Quote Originally Posted by pinkprincess
I never said it was too much, just shopping around to see whether people thought it was a good price. Im looking to spend $15,000 to $20,000 for mods etc. not including the price of the car obviously. I found a Trust turbo the other day for $5,000 of course thats not with fitting and tuning.

I dont need a car that totally blows everything away, i just dont want a car thats all show and no go because I think thats a waste. I do know what I want to do with it because I've been thinking about it for a while now. I posted to get this constructive critisism so I dont get bit on the butt somewhere along the line.
Geez i wish i was on your wages just out of uni :shock: , i am on 50k+ a year and it is hard enough to afford my DC5R just in terms of loan repayments, running costs and general matainence (tyres, rego, insurance, servicing, etc) and here you are talking about buy a DC5R and then going and spending 20k on mods straight up :?

BTW DC5R's are quick straight from the factory, I would suggest staying N/A and just getting exhaust, intake, aftermarket computer and cams to start with.

Also if your 20k includes your paint job and wheels and suspension you would be down to 10k already without touching the engine.