For exterior/engine parts, I have all near clear corners on their way, a polished manifold and throttle body, I have a CAI installed, and a ground wire kit I still have to install. I also have enough 0 gauge wire to redo the alternator to battery line. Have the new projector headlights and am almost done hooking up the halos. I plan to get some 4300 or 5000k HID's in the future and hide them. I also have an air horn setup I will be installing (sick of people cutting me off!)
Now here is the thing - I LOVE the inside of my car - and everyone that sits in it comments on it too. The only problem is that the outside of my car looks like poop! I cheaply rattle canned it w/ very little prep work just to cover the chipping paint that was on it before. There are are few small dents, 1 small rust spot (that I will be fixing myself once it gets warmer) and the paint is beginning to chip again. I Love doing things myself, but I don't have a garage and all painting has to be done outside. I also won't have the time this summer to try to paint the car myself (the right way).
So I can try to save up the $2000 to get the car painted professionally (big money cost
) I know the car would look amazing afterwards. I still havn't gotten the Mazdaspeed front bumper or rear wing yet, but I wouldn't be buying those until the rest of the car is DONE. I wouldn't mind waiting until I had a place to paint it myself (or attempt to - I could at least do prep work then) But it sucks driving a car that doesn't look that good.Or I can do several other things:
Install a car PC! I've been planning on doing this since I got the car, I love the idea of having a car PC. I would hook it up to a megasquirt (don't have that yet) and add wireless internet/gps support along w/ a nice 7" touchscreen to run my 2 amps, 12" JL sub and polk momo speakers currently running off a headunit. So this will cost me roughly 1200-1500 for the megasquirt and the car pc stuff.
Or I could get a new set of rims/tires for the summer. I have narrowed my choices down to either RPF1's or 949 6ulr's (when they come out) This will be ~700-900 for the wheels, and 200-400 more for tires depending on what combination I choose).
I would LOVE to paint the car because it would just look so much better. It looks like a POS from the outside now so it's hard for me to show it off until people get in the car and go for a ride. However this also has its advantages. I don't have an alarm kit yet, and I plan to install one over the summer. Having a car that looks like a55 deters criminals! No one will want to steal it!
So do I choose the outside bling? The go fast tires? Or the inside bling w/ go fast computer?
Or should I save my money til I graduate and do nothing?
all in my dreams...and yet close to reality!
