how much $ did you spend on car parts?

m3guyinsj · 12-29-2012, 06:40 PM

Good reason to keep the car stock

Daft · 12-29-2012, 07:42 PM

About $40k. And I don't regret 1 dime!

AlteredBe4st · 12-29-2012, 10:13 PM

Thought I was done but it's a sickness, I need rehab!! You know what they say the first step is to admit you have a problem but Fuc-it. YOLO!

Wendall · 12-29-2012, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kotik

you right..

I'm also working on restoring my E24 (1976 633csi).

Dude that is pimp! Love that look.

positiveions · 12-30-2012, 12:14 AM

After dumping so much $$ on my 'ol E36 M3, it left with a notion that modding is an investment that you'll never retrieve back. Thus, now a days, slight modding can achieve the desired look without breaking the bank.

sycd · 01-04-2013, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by biggynuts01

Thanks, you just got me depressed

I just started modding my car a couple months ago, after turning it into a weekend car after a couple years of DD, and I am just about at $15k spend on mods w/installation. Damn, man I thought I was under $8k in mods until I added up all the costs. I still have tons of parts uninstalled sitting in my garage waiting for the right time.

I really hoped to get into a 997 gt3 within the next few years. I better stop here.

I took my eisenmann race off the m3 about a week ago and I really miss it. Stock is so tame!

I retract my comment in this thread, the eisenmann is going back on tomorrow.

Hi, my name is sycd, I am a mod addict.

AxisMagi · 01-04-2013, 09:26 PM

When I first saw this forum I thought spending so much on mods was a little cookoo for coconuts,
then I got the SC and went to the track and that's all she wrote... over 25k now, after coilovers
I should be done, ya right... lol

The grass truly is greener on the other side!

~Axis

Tim B. · 01-04-2013, 09:32 PM

hmmmm $69k for the car and about $7-8K in mods and i'm still getting beat by 335s

kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it

DisGuy · 01-05-2013, 07:37 AM

If you pick up a gtr/Lamborghini/or whatever is that price range of your hooked up M3, what makes you think you won't hook up the gtr. Then you'll be buying a used gtr at 70k + all the mods. Then you'll just say damn all that money I spent I couldn't of bought a Ferrari.

j2m · 01-05-2013, 10:18 AM

I'm about $20K in, at least that's where I stopped counting

Tim B. · 01-05-2013, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Plutonium

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Originally Posted by Tim B.

hmmmm $69k for the car and about $7-8K in mods and i'm still getting beat by 335s

kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it

You're doing it wrong.

Yeah,yeah, I know, I shoulda just spent the $10k on a SC right from the get go

j2m · 01-05-2013, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Tim B.

Yeah,yeah, I know, I shoulda just spent the $10k on a SC right from the get go

I had FBO + Meth E92 N55 and could not hang with stock M3's on the top end. They might get you from a dig but you should be able to walk away on top easy

Tim B. · 01-05-2013, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by j2m

I had FBO + Meth E92 N55 and could not hang with stock M3's on the top end. They might get you from a dig but you should be able to walk away on top easy

That's exactly what he had, and we did a couple of 60-115ish runs and he easily beat me.

Slowracer · 01-05-2013, 01:12 PM

I think it's great that people still have the car bug. I have never modified my street car because I have pouring cash into my racecars. You have to follow the racing series rule book (well sort of

, but there is nothing in the rules that caps how much money you can spend! I hope my kid won't mind going to the local community college.

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Daft Major 384 Rep 1,202 Posts Drives: 2021 M2C Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada iTrader: (2) Garage List 2003 BMW M3 [10.00] 2011 BMW M3 [9.71]	About $40k. And I don't regret 1 dime!
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AxisMagi Private First Class 11 Rep 106 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 Lemans Blue Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ iTrader: (0)	When I first saw this forum I thought spending so much on mods was a little cookoo for coconuts, then I got the SC and went to the track and that's all she wrote... over 25k now, after coilovers I should be done, ya right... lol The grass truly is greener on the other side! ~Axis __________________ _____________________________ 2001 E46 Race Car - S54 Swap - Moton Suspension - CAE Shifter 2011 E90 M3 - ESS VT2-625 Supercharger - Stoptech Trophy BBK - Ohlins Road & Track - MP Exhaust
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Tim B. Lieutenant 19 Rep 561 Posts Drives: 2010 Jet Black E92 M3 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Baton Rouge, LA iTrader: (0)	hmmmm $69k for the car and about $7-8K in mods and i'm still getting beat by 335s kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it
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DisGuy Captain 68 Rep 866 Posts Drives: M Three Powah Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: DmV iTrader: (4)	If you pick up a gtr/Lamborghini/or whatever is that price range of your hooked up M3, what makes you think you won't hook up the gtr. Then you'll be buying a used gtr at 70k + all the mods. Then you'll just say damn all that money I spent I couldn't of bought a Ferrari.
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j2m Colonel 180 Rep 2,446 Posts Drives: '11 E92 M3 DCT Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary, Ab iTrader: (8) Garage List 2011 BMW E92 M3 [10.00]	I'm about $20K in, at least that's where I stopped counting __________________ 11' E92 M3 Space Grey \| DCT \| ESS VT2- 625 \| Gintani Race (valved) + Quad Res Catless X-Pipe \| KW Sleeve's \| GC Camber Plates\|Arkym Diffuser \| Vorsteiner VRS Lip \| P3 Boost Guage \| Stud Conversion PHOTO's: Click Here ESS VT2 625 PHOTOS: Click Here
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Slowracer New Member 0 Rep 17 Posts Drives: 2009 Silverstone E90 M3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	I think it's great that people still have the car bug. I have never modified my street car because I have pouring cash into my racecars. You have to follow the racing series rule book (well sort of , but there is nothing in the rules that caps how much money you can spend! I hope my kid won't mind going to the local community college.
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