Help Me Spend My Money!!

[timmyjk7]

I am really struggling to work out what to get my my car and I have a very long wish list which obviously my budget cant stretch to. I have £4600 budgeted to spend on the car in July but the parts I want are too expensive to get the lot.

 

List is:

 

• Prodrive GT1 Wheels
• Invidia N1 Street Exhaust
• KSport/D2 8 Pot Kit
• Rear Discs and Pads
• Stage 3 Handling Kit
• HKS SSQV
• Carbon Spoiler
• Carbon Splitter
• Carbon bonnet scoop insert
• Remap
• Injen Decat

 

What would you guys do? I really want the wheels so thats a must but what else should I go for??

[stants]

Fuel pump, exhaust, map, d/v , brake upgrade & rears. Handling kit Dunno what that comes to but anything else after on the cosmetics, would be my way of doing it

[Tidgy]

Brakes as a starter, then decat, panel filter and map, followed by the handling mods, then the viusual stuff.

 

 

as least that what i'd do :)

 

 

 

p.s. i'd still go down the AP route myself ;) lol

[timmyjk7]

The handling kit comes with the BC coilovers and whiteline ARB's/bushes but at £1150 its the killer! I have a cosworth panel filter so its starting to breathe better. I could run a cheaper system (Hayward & Scott or Cobra) but they arent in the style I wanted.

 

With regards to brakes, K-Sports cant stock my requirements so its going to be D2 which is now killing this budget!!! GGRRRRR too hard to decide!

[Tidgy]

modding scoobs right isn't cheap, cut corners and will destroy the car.

 

trying to save £50 here and there can cost you alot more than that

[timmyjk7]

Im certianly not going to cut corners but i cant afford to get everything done at once so im asking which bits should i do first.

[Jimmymac101]

Id decide if you want to aim for perfomance or handling first and aim mainly on one section

 

I personally would  go for handling as your car will seem so much quicker when set up correctly :) 

 

If you go performance your best bet would be to collect parts and then wait to you have what you want and fit and map at same time to save having to go back to remap with more parts a month down the line!

 

As i said though this is just my opinion :D

 

James 

[BoozyDave]

I'd do the handling first, then more power, then better brakes

[timmyjk7]

Thanks guys I have decided that im going to take your advice on board and stick to the brakes and suspension so going to get it booked in for end of June.

[Jimmymac101]

Good work man you wont regret it ! especially when your able to give it some around the the B roads and have confidence in your car :P 

 

James 

[timmyjk7]

Going 356mm D2's all round, Whiteline ARB's, Prodrive 18" GT1 alloys, BC coilovers hopefully I will notice the difference.

[BoozyDave]

hopefully you'll notice the difference????

if you don't notice the difference, you must not have tried driving it

[timmyjk7]

Im booking a track day to take the Imp and the Scoob is the support car so i will give it a lap or two to see if the mods have worked

[Jimmymac101]

If you get chance book a before and after track day :D but honestly mate you will notice a difference and if the garage set it up spot on that smile will be from ear to ear :D

James

[cornish6544]

My carbon bonnet cost me £500! not cheap!

[timmyjk7]

If you get chance book a before and after track day :D but honestly mate you will notice a difference and if the garage set it up spot on that smile will be from ear to ear :D

James

I havent got the time for two but im going to Wales in june so I will punish the car on the B roads (within the UK law!) so i should be able to tell the difference after the work is done in July

[timmyjk7]

My carbon bonnet cost me £500! not cheap!

 

I dont want a full carbon bonnet on the scoop insert which is £125

[GMInsite]

Hi do you have a WRX or STI?

 

I just had KSport 8pot 330mm brakes fitted 2 days ago and they are awesome coupled with the ferodo ds2500 pads.

 

Also got BC Racing coilovers with the pillowball topmounts and you will be amazed at the difference. 

[timmyjk7]

Mine is just a WRX. I have gone for the D2's 356mm front and 330mm rears as these will fit better with the GT1's.

[GMInsite]

wow 330mm rears!! Mines that on the front haha.

[GMInsite]

You gone for 6 or 8 pot ?

[timmyjk7]

8 pots I believe. The 330's would be tight on the front and as they are same price i went for the 356mm front. Not sure what pads the garage are getting for me as the ones supplied by D2 are not great.