First thing you would do with $3000 (to spend on the car?)

[H4RDC0R3xxSTIxx]

Hey wuts up guys my name is Brendan.....Im rele new to the fourms and so far Im loving this site......I just bought a beautiful 2003 White WRX about a week ago and I have about $3000 to waste on it right now.... So im asking you guyes from your points of views, WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING or THINGS to do if u had $3000 to spend on a 2003 WRX??? hahaha hope this didnt seem like a STUPID question but hopefully it will help me out O and my BIRTHDAY is TOMORROW so hopefully I will be gettin some more $$$$...haha THANKS!!!!!

[Wingless Wonder]

What mods are currently on your car, if any? Wheels, tires, suspension, engine mods?

Happy Birthday, by the way.

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[H4RDC0R3xxSTIxx]

haha thanks.....no its compleatly 100% STOCK lol but soon thats will definatly change

[tigsterz]

wheels+tires 1000$

dp/uppipe/exhaust 1000$

springs/swaybar 400$

cobb ap + stage 2 600$

= 3000$ and one happy wrx owner!

[Subie do]

I'd get some Volk wheels and a full Fujitsubo exhaust. Thats if your feel'in JDM.

[Daredevil]

wheels and tires

sway bar

stainless lines and better pads

up and down pipe

cobb stage 2 AP

[sampson]

First get a dictionary and some english lessons.

For real though, up/down pipe, wheels/tires, exhaust, sway bar, springs.

[dlouie87]

Originally Posted by I am imprezed

I'd get some Volk wheels and a full Fujitsubo exhaust. Thats if your feel'in JDM.

volks will run him around 2600 with tires....

[gilmore25]

Headers
Up/Dp
Swaybars
Cobb AP
Intercooler hoses
Protune

Then if you have anything left a Turboback Exhaust

[VRWRX]

Why would you do headers before a TBE?

[sicwrx_04]

up-pipe (a must), 3in down pipe, 3in catback, adjustable swaybars, good tires, boost gauge if it doesnt have one, drop in filter, and ems.

Question for all why access port?? just because its a less expensive EM? just curious because i have yet to get EM, still undecided on which i should get access port, utec, xede......any advice is welcome

[VIBEELEVEN]

Originally Posted by tigsterz

wheels+tires 1000$

dp/uppipe/exhaust 1000$

springs/swaybar 400$

cobb ap + stage 2 600$

= 3000$ and one happy wrx owner!

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[subie OCD]

Originally Posted by VIBEELEVEN

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you could even skimp on wheels, because the stock ones are damn light! stock is 16.5lbs. Bigger, heavier wheels suck

[VIBEELEVEN]

Originally Posted by subie OCD

yes

you could even skimp on wheels, because the stock ones are damn light! stock is 16.5lbs. Bigger, heavier wheels suck

You could use that money to get your sideskirts painted.

[TheRooster]

Pay down the principle on your loan if you financed it.

I blew an obscene amount of money on upgrading my old Integra before it was paid off, and with stuff breaking, or being worn out from autocrossing and road-course racing, it became a real money sink. The mods (full turbo/engine management, Tein suspension, LSD, fully built shortblock) were a ton of fun, but ultimately I was still upgrading a car that wasn't mine, and if anything had happened (repossession, accident, theft) I would have been out ALL the money from the mods, minus part of the principle for what a stock car was worth.
After I'd paid it off making slightly better than normal payments, I went back and figured the amount I'd spent in interest and it was several thousand dollars. Several thousand bucks I could have spent on even bigger mods, had I been patient.

If it's really burning a hole in your pocket, I'd split it up and use a healthy chunk to pay down the loan, and get small improvements (tires/bushings if you're into performance, some rims or springs or spoilers if you're into looks) that won't break the bank.