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How much $$$ spent for your ES mods?

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Old 10-26-04 | 03:35 PM
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Default How much $$$ spent for your ES mods?

Just gauging how much money we have spent on modifications for our ES's. Include your most valuable current mod on your ES.

Excluding the mods I have removed (K&N filter, PIAA fogs), I have about close to $850 worth of mods on my '01 ES. The '02-'04 ES wheels is the biggest one.
Old 10-26-04 | 04:30 PM
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ive spent close to $12,000. (which includes multiple grills, exhaust systems, 2 sets of wheels, different radios, etc.) single most expensive item i bought would be $3000 for wheels

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Old 10-26-04 | 06:28 PM
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wow.....well with the wheels, body kit and painting, plus stereo equipment, strut bar, and a few random items I'd say about $4500.
Old 10-26-04 | 07:28 PM
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Im at about 5,000 at the moment. Way more after this weekend...
Old 10-26-04 | 09:18 PM
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I think I'm past $6,000 right now... Not totally sure, but there was alot of useless crap that I went through (various ricer bulbs, useless ram air, etc.) The paint job alone was $1,800, but the insurance sort of took care of that in way, I just lost some discounted insurance rates because one of the 3 minor accidents was my fault.

oh yea, coming in a close second was my wheels/tires.... $1,700.
Old 10-26-04 | 10:42 PM
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About $2,000 here for me. thats including HID kit, fog light bulbs. And just purchase new system.
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little over $8000.. wheel itself cost me $3500....



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Old 10-28-04 | 05:10 PM
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lexusk8, from the looks of this I think you should have made that poll amount a little higher cause everyone has seem to have spent lots of cheezzz

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Old 10-29-04 | 09:47 AM
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Well, I dont have my wheels yet, so I'm still fairly low. My stereo system has been one of the most expensive things I've put in, although I did all of the work on it myself, so all I had to buy was subs, amp, changer, and material for the box, etc..

I recently dropped quite a bit something, but they're not on the car yet... does that count?
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Originally posted by The_Hitman
I recently dropped quite a bit something, but they're not on the car yet... does that count?
Hitman, what stuff did you recently put money down for, if you don't mind me asking?
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Originally posted by lexusk8
Hitman, what stuff did you recently put money down for, if you don't mind me asking?
I suppose I'll give out a little hint.. I dont want to give it all away just yet, because I haven't received the item(s) yet. I will say this, it's suspension, and I'll be the first ES (in the US?) that I know of with this set up.
Old 11-18-04 | 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by The_Hitman
I suppose I'll give out a little hint.. I dont want to give it all away just yet, because I haven't received the item(s) yet. I will say this, it's suspension, and I'll be the first ES (in the US?) that I know of with this set up.
LOL fair enough! Looking fwd to a nice write-up about it
Old 11-18-04 | 05:13 PM
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JIC suspension!! or is it those D2 ones? Sweeeeet, I remember seeing a thread about someone doing an install on the JIC FLAT-2's on the 97-01's.
Old 11-20-04 | 12:12 AM
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Originally posted by juan01
JIC suspension!! or is it those D2 ones? Sweeeeet, I remember seeing a thread about someone doing an install on the JIC FLAT-2's on the 97-01's.


jic's are rediculously unreliable
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