How much bling did you throw into your car (after initial purchase)?

How much bling did you throw into your car (after initial purchase)?

As I was reading the thread about the people here needs to focus more on performance rather than looks, I started wondering, "How much DID we each spend on our own car before today?" Looks, performance, or otherwise, I think money spent on the car is...well, money spent on the car. We just tend to make our ride look good rather than trying to make it go fast, knowing damn well that our 1ZZs, 4AGs, what-have-you have just some (but not a lot) potential at aiming high. And let's face it - you bought a corolla not only because it looked good, but it's economical! I'm sure if we really wanted speed and have the money to throw down at it, we'd get something a little more competitive. But hey, we all have to make dues with what we have. And like someone else said, we don't have a huge selection of parts to choose from anyhow. Even if we do, it usually costs us a pretty penny.

So anyway, back to the topic. How much did you spend on your car? Don't be shy about not spending more than others because you want to eat three full meals a day rather than some of us who just lives off of snacks and ramen so we can get a little something special for the car (though that's nothing to be ashamed of either - love makes you do crazy things ).

I've spent...mm...$2,100 so far.

About $2500 - two sets of wheels, better audio system, upgraded brakes, some electrical work, TRD springs, and aftermarket lighting. Just stuff to make my 3 hour commutes back and forth safer and more enjoyable. Not sure if you call that "bling", other than the sound system, since lot of what I changed are considered consumables.

i havent spent that much yet... around $500 for the head unit i got, silverstars, intake mesh grille... cluster swap... oh btw, i bought 2 head units coz my old one got stolen... so i went through a kenwood kdc 2022V and Kdc mp425...

for the first year i was well under the $500 range.

i'm still WELL under a grand for everything i've done to it...and i don't forsee spending much more, aside from performing maintenance on it.

:hesaid: except the spending 4x as much as other ppl part of the text lol.... I'm planning on spendin somewhere around 20 g's on performance in this car and a few body and suspension mods

Well, i'm not sure if it's considered "bling," but shortly after, I had a system installed for around $750. I've spent around $1200-1500 on the car. Nothing real major other than the system...at least for now.

who the hell vote for the last one? lol

im not saying you cant, but on a corolla? damn....

come to think of it, when i'm done with the car late this year, i will also go past that 5g range (damn s/c).

it's just so hard to try and do something for your car, without just chucking your wallet out the window.

but 20g's? um...go buy a new car. seriously.

and some body & suspension mods also. maybe he's thinkin of turbo?

uh-uh. i don't care WHAT you do, unless you want to swap out your engine/tranny/ac/testicles, you'll NEVER reach 20k!

oh, and your rims must be made from 20ct diamonds.

MAYBE

just MAYBE

he's doing a RWD swap, and it's going to be made of gold.

gold....lol

naw, he's turning it into a JGTC touring car

It scares me when I add this type of stuff up. I could spend 6 grand on a lot better things.

$2,500 on my old Rolla
$700 so far on my Matrix (and I'm just getting started)

damn i've blown over 10g's on this car already, now that i think of it, i shoulda saved the extra 10g's, add that to the 14g's i paid for the car new, and plus some money i have saved up, i coulda got myself a bimmer by now...but then again i cant see myself driving a bmw around at 19. maybe when im like 25 that'll be possible

i've spent around 5,000

well, with just stereo and lights and other stuff I've spent close to $2k and then there's the repairs and what not so I'm closer to $3k with that...

lol repairs...i threw down 3g's, CASH, to fix my car after an accident.

Throwing down 3g's in cash using your OWN hands is NOT a good feeling.

I spent about 3 grands on my old corolla. I already spent more than 2500 on my XRS already and I only have this car for 7 months. And Im still spending more on this b!tch, gosh, this sh!t is so addictive.

So grand total I spent on cars is 5500+.

i've spent over $15,000 on my rolla and that's w/ knowing people

hot damn u cud buy like two with that cash

yeah, i paid $13,750 be4 taxes for the car new in 99...didnt start modding it till march of 2003, but the past year has been the most extreme