$10,000 budget

[wolfsburg]

What would you do to your current project/car with a budget of $10,000?

I would get a respray and a good brake upgrade, if any change some interior work.

I am curious on others thoughts and ideas.

[alex g]

go mad

[el_foolio]

yep go crazy, make it fully race worthy!! roll cage, racing seats, harnesses, nice wide wheels, get a new 2dr, just go nuts really. too much crap to list really, so i wont

[imported_brackie]

Dreams....

Definitely a total, bare metal respray (Mars Red), a new dash and a full recon for the motor. Other than that, she's already a pearler.

[GoLfMan]

bare matal repray, AWD conversion, 1.8 16v--- then turbo it, then racing seats suspension roll cage... etc

[Golf Loon]

I`d Buy a VR6.

Or get a turbo and a supercharger for my 16v

[GoLfMan]

so a supertubocharged 16v

[wolfsburg]

It opens up the creative floodgates if you had a bit of a budget for your car. BTW some of you have spent more than 10k Unless my rough calculations are out, which is more than possible heh.

[alex g]

i dont want to think what i have spent on the mk2, but hey its all good, couldnt have thought of a better way to spend money

[evorobin]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-MK2-Golf-Gti-16v-Turbo-Technics-conversion-200-bhp_W0QQitemZ4568001521QQcategoryZ9873QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[finemk1]

just to let you guuys know our dubs are a never ending money pit, and if the money is there for you to spend its very scary!!!! ive pumped $28,000 in to mine with $25,000 of receipts over the last 2 years it all adds up very quickly, but i could build similar car for $15000 now doing it myself and im not about to start over again!! well not yet anyway

[alex g]

thats the second reason why i pay cash for everything , cause that **** scares me. the first being you can geta better deal

[Belgianwaffler]

big brake conversion (including the booster), koni adjustable all round, hmm .... 15" deep dish, springs 1.5 inch lowered, nolathane bushings, sway bar (front) , conbination of strut braces and body braces, seats , new dash or recovered.. steering wheel, gear nob, .. well there would still be cash left over after that ..engine freshen up?

[TassieGTi]

just to let you guuys know our dubs are a never ending money pit, and if the money is there for you to spend its very scary!!!! ive pumped $28,000 in to mine with $25,000 of receipts over the last 2 years it all adds up very quickly, but i could build similar car for $15000 now doing it myself and im not about to start over again!! well not yet anyway

$28000
Don't get me wrong I love my golfs, but with many other priorities in life I always try not to spend more than what I can get back in return for a project car! Common sense always gets the better of me which obviously limits my projects! I know of a guy in Tassie who spent $28000 on a MK1 back in the 80's and could only get $12000 when he decided to sell it as soon as it was finished!

[finemk1]

dont plan to sell it, ill store it in a shed on a farm when i buy a new ride, your right tassie thats probably why i wont sell it cuase i cant get anywhere near that price