You have $1000 to blow on your car. What do you do?
05-24-2005, 02:09 PM
#19
Hitsquad Ninja
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save it for when your car needs repair. trust me. it's only a matter of time. once everything is in good mechanical and electrical order, THEN think about what to blow the money on.
05-24-2005, 02:24 PM
#20
Race Director
$1000.00 -- Suspension upgrades.
$500.00 - Suspension upgrades.
$300.00 - Suspension upgrades.
Ok, more specifically:
$1000.00 - springs and shocks (Unfortunately, a full coil over setup will run about $3000.00 with parts and labor)
$500.00 - Bigger Torsion bars (Maybe need to spend more than $500 for them!)
$300.00 - Sways
-Z.
$500.00 - Suspension upgrades.
$300.00 - Suspension upgrades.
Ok, more specifically:
$1000.00 - springs and shocks (Unfortunately, a full coil over setup will run about $3000.00 with parts and labor)
$500.00 - Bigger Torsion bars (Maybe need to spend more than $500 for them!)
$300.00 - Sways
-Z.
05-24-2005, 02:28 PM
#21
Advanced
$1000... install all new weatherstripping throughout the car. I priced it at Pelican once. The total came to almost $700 dollars. Wow. After that, I'd use the rest on a track day. 
05-24-2005, 03:05 PM
#23
Drifting
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by tifosiman
Is this the one that you just purchased without getting a PPI, and was also just hit in your parking lot?
If that is the case, it sounds to me like that money is already spoken for. Belts, rollers, waterpump, oil/filter change, trans fluid change, hoses, etc.................if you don't know when that work was done last. If all of that is done already in the appropriate past time frame, then save the money for the first failure (clutch/seals/transmission). It will happen. It is a rite of passage.
If that is the case, it sounds to me like that money is already spoken for. Belts, rollers, waterpump, oil/filter change, trans fluid change, hoses, etc.................if you don't know when that work was done last. If all of that is done already in the appropriate past time frame, then save the money for the first failure (clutch/seals/transmission). It will happen. It is a rite of passage.
We do it all the time on guitar forums. "You got $1000 to spend, whaddaya get?"
Used Les Paul....amps...pickups..fret job...etc..
05-24-2005, 03:09 PM
#24
Official Bay Area Patriot
Fuse 24 Assassin
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Fuse 24 Assassin
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Leda coilovers for me and I volunteer to chip in the extra dough for the difference!
Or
Roll bar, pay my parents 600 for school and take 100 down to Tijuana and get some headwork at the brothel shop
jk btw on that very last part...
Or
Roll bar, pay my parents 600 for school and take 100 down to Tijuana and get some headwork at the brothel shop
jk btw on that very last part...
05-24-2005, 03:10 PM
#25
Race Director
Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod
No nono...and yes, too... it's just a theoretical. Just looking for ideas of things I should/could do with those dollar amounts...wether it be maintaining the car or spiffying it up.
We do it all the time on guitar forums. "You got $1000 to spend, whaddaya get?"
Used Les Paul....amps...pickups..fret job...etc..
We do it all the time on guitar forums. "You got $1000 to spend, whaddaya get?"
Used Les Paul....amps...pickups..fret job...etc..
If we are playing make-believe, then, I can play.................
For $1K:
New Koni's front and rear (yellow's)
968 Caster blocks
front and rear 968 M030 sway bars
Good alignment
It will seem like a whole different car.
05-24-2005, 05:29 PM
#27
Rennlist Member
A tank of gas, and with what's leftover, maybe a light for my clock.
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1986 944 NA - Guards Red - 78k miles
1984 911 Carrera Coupe - Guards Red (gone, but not forgotten)
"If you're not living on the edge, you're not living"
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1986 944 NA - Guards Red - 78k miles
1984 911 Carrera Coupe - Guards Red (gone, but not forgotten)
"If you're not living on the edge, you're not living"
05-24-2005, 10:27 PM
#30
Drifting
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by StoogeMoe
A tank of gas, and with what's leftover, maybe a light for my clock.
____________________________________
1986 944 NA - Guards Red - 78k miles
1984 911 Carrera Coupe - Guards Red (gone, but not forgotten)
"If you're not living on the edge, you're not living"
____________________________________
1986 944 NA - Guards Red - 78k miles
1984 911 Carrera Coupe - Guards Red (gone, but not forgotten)
"If you're not living on the edge, you're not living"
Up here we're $2.30+ for regular.