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    Non-member Kenobi's Avatar
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    Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Im not talking bout swapping engines or anything. I mean what single item can you buy for the Renault 5 that costs the earth?

    Also what the most you have ever spent on your car?

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Theres loads of things that could be consider exspensive

    a paint job that could go up to 2grand
    a turbo 800quid
    ph1 side graphics 180quid
    alloy wheels 400-500quid
    forged pistons 300-400quid
    forged rods 300-350quid
    tubular manifold 300quid

    this list is endless

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Custom Roll cage
    Brakes
    Suspension

    All those can go above 1k I recon

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Sadev Gearbox, £6k do i win

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    interior retrim 2.5 grand
    ice install 2.5 grand and upwards


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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    LSD cost fair amount of money. EFi conversions at the beginning were

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    New poster! (less than 10 posts)

    veryon engine/transmission in a 5?

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Os8472 View Post

    forged pistons 300-400quid
    forged rods 300-350quid
    where from?

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigfoot View Post
    Custom Roll cage
    Brakes
    Suspension

    All those can go above 1k I recon
    Interesting what would a custom Roll cage be made out of??


    Also I bet carbon fibre Body parts aint cheap.

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    carbon body parts arent that much. if you sent the part to China, they can copy it in carbon if you wanted, but they usually require a minimum quantity and you gotta think of chipping back to the UK, which a couple of years ago was £500 for a container. bonnets were about £280 for nissan 200Sx's....

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    i spent over 2k on paintwork
    nearly 700 on brakes

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Insurance! not a mod but still expensive!

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jono View Post
    Insurance! not a mod but still expensive!
    Dont go there with insurance, renewed mine today. They said because I valued my car above 5k they will only go full com. Cheapest they can do is 600 thats without a agreed value, which im not sure whats the point insuring it that high then they said they can charge me just under 1k and they will cover me for track and agreed value. So decided to so value of 4999 and TPFT, got agreed value now and its half the price.

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    I got a quote the other day for £51!




















































    On a 125cc motorbike

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    are we talking custom built or off the shelf products. i would say a chassis would cost a fair few quid to have made

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    stainless stereo

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    a space shuttle bonnet mascot

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Group A mixture screw

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Probably the most I've spent in one go is 1k, on Avo coilovers/ a front mount intercooler and other odds and sods, Tbh when I was a couple of years younger and starting to earn alright money I quite regularly blew £300 or so a week on new panals/ paint/ seats/ etc.
    I've wised up a bit now though, and would rather do things on the cheap regarding the car.

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Quote Originally Posted by RICHIE View Post
    are we talking custom built or off the shelf products. i would say a chassis would cost a fair few quid to have made
    Off the shelf Richie.

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    pls wheels with out tyres were £1000 plus post from germany.

    A decent custom cage would cost around £2000( chrome moly)

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    custom built manifold £1300

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    dont know about now but back when i had my 5 the most expensive single mod was a charge cooler around the £500 mark

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    modified heads!

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    Re: Whats the most expensive mod out there?

    Quote Originally Posted by TommyB View Post
    pls wheels with out tyres were £1000 plus post from germany.

    A decent custom cage would cost around £2000( chrome moly)
    Chrome moly is pony, t40 is where its at.

    I think bigfoot has won this with the sadev, do you remember the k-tec demo car with this gearbag.

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