Originally Posted by
D-Unit121 i try not to look at money spent on cars....it looks really bad on paper.
I bought my Sentra for 13K'ish brand new off the lot. Don't really remember with the financing and whatnot.
I've spent at least, minimum, of double that amount on the vehicle since beginning my Restoration in 2007.
Still have to re-upholster my seating ($$), get my CF hood and trunk painted and installed ($$), then install a properly bolted-on, cammed, and tuned VE ($$$). Might do a painted to match Sunny front and rear bumper as well ($$) for the weight reduction and less bumper overhang.
I'm gonna own my play-toy Classic for another 25-years if I make it that long. Worth every penny for the smile it puts on my face.
Originally Posted by
ashtonsser Most of us started out with budget builds.
Facts are most of the big build guys are guys that have been in the scene a long time, got older, got higher paying jobs and so on to afford the big builds.
My first mod was a Stillen pop-charger because my factory air-box broke. A pop-charger was cheaper than a new air-box and easier than finding a pre-owned one in a scrap yard. This must have been around 2003, ten years after buying my Sentra brand new. Ten years I had wanted to buy mods, but did not have any discretionary income.
My second mod was a set of Hyperco springs, bought on a GB in 2004. They sat on my stairs for 18-months before they were installed. During that 18-months I purchased a set of AGX's on a GB (could
not afford CSK's), Koni bumps, OEM dustboots, and a set of Whiteline/Superpro caster bushings. A year and half to collect all those pieces. Then I had it all installed at once to save money on tearing apart my suspension for every new piece (not wrenching on my own car).
I'd say that was
definitely a serious budget suspension done pretty well.
Now I am nearing 50-years old. My income is no longer even close to where it was in 1993 or 2003. Let alone when I was in my early twenties, when I was a dead-broke-mofo.
Badhabits, there is an age and hence income gap on the forum. Older guys generally have more disposable income than younger guys. It is the way the world works.
And I do love budget-builds. A scrappy-looking beat-up car that is reliable and goes like stink, all on a tight budget.
Here's a current budget-build that is coming along nicely:
http://www.sr20-forum.com/members-rides/56360-xonix_digital-1993-sentra-se-r-lowell-ma.html