How much have you spent, on, for, and where on your car? And what is it worth now?

[HiWire]

Hmmm. I'd really have to go look through all my stuff and add it up.

$6000 in 02 with 92k
$3000 in rims,stereo, and tires
$2500 paint job and gfx
$1500 atleast in repairs

Thats like 12500, Im sure its higher then that plus that doesn't include how much it would cost to fix the things that are wrong now. Gets me from point A to B for now.

I just bought a 97 T/A tho, so I am keeping this as the beater to keep the miles off it. Plus I can't let it go, its my first car [img]smile.gif[/img]

[carldev96]

Initial car cost
1996 Green Firebird T-tops
Y87 Auto w/83,000 miles
Bought Nov '01, for $6,200
Current Milage 121,000 miles

Appearance
-Various Decals $40
Total: $40

Go fast stuff
-Flowmaster muffler with quad tips
-1LE Springs
-Bilstien Shocks
-1LE Sway Bars
-1LE Panhard Rod
-Control Arms
-Torque Arm
-SLP Intake
-Aluminum Driveshaft
-Strut Tower Brace
Total: $3000

Maintenance
-new tires $400
-Oil changes ?
-Battery and Alternator $200
-Window Motor Replacment $200
-Transmission Rebuild $400
-Posi Replacement $450
-2 sets of rotors and pads $200
-Tunups plugs/wires coolant $300
Total $2000+

KBB now...
Private party value $3,000
Trade in $2,500

Yay!!!!

later
calrdev

[majeskyb]

Initial Cost
Car was something like $14850
Traded in my '95 Avenger for $4k
After TT&L, out the door was $12,032
Bought it in March, 2003, with 35k miles (currently has 68k miles)

Everything Else (Haven't done much)
Cheapo brake pads- $35
EBC yellow stuff pads- $89+s&h
Cheapo plug wires- $12
Platinum+4 plugs- $36
Whisper lid- $95+s&h
bmr stb- $99+s&h
Stereo system- ~$900
4 firehawk 500 tires- ~$600
msc. oil changes- ~$250
gatorback belt- $22
oil sending unit- $15
battery- $87
k&n air filter- $60
fuel filter- ~$10

That's all that I can think of for now

[ February 22, 2005, 10:01 AM: Message edited by: majeskyb ]

[Shirl]

How much have you spent, on, for, and where on your car? And what is it worth now?


Lemme see... spent too much for it and on it and it's worth next to nothing... :( [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img]

[crasher]

I'v spent a lot of money on my Camaro probably about half of what I payed for it back in 2000 when I bought it. But by the time I'm totaly done fixing her up and making her look good I'll probably have spend well over 6 or 7 thousand. But I"m almost done just need new rims, tires, exhaust, system, appulstery. Hopfully I'll have it totaly done by the end of the year.

[Michael Sosebee]

Originally posted by phoenix6:
shenanigans :

Dremeled stock air box and added K&N Filter: $30

How is the dremeled out air box? did you see a power increase?

[malice10985]

appearence:
-Freedom design rear spoiler-125
-Paint for rotors 6 bucks
-Interior paint 6 bucks
-Paint for spoiler and hood- 80
-paint gun for spoiler and hood-75 (sold for 40ish)
LED's and misc look cool crap- 30


Go fast:
-SLP cold air intake 119
-whisper airbox lid 125
-Pacesetter Headers 215
-B%M ripper shifter 195
-COnversion from two piece to one piece driveshaft 10 bucks!!
-SLP zexel torsen differential w/ 3.23 gears 99
-SLP manual fan switch 70
-MAFT+ 5.0 170 (sold for 130)
-Autotap 170
-SLP loudmouth exhaust 250
-Catco 3" catalyst 70
-Comp cam 200/206dur .499/.480 112LCA 108IC 300
-Comp lifters 150
-NOS 5175 100hp dry shot 200
-160* thermostat 8
-Ghetto rigged intake below 4 bucks
-Springtech 2" lowering springs 95
-SLP z28 T/O shocks 95
-SPEC III clutch 325???
-Walbro 255lph fuel pump 125
-Comp LS1 130 Lb valvesprings 130??
-Diamond pistons around 600 bucks
-L32 rods 240??
-Total seal rings (came with pistons)
-machine work for rebuilt motor 660
-poly tranny mount 18??
-1LE sway bars 150
-endlinks and bushing for above 30

THat was for my NA and N20 setup. I didn't like it much, so I bought:

-turbo 270
-wastegage 120
-BOV 190
-intercooler 50
-oil feed lines 40
-forward swept headers 300
-Paying the local speed shop to unfvck the mess I made under the hood and install my turbo kit right: ~2100 (haven't gotten the bill yet.)
-DHP powertuner 325
-37# injectors 240
-flexible radiator hose 7
-Power steering relocation stuff 20

I am sure there is more, I just can't think of it now.

Maintenence:
-FFI ss clone hood. 450 (stocker got dented, so I -upgraded it)
-Kuhmo 711's every 6000 miles 320 x infinity
-obliterated rim replacement 80
-countless alignments from slamming into curbs during high speed cornering 70 x infinity
-new rotors and pads (???)
-Mobil 1 LOF every 2500 miles (I cry to think about it.)
Halo headlights 320ish (they were cheaper than stockers and I needed them after a wreck)
Trunk shocks 60 (30 each)
MISC:

Beer and pizza consumed while installing and uninstalling all of the above parts: 1 gazillion dollars!!

I prolly bought 2 grand in tools to install all that ****.

There is easily 150 bucks in wires, switches and relays from all the little experiments that failed.

60 bucks for a spare MAF that I cut up to make flow better (failed experiment)

triple gauge pod 54
3 gauges to fill it 80

I can't bring myself to total it all up. I would cry myself to death.

I paid 12,995 for the car in april of 2002. it had 36K on the clock. It currently has 82k, but the forged motor has about 15K and the rearend has about 30K. It isn't worth **** now.

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by Michael Sosebee:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by phoenix6:
shenanigans :

Dremeled stock air box and added K&N Filter: $30

How is the dremeled out air box? did you see a power increase? </font>[/QUOTE]Search the gen tech section for air lid mod...

just cut the fins out of the inside of the lid, and the fin on the opening... I noticed an increase but I did that, home depot smooth bellow mod, descreened MAF, and K&N filter all at the same time. Noticed a worthwhile increase.

I bought a spare lid, I still have my stocker.

[Michael Sosebee]

i have the k&n air hog filter $40, the MAF screen out, and probly about to take out the fins, would i notice a diffrence then? I installed the k&n air filter before i put the engine in the car (engine swap) and took off the MAF screen, but i bought the car with a ceased engine, so i never tried it any other way...

[Pig General]

Holy crap! my car blue books for 3 grand. Sweet. (No chance in hell is someone gonna pay 3k for my car though)

[quick99]

Initial Cost:
2002 Camaro SS. 345 SLP HP package, M6/Hurst, power everything, monsoon, leather, t-tops, currently. Bought Feb. 04 for 16k out the door. Had 16,500 miles on it now has 21,000.

Appearance:
Camaro letter inserts $10
Porter Cable buffer $100
Foam Polishing Pads $100
car care products (wax, polish, leather cond., etc.) $100-150
Total= $300-360

Go Fast:
Lous Short Stick $47
Smooth Bellows $30
SSRA $120
K&N and STB took off the V6 before sold $0
SLP bolt on subframe conectors awaiting install $294(shipped)

Total= $491

Maintenance:
Oil changes $130
Sparkplugs $55
Tranny fluid changes $40
Misc. Stuff lets say $50
Total= $275

KBB Now
Private Party: $21,800
Trade in Value: $19,625

Grand total=
$17,066-$17126
minus $10,400 what i sold the V6 for and put toward SS = $6,726 into SS

[Den69RS96]

1996 Camaro RS bought new for 20,500 plus tax.

Added on K@N FIPK 200
RK sport Headers 450
Random Tech cat 200
Borla exhaus 475
sway bars from 00 ss camaro 100
New bilsteins 375
powerslot rotors and new pads 500
Hotchkis LCA and Panhard rod 375
Hotchkis STB 175? don't remember
Hotchkis subframe connectors 300?
Alpine 6 disk changer 450
MSD coils and new super connector wires 200


69 Camaro bought for 9000

MSD dist plus blaster 2 coil 290
New radiator 200
100 amp alternator 110
Moroso overflow tank 100
Hotckis lowering springs, new shocks, Hotchkis front sway bar, new ball joints, new poly bushings 1000
Subframe connectors 130
New floors plus labor to weld in 2700
Hotchkis rear leafs plus rear shocks 400
New covan classic dash with autometer gauges 900
Rebuilt ST-10 1300
New Centerforce df clutch, throwout bearing, pilot bearing, and new clutch fork 450
K@n filter plus new plug wires 100
misc restoration parts i.e. front spoiler headlight bezels, driving light lenses etc 500
New gas tank, fuel pressure reg, and holley fuel pump 300
Baer SS brake kit, rebuilt power booster, new hardlines, porportioning valve 1500

[Distephano]

Well, lets see:

Inital Car Cost: $7100 out the door, with 55k on the clock, in 2002.

Mods:

Flowmaster System : $250
Pacesetters : $225
SLP CAI : $90
1pc Drive Shaft : $35
Poly Tranny Mount : $20

$500 for Clutch, Gaskets and random parts when I pulled the engine.

So I'd say I've put in $1200 on top of the $7100 i paid for it.

I've got a guy looking to buy it right now for $6500, with 65k on the clock now.

[38fury]

I bought mine for 3000
The Freebiesss!!!
ICM
Fuel Pump Assembly
Injectors
Cat-back
Two 215/60 16's

My cost
15% Tint 170
Plugs & Wires 45

I've seen my car blue book for 5k - 3k, but i think i could only sell it for 3k

[Rizock2000]

I bought my 2001 Firebird 3.8L w/ full power, 3.42's, and Monsoon system in 2004 for about 14k out the door(3,000 down) w/ 29k miles on it and it now has about 52k.

Appearance: $0

Go-Fast Parts:
Jet Stage II- $265.94 w/ ship
K&N Filter- $56.87 w/ ship
MSD 8.5mm Super Conductor Wires- $67.43 w/ ship
SLP Loudmouth exhaust- $359.95 plus $125 for install
Hypertech 160* Thermo- 15.00 w/ ship
SLP CAI- $143.90 w/ ship
!MAF Screen- free
TOTAL: $1,034.09 in mods (I'm about to spend another $550 on complete MSD Ignition:DIS-4, Coil Interface Modules, and MSD Blaster Coils)

Maintenance: Busted transmission pan and filter- $200+ (hit a floor jack sitting in the middle of the road at about 35 mph)
oil and filters - not really worth counting

Not really sure how much it's exactly worth right now, but I really don't care because I plan on keeping it for a while and plan on spending about another $8-$10k in performance/appearance mods on it. I love this car!!

[ February 24, 2005, 02:58 AM: Message edited by: Rizock2000 ]