I have not really counted it up but i figure i am at about 7k so far with the turbo and the supesion and the mevi ohh wait i think i may be closer to like 10 casue the clutch and flywheel and the seats etc etc.. but man it is fun!!

 

I would say a couple grand.

For whatever reason I don't really keep track. I think it's mainly because I try to trade or sell parts before I go for new things.

I have easily saved anywhere between $1500-3500 by learning how to do things on this site and also the FS/WTB forums.

The only way I see it really getting out of hand is if I go FI. This wouldn't be for another two years I would say, but it would be a big decision to boost the Maxima or to move to a RWD chassis and have the Maxima as a daily.

 

RWD is the best decision I ever made.

 

$1064.56 and counting....

$500 of which was for minor bodywork/touch up

im going to stop at $3000 and start saving for a new bmw e92/real estate.

plus things like a sound system/valentine one/wheels/security system i can sell or use on my next ride.

 

Current on the 240 is now close to $12 K. Problem is the car is less than a third done.

 

$4600 so far, not including the cost of the car itself, obviously.. only owned it since July 05!
DJ

 

$1,000 may spend around another $1500 0r $2000 pending how much i can make for the summer.
total $3000

 

nicely said ....

 

Not Enough???????

 

$600 on subs and mono amp, $110 on speakers, $70 on 4 chan amp, $60 for 2 amp kits, $100 for different audio/wiring installs, $170 on 20% tint, $190 on aluminum dash kit, $50 on lighting= $1350.

I haven't spent enough yet, though. Planning to spend more after summer.

 

1100 for a new engine. Just got my Max though and only gave 1K for it. 97 and excellent shape except that engine. Looking forward to seeing what other stuff I can get into on it.

 

The following are in CDN dollars

$1800 full sarona body kit plus fenders
$1800 18" rims + tires
$3000 for 2 paint jobs (one from black to silver.. then another a year later.. silver with blue pearl.. another paint job is coming next year)
~$3500 (5 spd swap.. incl ACT stage 1 clutch + fidanza flywheel + all other parts and labour incl 5spd ECU needed for swap)
$180 clear cefiro's
$190 smoked cefiro's (sold clear ones)
$180 Gen II altezza's
$40 clear bumper lights
$45 smoked bumper lights (I will sell clear ones shortly)
~$700 first sound system
~$2100 second sound system (sold first one)
$700 shocks + springs
$200 Real carbon fiber dash trim kit
$35 chrome gauge rings
$400 - 00VI
$450 - Brembo slotted & dimpled rotors + SS Brake lines

$700 for routine maintenance stuff (oil changes, trans flushes, ball joints, control arms, brake pads, etc etc)

~$600 for random labour

Total: ~16,620 CDN ($14,580 U.S.)

 

way to much, just to make it run right.

 

Total: ~$5000, and $2000 in the past month (rims,coilovers). I need a less expensive hobby.

 

I dropped 50 cents in between the seat and the center console. I still cant find it.

 

Too much. I can not even remember. For all maintainances and repairs, it mus be over $5k.

 

About $5 for so far.....LOL only washed her but i plan on dropping about 8-10k

 

WAY TOO MUCH!! Sometimes I want my money back, because at the end of the day, its still just a car

Young Dumb, and full of ***

 

I know where your 50 cents is. If you look under the front seats there is holes in the carpet that leads to WHO KNOWS WHERE! But thats where your money went, because I have sent a bit down there myself

 

Stop typing in caps jack@ss...

SOUNDS LIKE GREAT SPRINGS. YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GET THEM.





I worked 90+ hours this week so I could put money in the ****.

 

I'd say about 6,000 with mine...about 4k in mods and the rest for maintenance and nowadays it's just fixing stuff that breaks. 148k miles and motor is still fine...it's just little **** that pisses ya off cuz it affects how the motor will run.

 

A lot more than I paid for the car, and things are just beginning again. In the $7-8k range plus $6k for the car 4 years ago.

 

ok...I'm going ot put it this way...I could have bought the beamer I wanted by now. We are going to do just this year....well since june, over $5000. When I first got it like 2 years ago in a month I dropped $5500 in it. Since then I've repainted the car, new sound system, couple performance mods, maintainence, I've put at least at the minumium of about $17,000!!!! And I still have no major performance mods!!! so we looking at about another 5k-6k and that should be about it

 

If its just mods, then I'd have to say less than a thousand, but if its on maintenance, I'd say close to 3 grand

 

About $400 so far and still gotta get airbags, 22's, painnted, gaskets, tinted(including the winshield 50% 8}) 3 TV's DVD player, brakes, possibly swap interior swap out for all black, Knock sensor, 02 sensor, egr valve sensor, transmitter for my tranny.

 

Os far I dropped bout 250 in mods ( Injen Cold Air Intake ) and bout 4000 in repairs , lol

 

where is the $10,000+ option?

 

I was gonna ask the same thing

Im close to 12k without the cost of the car!

 

right there with you.... and at the end of the day we still drive a 10 year old car

 

more than I probably should, ALOT more.. especially before the de-mod session.

 

I have a feeling that I'll have to spend a LOT more now... I'd get a new car, but its just not worth it at this point...

 

yeah. haha, exactly how i feel. at this point, you just feel like you are stuck with the max...

 

i spent over 20 on my 3rd gen, and way less than that on my 4th gen, but that was just luck. i got the car for a steal, had the parts to fix it and did all the work myself(incl paint)

 

Put it this way if I have saved my money and not bought my maxima, I could have a brand new 350z roadster and pay cash for it.

 

I've had my car three weeks, and I'm about to break the 1g barrier already, haha. Short-throw shifter, y-pipe with hiflow cat, brand new tire (just one, to match the other 3 that came with it, 250 a pop, haha). 3 weeks, I can't believe myself. Oh, that is Canadian dollars though, so its prolly more like 750 american.

 

haha, i just brought the car, so 0$ on it

 

Way to bring a thread up from the dead.

Well I am about at the 5g mark. I justify it by thinking about a silly Honda that has to spend 5g to just break into the 15's. LOL.

 

A lot more than it my car shows...unfortunately

 

i probably had somewhere in the neighborhood of about 8000-9000 in my maxima, when I was done..

 

i spend 12k over 3 years in mods and now goin to put out another 3k on a new sarona bodykit, another one-piece cefiro headlight, new fenders, because someone did a hit&run.