700 for car,

200 for coilys

35 for mk5 rears

150 for angel eyes

112 for fk powerlook

30 strut brace

60 induction kit

300 for shitty alloys

250 for some monza deep dish alloys

100 for the cl interior

all in all 1937

thats minus all the repairs i have done

£750 - Car

£150 - Exhaust

£220 - Coilies

£240 - Sound System

£450 - Wheels

£100 - Misc mods

£550 - Rec-con Gearbox + Clutch 3weeks ago with 2year waaranty on the box.

=£2460 (Not including MOT and Servicing/New brakes ect..)

Going up for sale in 3 - 4 weeks for around £1200

Probably something in the region of 4k in the 5 years i've owned my G40...

I bet most people on here with a g40 will have spent alot!

I've spent around 4k on mine since I've had it

Quite easy on a G40 tbh, considering they need to be well maintained to keep them running smoothly.

Dread to think how much money is in my Lupo. Last time I worked it out it was going onto 5 figures.

5 figures? how much you phone salesmen get paid?

Without speaking to my accountant:

Car - £2200

wheels - £300

odd bits n bobs of bodywork - £90

Eaton kit + whatever else i got - £2000

misc parts needed when above was fitted - £1000

fitting - £ too much - £1600?

bucket seats - £400

gauges - £70

and theres still more to spend yet to get it how i want it so £7660 without a remap but I'm sure I've missed some bits out.

Car = £3000

Interior = £2000

Wheels and Spacer = £650

Bodywork = £1200

Rear Bumper = £100

Coilovers = £200

Alpine Screen = £600

Speakers and Amp = £150

Interior Bits = £50

Few bit and bobs (grills, fog lights etc) £200

Total === £8150

Which = Show/Daily and Mag Featured car

Edited 15 January, 201016 yr by babz_s

polio dude how old are you?? it wont be anywhere near £3500 to get you insured. keep shoppin round, if its too high, wait a month then shop around again, bullshit about where its parked and alarms etc., my car is as 'safe' as thought knox as far as my insureres know... try putting a lass on it (mine went down £200 when i put the bird on) if you really try you'll get insured for a grand.

Am only 17 chap, i put it in as garaged, with a clifford avantguard alarm, both parents and a grandparent as named drivers, totally standard, i dont exactly live in Beirut either, i dont get insurance companys :(

Saying that though, i got a 2.400 quote a while ago, haven't been able to get anywhere near since :/

I had a g40 bought for 1300, spent 100 quid on samco hoses, sold it about 5 months later for 2.3.

woop woop

You regret selling it though don't you and you sold it cause you knew what was coming... Bottler

well i knew fook all about cars then, bar the fact that it was rapid, looked sweet and had a remote control engine start which was hella pimp

but the new owner found a cracked chassis leg, hole in the intercooler and head cracked in two places, so i dont regret selling it (i dont regret shit anyway) cos i wouldnt have ended up with two mk1 golfs otherwise which ended up sending me down the road of taking cars apart, fixing them, breaking them.

good thing is tho after that, the only time my garage saw a garage was the mot. labour is a killer and with the amount of work I've done on cars in the last 4 years my garage bills would easily have been 5k+

i do miss the gfotty tho, cos it was a lush colour and super clean, but i couldnt afford the maintainance it needed including a charger rebuild fo 500 notes

lets have an ad up

car:3,500

bodywork:200

stereo system: 300

fair few set of wheels: 1,000

interior:1,400

Engine Conversion(exhaust brakes everything):5000

remap:400

11,800

holly shit hahah

Edited 14 January, 201016 yr by Djsimmy

Am only 17 chap, i put it in as garaged, with a clifford avantguard alarm, both parents and a grandparent as named drivers, totally standard, i dont exactly live in Beirut either, i dont get insurance companys :(

Saying that though, i got a 2.400 quote a while ago, haven't been able to get anywhere near since :/

I'm 17 as well drive a 1.4 8v 6n all mods in and fully comp for £720 a year, so if i was you i would shop around.

Stopped adding it up but will be close to £10k by now.

Car was £3000 and so far spent over £12K on it, that includes 2 engine rebuilds, coilovers, eaton conversion then turbo conversion, subframe, brakes, quaife diff, exhaust etc.

Am only 17 chap, i put it in as garaged, with a clifford avantguard alarm, both parents and a grandparent as named drivers, totally standard, i dont exactly live in Beirut either, i dont get insurance companys :(

Saying that though, i got a 2.400 quote a while ago, haven't been able to get anywhere near since :/

I'm 17 as well drive a 1.4 8v 6n all mods in and fully comp for £720 a year, so if i was you i would shop around.

He does live in the dump called Leeds remenber

my coupe s/ gt

car - £720

pipercross & AFM - £20

seats - 100

sub & amp - £30

handles - £20

cherry bomb - £50

ats - 350

rear lights - £45

total so far = £1335

and i've had it 6 months.... shiiit, thats the first time i totalled it up

Edited 14 January, 201016 yr by VEEDUB89

I got the car for bout £1000

spent £270 on getting bits and bobs

induction kit wid cold air feed bout £100

front grille £20

new big exhaust £90

service ... and bits £100

stubby aerial £10

clear indicators side £10

and in the next 2 week getting the body work done prob about £700+

:)

and more bits to do...

Edited 14 January, 201016 yr by louislewin

Car: 800

Coilovers: £165

Wheels: Free

Seats: Free

Crash damage: £200ish

16V Bumper and bits to smooth it: £40

Headunits: £100

Indicators: £6

Paint to spray various bits: about £20

Cleaning stuff: £30

New tyre: £24

General bits such as air filter, spark plugs etc: £40ish

Oil pressure sender: £35

They are just things I can think of so £1460, not too bad really. I have got most of my mods for free such as wheels, seats, 16v lights, side repeaters, painted badges etc.

I've probably spent more on petrol than all that tbh.

Am only 17 chap, i put it in as garaged, with a clifford avantguard alarm, both parents and a grandparent as named drivers, totally standard, i dont exactly live in Beirut either, i dont get insurance companys :(

Saying that though, i got a 2.400 quote a while ago, haven't been able to get anywhere near since :/

I'm 17 as well drive a 1.4 8v 6n all mods in and fully comp for £720 a year, so if i was you i would shop around.

He does live in the dump called Leeds remenber

it's because coupes are group 7 :/

I've seriously considered fixing it abs selling it :(

I'm sorry i made this guys lol, looks like its upset people. Well I'm still glald iv spent the money making my Mk3 into something special. gonna start the build thread soon.

Max

£50 for the Polo

£30 in parts to get it through MOT (MOT was free)

£50 in enough spray paint to give it a nice smooth finish inside and out

£50 for 80/70 springs, new door, door seals, wheel trims, new brake pads, 2 wheels with brand new tyres, parcel shelf, fog light switch.

£30 new fuel tank + paint/stone chip to make sure it don't rust out again!

£210 for 12 months of motoring and enough bits to keep me busy

cheapest daily yet ?

Not quite - i bought a black '99 Fiat Seicento 1.1 Sporting in '02 for £1,950. It had 24k miles and i sold it about a year later with 32k miles - then sold it for £2,600. It paid me its servicing,MoT,insurance and tax just to drive it.

£50 for the Polo

£30 in parts to get it through MOT (MOT was free)

£50 in enough spray paint to give it a nice smooth finish inside and out

£50 for 80/70 springs, new door, door seals, wheel trims, new brake pads, 2 wheels with brand new tyres, parcel shelf, fog light switch.

£30 new fuel tank + paint/stone chip to make sure it don't rust out again!

£210 for 12 months of motoring and enough bits to keep me busy

cheapest daily yet ?

Not quite - i bought a black '99 Fiat Seicento 1.1 Sporting in '02 for £1,950. It had 24k miles and i sold it about a year later with 32k miles - then sold it for £2,600. It paid me its servicing,MoT,insurance and tax just to drive it.

No where near cheapest daily, have a friend with a clio, got it from a scrapyard just about to be scrapped, nothing wrong with it at all owner just wanted shut of it. £50 quid with 12 months MOT and tax already on it, and 100 quid for insurance! woop :)

car-3600

engine conversion including brakes and zorst and remap etc- 7700

bodywork-1300

carbon bonnet- 500

wheels- 1500

seats-500

coiloversx2-700

new headlights-280

all together £16,080

not including the 3 driveshafts I've been thru and tyres if that added on it £18,380

I've had the car just over 2 and half years first time adding all up. holy fuck balls

Edited 15 January, 201016 yr by jamie1.8tpologti

In the region of 8k ( Just on my G40 ) lots more to do and rising weekly lol

Vw parts manager knows me well now and i get discount I've spent that much put it that way :)

Edited 15 January, 201016 yr by quiksilver_jake

i get funny looks @ VW if i tell them i want parts for a G40!

Think the GT was £300 last time I bought it.

Front suspension's been rebuilt with parts I had lying round, apart from getting buttraped £15 for a track rod end.

Back brakes have been rebuilt with parts I had lying round. Had to drop £25 for a pair of wheel cylinders.

Brake cleaner and fuid was about a fiver.

Wing mirror came in a bundle of parts that I sold the rest of, so was effectively free.

Windscreen came from a car I broke.

Wheels and tyres came off my other car.

Swapped some bits for the Weichers bar.

Think I rolled lucky on the GED bar, but I can't remember what it was.

Bulbs and brake slide bolt seals came out of a golf my brother was scrapping.

If you do it right, this hobby doesn't have to cost much, but you have to be prepared to play the waiting game.