How much have you spent on Your Mark?

Lownslowlsc

Lownslowlsc

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I'll start.

Purchase price: $3000 in 07 w/122k so this is very very little for 4 years of ownership.

1 bj and srb's-170
Air comp-90
Junk Arnott air kit f+r-350
Floormats-60
Tint-180
SC rear swaybar-60
F+R pad's+Rotors-135
Various alignments-150
Rear canister tray-40
1 fuel buttons-10
Wheels/tires-600
Lowered kit-280
Fuel Filter-30
Plugs-20
Misc- 200
Hid conversion-$65 but made 200 selling the old ones so +135

Stereo not included....

= $2,248
+ $3,000 car
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$5,248


Spare parts:

Vcrm-50
MFS-50
Drivers side seatback for spare leather in tan-30
Glitch ballast-85
Fuel button-10
8 used Cop's, used 1-50

Spares= $275

$5,232
+$275
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$5,515 to this day
 
Bought for 3k
Heater core hose job - 450
Exhaust- 150
Hid kit + headlight job from jamie - 350
New tires - 600
Spark plugs + wires 280
Jmod - 150
Gears + t-lok - 450
Sct chip + dyno tune - 650

= 6080
 
I have to stop thinking, I've edited about 30 times remembering other stuffs.
 
I bought my always garaged, pristine condition 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC in April 2010 for $2500 with 66k miles on the clock.

Since then, I have spent money on the following:
Tire sealant to fix leaking air bags - $80
Used Air pump - $60
Hitch setup for towing- $150
35k lb Transmission Cooler - $50
Used front tires - $50
Spark plugs - $10
COP boots - $30
O2 sensors - $80
2 oil changes - $30

The tire sealant was money well spent. It has kept me from having to buy new bags for nearly 1.5 years.
 
Ed Hall said:
I bought my always garaged, pristine condition 1997 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC in April 2010 for $2500 with 66k miles on the clock.

Since then, I have spent money on the following:
Tire sealant to fix leaking air bags - $80
Used Air pump - $60
Hitch setup for towing- $150
35k lb Transmission Cooler - $50
Used front tires - $50
Spark plugs - $10
COP boots - $30
O2 sensors - $80
2 oil changes - $30

The tire sealant was money well spent. It has kept me from having to buy new bags for nearly 1.5 years.
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You're not allowed to play this game.
 
coyconner1983 said:
:eek: a can of fix a flat is only 5 bucks :D
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I bought the highest quality stuff I could find and also bought enough to last for a long time. It's hard to argue with success, I was hoping to get an additional year out of these airbags but the worst airbag is still holding after 1.5 years.
 
Ed Hall said:
I bought the highest quality stuff I could find and also bought enough to last for a long time. It's hard to argue with success, I was hoping to get an additional year out of these airbags but the worst airbag is still holding after 1.5 years.
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You're an idiot and you're still alive = your bags are still holding..

No sh!t they're holding...only they aren't holding AIR...they are now slime bags..much like the owner

Your next investment should be 6 or 7 feet of rope, depending on how much you weigh

And if you don't do that, please go get a vasectomy so you don't infect the rest of the world with your stupidity
 
Can't some of you guys just leave the Hall thing alone? Peeps are different in different times of there lives.
 
This was my post on this subject way back in July 2007. I've since spent quite a few more dollars on my 98. Also, the Mark VII has been gone since 2008..

98lincmk7lsc said:
This is gonna be a really long post.:blah:
Alright, my first car--which I still have:
1988 Maroon Mark 7 LSC - $800 in 1998 with 96k miles (grandmas are awesome) it now has only 107k miles
$150 - fenderwell cold air intake for a mustang
$500 - goodyear eagle HP tires
$300 - junkyard doors
$250 - used transmission - original lost 3rd and 4th gear
$0 - another transmission, cuz the replacement was just as bad as the original
$200 - shop/advice fees for a friend to let me use his lift/expertise to change the tranny out. (I was just in high school)
$60 - starter
Total = $1460

1998 Black/Black LSC w/ 52k miles August 9th, 2002 - $14,700
$250 - Flowmaster mufflers
$250 - intake gasket replaced
$500 - tires
$400 - front/rear brakes (before i knew how to do it myself)
$1200 - Clarion VRX 935vd DVD player
$1200 - 2 JL Audio 12W7 subwoofers
$1550 - 2 JL Audio 1000/1 amps
$450 - JL Audio 300/4 amp
$250 - JL Audio XR570csi component speakers in doors
$200 - JL Audio XR570cxi coaxial component speakers in rear quarters
$300 - 3 Farad digital capacitor
$180 - Optima yellow top battery in trunk
$??? - wiring/install costs/subwoofer box
This car was t-boned 2 different times in the same spot, both times were by white 1997 F-150's. The second time totalled it on August 8th, 2003. 365 days after I bought it. :( It had 83k miles. The stereo stuff was stolen about a month before it was totalled.
Total = $21,430

This is my current car:
1998 Black/Black LSC w/57k miles in March 2004 - $13800
$75 - 1993 driveshaft
$450 - 3000 rpm stall torque converter
$525 - 3.73's, Trac-Loc pre-installed in a pumpkin
$115 - Baumann stage 5 shift kit
$650 - custom flowmaster exhaust with X-pipe
$240 - redo exhaust after the x-pipe, cuz the place that did it originally did a crappy job
$600 - Front air springs, rear shocks, new air ride compressor
$60 - K&N conical air filter/maf adapter
$free - my homemade version of a cold air dam:cool:
$150 - 3% limo tint
$500 - Goodyear tripletred tires
$40 - blend door
$180 x 2 - left/right headlight housings from eBay
$225 - brand new headlight housing after wife backed into the car (this was back when the headlight housings came with the HID bulbs!:headbang: )
$400 - fender repair after wife backed into the car
$400 - door repair after drunk neighbor hit my car in the parking lot on the same day as my wife backed into me.
$150 - Front/Rear drilled brakes
$180 - Mercon V tranny fluid 3 different times
$100 - 2 alignments
$50 - rear brake caliper
$50 - brake fluid flush
$20 x 2 - fuel filters
$15 - seafoam 3 different times
$410 - Xcalibrator 2
$110 - Optima Red top battery
$75 x 2 - Coil-on-plug coils
$420 - Pioneer DEH-P980bt head unit
$547 - JL Audio 12W7 subwoofer
$600 - JL Audio 1000/1 amp
$300 - JL Audio 300/4 amp
$225 - JL Audio XR570csi component speakers in doors
$167 - JL Audio XR570cxi coaxial component speakers in rear quarters
$80 - 3 Farad digital capacitor
$85 - JL Audio 2 amp/2 guage wiring kit
$50 - Stinger RCA cables
$150 - custom "slot-vent" sub box
Total = $22469
now has 91k miles
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Here's what I can remember since then, off the top of my head right now...

$1428 - Staggered 18" Black Chrome FR500's
$250 - Cobra front/rear hubs
$229 - Cobra 10th anniversary front brake calipers
$80 - Rear brake caliper relocation brackets
$170 - Cobra front/rear brake rotors/pads
$179 - Brand new Trac-lok assembly (not yet installed)
$50 - Set of 4.10 gears
$150 - IRS install kit with bearings/seals and stuff
$250 - setup price for gears and trac-lok in my original diff, I'll install the diff myself
$40 - Ford GT coil covers (before they became impossible to find new)
$200 - FR500 steering wheel (again, before they became impossible to find new)
$550 - Front KONI shock cartridges, and rear KONI shocks for a T-bird
$50 - nearly new OEM front air shocks, from the junkyard
$340 - ADDCO 1 3/8" front/rear sway bars

NOT installed yet, but sitting in the garage...

$425 - 97 Cobra 47k mile intake
$100 - got the Cobra upper intake polished by a friend
$100 - aftermarket Cobra fuel rails
$140 - random -6 AN push-lok fittings and 40 ft of -6 AN push-lok hose
$80 - Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator
$250 - Accufab polished aluminum single blade throttle body
$80 - powdercoated a set of valve covers, timing cover, couple crossover tubes, evap tray, etc...
$free - KOOKS coated headers, came attached to the 67k mile junkyard engine I bought for the 97...
$160 - Two electric exhaust cutouts
$375 - PLX gauges - one is an OBD-II gauge, and the other is for a wideband O2 sensor readout
$120 - oil filter relocation kit

That's another $5676, and I'm sure there's a lot more that I don't remember...
 
1997 LSC for $2K

New P245/50HR16 Federal tires $420
New Arnott front air shocks $360
New front suspension $450
Alignment $60
HID high beam kit $36
3rd cat delete, H-pipe, cherry bombs $250

$3576 give or take
 
wow you guys have dumped a lot in your cars. im looking right at 2300 total in mine from the junk yard to how it sits now
 
3200 purchase 2009 130,000 mi spotless interior, i mean perfect
50 water pump
100 brake booster, man what a pain in the a$$ to change that
50 triple platinum plugs
250 80mm mass air
350 sniper programmer
300 lms double xpipe, 2 expansion II mufflers
800 kooks headers
700 labor to install headers and exhaust
420 4 255 55r 16 tires
550 2kicker 12" speakers and 2000 watt amp
50 drivers side headlight (swapped lens)
350. Coil coversion
??? to be determined new motor and countless hours of my own labor
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$7,170 damn, never broke it down before, and i still need a paint job and cowl hood
 
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