how much have you actually spent?

[60vwnewengland]

like how much money have you actually spent on your vw. i'd have to say i spent about
$475 on metric wheels
$450 rims
$800 brake job
$800 for the car
$400 valve job
$50 for new intake manifold
$300 to put the intake manifold in
$126 for new shocks
$39.95 on new window rubber
$1200 for body work
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$4640.95

you??
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[vwjosh6070]

[Andrew]

[truckersmike]

[vwjosh6070]

well, if this is the way prices are going for work to be done on a vw, im gunna have a VERY successful shop! i wouldnt charge that much to rebuild an engine, let alone a manifold change! that is just insane! i have changed manifolds on a bunch of vw's, old and newer. i didnt have much trouble besides not being able to find the 10mm wrench.
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[60vwnewengland]

[truckersmike]

[quote="60vwnewenglandwhen he's the only qualified vw mechanic around he can pretty much charge anytihng he wants...[/quote]


I thinks it's time you need to pick up the Idiot's Guide. You don't do your own work? The rumors are true, working on your VW is not only fun, but for the most part, easy.
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[60vwnewengland]

[truckersmike]

I don't mean to keep harrasing you but working on your own ride is half of the fun of ownig a VW. I can understand about the engine and tranny and things that are a little more coplicated to work on, but you could have easily saved yourself $800 and done the brakes yourself. It's one of those things that is so easy that no one I know doesn't do themselves. And believe me, some of my VW friends need a lot of help.

Some day you should really take a look at your brakes to see how easy it is. Then eventually you'll be putting posts on the Performance thread asking for advise about the turbo system you are putting on yourself. Once you start, it becomes a disease and all of the sudden your motor isn't fast enough so you tinker with it to make if faster. You clutch feels loose so you get under there and tighten it. Etc.

And I don't care where you live, that shop is ripping you off!
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[clayster89]

hey dude you got ripped off and i love working on my vw bug there are no vw mechanics around here so i have to do it myself this is my first car and my first time to work on a vw by myself im learning very fast to i already have the engine out im working on putting a new clutch in it i have the engine stripped and i cleaned it and im ordering a new manifold and thats like changing a sparkplug thats one of the easier things all you do is bolt it on. Damn i need to open up a vw shop around here and im going to charge $300 to put a new manifold on i will be rich

[Ragman]

Yeah, what they said about the intake manifold....especially after I gave you detailed step by step instructions on how to do it. Live and learn. Say NO to that shops prices!

[ScottK]

$2000 for the car (I spent too much on it!)
$1100 for the new engine that I put in after I received it
$90 for brakes and star adjusters
$51 for new gas tank

$120 for shocks
$25 for new fuel guage vibrator
$125 for new headliner
$140 for the carb
$40 for a used DP intake
$60 for two fuel pumps (first one leaked)

Many $$$$ for sandpaper, primer, and paint..... approx. 400 bucks.

So that adds up to.... about 4200 bucks for a 74 fatchick.

But, I did it all myself, except the headliner. Not a show car by any means, but it's mine (read: my wife's!), and we love it.

Scott

[EdW]

I'm just a hair under 10g's
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[Rick73Super]

I spend $200 to $500/month on my 2 ACVWs, I stopped counting long ago, my next upgrade will be 15" Rhein wheels/tires for my Westy ... around $1200.

[Major Woody]

I'm about 9k into the Westy (8k more to go) and 6k into the oval (8k more to go).

I'm not keeping receipts. It takes some of the sting out of the expenditure.

[DaveM]

I keep most of my receipts for all my projects but never tally them... I just don't want to know.

The double cab is waay up there... My chrome guy loves/hates me.
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[runslikeapenguin]

$500 for the 74
$280 for all the baja kit stuff
$119 for the small baja parts it dident come with (rear fenders, bolts so on and so forth)
$150 wireing

total: about a grand:) but its far from being fiished:(

[Miguel Arroyo]

$23,000 on a fat chick

It does include new pans, new luggage sheet metal, new A/C, 4 wheel disc brakes, new paint (PPG), and new everything else.

But I do not care, it is the best car ever. I no longer drive my 2002 Jaguar (sold it) and I am thinking of selling my 2004 Corvette since I do not drive it either. None of my coworkers understand it (neither my wife although she accepts it).

I would do it all over again (except on an 55 oval).

[pb24ss]

Can we really put a price on living our dreams?

[Miguel Arroyo]