Canon4pics Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Basically just after a bit of a read here, so aside from the general running costs how much do you spend on modding your celica per month? And do you have a maximum that you want to spend on your car overall or will you just keep spending till you either get bored or run out of money? I usually range from £50-£120 per month ( or I'll save that amount for a couple of months to buy something more pricey ). As a maximum, I'd probably say £2500-£3000 for general cosmetic and performance mods, but obviously if I ever decide to supercharge it will jump to a total of around £7000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lta Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) I couldn't put an accurate figure on it, sometimes nothing, sometimes a few hundred a month, depends on what I want/need/see lol. I've no set price figure for what I want to spend on the car, I know currently its around 2-3k I've probably spent. Edited April 5, 2011 by lta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 My car gets things from the scrappy to keep it happy. I only really go for standard option items, such as the JDM high level "Prelude" logo brake light at the top of the rear windscreen, front fogs with OEM switches, changes of centre console (there are 3 or 4 for my car, all of which are cluttering up my garage now) and rear seat divider, rear seat-back subwoofer, black rather than chrome headlights, clear indicators, smoked rears, swapping out the interior and so on. Only an electric front seat to find and I'll have just about everything in there. As far as actual modifications, I put an aluminium air tube in, and a cone filter, and silicone hoses. I painted the rocker cover, and made sure I had a stainless exhaust and some nice alloys on. Recently, apart from getting it resprayed while it was in getting fixed after the crash (£300 for the lot), I've sprayed my H badges black (using an old tin of Toyota 202 I had in the garage) and added a black vinyl "Prelude" logo where the badge on the back used to be. That cost me nothing. So I'm pretty much sorted. The less money my car takes out of me the better. Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 It depends upon how much pocket money my wife gives me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthnmunky Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 >£15k to this point. (Not including cost of purchasing the car) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrag Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 > £10K just, like Mick this exludes cost of car. In fact mods have totally gone over my original purchase price of the car!! Mad? Certifiable!! Worth it? Apart from current issues, hell yeah! More money than sense? meh! celica do or die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstring Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Whats kicking about really, more maintance than anything recently...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 i tend not to count... it just makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorris Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 A bit of a tough one to say per month but I am restoring and modding the GT4 and a quick calculation off the top of my head, my engine rebuild alone is costing me around £800 so far and that’s with finding deals online. As for the rest of the car that also is going to get the same sort of treatment so trying not to think to much about cost. Dorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardio Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 >£13k, again not including the cost of the car, which was £10k in 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey_matt Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 far too much i know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Not including the cost of the car, £8k in around the 18 months I've owned it. I think out of all the running gear only the gearbox is original now though and the car is completely rust free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinter Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Too much to think of!! My old MR2 had 21 grand spent on it. This Celica was bought for under 7k and I have spent probably 4k on it so far. But huge plans for her which will run me to 15 to 20k but she will be awesome and one of a kind, so he'll yeah it's worth it!! 2jz-gte and rear drive plus full new body kit! But then I am away at sea for 4 months at a time, so when I'm home she has loads spent on her all at once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian VVTi Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 60 for the spoiler wrap 50 for my engine plastic painting 20 for my single din facia piece 65 for my ripspeed DV720 15 needed new rear seats mines went mouldy 15 on front grill as it had chicken wire insted when i bought it im getting a megan racing strut brace for 58 delivered soon as possible and i want a vielside stripe in 3m carbon vinyl aswell then some touch up painton the spoiler base pieces and skirts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoundcraft Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 more than I earn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elseautos Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 One word: ALOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antmax7 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 alot thats why i sold it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzzzythedog Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 not possible to say , if i see something i buy it as and when something comes up , this month is perhaps a bit of a 1 off as ill proberbly spend over 2 grand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotv6 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) over £23k (well bloody over ) and thats not counting the £550 from this week but for fucks sake dont tell the missus maybe i should take up bloody fly fishing Edited April 5, 2011 by spotv6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan23 Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 never own a car long enough to remember how much iv spent on them haha atm im spending more than i should each month, thats all i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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