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This should be fun: most expensive aftermarket part on your car/bike

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RKS said:
besides the Volks and tires, I spent way too much for this cat-back exhaust:

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SO much drool worthy stuff in this thread.
 
Ferzerp said:
This thread makes me realize how bloody expensive doing anything to my srt is.
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well, if your basis is a set of OEM wheels, then yes, things will be expensive. For what you have into those OEM wheels, you could have bought some very nice aftermarket ones and had a nice change of pace from the original wheels. obviously that wasn't your intent.....
 
No, that's not my basis. I know how much things cost for my car, and the comparable prices people have spent on similar parts are quite a bit lower. I plan on leaving mine stock though (hence wanting the oem wheels).
 
Ferzerp said:
No, that's not my basis. I know how much things cost for my car, and the comparable prices people have spent on similar parts are quite a bit lower. I plan on leaving mine stock though (hence wanting the oem wheels).
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What parts are you looking into? And what applications are you comparing them to?
 
Forced induction ends up costing $16k minimum (SC, ECU, and transmission change).
Brake upgrades would be extreme cost. I already have high quality Brembo rotors, pads, and calipers.
The exhaust is already high quality and the only gains to be had there would be in going non-street legal (no interest), everything else is just for sound changes.

The ECU encryption isn't broken yet, so there is no tuning (which is why the sc means using the ECU from the 2010 model)

etc.


I don't have a modder's car, obviously. I didn't buy it looking for a modder's car though. The only changes that can be made for reasonable costs are mostly cosmetic.
 
Ferzerp said:
Forced induction ends up costing $16k minimum (SC, ECU, and transmission change).

Actually that is inline with what a FI conversion costs on a lot of applications when you factor in ECU and trans...


Brake upgrades would be extreme cost. I already have high quality Brembo rotors, pads, and calipers.
I have paid less for motor rebuilds than my brembo BBK cost for my car... this really isn't application specific. If you go with big quality brakes they aren't cheap

The exhaust is already high quality and the only gains to be had there would be in going non-street legal (no interest), everything else is just for sound changes.

The ECU encryption isn't broken yet, so there is no tuning (which is why the sc means using the ECU from the 2010 model)

etc.


I don't have a modder's car, obviously. I didn't buy it looking for a modder's car though. The only changes that can be made for reasonable costs are mostly cosmetic.
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Your car isn't any different than 95% of other cars out there. Don't for a second thing your application has abnormally high price for aftermarket parts.... You start talking FI conversion, it isn't cheap

FWIW, I have over 3500 bucks in my ECU before factoring in tuning (over 4000 when factoring in boost control).

other numbers from my personal cars (no labor included, just parts)
Fuel system -> 1900
Clutch -> 1850
Exhaust -> 1250 for catback
-> nearly 1600 for turbos back
coilovers -> 2100
 
Zivic said:
Your car isn't any different than 95% of other cars out there. Don't for a second thing your application has abnormally high price for aftermarket parts.... You start talking FI conversion, it isn't cheap

FWIW, I have over 3500 bucks in my ECU before factoring in tuning (over 4000 when factoring in boost control).

other numbers from my personal cars (no labor included, just parts)
Fuel system -> 1900
Clutch -> 1850
Exhaust -> 1250 for catback
-> nearly 1600 for turbos back
coilovers -> 2100
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Do you have a pic thread?
 
This makes me realize how fiscally easy my Miata is to modify. My most expensive mod to date is probably a FM cat-back exhaust that was ~$350 on sale.

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I suppose my RS3 tires were a bit of $400 for the set also.

On my MS3 the most expensive things so far have been the ETS TMIC and MSCAI at about $350 each.

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JCH13 said:
This makes me realize how fiscally easy my Miata is to modify. My most expensive mod to date is probably a FM cat-back exhaust that was ~$350 on sale.

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I suppose my RS3 tires were a bit of $400 for the set also.

On my MS3 the most expensive things so far have been the ETS TMIC and MSCAI at about $350 each.

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Cool, I really want a miata.

the ETS stuff is nice. Run a few parts of it on evo (hard pipes and FMIC)
 
For my g35x its a toss up between this

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Forged Ray's Eng, looks somewhat in the ballpark of TE37. They are off a 350z track. Came staggered but i had to source 2 sets to make 2 non-stag sets.

And BC racing AWD coilovers

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Both were in the $1000 ballpark when i bought them, now sadly they are a lot less.
 
Zivic said:
Cool, I really want a miata.

the ETS stuff is nice. Run a few parts of it on evo (hard pipes and FMIC)
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I don't think that there is a cheaper option for a really fun sports car, especially when you start playing with boost and the like. Do it!
 
ballmode said:
do alot of you part the car before you sell it, or just sell the whole car?
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I'll be parting out the G35 when I decide to sell. Only need to source a set of OEM wheels and I'll be done with having all the replacement parts. Will have to swap the suspension, brakes, exhaust, wheels, couple engine things like spacer and intake, and remove the audio.
 
Silver '85 MR2: Koni Yellow struts : $450
- Paint $570.00 (ish, did it myself)

Red '86 MR2 MK1.5: Brakes : $530 (lol, almost costed as much as the car!!)
--Future potential mod: Air to Water Intercooler kit: $800+

but i agree with manimal... most expensive stuff is the tools to do the jorbs.

No regrets though. This is fun.
EDIT: and Sunny129 - beauty. makes me happy in my pants to look at it. I want MOAR
 
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FuzzyDunlop said:
Silver '85 MR2: Koni Yellow struts : $450
- Paint $570.00 (ish, did it myself)

Red '86 MR2 MK1.5: Brakes : $530 (lol, almost costed as much as the car!!)
--Future potential mod: Air to Water Intercooler kit: $800+

but i agree with manimal... most expensive stuff is the tools to do the jorbs.

No regrets though. This is fun.
EDIT: and Sunny129 - beauty. makes me happy in my pants to look at it. I want MOAR
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You haven't bought a 6 axis CNC yet? I think you spent more on tools in your "n00b mechanic" thread than car parts :awe:
 
For me, it's the Dinan High Flow Intake & Aluminum Air Mass Meter Housing, with Stage 3 Engine Software, on my E46 M3. Total (at least today - it was on the car when I bought it) is $1,799. Dinan is notoriously costly for what you get, so I probably wouldn't have bought this setup if it were my money. It does work really well and sound great, though.
 
Type-R transmission for my Intergra, $1300, was able to find it new from honda's parts department, it's funny how the best one was actually cheaper than a non-lsd transmission.
 
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