simple question lol

[thrasher324]

you guys think 5 to 6k would be enough to sr swap and buy some bolt ons and suspension and wheels? its for a s13

[soreballz]

Decent rims/tires should cost at least a grand.
Coils + arms + bracing = around 2 grand.
That leaves 3 grand for the SR swap, which will do just fine if you do the work yourself.



Of course, if you do the typical bandwagon fanboi noob thing, you can score some shitty wheels with shitty tires for 500 or less, plus some shitty used coils and shitty eBay arms for under a grand, leaving you with more than enough to have a shitty shop do your SR swap, allowing you to post shitty pics of your shitty, poorly put together bandwagonmobile.
[Don't do that.]

[NismoDriverS13]

hahaha.....so true.

[Turbo Nismo]

Well a friend of mine sells me the SR with everything and swapped in the car for like $2500. It all depends on what type of wheels you want, what suspension you want and what is your goal with your engine. If you want it for drag, drift, etc; it all depends in what do you want with it, how many whp you want. You can reach easily 300whp with less money.

[thrasher324]

mm probably megan coilovers and rota wheels for about 1600 and the the s13 is only 800 bucks so

[Turbo Nismo]

mm probably megan coilovers and rota wheels for about 1600 and the the s13 is only 800 bucks so

You mean the S13 SR20 for $800??? Where do you buy it in that price?!

[fliprayzin240sx]

You mean the S13 SR20 for $800??? Where do you buy it in that price?!

think he meant the car he bought was only $800...

[godrifttoday]

why dont u just buy a car which has all that all ready for the same price and u might get better stuff

[mazersx]

why dont u just buy a car which has all that all ready for the same price and u might get better stuff


because its about the built!! Not bought!

[lbkid180sx]

i would definatly rather do it my self then have some shop do it this way u kno where everything goes when u have to fix something

[Ceepo]

why dont u just buy a car which has all that all ready for the same price and u might get better stuff,,

Makes a very good point, if your worried about your car and how it was put together when you "bought it built" you can tear it apart and change things around to how you want it... i bought my s14(ka/auto) for about 5k and dropped another 4-5k in doing a motor swap(rebuilt redtop)/manual swap, imho i would have been better off buying a car with the swap already and then changing/doing what i wanted to the car...

[godrifttoday]

,,

Makes a very good point, if your worried about your car and how it was put together when you "bought it built" you can tear it apart and change things around to how you want it... i bought my s14(ka/auto) for about 5k and dropped another 4-5k in doing a motor swap(rebuilt redtop)/manual swap, imho i would have been better off buying a car with the swap already and then changing/doing what i wanted to the car...

Build not bought.... Bs... I am building my own car because I got it for free. But just so u can say u built it u going spend alot more cash? Makes no sence to me. My buddy picked up 91 240sx jdm front end, sr, and coilovers and some other goodies for 3400! I know u can get some cars for a good price. Especially now... Cash is king...

[MADE]

I've built 2 cars. Eeefff that the next one I'm buying semi-built and tailor it to my needs. Let the other sucka waste his money. Being on both sides of the fence, If you don't plan to own the car for a long period of time you will most likely be better off buying a semi-built or built car. Look at the classifieds for example. To the OG question if you DIY 6K will be more that enough. If you pay a shop your giving away at least 2k you could spend in "upgrades".