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My head is spinning trying to add up the dollars you spent to get to this point.
I bought a set of Ohlins coilovers yesterday, and I believe that has pushed me beyond the point where I have spent more on parts and mods than the purchase price of my 996. ��
I’ve added up what I’ve spent this last year in repairs
Year 1: $846
Year 2: $323YTD
I also added up how much I would have spent had I paid list price for all my mods.
I’m over half the purchase price of my 996 in mods at list price.
Of course I found some awesome deals, so I’m probably closer to 40%.
If I’d paid someone to do the labor, I’d be broke!
I’ve added up what I’ve spent this last year in repairs
Year 1: $846
Year 2: $323YTD
I also added up how much I would have spent had I paid list price for all my mods.
I’m over half the purchase price of my 996 in mods at list price.
Of course I found some awesome deals, so I’m probably closer to 40%.
If I’d paid someone to do the labor, I’d be broke!
Alot of value to be had by shopping around for parts and doing as much labor as you can yourself
Alot of value to be had by shopping around for parts and doing as much labor as you can yourself
Yes, at local Indy rate of $130, it sure would have been a TON of $$.
Coilovers themselves would have been $1040 to install.
I checked to see how much they would charge when I was going through chemo.
I decided to wait until I felt better to install them myself.
I had to wait from May to Sept, but I decided that $1000 could be better spent on a 2qt deep sump kit and skid plate from LN.
Next weekend I hope to be done getting my 996 “track ready”...except for maybe a low temp thermostat.
Yeah - Rennlist classifieds has been an outstanding resource for parts. Add the relationships that you build as a result of multiple transactions with folks here - aka; Slakker - and you have access to parts before they ever get listed.
Doing the labor yourself can save a ton - and I try to do some myself. However, there are certain things that I have chosen to do to this car that give me piece of mind - not because they were less expensive. My indy has been awesome to work with and I give them a lot of the work on this - not because I can't do it - and certainly not to save money. I give it to them because I want the job done right. Now, don't get me wrong - they also recognize the opportunity for repeat business coming from this car (and my, often questionable, driving ability) and have made some adjustments on things as well. Like I said- they've been awesome.
It seems like we have a contest in Central Florida of who can fit the biggest wing on their car. Good looking 996 you got there BC, looking forward to following some of your lines soon.
Keeping this updated with progress... not much though.
I bought a set of Joe Toth canards. I couldn't rationalize the carbon fiber ones - so the gelcoated FG ones seemed a good fit.
I removed the front bumper to do this because I wanted to rivet them in. After removing the bumper I used a grease pencil to mark the lines of where I wanted them to be. After some measurement I drilled the holes. On the back of the 3/16" rivets I used a thick nylon washer and a smaller stainless one. Any gap between the canard and bumper (cosmetically) was filled with black silicone.
There isn't a ton of info on the correct angle - so I talked to a friend that races professionally in the GTD series of IMSA - said this seemed right.
Ouch, drilling those hole must have hurt, but the canards look great!
I like your garage floor too!
Not really - the front bumper is in dire need of repair. I’ve gun into my trailer, ran off track multiple times, had someone back into me, and have had my kids on bikes hit it. A few holes didn’t bother me...lol
the floor in the garage is the second best thing I have done to this house - the lift is the first.
10-26-2018, 08:24 PM
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