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Old 02-05-2006, 04:58 PM
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Never knew money could be spent so fast...lol

So i picked up the
4-piece urethane Kaminari kit
Carbon Fiber Kaminari Spoiler
Kaminari honeycomb mesh grill
18" Diablo XlR8 Racing wheels w/ Falken tires
Headlight high and low beam HID conversion
(tint and streetglow neons were included)
Tein S-tech lowering springs w/ TRD coilovers

Good Deal or what?lol


Which brings me to my next point.well question.
What should i do next...not much left to spend to im looking only around 1K for anything else.


I was either thinking doing some interior work(lights or neons or something)
Or maybe saving up,getting a turbo kit, or getting a CAI and an exhaust. maybe a strut bar or something too.

Well, just wanted to know what would be the next best thing.
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Old 02-05-2006, 05:35 PM
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Cool. I would have rather spent it on a turbo. But lets see some pics
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Old 02-05-2006, 05:42 PM
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Lol, i'd rather look nice before performaing nice( i like how my car rides as of now)
not like i race much or anything like that so yeah.lol

Everything is being installed next monday/tuesday
I'll put some pics up wed or so.
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Old 02-05-2006, 05:45 PM
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curious to see how low the kaminari/stechs is gonna be...
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Old 02-05-2006, 05:48 PM
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yeah.i was worried about that at first, but its gonna look nice =) lol
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umm, what money are you using to install these and get it painted?
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Old 02-05-2006, 06:24 PM
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the paint and install(along with some added on vinyls and headlights and stuff were all thrown in)
my close friend owns the shop im going through.so he hooked me up
BSP paint for the bodykit and spoiler.
lol.you guys are losing me...

kinda asking for opinions...
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Old 02-05-2006, 07:03 PM
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why did you use HIDs on high beam? the halogen turns on faster when you want to flash somebody, turnin on/off hids will damage the bulbs.

you said trd coilovers ? do you mean trd shocks + tein springs ?

well thats your car tho u do wat you want.
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Old 02-05-2006, 07:05 PM
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lol.yeah
sorry im not too"up on cars"
the guys at the shop hooked me up.so im not worried.they wouldnt make my car not work or something
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If you going for looks I would FOR SURE spend 600$ and get leather seat covers by katzkin...you can get them through creativecompacts.com and they come in 2 tones.
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and furthermore, you will have 400$ left which you can *stretch* and get an HKS exhaust and CAI...there goes your 1k =P
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hm.not a bad idea dude.might skip the seats and go for something different.lol i like my seats =)
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let me know how the trd shocks paired with the stechs feel after the install?
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Old 02-06-2006, 10:37 PM
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yea please post pics when u are done
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Old 02-07-2006, 01:07 AM
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will do.Just wait until next Tuesday or Wednesday
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invest that 1K...like a real investment! lol

pix when you're done.
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Old 02-07-2006, 03:25 AM
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invest 1K...lol
and wait 50 years to get 20$?

naw.lol
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Actually, if you were to even buy something as conservative as a US Savings Bond, 1k now would turn into 32k after 50 years. Even adjusting for inflation, thats a lot more than $20.
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yeah.but with my luck i'll die before those 50 years.lol
oh well
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Originally Posted by Nerek
yeah.but with my luck i'll die before those 50 years.lol
oh well
well, just FYI, if you were to invest that $1000 in something easy, like a fund that tracks the S&P, and it grew at a decent 12% rate, in 50 years you'd have...

$289,002

(and if you put it in a ROTH IRA, you wouldn't even have to pay taxes on that $288,002 that you made)

Just figured I'd do the numbers for ya.
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