speed]

My want list, Also and excel spreadsheet:) Has 21 items and a total of $14,975.00

[Dexter]

holy shit. my want list cannot be calculated by modern day computers :(

[KySpeed]

$1,305, and prolly that again in cleaning supplies and car washes. JOY

[FSDET]

ive spent around 5k :(:(:( including the MAM fmic kit i payed for.but after this im gonna start taking it easy( ya right ). my limit is 20k haha.

[low_psi]

I've mapped out my plans for the summer in Excel but I usually don't buy a part unless I sell something of equal value first. For a poor college student, the system works pretty well. Getting a nice fat check from the insurance company representing the person who nearly totalled my car helps the mod fund, too :)

[BlkZoomZoom]

to get to 13.7- 800.
to get to 13.4- 1400
to get to 13.15- same 1400. just loaned some tires.
this year mid to low 12.'s- total 3300. Thats not including the stuff I have bought as extras or anything I have sold to deduct.

[ChiMSP]

I'm at about 2300-2500. I'm estimating about at least another 1500 by the summertime.

[PFUNKR]

wow guys...heres my expense chart

-new car $19,500
-tints $110
-ventshades $40
-rain-x - $3.99
-SilverStars - $39.95
-winter stuff: tires/steelies/hupcaps/mats - $700

however, I was in a accident and some dumb chicks insurance kicked in $9180 to make it (almost) good as new

[joka1]

i stopped counting at like 14000....... turbo, front end conversion, rims, full interior...... etc,etc....... plus i just ordered another 1500-1600 dollars in goodies......... labor.........400 ...... since i did everything myself or with friends....... ya a few weeks ago i tallied everything up and realized i could have an evo 8 paid off by now........ oh well it is too late to stop now.........
rob

[jurgs01]

$7700 and still haven't upped the boost yet:) Monster in the making(naughty) . That's not counting the small things (tires, Amsoil, Redline, K&N, Motul, ect.)

[03MSPRO]

That's 1 of the reasons I had to sell the MSP

[chwk]

I was bored tonight, and decided to do something, no one who modify's cars should ever do. I added up the cost of everything I have purchased to modify/rebuild my car since its purchase. I'm not trying to brag here, but I honestly could not belive how much money I actually spent on this damn car. Considering that I still have to pay a little over 10k off on the loan its a little daunting. My summer job will pay the car off so i'm not worried, but when I put it in this perspective, I honestly think i need consuling. I find that I dont go out and eat, or buy groceries, and i just buy car parts. They should make pills for this shit.

Grand Total Spent on Rebuild So Far:
Parts: 9344.25 (I still need endlinks, and about 300.00 more worth of misc crap)
Labor: 800.00

Grand Total: OH SHIT!

So what have you guys spent? I didnt think i had spent this much, but umm, yep, it happened.


you are the opposite of me...I paid $250 for my 92 protege, $100 on 2 doors (hit), and $150 on a newexedy clutch kit on ebay....grand total= 1/4 of what i could sell it for :) on a good day... I need those pills too, but for the other end of the scale :D... but then this is about the 200th car ive done this with in the past 12 years I am 33 :(

[bazooka joe]

my car owns me! :) spread sheet and all the receipts!

[JohnnyB]

Ouch .. I have had my car 1 month and 2 days and spent

$2,628 ouch..Im done with this car.

1 Vote for WORST THREAD EVER

[ChiMSP]

yeah this thread sucks, it depresses people and must be deleted:(

[sXe]

I've had this car for 8 months now.

I've spent only $995 in parts.

I've spent little here and there on oil, wax, etc. I'm sure it's totalled to $100 or so though, at least. I don't know the exact. But that's minimal stuff.

[Focus]

I just did a rough calculation: Somewhere between $18K-19K is what I have spent so far.

[jurgs01]

I just did a rough calculation: Somewhere between $18K-19K is what I have spent so far.

Holy S$%&. You better never sell this car.

[Fast lane]

Im at around 15-16G's...still got alot more to do..and i have to finish paying off my car loan,, like 9G'S...But then again i didnt deduct all the stuff i sold...

[poboxjosh]

Injen Cai $225
broken upper intercooler pipe installing CAI $260
Corkport Exhaust $450
Window Tint $140
Gauges $220
Gauge Pod$ $70
Gtech Accelerometer $275
Corksport Piggy back $800
Exhaust Labor $60
Luminix Bulbs $21
Kartboy exhaust hangers $35
Diamond Platefloor mats $85
Dead Pedal $37.5
Fog Light Brackets $37.5
Rotorworks Rotors $294
Axxis Pads $140
Corksport DP $214
WW Carbon Fiber Hood $530
Eibach SportLines $ 230
RevMotorsports FMIC $1300
Pit RFL BOV $ 150

Total So Far $ 5574

Total Payments made on Car $4900
45 payments left

[pip7441622]

Damn guys. That's a lot of money. I really don't make much right now while going to college, just enough to pay the payments and some extra. I've spent less than $100 so far modding the car. However, once I get this +$400 sweet ass tax refund I got coming to me, its time for exhaust.

[joka1]

ya i have already spent 2000 of my tax return on my car...... add that to the tally

[project_msp]

well lets see... at first I spent 14k for the car. Injen CAI... that's around 200, fmic 870, turbo back, around 950, fpr+fcd+mbc around 70, front and rear mm around 130, turbo timer around 80, rotorworks rotors + pads group buy I think that was close to 300, misc guages and shit around 200, 2 450w 10" and bandpass around 200 (had a hookup, plus I didn't want a killer streo system... just a little beat), Spark plugs eh... who cares. But with all this the motor blew. So I'm rebuilding (check the thread in this forum (general). This adds on 8,000. For my wagner shortblock, gt28rs, custom manifold, injectors, greddy e-manage.... and well a few other goodies :) If you're interested like I said... check my thread. But anyways... rough grand total:

11,000

With the car included:

25,000

But hey you gotta do what you gotta do right? Once agian this is just a rough estiment... more can be found on my thread in a few days.

Peace

[Captain KRM P5]

ten thousand dollars in parts and labor

[MSP#735]

Hmmm, rougly $1017 and some change....not too bad i dont think and im extremely happy with the car!!!

[Speedplease]

Umm... $1.90 I bought a three pack of air freshners!

[JOS3]

about 3-4k, not including $700 from my tax return going towards it.

[MP503]

im 50 dollars shy of 3k....gonna add another 4k in a couple of weeks because a stupid hill got in my way when i was turning.....So the total is about 19k including teh car....not to shabby.

[jrodhotrod]

This thread sucks... (rofl)

I refuse to figure it all out. :p but it's uhmmm A LOT.

[Dexter]

yah, what he said. alot.

[KpaBap]

I spent $400 on some springs and shocks. I must be a lamer for liking my car almost stock.


LOOK I SPENT ELEVENTY BILLION DOLLARS MY PENOS MUST BE REAL BIG!

[MP3skaterNC]

way too much on all the different setups my car has had, between the turbo, all the wheels, the jdm crap it has now it has to be pushing 8k or more.

[ND4MSP]

I don't mind thinking about how much I've spent as long as it improves my car. The worst part is money spent on regular maint. As soon as I am ready for a piggyback, I'll need to do a tune up or my 60k check up.

[OneQuikMSP]

I totally agree w/ ND4MSP. This is my hobby. Expensive hobby.... yes, but anyone who wants to modify their car knows going into it that money will be spent. To some $100 is alot, to others $10,000. With labor, I've put about $2,500 plus $4,800 for a new engine and installation but, I love my car and she's worth every penny I've put into her. Just my two cents. Peace.

[daedalus]

I totally agree w/ ND4MSP. This is my hobby. Expensive hobby.... yes, but anyone who wants to modify their car knows going into it that money will be spent. To some $100 is alot, to others $10,000. With labor, I've put about $2,500 plus $4,800 for a new engine and installation but, I love my car and she's worth every penny I've put into her. Just my two cents. Peace.

Well Put!

[joka1]

ya to me i hate spending 30 dollars on registration but if i drop 300 dollars on a new part i dont think twice.... so nd4msp statement is true to me also
rob

[yellerandahalf]

ok, when I did the resto-mod on my mustang, discounting the price of the car, I spent almost 35 grand. My MSP gets no love haha. Possibly 5 grand so far, give or take 300.
-Mateo

[II-Savy]

True enough about the hobby angle.

But this thread is why I'm pretty much stopping. Maybe a few small things. If anything I'd like to make some extra cash on the side and pay off the MSP faster to put me MORE into the black. This way I can get an STI or something and be happy right out of the box.

[irr5302]

I spend 7500

motor and transmision only

[Brian MP5T]

Easily 25,000 CDN

[CHICO2003]

just read the first page... nothing more. not trying to be a dick or anything but I just don't understand the logic of spending a shit load of money (say, 10 grand) on a car like the MSP (or P5 or whatever) in order to make it faster. showcar purposes are another story.

when you think about what kind of car you could have got for an extra 10 grand. it wouldnt' even have been an extra 10, per se, considering it would have all been built into the payment. i'm by no way an expert when it comes to modding cars but... I'm willing to think that even 10 grand into an msp wouldnt' get it to the level of an sti/evo. now I know... its' fun to mod and in the end, you have a truly unique car that's all your own. as cool as that might be, all things being equal, I'll take a superior car over having that feeling any day.

that being said... i have an appt to have a custom 3" turbo back along with an smic installed in a couple weeks. that'll put me into the sub 2k range which, according to my logic, will put me into the fringe... afterall, for about 3k more I could have got the WRX at the time. so... I guess I'm being somewhat hippocritical... or something.

[Brian MP5T]

Ok, Most of us started out with a car and decided to Do Rims... Then CAI... Then Header... Oh a nice Hood... Coilover... Seats... TURBO... Boom... REbuild...

You see my point. I'm sure that none of us ever meant to spend "X" number of dollars on date of purchase. I'm one for sure. I wanted to turbo the car from Mile One, and did on Mile Fifty One, But it's more complicated and there is always a $500.00 part that will make the car either faster or last longer whille going faster...

[daedalus]

^^^ Exactly. Its not like I was expecting on a rebuild three days into owning my car, but It happened. And yea, I could've paid all the labor fees to drop a regular stock P5 block into it and be no better off, but I decided that because I wanted to mod the car a little anyway, I could either pay to have a stock part thrown back on it, or I could pay to have a modified part thrown back on it. It will be cheaper in the long run to have it done this way.

But I did get a little bit, ummm, carried away.

[BlkZoomZoom]

just read the first page... nothing more. not trying to be a dick or anything but I just don't understand the logic of spending a shit load of money (say, 10 grand) on a car like the MSP (or P5 or whatever) in order to make it faster. showcar purposes are another story.

when you think about what kind of car you could have got for an extra 10 grand. it wouldnt' even have been an extra 10, per se, considering it would have all been built into the payment. i'm by no way an expert when it comes to modding cars but... I'm willing to think that even 10 grand into an msp wouldnt' get it to the level of an sti/evo. now I know... its' fun to mod and in the end, you have a truly unique car that's all your own. as cool as that might be, all things being equal, I'll take a superior car over having that feeling any day.

that being said... i have an appt to have a custom 3" turbo back along with an smic installed in a couple weeks. that'll put me into the sub 2k range which, according to my logic, will put me into the fringe... afterall, for about 3k more I could have got the WRX at the time. so... I guess I'm being somewhat hippocritical... or something.

hhmm... with 800 I was running 13.7's. With 1400 I was running 13.4's. With 1900 I ran 13.1's. Lets see how fast I am this year with 4900.....

[tekkie]

so you go buy an evo and then what? its an evo like every other stock evo, not that the evo is not a nice car of course :)

the reason the majority of us spend it is because its different than everyone elses, If I bought an evo I would just end up doing the same thing except now its even more money

if I wanted something just so its fast I would not buy an evo either I would buy an old muscle car or and build the shit out of it for cheap and save myself a ton of money

yeah this is getting expensive by the time I am done the mods it will be close to the amount the car was new


just read the first page... nothing more. not trying to be a dick or anything but I just don't understand the logic of spending a shit load of money (say, 10 grand) on a car like the MSP (or P5 or whatever) in order to make it faster. showcar purposes are another story.

when you think about what kind of car you could have got for an extra 10 grand. it wouldnt' even have been an extra 10, per se, considering it would have all been built into the payment. i'm by no way an expert when it comes to modding cars but... I'm willing to think that even 10 grand into an msp wouldnt' get it to the level of an sti/evo. now I know... its' fun to mod and in the end, you have a truly unique car that's all your own. as cool as that might be, all things being equal, I'll take a superior car over having that feeling any day.

that being said... i have an appt to have a custom 3" turbo back along with an smic installed in a couple weeks. that'll put me into the sub 2k range which, according to my logic, will put me into the fringe... afterall, for about 3k more I could have got the WRX at the time. so... I guess I'm being somewhat hippocritical... or something.

[peepsalot]

just read the first page... nothing more. not trying to be a dick or anything but I just don't understand the logic of spending a shit load of money (say, 10 grand) on a car like the MSP (or P5 or whatever) in order to make it faster. showcar purposes are another story.

when you think about what kind of car you could have got for an extra 10 grand. it wouldnt' even have been an extra 10, per se, considering it would have all been built into the payment. i'm by no way an expert when it comes to modding cars but... I'm willing to think that even 10 grand into an msp wouldnt' get it to the level of an sti/evo. now I know... its' fun to mod and in the end, you have a truly unique car that's all your own. as cool as that might be, all things being equal, I'll take a superior car over having that feeling any day.

that being said... i have an appt to have a custom 3" turbo back along with an smic installed in a couple weeks. that'll put me into the sub 2k range which, according to my logic, will put me into the fringe... afterall, for about 3k more I could have got the WRX at the time. so... I guess I'm being somewhat hippocritical... or something.
Dude, 18k is like the biggest loan I could get for my car. Anything more expensive was out of the question, I don't know why, but I couldn't get a loan for more...
Modding is fun to do IMO, and it lets you pay as you go if you now what I mean. For example, I could make large payments on an EVO every month, but if I couldn't afford it one month, I'm screwed. By adding mods to a cheaper car, I can afford payments, and get mods if and when I have money for it.
I think i'm around 2.5k right now...

[memo79]

Holy S$%&. You better never sell this car.
Yeah, but look at Focus' sig. 296 whp. (wow)


I've spent $1395 on mods on my car, but most of the stuff is accessories:

Roof-top box - $285
Snowboard rack - $145
Bra (used once) - $105
Roof Rack Covers - $26
Rubber Floor Mats - $25
Car audio - $407 (2 head units, Dynamat, speakers, misc. install kits)
DaveB rings - $32
Megan SS - $57
Forum decals - $12
Ebay CAI - $65
Intake tubing - $21 (Cause I got a shitty blue color)
DGM urethane lip - $185
Engine Block Heater - $30

[pdhaudio83]

added it up, probably forgetting a few things, but:

Total Parts $17,810
Total Labor 875
GRAND TOTAL $18,685

[BlkZoomZoom]

I need to change that. It's now 325 WHP

show off.

[computerGeek]

well mine started at 26K - the MSP that is!!! 10K in negative equity.

then all parts in my sig. include future list which will be in as soon as i get my damn freelance check and tax return I will be at about 6K and all labor is by me.

So i now have a 32K car thats worth 12K but priceless to me. I built this car with my own 2 hands. and as of now i am inches away or maybe even with and STI or Evo. boosting 8-9psi stock with all my mods. when i get the Rods and EBC evos (stock) can kiss my tailpipe!!! and all that ofr 6K more than the car.

If i didn't have the Neg Equ. it would only be a 22K car and thats alot less then an Evo or STI and will be close to 300 wHP. Does that answer your question...CHICO2003

[Silver Nitrate]

i havent really modded my car,but i know how it is to spend money on things you really dont need,and not buy groceries for you own home,it sux.

[LASERBLUE135]

I love the MSP, definetly made the right choice by buying one. As far as putting tons of money into it? I wish I could. If I could afford one, I'd have an Evo right now, but I could barely afford an MSP and when I first got it, I told myself I would keep it stock atleast until the warranty ran out. Well that has been mostly true as I've just got a turbo timer, boost gauge, and brakes put into it so far, but if I had the money I'd have a built engine with no cat exhaust for sure. If I waited to buy the Evo, I'd be able to get one in 10 years (which might happen still). I just bought a house and if I had some econobox piece of crap I'd still put a little money into it, but wouldn't have near the satisfaction that this car brings. I get checked out by Evos, idiots ask me if its "a porsche?" (no kidding), I love it. So I probably will put an Evo's worth of $$$ into it, but that will be over years of enjoyment with little improvements along the way. I don't know if I'll ever want to get rid of this car. It will always be an original, the first Mazdaspeed.

[PRO2NR]

I'd say around 10G. What's even sadder about this number is that there is only minor engine work done and that number will probobly double in a couple of years with engine mods. THe reason that it's high is because, I changed suspensions 3 times, exhausts 3 times, intakes twice, rims 3 times. Did an Mp3 conversion which cost me about 2000CAD painted. Did a whole bunch of other stuff.

[Tito1]

hhmm... with 800 I was running 13.7's. With 1400 I was running 13.4's. With 1900 I ran 13.1's. Lets see how fast I am this year with 4900.....

BLKZoomZoom, But your numbers look like a product of your GOOD driving skill, more than the mods. But I could be misreading your mod list. Also didn't your car go BOOM!! Although there are clearly other reasons to buy the MSP, top 1/4 mi time shouldn't be one of them...Save a lot of dough and get an F-body. Now if the point is Sport sedan, great balance, great looks, than the MSP is a great car, its all about perspective.

personally I find it hard to put all that money onto the MSP, when it all will be lost. And it seems like the best route for the most power powerful is to buy used WRX, corvette, 944 turbo, Miata +turbo/sc...these options may be better if your only concern is financials. But clearly financials are not the only factor.

O.k no real point just my .2cents

[BlkZoomZoom]

BLKZoomZoom, But your numbers look like a product of your GOOD driving skill, more than the mods. But I could be misreading your mod list. Also didn't your car go BOOM!! Although there are clearly other reasons to buy the MSP, top 1/4 mi time shouldn't be one of them...Save a lot of dough and get an F-body. Now if the point is Sport sedan, great balance, great looks, than the MSP is a great car, its all about perspective.

personally I find it hard to put all that money onto the MSP, when it all will be lost. And it seems like the best route for the most power powerful is to buy used WRX, corvette, 944 turbo, Miata +turbo/sc...these options may be better if your only concern is financials. But clearly financials are not the only factor.

O.k no real point just my .2cents


Common misconception, I suck driving the MSP. My avg. 60ft. time is 2.18. My mod list is fine where it is.
I purposely blew the motor to find the limit, sort of. That motor was a trooper, lasted over 320 quarter miles passes many of which were in the 13.'s. The reason I bought the MSP is 1. to be different. 2. I was sick of driving the Rx-7. 3. I wanted a quick car that was reliable, got good gas mileage, and could take a serious amount of punishment. 4. My 71 Ply. while fast, couldn't give me what I wanted at the time,

The MSP has met and exceeded all my expectations.

[protegeV]

Money spent on my P5 - $2500
Money Made on MSP - $50(I bought an injen then sold it for a $50 profit)that was my only mod(lol2)

[TurfBurn]

Money Spent personally: ~12-13K (plus 13K to buy the car)... Money Terry spent before me ~8,000... total in... ~20,000 in MODIFICATION..

I will actually have an eventually post a full spreadsheet of all that damage... the surprising things is how much the "little" things kill.

But I agree with several ealier posts:
1) It's a hobby, I do it because I LOVE it.
2) If I had an Evo or the like I'd just be trying to do the same thing, and footing the bigger car payment
3) If I, or anyone else, ever figures out a good way to through AWD under this car... well then :) LOL...
4) It's fun!
5) I'm single/no wife (have a GF though), no kids, good job as an engineer... why not?

[yashooa]

Money Spent personally: ~12-13K (plus 13K to buy the car)... Money Terry spent before me ~8,000... total in... ~20,000 in MODIFICATION..

I will actually have an eventually post a full spreadsheet of all that damage... the surprising things is how much the "little" things kill.

But I agree with several ealier posts:
1) It's a hobby, I do it because I LOVE it.
2) If I had an Evo or the like I'd just be trying to do the same thing, and footing the bigger car payment
3) If I, or anyone else, ever figures out a good way to through AWD under this car... well then :) LOL...
4) It's fun!
5) I'm single/no wife (have a GF though), no kids, good job as an engineer... why not?

I hate you :) I have an 1800.00$ a month house payment, 500.00$ a month for medical insurance, 200.00$ for electricity(with r-30 insulation and ser19), 450.00$ for private High school for my daughter + 4 senoir trips, food is way up in the hundreds a month, 100.00$ water/sewer, 700.00$ for cars, 100.00$ for car insurance, 300.00$ for gas, plus all that other miscellaneous crap I don't want to even think about. 401k, entertainment exspenses, clothes, damn now I am depressed :(

Now I know why I drive a Protege :p

[apocman]

installed:
MPI/new turbo module ($450),
Cat and resonator delete exhaust with CEL/MIL Eliminator ($87),
Blitz SBC-ID III boost controller with built in boost gauge ($350),
AEM Wideband Air fuel Ratio gauge ($250), Injen Cold Air Intake ($175),
NGK Iridium IX ZFR6FIX-11 sparkplugs ($30 I think),
Megan Racing short-shifter with KartBoy bushing ($65.75),
AWR front-motor mount ($71),
Rotora drilled and slotted rotors ($200),
Techna-Fit SS braided brake lines ($90),
huge grounding kit (around $40),
Turbo Timer ($31.04),
Blitz Power-Meter ID I ($89.80)
J&S Ultra SafeGuard Timing Control 1&2 Channel ($400),
A few items from Lowe’s to make brackets and some hoses etc.

Soon to be installed:
Techna Fit SS braided clutch line ($20),
Delsing clunk fix ($183.50),
Exhaust Gas Temperature gauge (nothing),
Tom Motorsport Cat-Back Exhaust ($60)
upgraded side motor mounts ($45),
MPNick turbo upgrade($580),
MPNick custom rail set with extra injectors($285),
FMIC with HardPipes and HKS SSQ ($350),

MPNick worked intake manifold and head (TBD), anthing else MPNick may have to offer!!! and a few other secrets in the mod closest

total so far: $3786.09 or so (2thumbs)

Soon to spend another $2600 and then I will still have to at some point go forged ($2100)and get the tranny ($3000) done and spend $2500 in body work and paint... So I guess when all said and done around $13000.00 in mods, body work etc...



<FONT color=black>Man didn't realize how much I would end up spending on my car just having fun modding it. It's not about the car, money etc. It's about the fun journey it has become learning to mod my car and hangout with others who like to mod to...

[TurfBurn]

Here's a rough list for me:
Terry:
Rota rims: 700
Turbo kit: 3500
550cc Fuel injectors(primary) 227cc injectors (secondary) and secondary rail: 500
Microtech: 1200
Racing Seats: 400
EGT and Boost Gauge: 200
3" Exhaust: 500
~ $7000
Me:
Evo III 16G: 600
Welded MSP LSD and hardware: 650
Exhaust Modifications: 300
Exhaust Valves: 550
Valve Job: 400
Head Work: 600
Manifolds Work: 400
Block: 500
Pistons and rods: 1200
Block Machine work: 1200 (polishing, decking, boring, aligning, checking, oil system etc)
Hardware, gaskets, etc: 1100
Profec EBC: 330
Additional Gauges: 250
Clutch Disc: 350
New DP parts: 400
Fuel system Upgrades: 600
Starter: 120
Water Pump: 70

And more I'm forgetting:
But just from above $9,620
Total of roughly 16K.. but that skips a lot of things I"ve spent otherwise (race tires, other set of rims I later sold, other replacement parts and fixes, alignments, touch up paint, lugs, brake pads, rotors, tools, etc)

Double checked.. found roughly another 500-800 I missed...

so total is like 10,400 for above.

that 1100 in gaskets and seals is the one to watch out for. I didn't budget properly for that... but that is literally just replacement gaskets, studs, and the like... (oil squirters, shims, bearings) etc... it's a lot more than you'd think!

[PlatinumMSP]

Well guys your probably going to hate me for this but...

GHL Turboback $700
Injen CAI $100
AWR Motor Mounts $160
Unichip $640
HiBoost FMIC and Greddy Type RS $630
Intake Manifold $120
Labor $300

Total = $2010

and from reselling my parts on the forum....

GHL Turboback $900
Injen CAI $150
Unichip $650
HiBoost FMIC $600
Greddy Type RS still up for sale...

Total = 2300-69(paypal fees)= 2231 (I had free shipping through my Dad's work)

SOO So far I've made 2231-2010= +$221!

Thats right! I've made money from modding my car!!!! I had my fun bought parts for cheap and sold them for more than I bought them for!

[mickeyreategui]

im on the list for about 10k, but really the big money was the rims $2800 and the body kit $1100

[B1GHAM]

lol I just bought the car so I litterally dont have anything on the car ATM. Waiting to settle into my new job a little more.

The FUNNY part is I thought I was alone with the spreadsheet!!

I already have a list. It started as Ideas and what I thought I wanted. As I researched it turned into exact parts I wanted... Then I am finding places that carry it etc. and I have website (if any) info, price etc. listed. When Im ready Ill know HOW much it is, where to get it, etc.

Im moving once more in january and will hopefully have a garage this time (thats the plan) so Ill have ++ room for working on my cars. No more working under the street lamp (I just found/fixed an exhaust leak this way on my friend's car)!!

Sean

[Pirana]

I almost cut my wrists when I added up all the parts.

[CrazyCaker]

I'm easily at around 10k. I refuse to add it up though.

[Huascar82]

RB Catback $410
eibach springs $125 (i think)
tokico HPs $380
Thunder Header + Jet hot coating $315
AWR 21.5mm swaybar + endlinks $235
front strut tower bar kit $60 (i think)
HID Kit $200
MSP valve cover + engine cover $125
remote starter $130
Kuhmo ECSTA ASX 205/55/16 $300

100-200 in minor parts and pieces.

$2280 total. And I still gotta get my windows tinted, so lets say $2600 in all.

[Yellow MSP]

Don't mean to put you down or anything, but either you put in a wrong number, or your math is just off:


Well guys your probably going to hate me for this but...

GHL Turboback $700
Injen CAI $100
AWR Motor Mounts $160
Unichip $640
HiBoost FMIC and Greddy Type RS $630
Intake Manifold $120
Labor $300

Total = $2650

Actually, I believe that you just forgot to add in the price of the Unichip into your equation (since it is exactly $640 short). So...the true turn out is:


and from reselling my parts on the forum....

GHL Turboback $900
Injen CAI $150
Unichip $650
HiBoost FMIC $600
Greddy Type RS still up for sale...

Total = 2300-69(paypal fees)= 2231 (I had free shipping through my Dad's work)

SOO So far I've made 2231-2650= -$419!

Which is still not bad at considering how much money in mods you have. Did you also buy the mods that you sold, or were they on the car when you bought it?

I personally am completely stock, but not for long.

[PlatinumMSP]

lol, yeah i guess your right man, i bought the car bone stock dude... i bought everything off the forum and **********...

[djarkitek]

installed:

FMIC with HardPipes and HKS SSQ ($350),

...

how the hell did you manage all that for only 350? is it all ebay? the hks alone is about 200 new.

[JOMO]

over 10k.

[FunkyBuddha]

There's a thread on this already I think.

And I don't wanna think about how much although I know how much.

[yashart@work]

MP3 had about 13k into it... parted it out and made back about 10K of it.

Bought the MSP, and put about $3300 into so far!?!?! My God, I was typing this post thinking "Im probably right around $1500. I havent spent much at all. I've barely started modding...." $3300 !?!?!? Im in absolute shock. Not that its a lot, but I havent even begun "really" modding like i plan too! sheesh.

GT spec strut bar
ghl exhaust
unichip
Pioneer touchscreed 6.5" LCD head unit
Inifity kappa perfect 6.1 componenets in all 4 doors
Autometer Nexus Gauges: control unit, boost, water temp
AEM Wideband
lamix fog covers
DG a-pillars and arm rest cover
Optima Red Top Battery

this thread should be locked and closed. Im sad now. I need to stop, sell the msp and go buy a MS3

[Jackelope]

maybe $100? car already came w/ goodies... are we counting stuff like... bought a new clutch b/c i blew up the lsd? if so...$800 or so total...

[Huascar82]

Hopefully late next year I'll get an MS3, that I will not mod, I like it just how it is. Well maybe some asthetics, tint, rims, and tail lights if I see any nice ones come out.

[Rush]

Ah, boy, I haven't added my mods up in awhile. Let's go ahead and depress myself, even though some of the prices prolly aren't totally accurate -- since I bought 'em awhile ago. Ahem.

Gemini Composites RC CF hood: $800
Paint scheme on hood: $350
DG CF grill: $200
DG CF eyelids: $40
DG CF mirror covers: $60 (I had to have one replaced)
DG CF trunk latch: $70
DG CF bezel: $60
DG CF radio surround: $65
Dexter hood prop kit: $110
Rockblocker tinted tail overlays: $90 (First set was ruined)
Blue Batmobile tinted sidemarker overlays: $10
15% all-around tint: $250
Techone 6000K HID kit: $200
MAM FMIC kit: $1200
K&N filter for SRI: $70
Unichip: $800
Protege Garage intake manifold: $300
Greddy Type-RS BOV: $200
Megan Racing J-Spec short shifter: $40
Kartboy shifter bushings: $25
Custom exhaust (with install cost): $900
Autometer CF boost gauge: $50
AEM wideband: $200
Winter steelies with tires: $500
Motegi DP6 wheels: $700
Set of four Kumho Ecsta MX tires (with install cost): $475
Pair of BFGoodrich g-Force KDW-2 tires (with install cost): $300
Tein S-Tech springs: $200
Tokico Illumina struts with GC coilovers: $600
Pioneer Premier head unit: $200
Two 12" JL Audio subs in sealed box: $600
JL Audio amplifier: $400
Rockford Fosgate amplifier: $300
JL Audio speakers added to back deck: $200

And there's other miscellaneous stuff over the years, but I won't even bother with those. And I'm sure I'm forgetting random things, but whatever.

Grand Total = $9765

So, wow, yeah. No doubt I'm over the 10K mark if EVERYTHING was included. Yikes.

[mazdaspeedp]

lol this thread is sick lol funniest is the one who made money i spent maybe around 5000$ dont wanna think about it though kinda sucks

[Rush]

I look at that post I made and don't know whether to laugh or cry.