How Much Have You Spent On Your E Series?

[hyperno_1979]

Excluding general wear and tear items, brake pads, tyres, etc. Paid $800 for my EA. $66 for a pair of NEW headlights after a coal truck i was following to work decided i didn't need them. All hosing under the bonnet was done when i worked for Enzed on night shift.

[EBEATN]

Not enough! need more funds so i can spend some more cash on the thing!!

[Nostalgia]

I last posted in this thread on the 19/05/07 and to this day i STILL have not spent a cent on my EA. Still stock except for ride height and wheels. Still have the factory Phillips radio and Kenwood rear speakers. Its a everyday driver but she just keeps on going and going. My AU is the one giving me grief.

[gthofan]

i bought the car for $5000. since then about $500 into it. Now preparing for $2500 budget going into it.

my xg was a huge money pit and still going!!!
the ef will have close to 5k spent on it by the end of the year

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

Since then:
$80 for exhaust
$350 for lowering
$70 for ED Ghia steering wheel
$130 for EBII Climate Control and Trip computer
$70 for new front speakers
$180 for coil and leads
$50 for aircon idler pulley
$300 for Scorcher bar (still awaiting paint)
$100 for ball joints (not in the car yet)
+ I have a lot of costs coming up on it. It needs a fair bit of work.

Since 19/05/07:

$1000 for wheels and tyres
$900 service where ball joints were fitted, new brake rotors and pads, rear resonator removed and many other things were done. Still needs new rack mounts, trailing arms, and to fix power steering leak
$50 for bodykit (which isn't on the car yet)
$150 for extractors (also yet to go on the car)
$30 for EF door handles (also going on soon)
$80 for SVO grille (which I've decided won't be going on the car)

And the Scorcher bar still isn't painted, but at least it's on the car now

[347_XR8]

Past month would have to be around 2 grand..
Swaybars
Springs
Shocks
Brakes
To be done in the next month-
Tailshaft service
Tires
Bushs

[Allen]

Lets see...

$7,000 to purchase the NF about a year ago

$1,300 for 17" wheels with tyres
$2,100 for the suspension to be done (Shocks, springs, swaybar, castor camber, bump stops)
$100 for materials for custom grille
$1,000 for the in car computer parts which hasn't been finshed yet.

Damn, thats $11,500 and I've hardly started with the thing... :P

[wicksy]

in the last 2months i have spent round$3k
$980 on stereo
$700 to fit brakes,fit a/c
$600 on 2 clutches,one flywheel
$700 on misc for car

[barthez]

past 6 months ive probably spent around 1500-2000 fixing things on it..........new exhaust system, tyres, alternator, belts, radiator hoses, radiator, sway bar rubbers, wheel bearings, list goes on and on..........monday get front wheel bearings done and new water pump........

[EBEATN]

I spent as much as i paid for it, not worth putting too much money into...

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by EBEATN

I spent as much as i paid for it, not worth putting too much money into...

That was my original theory too! So much for that!

[SBR_1]

Hey dez at least it made it through this weekend.lol

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by SBR_1

Hey dez at least it made it through this weekend.lol

Woohoo!

It's funny when I recall my original plans were to replace my old sloppy auto shifter and replace my old cracked amber indicator with another amber indicator! I think I've gone overboard!

[Rob]

AU - 7 grand on miscellaneous mods.... SOLD

GTS - about 3 grand - SOLD

ED........

$400 - LSD
$2500 - T5 conversion (including rebuild and other bits and peices)
$500 - brake upgrades, discs, pads..... other rubbish.
$120 - Cam
$700 - extractors and exhaust
$1000 - wheels and tyres
$1000 - suspension components
$200 - stereo
$1500 - general repairs/maintenance
$100 - interior
$300 - thermo conversion


Yikes.. $8k.

The ED cost me $2k + 1 rubbish VN Commo


When I tally up how much I've spent on cars in the last 3 years, it amounts to approximately.................

$57,000

Sweet mother of god.....

Obviously I've recouped some of that, but still, scary stuff.

[twr7cx]

Why does the pole stop at $5,000?
I reckon I'd be close to $25,000 now (including the price of the car which was only $2,000).
Front coil overs stung me a grand the other day, DVD player cost a grand, the supercharger with all the extras I've got would be a good $7,000 or so. Plus there's many more, and the car still looks like a bucket of ...

When I got the car all I wanted was tinted windows a CD player and a noisey exhaust and then I thought she'd just be awsome!

[TUF_302]

Under $1000 easily, since most things were done to the car when i purchased it, all ive spend on it is rego, insurance, and changed all the fluids

[gmkila]

i've spent somewhere in the vasinity of 50k on my car and it keeps on goin i think by the time i'm done it will owe me 60+k

[MotherNatureVer2]

Originally Posted by gmkila

i've spent somewhere in the vasinity of 50k on my car and it keeps on goin i think by the time i'm done it will owe me 60+k

From the pics I have seen of you car you can tell ...... top job matey

[ratman]

I've spent about 50k on the engine and drivetrain in my EB alone, car cost me $32,595 brand new in '91. Add bodykit, Simmons, mild interior bits (will do a full interior soon) and there u go.
Actually had the receptionist at work have a go at me last week when I told her what had been spent on the running gear, she reckons I'm mad. I asked her how long she'd been smoking - since age 13. I then told her to calculate what it costs her per year to my age (35) and see what she gets. The final outcome would be $57k.
So I then told her with my vice - I still come out cheaper, gets me where I wanna go and won't leave me with lung cancer. With the 7k left over I could go that blower and with the change, spot her a few packets of ciggies.

We don't talk about cars anymore.

[red_hotxr6]

Originally Posted by ratman

I've spent about 50k on the engine and drivetrain in my EB alone, car cost me $32,595 brand new in '91. Add bodykit, Simmons, mild interior bits (will do a full interior soon) and there u go.
Actually had the receptionist at work have a go at me last week when I told her what had been spent on the running gear, she reckons I'm mad. I asked her how long she'd been smoking - since age 13. I then told her to calculate what it costs her per year to my age (35) and see what she gets. The final outcome would be $57k.
So I then told her with my vice - I still come out cheaper, gets me where I wanna go and won't leave me with lung cancer. With the 7k left over I could go that blower and with the change, spot her a few packets of ciggies.

We don't talk about cars anymore.

And at the end of the day if you want to sell it you still come out ahead with a few thousand dollars..lol

[snypereb]

$20k +

[1FLYRYD]

$6200 on the car bit over 2 years ago

$280 engineers report

$200-$300 on miscilaneous stuff paint ect

$400 in reapirs to charge system alternator ect

$350 for steering wheel/boss kit

$150 for 3.45 king pin & crown wheel

$600 odd on stereo heaps of stuff inc screen got it cheap as

$250 on suspension

$1700 on wheels/tyres

$6500 on paint/panels/parts inc xr lights and grille

$800 aprox on various bits and pieces for the turbo conversion

$0.00 on my new motor so far (was given to me)

$?? whatr ever the cost of the finished/rebuilt motor

so about $17,500 so far with more to come its kinda scary considering the ea is worth $100 lol

[TRRTRY]

spent about $3k on the sprint so far with various repairs and bringing it up to scratch after years of neglect - ive still got 3k left to go i reckon...

[spider]

i hope to get a ed/ed sedan shell, convert it into a ed fairmont and fully rebuild it from the ground up and just build it to ford so its original and doesnt have other performance gear but it will have a au engine and transmission or brandnew eb from ac delco and rebuilt eb diff and what ever else but it wont be for a couple of years 3 years hopefully

[1FLYRYD]

Originally Posted by spider

i hope to get a ed/ed sedan shell, convert it into a ed fairmont and fully rebuild it from the ground up and just build it to ford so its original and doesnt have other performance gear but it will have a au engine and transmission or brandnew eb from ac delco and rebuilt eb diff and what ever else but it wont be for a couple of years 3 years hopefully

why not find a grandpa spec, you can pick one of those up for a couple of grand in basically mint condition!!!

[Sorted]

Originally Posted by 1FLYRYD

........$280 engineers report...........

A what?............... no one in an e-series gets that!!! Buy why, what you need one for?

[1FLYRYD]

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

A what?............... no one in an e-series gets that!!! Buy why, what you need one for?

well when the intec I6 conversion took place the previous owner decided it was a better idea to modify the cross member rather then simply grinding back the fins on the sump. hence when it came time to get a blue slip done they knocked me back so i needed an engineers repot/certificate what ever you wanna call it for them to pass it.

[gthofan]

im estimating $10,000 including purchace now.

[Sick EB]

jeez there are a lot of people who spend a lot of money on there cars. havnt even started on the engine/ driveline yeat. hehehehehe