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How much MONEY have you spend on "upgrades"...?

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Old May-10th-2002, 10:13 PM
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How much MONEY have you spend on "upgrades"...?

I was a bit curious about how much money you have spend on "factory or aftermarket" additions to your Protege5 or MP3 models?

I've owned my vidid beauty for 4 months now and my tally is close to $2,000.00 (U.S.).....this includes: wheels, tires, springs,cat-back,shift-kit & shift ****.



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Old May-10th-2002, 10:31 PM
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I've spent a little more than $4,000 on aftermarket stuff on top of the car, and I've gotten some really really good deals along the way..

this summer it will probably double.
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Old May-11th-2002, 01:24 AM
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prob around 4 grand canadian...........thats just on stereo (big one), light bulbs, intake, short shifter, aftermarket alarm/remote starter

plan on spending another 6 grand for a turbo kit
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whoa there people... he said specifically "protege5 or mp3 models." us regular protege owners were not included yet again.
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Old May-11th-2002, 08:57 AM
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i find cars are like computers......they are a huge money pit!!!!

but its all worth it in the end
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Old May-11th-2002, 09:50 AM
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I myself have spend about $6000.00 for stereo, wheels and tires, tint.
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Old May-11th-2002, 12:52 PM
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Re:

Around $1000 CAD<<alarm, CAI, lights, and some minor stuffs!>>
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Old May-11th-2002, 02:49 PM
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Excuse me..... I orginally posted this thread on the "Protege5/MP3/ 3rd Gen site. Then the administrator "moved" it "off-topic".......

Later, Speedbump.
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Old May-11th-2002, 03:20 PM
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NightOwl,

What kind of short shifter do you have? Got any pics? Also, where did you buy it? I live in Toronto and once I get my Protege I'll be looking at replacing it with a short-shifter... How much did it cost to replace or did you do it yourself?

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Ive spent over $5000, mostly on changing my wheels every 2 months. Ive gone through 3 sets, and I have a new set noe
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Aproxamately $7249 on my car so far!
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I've spent about $2300 on my Pro5.
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only $1500 here...<hey I just had a kid and bought a house> wish I could spend more though.
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2 much

About6000$ us dollars i've gotten some really good deals along the way though. I still need a good header.
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Zero. If I could have afforded my car plus $5k in mods, I just would have just bought a WRX to start with.

I love my stock P5.
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