Who here has blown the most $$$ on their car?

[BEK-46P]

Ok, I thought it'd be interesting for us to disclose just how much we've lovingly splurged on that 4-wheeled money pit parked outside.

List any "major" mods (including purchase price of your car) in chronological order.

I'll go first, hey:

In 10 months, I've spent:

1. $30,500 (car purchase price)
2. $420 (King springs)
3. $2,500 (new wheels/tyres)
4. $30 (Black Euro plates)

Total: $33,450

[SKM_87]

road cars about 15g, racing, well thats another story

[nuggz]

Leather interior : 700
Wheels : 1500
Car : 8300
irmy suspension kit : 320
4 bar fpr: 95
auzvectra remap :600
the sound it makes : Priceless :p

Total : ~11.5k

[Jerram]

well I haven't blown much by comparison. But considering I'm a student, it still seems like a damn lot to me!

Purchase - $6500
Wheels and Tyres - $1000
Angels and Tails - $420
Tint - $350
Pod Filter - $100
Throttle - $75
Plugs - $40
Opelisation and Grille - $80
Trim - $80
Maintenance (Not including Scheduled Servicing)
IAC & Stepper - $250
Cam Sensor - $150
Engine Mounts - $140
Air Conditioning - $250 (lol and now I need a new compressor)
Other niggles and fee to diagnose (typical Holden) $180

All Up;
$9,435

What's to come
Diagnose and fix Engine Problem - $? (hopefully not ECU)
Remap - $500
Exhaust - $900
L/R Tyre - $175

[Jerram]

Car : 8300

when did you get it? and how'd you get it that cheap?

[Jerram]

Leather interior : 700
Wheels : 1500
Car : 8300
irmy suspension kit : 320
4 bar fpr: 95
auzvectra remap :600
the sound it makes : Priceless :p

Also nuggz each to their own but I reckon you need to go for a grille that doesn't have a huge holden logo on it. IMHO The Holden Grille makes Vectras look terrible.

[sadavidsriturbo]

OK car paid $28,000 brand new (holden employee discount)
20 inch wheels and tyres $2,700
eibach springs $600
whiteline rear swaybar (what ever they cost i forgot)
BOV $400 ish give or take
foam panel filter $150 ish
tint $180
turbo back 3 inch s/s zorst $900
stereo Approx $11,000 (long story)
custom plates $200 a year
plus have forged pistons and rods waiting to go in paid $1500
$45,880 approx
Still contemplating if i should go the whole nine yards or keep it as is and buy something someone else has wasted all their money on eg my mates 1999 wrx ha ha

[nuggz]

Also nuggz each to their own but I reckon you need to go for a grille that doesn't have a huge holden logo on it. IMHO The Holden Grille makes Vectras look terrible.

Yeah it an old pic mate, thats long gone and now got the opel badge there


when did you get it? and how'd you get it that cheap?
i bought it about july
the guy was leaving to go overseas and needed to get rid of it, he did a maj service the day before i picked it up, gave me the receipt for $1400 :eek:

[poita]

approx 30k, have had it for 6 yrs so cant remember the order.
car was only bought for 13.

wheels $1200 - new wheels and tyres $2500k
leather interior $500
stereo $3k roughly (have changed a few bits and pieces along the way)
strut brace $200
sway bar $200
konis $1200
eibachs $600
bodykit $800
spare front and rear bar $250
centre console $100
new carpet $200
exhaust $800
spare motor $350
2 insurance claims $2000 ($14k in repairs done though)
secret overnight parts from victoria $500
manifold $cant remember now
ummm there is prob heaps more, is kinda depressing me now that i think of it


and it still hasnt been resprayed yet

[Calibrated]

hmmm... this might take a while to type and remember everything...

i'll just do the 2 current cars....

1993 Opel Calibra 16v
Purchase - $5500
Opel Badges - $130
DVD fold out - $450 - dead
Option Audio SM-C150 - $379 - dead
Lightning Audio Bolt 6.5" splits - $199 - removed/storage
Lightning Audio Bolt 5.25" splits - $159 - removed/storage
17" Advanti Vienna's with 215/40/17 Falken 452's - $1600
Exhuast - $260 - crap, needs to be changed
Full engine rebuid at predator motorsports - $4577 - i shit you not.and they ****ed it.
10 months of not moving - priceless
leather interior- $500 - sold to poita, wont add that in.
c20xe - $100 lol
machined head, change valve stem seals, new gaskets, filters, sparkies, leads, bulbs,etc etc - $1100
Bodykit - $400 - still needs to be fitted and sprayed
Angels - $300
EBC Green stuff all round - $230

still so much to do.. but so far...
$15 384... crikey.

2006 Astra CDTi
Purchase - $22 990
Greenbox - $600
Simota -$120
Opel badging - $200
Towbar - $450
RSA-85 plates - $415
1DIN facia - $79
Alpine 9887 - $499
Alpine BT300 - $249
Alpine KCE-422i - $39
JL Audio ZR650CSi - $699
JL Audio VR600CSi - $299
JL Audio 12w3v3 - $419
JL Audio 300/4v2 - $650
JL Audio 500/1v2 - $800
Kicker 0gauge wiring kit - $299
Stinger RCA's - $220
Stinger Roadkill - $300
fibreglass, resin, spraypaint, etc etc - +- $400.
= $29 727

[aza28]

A LOT!!!!! :p

[low astra]

2003 sxi, $24900
kmac springs $400
tint $400
mesh grille $50
spring compresion $60
exhaust no1 $150
exhaust no2 $500
ehaust no3 $100
sub amp and converters $600
headunit bigger amp front speakers $1500
another headunit $1000
yet another headunit $800
bigger sub, cap, and bigger amp $2000
custom sub box $500
turbo bar $250
paint for turbo bar $250
fog lights $90
paint side skirts $250
opel plates $250
opel badges and grille $200ish
closure unit $6
tv in dash $300
ps2 $240
power supply $100
silicon wiperblades $15
neons $100
kn pod $60
kn pannel $130
led number plate light $30



$35231

p.s. i dont like this game now cause i know there is stuff i forgot to list

[cholly]

3,900- the car itself
1,150- new engine
1,500- fitting of new engine
3,000- all old and new sound system bits
500- random bits and peices like tacho vinyl for my doors ect ect


so my cheapy car has really cost me 10,050...shit....i dont even want to think about my boyfriends car...ekk lol

[Ice]

$14000 car
$800 new rubber upon purchase of car
$300 Eibachs
$1200 Major service, including fitting eibachs...
$400 Badging and grille.
$115 8000K HID's
$500 Stereo
$260 Tint
$130 Simoto Induction Kit
$500 AuzVectra re-Flash
$110 Air intake piping.

YIKES !!!!!

[sooty]

$28,800 - Car
$500 ish - Sub + Amp + Installing
$2000 - Wheels and tyres
$370 - Replacement Wheel and tyre
$170 - Badges :eek:
$180 - Simota
$800 - Greenbox
$550 - Irmscher Grille
$400 - Eibach's
$260 - Tint

$34030
Prob forgotten stuff but will edit if i think of it

[tim_]

$26000 for the car approx
$1800 for the wheels
$2500 for the sunroof

not very exciting

[tuzinski]

car 11000
rims 1300
opelise 300
stereo 500
lights 500

[poita]

forgot,
braided brake lines - $150
quinten hazel slotted rotors all round $350
bendix advance pads. $200
m3 mirrors. $320
underbody led kit $800
angeleye headlights $300
hids $100
roof retrim $150
powerchip gold $250
magnecore ignition leads $180
windscreen wipers with washer jets $100
its never ending.........

[auzvectra]

well i think we all know mr corsa wins this 1 :p.
then would be the blueraven, cnblu group.
then me, cause i have no labour charge :D.

think mines round....
Car 35K
mods 10-15K (still goin, and need to work it out how much ;))

[mr corsa]

well i think we all know mr corsa wins this 1 :p.
then would be the blueraven, cnblu group.
then me, cause i have no labour charge :D.

think mines round....
Car 35K
mods 10-15K (still goin, and need to work it out how much ;))

funny that i have no labour charges aswell

[auzvectra]

funny that i have no labour charges aswell

wasnt talkin bout u tony, meant more nik :p.

[CNBLU]

Hmmmm where do i start??

[mr corsa]

wasnt talkin bout u tony, meant more nik :p.
well from wot you posted sounds like your the only on here who can do his own work and so wot if nik paid labour costs its no ones business if they want to post about wot they spent let them do have a go at other people and as for me and i dont care wot others think of me these threads cause nuthing but ****en trouble

[auzvectra]

well from wot you posted sounds like your the only on here who can do his own work and so wot if nik paid labour costs its no ones business if they want to post about wot they spent let them do have a go at other people and as for me and i dont care wot others think of me these threads cause nuthing but ****en trouble

no idea where all that come from, i though this thread was just for fun???

read it how u want i dont give a shit, there are plenty of people on here that do their own mods. i know that. isnt that the whole idea of this forum to help with such things???
all i was saying, which i prob didnt say clear enough for those people like urself that jump without taking a 2nd thought, was although i have done more mods then say nik, i havent spent as much, wasnt knocking ne1 at all.
i'm not 1 of the people on here that knocks every1, i always try n help out as much as i can or direct people to some1 that can.

[Ice]

Hmmmm where do i start??

Well come on lets have it !

[Wraith]

Hmmmm where do i start??

+ 1

LOL where the hell do I start ????

If were're talking about my 2 Opels, in short, over 100k all up...including initial purchase cost...(which was 52k for the vert. new and 19k for the Cali S/H)

If we're talking about money spent on cars in all of my life so far...I'd better not mention it, most of you will faint :D lets just say that if I'd saved it all up over the past 25 years, I'd be be able to go out there and buy a fully optioned new Gallardo at well over $1/2 million :doh:

If we're talking about what I'll be spending in the near future, as soon as I decide which choice to pull the trigger on, again in excess of 100k :o

But as that old saying goes: money spent...bah, the feeling and joy it brings...priceless :D

[Ice]

+ 1

LOL where the hell do I start ????

If were're talking about my 2 Opels, in short, over 100k all up...including initial purchase cost...(which was 52k for the vert. new and 19k for the Cali S/H)

If we're talking about money spent on cars in all of my life so far...I'd better not mention it, most of you will faint :D lets just say that if I'd saved it all up over the past 25 years, I'd be be able to go out there and buy a fully optioned new Gallardo at well over $1/2 million :doh:

If we're talking about what I'll be spending in the near future, as soon as I decide which choice to pull the trigger on, again in excess of 100k :o

But as that old saying goes: money spent...bah, the feeling and joy it brings...priceless :D


Exactly who cars (haha) life is to short..... ide have a brand new 330 with all the money ive spent on cars but ide have to have waited 12 years to buy the damn thing, haha

[Wraith]

Exactly who cars (haha) life is to short..... ide have a brand new 330 with all the money ive spent on cars but ide have to have waited 12 years to buy the damn thing, haha

I most definitely concur !!!

It'd be impossible to just sit back and save and wait for decades for enthusiasts like us...

And yes, life is too short, as a good friend and engineering colleague of mine always says: your only here for a short time, not a long time, so live life to the fullest that you possibly can in whatever way makes you happiest ;)

[Ice]

I most definitely concur !!!

It'd be impossible to just sit back and save and wait for decades for enthusiasts like us...

And yes, life is too short, as a good friend and engineering colleague of mine always says: your only here for a short time, not a long time, so live life to the fullest that you possibly can in whatever way makes you happiest ;)
true true however,,,,,just think if someone said to you drive a shit box for ten years and dont spend a cent on it and at the end ill give you a brand new Gallardo ?! hmmmm somethng to Ponder, haha

[Calibrated]

+ 1

LOL where the hell do I start ????

If were're talking about my 2 Opels,

haha

and i just mentioned my current garage. not the previous 5 cars. lol. and im about to make another purchase. lol.

[Calibrated]

there are plenty of people on here that do their own mods.
x2. i try to do as much as possible myself. some labour cant be avoided though..

[auzvectra]

true true however,,,,,just think if someone said to you drive a shit box for ten years and dont spend a cent on it and at the end ill give you a brand new Gallardo ?! hmmmm somethng to Ponder, haha

haha, couldnt do it ;). i cant go a wk without doing something :D.
i havent even spent much on a car b4 this 1. mods were only small, exhaust here, turbo convertion there :p.

[digifish]

x2. i try to do as much as possible myself. some labour cant be avoided though..

I bought a 1982 Jaguar XJ6 in 1992 for $18,000. I then spent $23,000 on it in the next 7 years. Just to keep it on the road and stock...

Everyone should own a Jaguar at least once in their life, it makes all other marques seem cheap to maintain 8)

digifish

[ASTRAY]

ok im no contender for most spent, but here goes, might actually be a shock for me...

car new, $23,600 not including interst lol.
speedy 15s $860
chromies $900
auz tune $600
kit $150
rear lights $120
opc grille and peices $200
door trims and front speakers mod $300
rear speakers $200
hu $250
amp and kit $260
badges $90
exchange/swap airbags for opel one $12 post
tint $250
paint for interior approx $30
speedo rings and tacho needles $50
seat covers $100
head light covers $30
led interior light $10
$28,012.
probably other stuff but i cant be arsed going through everything.

no use speculating on future mods, i just seen a 04 318i for sale on the side of the road and i think im inlove...

[KingOfAstras]

Car purchase, new - $23,990
SRI-Turbo rims - $1600
Eibach Pro Kit & Fitting - $520
Whiteline RSB & Fitting - $420
Opel Re-badging - $400
VXR Spoiler - $362
Colour coding for Spoiler & Door Handles - $200
2" Cat-Back exhaust - $290
15% Window Tints - $150
Board Info Display - $150
Fog lamps & Fog lamp surrounds - $162
K&N Apollo Intake w/ Vectra C Intake Pipe - $250

= $28494

Should have just got a damn 2.2 SRI Coupe :P... But it has been fun modifying this car from a stock CD to pretty much an SRI Spec car :)...

[Wraith]

true true however,,,,,just think if someone said to you drive a shit box for ten years and dont spend a cent on it and at the end ill give you a brand new Gallardo ?! hmmmm somethng to Ponder, haha

OOOOH... tempting, but don't know if I could pull that off for a whole 10 years...

I'd probably secretly buy something better on the side and hide it away somewhere, just to cure the itch :D

[Wraith]

haha

and i just mentioned my current garage. not the previous 5 cars. lol. and im about to make another purchase. lol.

Yeh, 4 ATM in my garages, soon it'll be 5 and if I keep the Cali as well it'll be 6 :eek:

What's your next purchase going to be ?? :)

[Wraith]

x2. i try to do as much as possible myself. some labour cant be avoided though..

+ 3

Most if not all my work/mods also carried out by myself, otherwise you could add further 10's of thousands to that massive amount I've already spent...

Not just for the sake of money, but it's all the more satisfying I find doing whatever you can yourself and much easier to maintain/fix if something goes wrong, because you'll know exactly what was done in the 1st place :)

[MR VXR]

Car- $44,410
Stereo- $4000
Opel badges- $50

Total- $48,460 The bank owns about half. :angel:

[immenotu]

Purchase Price: $16000

Window Tint: $100
17" Rims and Tyres: $1650
Spare Rim and Tyre: $300
HU: $450
Clarion Splits: $150
Installation: $200
Kenwood 6x9's: $200
Custom HU Fascia: $50
Custom Painted Interior: $50
K&N Panel Filter: $100
Facelift Projector Headlights: $60
Stubby Aerial: $5
Opel Badges: $35
Slotted Front Brake Rotors: $240
Slotted Rear Brake Rotors: $280
Whiteline Adjustable Rear Sway Bar: $120
CarPC (in progress, price so far): $280

Total Price of Mods: $4270

TOTAL SPENT: $20270

I think that's everything. Makes you realise just how much you've spent when you list it all, but the enjoyment is worth every cent :D

[Calibrated]

Yeh, 4 ATM in my garages, soon it'll be 5 and if I keep the Cali as well it'll be 6 :eek:

What's your next purchase going to be ?? :)
well.. i wanted another turbo cali. but that doesnt seem to be working out.. i still want one. but i'll wait for the right one to come along one day..

top of the list right now, is an SG9 Subaru Forester XT Luxury. my 1st non-opel since my mk5 escort which was my 1st car. lol

[PrincessPeachey]

Tint Removal: $60 (it was illegal.. almost defected! i loved it though!)
Front 16" tyres: $320
Front LHS wheel hub: $415
Attempt to fix speedo: $326.35
Identity Inspection: $46
Registration: $245
Brake Pad/Rotor replacement: $260
"Free" Service/Safety Report: $36 (I paid $17.45 on labour and $15.28 on wiper blades..)
Wheel alignment: $45
Speedo Cable: $94.60
Speedo Drive: $38.50
Replace all engine hoses: $1060.10
Pioneer head unit: $150
Opel badge: $15

Total: $3111.55

The car cost $3500

So... $6611.55

For my little GSi.. Haven't even modded her yet!!

[Shaun]

Car: 2007 HSV VXR
Cost: $43,500
Tints: $350.00
Badge: $50.00
Bluetooth Kit: $650.00
Spare 19inch Rim: $750.00
4 New tyres: $2097 (Yokohama Advans 19inch 35 series profile)
TMS Bluefin: $1350.00 (Licence for all Stages of maps)
Milltek Exhaust: $2800.00 (In transit as we speak)

Total Amount Spent so far : $49450. (Less tyres and servicing as they are wear and tear cost)
Enjoyment: Priceless......


To come:
VXR Racing Hose kit
Quaife LSD diff
KW Springs
Whiteline Adj. Rear Sway Bar.

[xplosv57]

I just started totalling how much i've spent on cars in the last 5 years and i think i'm gonna be sick........

[digifish]

I just started totalling how much i've spent on cars in the last 5 years and i think i'm gonna be sick........

Just think how much money people lose in deprecation when buying expensive new cars...

So you spend 65-95K on some new toy, 2-3 years later you just blew $25-45k in deprecation alone.

digifish

[SSS_Hoon]

not as much as id like to of spent on it.


SSS_Hoon

[Apex]

I just started totalling how much i've spent on cars in the last 5 years and i think i'm gonna be sick........

X2.. Depreciation alone is scary.

Over 100k would be a guess, I have had 6 cars in 5 years and poured tones into all :o

[Astra VXD]

a calculated my total bill from Nov 06

and its roughly 5,400 which is roughly 12,000 australian dollars

Steve

[9090GO]

1. $20500 for the car
2. $1800 on Pioneer Sound System
3. $600 on cat-back exhaust
4. $400 on ANgel Eyes
5. $280 on HIDs (2 sets)

[Huhness]

When I had my Astra it was;

Car: $18,500
Paint: $400
Stereo: $4,000
Wheels: $550
Lights: $300
Grill: $80

Total $23,750

Sold for $13,000 18 months later.

[Calibrated]

Just think how much money people lose in deprecation when buying expensive new cars...

So you spend 65-95K on some new toy, 2-3 years later you just blew $25-45k in deprecation alone.

digifish
like people that bought a brand new SS or R8 6 months ago..

OUCH.

[NEMO]

Purchase Price 35K mods stopped counting at 15k which was a year ago lol

[Wraith]

Just think how much money people lose in deprecation when buying expensive new cars...

So you spend 65-95K on some new toy, 2-3 years later you just blew $25-45k in deprecation alone.

digifish

That's true, but for car enthusiasts or if your just plain crazy about cars, the money loss equation never comes into it...the joy and euphoria of it all is priceless IMHO...

Yes, you could play it smart and buy near new or S/H and save lots of $$$ from depreciation, but that special feeling and experience you get when purchasing 'your dream car/s' brand spanking new and taking delivery off the showroom floor is priceless...for me I want to be able to do it over and over again, so far I've done it 3 times hopefully a 4th time next year :)

As already stated in my initial post on this thread, I've spent over a 1/2 million dollars on cars over the past 25 years and have no regrets or 2nd thoughts about losses - NONE !!!!!

In fact I'm about to spend BIG once again as soon as I can :)

Then of course there are the unforseen events (like the current economic climate) that come along and cause havoc, benefitting some and not others, nothing much you can do about it, except hopefully benefit and pick up a bargain :)

[Shay]

not much but as a ratio to the cost of the car its well up there.

6500 - Car
800 at least - I.C.E
800 - Tyres
720 - Exhaust

so mods around $2320 probably higher.
And i can always find more to spend money on hence why i work 4 jobs. (see community thread)
and im a student. yay, NOT

[Wraith]

not much but as a ratio to the cost of the car its well up there.

6500 - Car
800 at least - I.C.E
800 - Tyres
720 - Exhaust

so mods around $2320 probably higher.
And i can always find more to spend money on hence why i work 4 jobs. (see community thread)
and im a student. yay, NOT

Good on you Shay, that's a great attitude !

I too spent nearly 10 years working 2 jobs at one stage all through my 20's, engineering by day, night filling at a supermarket by night...great money and spent it the way I wanted to ;)

Even when I was younger, through the school holiday breaks, whilst most kids were out playing, flogging themselves or simply vegetating and doing nothing, I'd be working through those holiday breaks earning money, by the time I was 18, I had 8k to spend on my 1st car, back then that was equivalent to having about 30 or 40k today :)

Hard work and dedication always pays off and makes the rewards at the end of it all so much sweeter ;)

[Apex]

that's true, but for car enthusiasts or if your just plain crazy about cars, the money loss equation never comes into it...the joy and euphoria of it all is priceless imho...


x2 :)

[xplosv57]

Just think how much money people lose in deprecation when buying expensive new cars...

So you spend 65-95K on some new toy, 2-3 years later you just blew $25-45k in deprecation alone.

digifish

Yeah good point, see it everyday working at a prestige car dealer, makes my spending over the last few years a bit more viable, although most of the customers i see have the bank account to match the car purchased whereas i don't!!

[Wraith]

Yeah good point, see it everyday working at a prestige car dealer, makes my spending over the last few years a bit more viable, although most of the customers i see have the bank account to match the car purchased whereas i don't!!

Hahaha LOL good point :)

Truth of the matter is for us car freaks, if we had the money for car/s we wanted, we'd spend it and get the car/s, simple as that ;)

If I had a few million $$$ to spend, I wouldn't hesitate for a second in getting all of the cars in my wish list below :)

[HappySlapper82]

I.C.E - 2200 including labour
Wheels - 500
Tyres - 640
4bar Fpr - 110
Window Tint - 380
Vinyl - 20
Exhaust - 120
Pod - 49
Memories - Priceless :D

[Shay]

forgive me for my ignoranve but what is this 4bar Fpr ppl keep talking about, cant work out the acronym.

cheers guys

[SKM_87]

fuel pressure regulator

[Ice]

I just started totalling how much i've spent on cars in the last 5 years and i think i'm gonna be sick........

bahh who cares !


atleast youve lived man...... cars are your life ...... why take it all to your grave ????? what for your future kids to spend it ? haha

[BEK-46P]

This thread should be a sticky.

[Wraith]

bahh who cares !


atleast youve lived man...... cars are your life ...... why take it all to your grave ????? what for your future kids to spend it ? haha

I concur...

That's the attitude ;)

You will all realise this as you get older and older - life is way too short, live it up as happily/best as you can :)

[glider]

I concur...

That's the attitude ;)

You will all realise this as you get older and older - life is way too short, live it up as happily/best as you can :)

+1 without the old part

as long as you are enjoying yourself, that is all that counts.

[poita]

a little ot, saw a big motorhome thingy driving around the other day
sticker on the back "The Kids Inheritance", funny as.


back ot:

set of autotechinca seats i didnt like, gave em to a mte. now in a hliux 4wd $250
new subs on the horizon, just gotta find some i like $3-500
then after al this, i will start on the motor

[JR]

since new, i've spent more than $10k on my baby - n i haven't touched the engine or interior yet!!
all that on handling n appearance.

wallet aside, its all priceless. :dance:

[Brucey]

Rough estimate on prices for mods,

Car $12,000
Lights 150
Tyres 600
Exhaust 300
Opel badges 30
Head Unit 250
Swaybar 270
Repairs/Paint i think 1000
Servicing, parts etc add a bit more

So it is around 14,000 all up and 4k on mods

Probably spent more somewhere else but cannot remember

Not much but being my first car and only 19 i think it is enough:D

[Wraith]

since new, i've spent more than $10k on my baby - n i haven't touched the engine or interior yet!!
all that on handling n appearance.

wallet aside, its all priceless. :dance:

I've spent well over 10k on the ICE set up alone in my vert :o and that's only for the hardware/components...

Handling and appearance puts the bill at well over 20k and like you havn't touched the engine yet, except for a re-map...

And yes it's all priceless :)

[pbk1776]

By the looks of my car i spent over::::::

Car = $15,000 Back then :)
lowering kits = $4++
Lights = $850 free installation back then
Irmscher badges and grill = $300 - $400 i think
Wheels and Tyres = $2,800 back then
Minor mods in my motor (now back to standards due of defects) = $prolly around 3K to 4K
Exhaust = $1,800
Shaving my car so there's no holden badge = $600
Sounds system = Easy $2,000 all JBL sounds system with pioneer deck

hmm i think thats it haha:clap:

[oneightoo]

**** knows how much i spent on my red cali, bout 12k, just to ge tot running.. ****ing piece of shit.. baaaaa,,

sont buy a ca,linbra

[tuzinski]

my new car
24900

new mods
lights -$150
badge - $30
Grill - $400

total atm 25480

[MAD-16V]

car $12,500
Problems $3000 (water pump + timing belt + tensioner + crank angle sensor + coil packs + oxygen sensors + ignition barrell + ECU problems and various faulty sensors!!! etc etc )
Wheels tyres $1750
Springs x2 sets $500 Whiteline - Kings
Shocks $600 KYB
Opelise $250 ( damn you carshine! )
Various intake systems $500 - Panel then pod then fully sealed cai setup.
Swaybar Whiteline $200
Headlights $350
Upgraded globes $150
Stereo - $4000
Tint $200
Eyelids $20
Exhaust $290
Slotted drilled rotors F+R $600

[Ice]

my new car
24900

new mods
lights -$150
badge - $30
Grill - $400

total atm 25480


shit youve already started, haha

nice one mate

[Wraith]

**** knows how much i spent on my red cali, bout 12k, just to ge tot running.. ****ing piece of shit.. baaaaa,,

sont buy a ca,linbra

Hahahahaha LOL sounds like you copped a bad one there, which unfortunately is the case of most S/H or 3rd or 4th hand ones out there ATM...

[HappySlapper82]

Add another 2k to my list :mad: L/H Front Ball Joint snapped causing major damage to my Front Guard, front bumber and passenger door, tyre, Mag, Driveshaft and **** knows what else. AND YES I HAVE been told it's listed in the lemon guide as a common fault with vectra's and Astra's :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Wraith]

Add another 2k to my list :mad: L/H Front Ball Joint snapped causing major damage to my Front Guard, front bumber and passenger door, tyre, Mag, Driveshaft and **** knows what else. AND YES I HAVE been told it's listed in the lemon guide as a common fault with vectra's and Astra's :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Damn, sorry to hear about your mishap, but hopefully it is 'only' 2k's worth of damage, it sounds like alot more from the description...

Best of luck with it...