Well, I have a lot of things left to do to finish my car, but don't know where to start as I can't afford to do it all at once.

Here is what needs to be done:

1. Replace stock gauges and Defis with Stack unit.
2. Replace stock seats with either Leather Sparco Milanos or MAYBE fixed bucket seats like Brides.
3. Put a cd player and speakers back in it
4. Get 16" CCW rears for my MTs instead of the NA supra rims, so it will actually match my skinnies.
5. Get the whole car repainted (it is 3 colors right now if you really pay attention. I have had the hood repainted/replaced because a nitrous backfire blew it up, I have had the whole drivers door repainted because a shop put a big nick in the paint that was too big to be touched up and look right, and the previous owner had the trunk lid repainted when he took off lexus and sc300 emblems and put on toyota and soarer eblems and had some of the holes filled back there).
6. I need to have the dash repaired where we had the PS2 installed back in the day, and order AC vent pieces that aren't cracked.
7. I need to have a parachute mount fabbed and installed.
8. I need to have molds made before the car gets painted to have the carbon hood and door skins made.
9. I need to replace the rear TT brakes with NA brakes so I can fit 15" wheels and drag radials on.
10. I need to have a rear deck trim piece made since the factory deck cover doesn't work with the roll cage.

Currently the car is going back to SP this coming week to have the motor put back in and have some miles put on it and testing done. It is receiving a new trans (another SP400, this one will be non lock up with a griner valve body transbrake and hardened input shaft).

Here is what I estimate this stuff will cost, and I need some input as to what order I should do this in:

1. $2500
2. $1200-$3000 depending on which seats
3. $1000
4. $1000
5. $4000-$4500
6. $1500-$2000
7. $750-$1000
8. This really depends on a couple things, but lets say is things worked out I would be in this for @ $5000.
9. Free maybe, if someone traded me?
10. $300-$500

So if you needed to do all of this to your car what order would you do it in and what would you just not waste your time doing?

-Ethan

 

ethan,

I would work from the inside out....so...
10
6
2
1
9
8
7
4
3
5

Just my 2 pennies

 

Stack meter.....

 

I know I am cheaping out... If I were as hard core as I want to be I would buy a Motec ADL display, but is is 3x the price

 

Stack can hardly be considdered cheaping out!!!

 

Compared to an ADL it is!

 

-Ethan

 

I like this order because it starts out inexpensive, so I could do a lot quick.

-Ethan

 

Do you need n/a brakes? I got them in my garage if you want them (free).

 

Saw the Motec display on Team Lexus IS300. Pretty nice display!

Chris

 

I agree... The price difference though is the Stack would be @$2000 + install and the Motec with the options I would need would be @$6500 + install. Is it worth $4500 more? I don't know... maybe.?

-Ethan

 

On second thought, it probably isn't because that $4500 would buy the Fikse rims I want if I had all that other stuff finished

 

agreed

 

I do not think it's a priority. Perhaps it should be the last thing you do.

Chris

PS. This time I am drunk. Hahah. Party on.

 

This is hillarious. You are drunk at 4:45am and I am at work almost 12 hours into a shift!

-Ethan