My car 3/4ths a year later

[TrixTeR]

i'm not sure if this would go here or the lounge, so i'm sorry if this is the wrong forum.





I bought my car off of ebay in august of last year. It was a 95 3.4l with 60k miles on it, i bought it for $3,650 (salvage title). I know i know, what was i thinking buying a car off of ebay, and one that was half the price of what it should have been... red flag right there... There were a couple things wrong with it but here's a running total of EVERYTHING i've done so far:

Windows weren't working right, needed a new switch $10
Passenger sun visor $40
Car wouldn't shift out of park in the rain, new solinoid (sry can't spell) $40
Aiwa CD player $150
all 4 aftermarket speakers $170
Amp + subs/box (part was payed for as a gift) $170
Clear corners all 4 corners $60
'Camaro' inserts, 2 sets for $7 off of ebay
Hatch window tinted $75
Pace setter catback exhaust (3" pipes) off of ebay (gota love ebay) $160
SLP CAI from a store that lost their lease and was getting rid of everything (thx stockv6cam) $140
Cheap *** car alarm from crutchfield parents made me buy $180

Grand total of everything + car = $4852

anyone else care to post their lists? especially if you've replaced gears/cams... i'd like to see how much that costs so i can be ready to do it next year.

[AlienInv8r]

Nothing wrong with eBay. I got my 98 off eBay for $6k with a salvage title also. Guy gave me receipts of like $16,000 worth of work done to fix it and aftermarket, I came out pretty far ahead on it still too.
Your car looks great! I'm getting gears installed soon too, so I wanna see what everyone's paid so far for their installs and stuff.

[97chevycamaro]

[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] Ok ill do ym best to psot my list

Bought car in April of 2000 for $15,000
Put around $3500 into repairs between then and last november. It stayed stock until Nov
July 2001-Pioneer cd player-$580
Nov 2002-Rebuilt Tranny, Rear End-$750
Dec 2002-Replaced Engine-Fuel Lines,Fuel Tank, Fuel Pump, Fuel Injectors, Alternator,Belts, Battery and rewired most of the engine{When my car caught on fire}-$2978
Dec 2002- Installed Corvette Servo, Ported and polished heads, Cam and tranny work-$2000
Jan 2003-Bought altezzas, front clear lenses-$175
May 2003-Plugs,Wires,Coil packs-$200
May 2003-New speakers-$400
Hmmm and im about to do about $700 worth of interior work.

Total about $27,000 or too damn much for a v6 camaro or if i saved all that until today i could be driving a 2000 Z28, a 97 V6, and 93 V6.

[mcG]

car looks awesome [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[97chevycamaro]

Your car does look great cant beat the price. I hate the way people strive from salvage cars, **** theres a 2001 SS all redone with 3k rims and 11k miles and a salvage title on ebay for like 10k

[Ted]

I bought my '96 Camaro 2 years ago with 54K on it for 6500. Acutally a reconstructed title also. After a long road this is where I arrived at.

New alternator: $80
A/C Bracket: $14
Sumitomo HTR+ 245/45ZR17 Tires + shipping: $466
Eagle 077 17in Wheels: $540
Homemade CAI + other stuff to get it right: $50
Catco Cat + install (now off car): $90
Dynomax Muffler Install, tails, tips + install (now off car): $100
Ravin z55 w/ stock catback: $30
Walker Muffler: $20
Energizer battery: $70
Spark plug wires: $30
Front rotors: $40
Permacool Transmission Cooler: $40
EGR Valve: $100
1 Peice Driveshaft: $30
Reverse Indiglo Gauges: $30
Misc parts and maintenance: $50

Grand total: Roughly $8300

[ May 23, 2003: Message edited by: Ted ]</p>

[greenlanternv6]

That is a sharp looking Camaro! Great price too!

[Dominic]

Very shiney, very clean. Big tips but hell the whole car looks great. :D

[O2Bsogood]

Nice car, I like it, I really like green Camaros :D .There is nothing wrong with a salvage title as long as the work was done right. You can save some major money if you can fix it yourself or know someone who can for cheap. My Z-28 has a salvaged title and soon you'll never know :D Here's the list on the Z so far

Fenders-120 each
Nose- 215
Hood Latch-33
Bracket-17
Support-15
Header Panel-100(might send back found a used one that comes with headlights and buckets)
Radiator Support-125
Rebar-50
Frame straightened-500
Paint for rebar, core support, bracket and support and eveything to be put back on- 200
Air bags and sensors-33
Mods-
Aluminum driveshaft-150
1LE elbow-45
LT4 KM-30
Paid 3000 for the car
750 in parts so far
700 in frame work
Still along way to go but my total is around 4500.
After this I won't have to much left to get except for small things here and there and to have it painted. 6000 will probably be around the grand total(not including mods, just body work and car itself). I'll post pics soon of the progress. I also have an sftermarket SS hood coming too. I found out something cool about the car, the previous owner has already installed a set of Hoctkis springs. I knew it was a little lower than stock.

[ May 24, 2003: Message edited by: O2Bsogood ]</p>

[TrixTeR]

thanks guys.

Yeah Dominic, i thought the tips were huge also, but they came with the exhaust so i used them [img]smile.gif[/img] . Eventually i'll change the muffler/tips.

I'd still like to know how much new gears/cam costs total if you gentlemen would be so kind (now i'm really getting in the wrong forum! [img]smile.gif[/img] )

[Tyler]

lets see..i got my car for a birthday present when i turned 17...

96 camaroRS. had only 26k miles on it. an old man drove it back and forth to the grocery store ONLY. was stored in garage. interior perfect. blablabla. $10,000. (i didnt pay for it)

bout 2 months after having it. spent 185 for flowmaster 80 series to be put on.

got rearended. recieved $1548.53

now i ordered headers, hiflow cat, 3inches all the way back, and reusing my 80 series(not damaged)

spend just under 400


so the grand total of money being spent on my camar0 with my mods..


-$963.53

[Camarorulz]

Here's my list:

Bought car in May, 2002 for $18,000 (only $3,000 now left on the payment)

First mod: K&N filter: $50

Flowmaster 80 muffler + install: $215

2.5" non-mandrel bent pipes + install: $120

cutout + installation: $80

3.42 gears, Auburn LSD + install: $1000 (yeah, I know :rolleyes: )

Edge torque converter: $425

Torque converter installation: $250

vinyl 3800 badges and Camaro inserts: $40

stripes: $180

BMR Strut tower brace: $120

tranny cooler: $55

$20,535 total

$2535 in mods