If you had £1500 to spend on your car...

[Scutch]

You've been given £1500 to spend on your car (don't bother checking your pockets, this is purely hypothetical). What would you buy?

For the purposes of this thread, base everything on your car being standard (if it isn't already). Therefore if you have a mod currently on your car you'd like to retain, simply take the value of it from the £1500. It's not rocket science, Einstein. Also, using the money for another car, a house deposit or a hooker aren't valid options.

 

[NoahRobinson07]

Probably go for a Rover Mini Cooper. by that I mean just replace it. /

 

[Stefan.]

for my clio right now prob

*spax coilies
*rs tuner
*powder coat wheels gloss black
*pure motorsport strut/top mount combo

 

[sbridgey]

Spax coilovers
corner weighting
Whiteline arb
oz f1's
some part worn semi slick trackday tyres
oil change
Book some trackdays

 

[Hodgins]

recaros
wheel refurb
better coilovers
powerflex ARB bushes

off the top of my head

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Probably go for a Rover Mini Cooper.

Yeah I don't think you've really read scutch's post.

 

[AK]

That just about covers my annual Oyster card for London.


No car :dapprove:

 

[Pedro19]

438 Cams with cambelt kit and coilovers

 

[Scutch]

Probably go for a Rover Mini Cooper. by that I mean just replace it. /

What about a house deposit or a hooker?

 

[NoahRobinson07]

I just ment, replace the car. Why spend money on 1500 pounds on modifications when you could just buy something else and have more fun?

 

[Bluebeard]

I'd use it to pay for what its already booked in for...

Full wheel refurb inside and out 4 new decent tyres, full respray apart from the roof.

 

[Fletcher]

Catcams 438
cambelt/aux belt change
air con delete.

 

[Gally]

4x brand new shocks and Eibach springs. 4x new matching tyres. Geometry.

Anything left over, uprated ARB's.

Not the Frp/

 

[Scutch]

I just ment, replace the car. Why spend money on 1500 pounds on modifications when you could just buy something else and have more fun?

Well quite, but that was the question and why I stated the option. Otherwise loads of people would just say spend the money on something else other than a sh*t box Clio.

Probably.

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Probably throttle bodies or cams for the trophy. I've already got the suspension setup how I want.

 

[Adamm.]

Would probably spend it getting the car mint as possible.

Anything left would go on a few small bits like solid top mounts or whiteline arb.

 

[Eddie.]

Every tiny parking ding and dent removed and full respray, alloys refurbed, probably not much more you could do with £1500 after that!

 

[Final Maxim]

radiator 40
matrix - 30
service stuff, oil/filter etc - 100
grooved discs+pads - 100
oil/boost guages - 30
12" vibe sube+amp - 200
head unit - 150
battery - 100
incar boost controller - 20
satnav - 100
coilovers - 300
carbon bonnet - 300

 

[DanDare]

Wheels powdercoated.
Steering wheel professionally re-trimmed.
New exhaust (baffles rattling around on mine).
New shocks/springs (maybe even standard).
New stereo.

Certainly wouldn't bother wasting it on half hearted engine tuning tbh.

 

[Scutch]

Think I'd go:

Coilovers
Turinis or other wheel resprayed in matte black (second hand and then refurbed to reduce cost)
RS Tuner
Inlet manifold powder coated
Exhaust system (second hand to reduce cost)
Induction kit or filter
Wheel spacers
Updated rear badge

Not sure how much I've spent there, but that's what I'll be going for, I reckon.

 

[MikeoftheQuays]

4 new tyres
Alloy(s) refurb
Eibach springs
Put the rest towards replacing whatever it is that started squealing at low speed yesterday

 

[Knuckles]

Cup spoiler - £275
Ly dash strips - £50?
Service - dunno how much

Then

H&R spring - £200?
20mm spacers -£150?
light anthracite speedlines £400

That leaves me around £500 for a 200 diffuser lol

 

[Bluebeard]

I'd use it to pay for what its already booked in for...

Full wheel refurb inside and out 4 new decent tyres, full respray apart from the roof.

On my Valver.

On my wifes Beetle, I'd have the bottom half wrapped in cream Vinyl, wooden roof rack, Coilovers and chassis notch, front end repainted due to stone chips.

 

[Slammed172]

Clio Discussion so I'll refer to one.

If I had a trophy I'd get TB's.

If I had a normal ClioSport then: Coilovers, solid top mounts, rear arb, some OZ F1's or 2118's (strictly 15's), and some DS pads.

 

[DaveDreads]

After taking off the cost of all the mods it already has i'm prodably left with about 5/600quid,
so a very boring but essential cam/aux belt and dephaser service.

Assuming that the car didn't need it this year it'd be,
whiteline arb, polybushed wishbones & front arb, stiff shift kit, pure motorsport top-mount and strutbrace package.

 

[KFRRS94]

Full Service
New Waterpump
Wind Deflectors
Coilys
Speedline Alloys
Skoda Splitter
Steering Wheel...

I dunno what else.

 

[jesus]

Some 22" chromes with no tyres because I can't afford to purchase them.

 

[Andyk1801]

Service (not cambelt, overrated)Lol
Wheels refurbed and painted black
Trophy seats
Coilovers

 

[Chrisgti6]

Cams - £1200
Wheel refurb - £200
Small car park dent removed from rear quarter £50
Half a tank of fuel £50

Hoping to do this lot during the course of the year anyway

 

[Scutch]

Those 438 cams are popular.

 

[Gally]

And expensive!

 

[b1lly]

wheel refurb
couple of tyres
respray bonnet and bumper to get rid of all the stone chips
r26.r spoiler
keep the rest for when things go wrong with it

 

[Chrisgti6]

Those 438 cams are popular.

402's for mine isn't it? I've got a 197.

Tempted to get some fitted when I get the belts done. It's not such a massive price then as i'm killing 2 birds with one stone!

 

[Tin cup]

1.Drink
2. Drugs
3.Hookers ... That is all

 

[Stefan.]

1.Drink
2. Drugs
3.Hookers ... Im a r****d that is all

EFA

 

[DaveDreads]

1.Drink
2. Drugs
3.Hookers ... That is all

Your car sounds like a right party animal.

 

[JP83]

For my Clio DCi Mk3 (when I get it).

Coilovers
Some decent 16's either new, or 2nd hand refurbed ones.
Colour-code the bump strips
Spoiler
RS Vent grilles

 

[Tin cup]

Your car sounds like a right party animal.

Op's sorry and Yellow tree car smelly

 

[Cub.]

438's for me. And I have experience to judge that by

 

[Kane.]

Belts
Alloys refurb
All 500 of my dents removed
Springs