Sep 17, 2011 - 12:28 AM
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just curious.
how much have you guys already spent on ur celi. and how much work is still left? would u call it "reliable" -------------------- For Sale:OEM tail lights - make offer
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May 17, 2012 - 11:30 AM
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Lets see if i can remember all..
4000 car (100% stock) 2500 Paint 850 Coilovers 1000 gt4 front 270 trd wing 160 side skirts 120 trd front splitters 1000 sound system 950 fabric suede (seats, head liner, and other stuff) 1100 wheels 450 gt4 front brakes 450 drums to disk convertion 800 ST engine rebuilt 400 clutch for the ST 100 st axels 1850 3sgte 450 mr2 tranny 150 gt4 shift cables 250 axles 120 bov 80 turbo timer 140 fuel pressure regulator And ill be spending about 1500 more to finish my 3s swap So about $18,690 (this doesnt include All the tires ive used, gas, maintence, insurance etc) only upgrades to the celica and im sure im missing other stuff This pic is before spending $14,690 lol ![]() And after $14,690 or more invested. Worth it? Yes in my opinion every penny!!
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Malhar95 how much money have u spent? Sep 17, 2011 - 12:28 AM
mkernz22 bought it for $1,200. spent $1,250 on 3 ... Sep 17, 2011 - 12:58 AM
cjh4l22 I'm honestly afraid to add it up, but I'd ... Sep 17, 2011 - 1:24 AM
PolliS_5S-FE Until this year I was at about $1000 spent on... Sep 17, 2011 - 2:20 AM
chacha easily over 6K, just on upgrades (tires, suspensio... Sep 17, 2011 - 3:27 AM
Timmyface I envy your cheap cars.
Last time i added it all u... Sep 17, 2011 - 4:36 AM
3WayStunna Hmmm...
Ive spent so far...
6500usd on car includi... Sep 17, 2011 - 4:46 AM
njccmd2002 10,000 so far. Sep 17, 2011 - 7:01 AM
azian_advanced too much Sep 17, 2011 - 7:05 AM
KAOS QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Sep 17, 2011 - 5... Nov 10, 2011 - 11:33 AM
NYp8tBaller07 Well got the car for 750USD and have spent 200USD ... Sep 17, 2011 - 7:57 AM
Tigawoods i dont like this thread Sep 17, 2011 - 9:32 AM
cheela QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Sep 17, 2011 - 9... Sep 17, 2011 - 10:36 AM
richee3 I shudder to think... Here's what I remember r... Sep 17, 2011 - 9:39 AM
richee3 QUOTE (richee3 @ Sep 17, 2011 - 8:39... Dec 12, 2013 - 1:27 AM
Neon90424 10k for it, 10k on it Sep 17, 2011 - 9:40 AM
SwissFerdi $7100 for the car. Call it about 1k into regu... Sep 17, 2011 - 11:11 AM
Cuts_the_Pilot 22k aus on the car (6 years ago)
25k on parts alon... Sep 17, 2011 - 1:07 PM
xrav22 QUOTE (Malhar95 @ Sep 17, 2011 - 1:2... Sep 17, 2011 - 1:33 PM
perkyshadow Here's the fun story.
Bought our 2nd Celica r... Sep 17, 2011 - 10:14 PM
czwalga I have about $10k into the rally car... inclu... Sep 17, 2011 - 11:05 PM
BonzaiCelica QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Sep 17, 2011 - 9... Sep 18, 2011 - 4:23 AM
NYp8tBaller07 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 18, 2011 - 4... Sep 18, 2011 - 10:58 AM

mkernz22 QUOTE (NYp8tBaller07 @ Sep 18, 2011 - 11... Sep 18, 2011 - 11:36 AM
mak5603 QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Sep 18, 2011 - 2... Sep 18, 2011 - 12:04 PM
spy00005 QUOTE (Malhar95 @ Sep 17, 2011 - 1:2... Sep 18, 2011 - 10:56 AM
Soulend the car was free, my dad gave it to me,
the engi... Sep 18, 2011 - 3:00 PM
stephen_lee 15-20,000k Sep 18, 2011 - 3:10 PM
4-eyed-freek about 5k, but that all about to change in 6 months... Sep 18, 2011 - 4:24 PM
malpaso Can not write the number here... no way. I want to... Sep 19, 2011 - 8:16 AM
Neon90424 this thread really sucks Sep 19, 2011 - 9:20 AM
rave2n around 6k - Majority is swap costs, and I have alo... Sep 19, 2011 - 10:53 AM
enderswift $8500 on my celica (mint florida gt with ~60k... Sep 19, 2011 - 8:11 PM
Palmy You Americans have it so bloody good with car and ... Oct 3, 2011 - 4:33 AM
Neon90424 car part prices may be cheaper in America but no G... Oct 3, 2011 - 8:44 AM
dustin15brown Dis iz ay Stoopit fred Oct 5, 2011 - 2:45 AM
Lil-Joe101 $15,000- price includes vehicle purchase, par... Oct 9, 2011 - 11:58 AM
boyota Converted to us dollars: aprox. 55k - 37k for the ... Oct 9, 2011 - 12:52 PM
Araykhel $2,300 for the car in 2010,
$900 for rep... Oct 10, 2011 - 5:00 PM
Needles 1300$ the car
500$ in repair
2000... Oct 10, 2011 - 5:14 PM
qatar11 lets see..... I'll only put on major purchases... Oct 11, 2011 - 3:28 PM
johnyboy1976 Nearing £65'000 - including buying the car
Tha... Oct 11, 2011 - 4:48 PM
black13 as others have said...too much Oct 12, 2011 - 11:46 PM
BonzaiCelica how about this : cars are not a good investment... Oct 14, 2011 - 1:25 AM
SupraKid $1200..Car included... Oct 14, 2011 - 2:36 PM
NYp8tBaller07 QUOTE (SupraKid @ Oct 14, 2011 - 3:3... Oct 15, 2011 - 11:29 AM
zfjohnson07 ive spent about 1500 on mine. love the little thin... Oct 15, 2011 - 6:47 PM
Fastbird Bought the car sight unseen in 2005 for $7500... Oct 17, 2011 - 5:57 PM
zfjohnson07 its only worth it if you have a 3sge with a turbo ... Oct 17, 2011 - 6:57 PM
Fastbird QUOTE (zfjohnson07 @ Oct 17, 2011 - 7... Oct 17, 2011 - 7:44 PM
Spider77 QUOTE (zfjohnson07 @ Oct 17, 2011 - 6... Oct 17, 2011 - 9:43 PM
qatar11 QUOTE (zfjohnson07 @ Oct 17, 2011 - 7... Oct 18, 2011 - 6:53 AM
zfjohnson07 ha ha wish i could get one, theres one in my town ... Oct 17, 2011 - 7:45 PM
trdproven i spent over 40,000 dollars, including like bolt o... Oct 17, 2011 - 8:24 PM
96bluevert Lets see, bout her for $5k back in 06. Spent ... Oct 17, 2011 - 9:20 PM
Ted95 i should be driving an 03 SVT Cobra.. Oct 17, 2011 - 10:21 PM
Neon90424 I just don't want anyone to hit my car...I WIL... Oct 17, 2011 - 10:25 PM
S8S8 $13k on the car (back in 2005)
$4k on th... Oct 18, 2011 - 11:41 PM
trdproven cars are not an investment really in regards to fi... Oct 19, 2011 - 2:11 AM
Demios LOL I spent too much too...
2500 € for the car, a... Oct 19, 2011 - 2:55 AM
Malhar95 probably should have told u guys my bill first,
... Oct 19, 2011 - 3:15 AM
stephen_lee QUOTE (Malhar95 @ Oct 19, 2011 - 3:1... Oct 19, 2011 - 8:15 AM
Malhar95 QUOTE (stephen_lee @ Oct 19, 2011 - 9... Oct 19, 2011 - 6:04 PM
96bluevert QUOTE (Malhar95 @ Oct 19, 2011 - 4:0... Oct 19, 2011 - 10:34 PM
subspec about 15,000 Oct 19, 2011 - 6:15 PM
kingcarlito4991 i brought mine for 650 and to get shocks and strut... Oct 31, 2011 - 10:41 PM
kurt95gt I think im at just shy of 3000 if you include pric... Nov 1, 2011 - 12:17 AM
stephen_lee bought my daily for 1800 in 2009. since then ive s... Nov 1, 2011 - 9:04 AM
PR3M4TUR3D3T0N4T1ON bought my DD for $1000, and spent maybe ... Nov 12, 2011 - 2:13 PM
kormysh8 2500 on the car, and around another 6k on fixes, m... Nov 13, 2011 - 4:25 PM
Lenny 4k to get the car, around 650 for the springs and ... Nov 13, 2011 - 6:07 PM
95CelicaST I was tallying up the receipts in my glovebox the ... Nov 13, 2011 - 9:18 PM
thatmr2 I'll let you know once it stops....oh wait it ... Nov 23, 2011 - 3:33 PM
Hirogodsend The car cost me $6,500 back in march.
Tires a... Nov 30, 2011 - 4:05 PM
kurt95gt Just spent another 250 on tc rims an 30on a short ... Nov 30, 2011 - 5:18 PM
Promasta over $20,000
car-10000
paint-2200
wheels-140... May 16, 2012 - 9:43 PM
Box $2,400 for the car. Included new tires, new ... May 16, 2012 - 10:39 PM
kurt95gt Im at roughly 4000 into my 1mz swap an got to driv... May 17, 2012 - 1:07 AM
taibones i paid $250 for the celica, bought fenders ... May 17, 2012 - 5:24 AM
b22ri22an keep in mind i deliver pizza in mine and beat the ... May 17, 2012 - 10:32 AM
Malhar95 Can we get any updates? Dec 5, 2013 - 12:12 AM
1994Celica Around $4500 for....
Original price of the ca... Dec 5, 2013 - 12:31 AM
playr158 I've probably wasted something like 10,000 - 1... Dec 5, 2013 - 11:33 AM
mgnt232 Ha same prob 10-20k over 7 years. multiple motors,... Dec 5, 2013 - 1:04 PM
Julian_Navia I've kept a list. Only $1,679 including t... Dec 5, 2013 - 6:21 PM
cyberblader1130 $3200 - Car/Fees
$3700 - Bodywork/Paint
... Dec 5, 2013 - 10:07 PM
Terzin1 I just want to shout out on how much I have NOT sp... Dec 5, 2013 - 11:33 PM
skogs I haven't read through this thread, but i thin... Dec 6, 2013 - 8:24 AM
Trodai €7500 over a year and a half for car,parts and pai... Dec 6, 2013 - 10:59 AM
dudeofchaos $240 - Jdm tail lights
$7500 - Car
... Dec 7, 2013 - 11:08 AM
match220 $9,000USD for car (9 years ago), I stopped co... Dec 8, 2013 - 6:27 AM
zoocsijr I bought the car for $5400 about 7 years ago ... Dec 8, 2013 - 10:48 AM
delusionz Wow you guys list big long lists its cute how litt... Dec 12, 2013 - 12:40 AM
match220 QUOTE (delusionz @ Dec 11, 2013 - 7... Dec 12, 2013 - 2:24 AM
cheela regardless of anyone's answer, I think the REA... Dec 12, 2013 - 9:08 AM
dudeofchaos QUOTE (cheela @ Dec 12, 2013 - 11:08... Dec 13, 2013 - 3:14 AM
bnr32celica Car--500
V6 swap--3200 with exhaust, re-cert, etc... Dec 13, 2013 - 2:06 AM
onnaj Pff bought the 1998 Celica ST for about €3500,- in... Dec 13, 2013 - 5:46 AM
SwissFerdi QUOTE (onnaj @ Dec 13, 2013 - 5:46 A... Dec 17, 2013 - 7:49 AM![]() ![]() |
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