£5000 budget For mods what to do?

[Reissv1234]

right picked this up for £500

and want to make it a 172 replica I am only 17 so buying a ful 172 would mean insurance issues so just sticking with a replica.
Firstly I want to get it Re-sprayed To Mondial blue the 172 cup clolour : NEED A SPRAY SHOP SOMEONE HELP?

 

[sbridgey]

Why? Why not wait until you can spend this £5k on a decent car?

 

[Ben]

Put it in premium bonds, fixed ISA for a house deposit for when you've grown up a little.

 

[Alexiooo]

Spray shack get great reviews on here... Give them a shout for more info... Even if to just get a guideline price on what to expect to pay...

Also, have a look in the Car Parts for sale section as sport bodykits come up for sale every now and then. Same goes for turinis.

You going for the leather interior or the cup one (or keeping it standard)?

 

[Scott™]

Please do not plough £5k into this car.

 

[Kyle 86]

Why? Why not wait until you can spend this £5k on a decent car?

Just what i was thinking

 

[Reissv1234]

Spray shack get great reviews on here... Give them a shout for more info... Even if to just get a guideline price on what to expect to pay...

Also, have a look in the Car Parts for sale section as sport bodykits come up for sale every now and then. Same goes for turinis.

You going for the leather interior or the cup one (or keeping it standard)?

where is the spray shack based mate? and I plan to do the cup interior just really need to spray it firstly though

 

[Reissv1234]

Why? Why not wait until you can spend this £5k on a decent car?

but I want to spend some on this one now? my insurance wont go down until im way older!

 

[Gally]

You must must must be trolling. No, seriously mate, what the actual fukc.

 

[Jack!]

How much older is way older? Couple of years and you could get something much better.

 

[sbridgey]

but I want to spend some on this one now? my insurance wont go down until im way older!

Why dont you buy a second car, maybe a 172? and spend your money on that, and when you are old enough tax/MOT/insure it.

 

[Nick_Leeds]

Please do not plough £5k into this car.

This you'll regret it for ever. Waits for the 18/19/20 year olds with 1*2's etc with insanely cheap insurance I can't get my head around to wade in.

 

[Gally]

but I want to spend some on this one now? my insurance wont go down until im way older!

Look you clearly are a couple of fries short of a picnic but you realise wasting 5k on this car is the worst idea in the whole world, ever?

You could buy 2 172s and still have change for insurance.

Is the 5k a bank loan?

 

[Kyle 86]

Leave it as it is bud save the money because when your old enough you will regret spending the money on it

The lads aint being harsh even though it sounds it. But do not waste your money

 

[Nick_Leeds]

That's a good idea £2500 on a decent 172 and then £2500 to make it epic.

 

[Wick]

Please do not plough £5k into this car.

This unfortunately.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Is this thread serious?

Jesus wept.

 

[DrR]

Seriously don't, I've just bought my first house at 28, and know for a fact if I hadn't pissed about with money like you're probably about to i'd be on my second.

Spending 10x a cars value on mods is insane.

 

[Adam G]

Have you had an insurance quote for your car with the mods you want? Chances are you might as well just get the 172 instead.

 

[Scott™]

Lol @ Jesus wept.

 

[Alexiooo]

where is the spray shack based mate? and I plan to do the cup interior just really need to spray it firstly though

They're based in Leominster buddy... http://www.spray-shack.co.uk/?page_id=92

If I can get my hands on a cheap ph2 sport interior for my cup near Exeter for a good price, I'd let you have mine, it's pretty mint.

 

[Pacman.]

Listen to us when we say don't plough 5k into a standard clio.
You will never make that money back when you sell it on.
Save it for a house or a upgrade when your insurance goes down. Or better yet go out into the world and enjoy yourself on some adventures.

 

[Reissv1234]

Look guys I am not planning on spending 5k on it. I only wanted to see if I could do a project of making a 172 replica.

 

[Jay.S]

FLOL.

Got £5k yet buy a car for £500.

Not sure if serious!

 

[JCC]

Spending £5k on a £500 car? Really?

Respraying a blue car a slightly different shade of blue? Really really?

 

[Filippo]

WHAT?!

You could spend £5k on that car and you still won't be able to sell it for £2k.

I trust this is money your parents have put away for you? Don't waste it on this.

 

[Scott™]

£5000 budget For mods what to do?

Look guys I am not planning on spending 5k on it. I only wanted to see if I could do a project of making a 172 replica.

:S

 

[Gally]

Drugs are bad kids.

 

[Reissv1234]

I got this car when I passed my test at Christmas and I have made 5k from saving up from birthdays and my job etc im not spending 5k on it at all! just wanted some ideas that's all

 

[Typhoon]

Have you considered that the mods will also bump the insurance price up quite majorly, especially at 17.

That being said, you're 17, enjoy being able to drive, learn the roads and get used to handling a car before jumping the gun.

An instructor teaches you how to pass your test, not how to drive.

I agree with all these replies, it's a stupid idea.

 

[SC03OTT]

Just leave the car as is. I left my Clio standard and coped. Buy something decent a bit down the line (again, like I did).

 

[Reissv1234]

Have you considered that the mods will also bump the insurance price up quite majorly, especially at 17.

That being said, you're 17, enjoy being able to drive, learn the roads and get used to handling a car before jumping the gun.

An instructor teaches you how to pass your test, not how to drive.

I agree with all these replies, it's a stupid idea.

so I just leave it standard and maybe do some suttle modifications?

 

[Budgie]

Look guys I am not planning on spending 5k on it. I only wanted to see if I could do a project of making a 172 replica.

It's possible, but utterly pointless. Trust us- we've all been there. All wasted money we wish we hadn't on cars.

Put the money away until you can insure something nicer. £5k will buy you a Z4 3.0 and insurance in a couple of years!

 

[Reissv1234]

It's possible, but utterly pointless. Trust us- we've all been there. All wasted money we wish we hadn't on cars.

Put the money away until you can insure something nicer. £5k will buy you a Z4 3.0 and insurance in a couple of years!

cheers for the advice mate means a lot.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Don't make a 172 replica, its just retarded.

Spend maybe a little, like a couple of hundred quid at most, but save the rest and do something useful with it.

 

[Filippo]

If you want to do a replica then do it without a respray. That's an awful lot of money to throw away.

 

[Reissv1234]

If you want to do a replica then do it without a respray. That's an awful lot of money to throw away.

but the modial blue looks better than the one I have at the moment?

 

[Knuckles]

///M3

 

[leeds_182]

Just slam it on some 172 wheels and it'll look a lot better.

Spending money modifying a car is dead money whether you're 18 or 48 tbh. Does it stop me doing it? No.
​

 

[The Russian.]

Seriously mate don't blow £5k on this car, keep it has a knock around then when your old enough buy something fancy with the £5k + more if you save a little.

You will thank us in the end.