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Old 09-12-2013, 12:42 AM
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In order to give people a general idea of the direction I'm taking this project, I wanted to outline the budget that I have laid out thus far:

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$ 400     Original vehicle price
  270     Wheels (15x7 ET25 / 16x8 ET34)
  660     Tires (Nitto NT-01 225/45R15 / 245/50R16)
  625     Shocks (W126 Bilstein B8 Sprint)
  240     Springs (5" 600F / 700R)
  140     Spring adjusters
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$2335
So I'm up to over two grand and I haven't done any power upgrades or maintenance. My initial goal was to complete this car for under $2000 including the $400 purchase price. Now with a minimum of a front end rebuild and water methanol injection, it's looking like I need to increase that number to $3000.

I knew from the get-go that I'd probably lose my ass. But damn!
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Old 09-12-2013, 02:09 AM
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In order to give people a general idea of the direction I'm taking this project, I wanted to outline the budget that I have laid out thus far:

Code:
$ 400     Original vehicle price
  270     Wheels (15x7 ET25 / 16x8 ET34)
  660     Tires (Nitto NT-01 225/45R15 / 245/50R16)
  625     Shocks (W126 Bilstein B8 Sprint)
  240     Springs (5" 600F / 700R)
  140     Spring adjusters
--------------------------
$2335
So I'm up to over two grand and I haven't done any power upgrades or maintenance. My initial goal was to complete this car for under $2000 including the $400 purchase price. Now with a minimum of a front end rebuild and water methanol injection, it's looking like I need to increase that number to $3000.

I knew from the get-go that I'd probably lose my ass. But damn!
Well there were other routes you could of taken on the cheap, but it would seem so far you are going to have a fully adjustable suspension that you can fine tune rather than throw in the cheap parts and hope they will compete to your satisfaction.



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