How Much Have You Spent On Mods?

[I CHNGE]

Let's put it this way...I could have bought a Toyota Camry with a sticking gas pedal...



and the Mrs. and I have loved every penny of it...

The complete list...

The I CHNGE Avalanche
2004 Onyx Black Z71 Chevrolet Avalanche
Ordered11/05/03-Born11/24/03-Adopted12/15/03
4.10 G80 Lockers 295HP 5.3L Vortec V-8

Tires & Wheels & Brakes
XP-797 Black Spy 18X9 Wheels (-12/4.5)
Nitto Terra Grappler 325/60/18 Tires
Chevy Logo Valve Stem Caps
Custom Wheel Change Tool Kit
Front Brakes:
Baer Eradispeed+2 2301028
14inch Drilled & Slotted Rotors
Rear Brakes:
Raybestos 580165PL/580165PR
13 inch Drilled & Slotted Rotors
ATD834C Ceramic Pads
JP Fabrication Aeroquip Steel Braided
Teflon/Kevlar D.O.T. 571.106
Red 5 line brake line kit

Chassis
Rancho 6547 Lift*
RS9000XL Shocks

Engine Bay & Exhaust
Custom Flow Master 70 Dual Exhaust *
Red Samco Silicone Cooling System Hoses
Dual Optima Batteries
Red Top Primary & Yellow Top Secondary
Painless Dual Battery Kit
Stinger Battery Cables & Gold Connectors
Custom Painted Engine Cover
Billet A/C Valve Caps & Blue Refrigerant Hose Covers
Billet Mobil 1 Oil Fill Cap & GM Placard
Predator Tuning

Lighting Systems
PIAA 9006 Xtreme White Bulbs
Full Time Amber Daytime Running Lamps
All 4 Lamps On High w/Fog Modification
Sylvania 885/50 watt Fog bulbs
PIAA PRO 80XT 120 Watt Fog Lamps
PIAA PRO 60XT 85 Watt Driving Lamps
TNT Line of Fire Light Bar
Remote Controlled Whelen Vertex Strobes 2 front 2 rear

Graphics & Custom Paint
Streamline Design Graphics (exterior & interior)
Gold Plated SS Inserts
Carriles Custom Painted Bowtie
Custom Painted Tailgate Lettering *
Custom Carved Back Glass

Exterior Accessories
IFW 3050XL Weatherdeck Bedslide
All 4 Fender Modification
Mag Lite in Storage Box Door
Black Chrome Fire Extinguisher in Storage Box Door
GM Hood Bra/Side Mirror Bras
Go Rhino Front Grill Guard
Go Rhino Tail Light Guards
Waag Rear Bumper Guard
Custom Powder Coated Bauer Roof Basket
N-Fab Nerf Step Bars
VR Bars Stainless Steel Tailgate Straps
Hoppy Tailgate Torsion Bar
Custom Chrome & Gold AMP Fuel Door
TNT Black Diamond Plate Rear Steps
Snug Top Sail Panel Windows
Custom Red Anodized & Gold Billet Grab Handles
POWERTANK Pro 10Lb Air System
TxAvy Bike Rack


Interior Accessories
Platinum Escalade Instrument Cluster
Valentine 1 Radar Locator V1.8 w/custom mount
Custom Dash Control Plate & Switches
Billet Courtesy Lamp Covers
Rear Head Rest Modification
Accelle Color/Night Vision Back Up Camera
Jotto Desk
Vector 750W hardwired  Inverter
Antenna Delete Modification
AVIC-N1 with:
AM/FM/CD/DVD/MP3/GPS Navigation
5.1 Surround Sound DTS/Dolby Digital/
6.5? Motorized Touch Screen *
Pioneer PRS-D1200M Mono Amp
Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10 inch Shallow Mount Sub
Custom Underseat Sub Box
3 Alarm/Security Systems w/Perimeter Sensing *





All modification/installation/one of a kind fabrication
Performed by Owners except as noted by an *
(all painting/plating outsourced except engine cover)
​

 

[we_fly_high]

Let's see,18" XD black rockstars, 33" treadwright aggressive tires- 1400$
Custom floMaster 40s and full exhaust- 200$
Black Westin grill guard from Rescue1- 350$
Krylon fusion black cladding- 30$
Lingenfelter Cam, hardened pushrods, ZO6 springs, and seals- 580$
Yank converter-475$
Nelson performance tune- 300$
Ipod receiver and audio hookup- 190$
I'm sure ice missed some here and there...

 

[KevMack]

I think we need the choices to be bigger... I have over $20,000 in MODS in mine.

 

[DirtyDeeds]

If you have to keep count on how much your sending you shouldn't be modding it's not about how much ($) it about how much ( )

 

[heavy_chevy08]

Mods!! What mods!! The money I am pissin' away!! Oh yeah, THOSE mods!! Probably enough to pay for 25% of a new Avalanche!!

 

[KevMack]

If you have to keep count on how much your sending you shouldn't be modding it's not about how much ($) it about how much ( )

Not true.... I kept all my receipts and had to add them up and give them to my insurance company to make sure I'm covered. A smart person would do the same... the car I had before this, I had a ton of stuff in and lost it in a fire and had no proof how much was in it and got nothing for it.

 

[SRFNSNO]

My mods Exceed the Window sticker of the AV when New.
My Insurance Co. has a 42pg Book with Receipts and Pics.
AV is covered for Blue Book + 22K in mods. due to depreciation

Most likely down to 18K this year.

 

[DirtyDeeds]

Not true.... I kept all my receipts and had to add them up and give them to my insurance company to make sure I'm covered. A smart person would do the same... the car I had before this, I had a ton of stuff in and lost it in a fire and had no proof how much was in it and got nothing for it.

don't get me wrong I also keep all my receipts but you will never recoup what you put into it ie time and the insurance company will never give you what it is really worth.

 

[cooncitycornflake]

There needs to be more breakdown under $500, my 2500 LT was far from need, a few decals, floor mats, and mud flaps = done and with still much farther than a work truck should be.

 

[MS03 2500]

There needs to be more breakdown under $500, my 2500 LT was far from need, a few decals, floor mats, and mud flaps = done and with still much farther than a work truck should be.

X2 but I'm way over the other in of the scale, so let us say I don't keep track. Most of the mods I did myself and are one of a kind.

 

[avz66]

$3,400

 

[Joelg1980]

The worst thing you guys could have done for a virgin modder (have only done a few things) is to post actual lists...I'm considering these shopping lists. 

 

[CariocaAvy]

Let's put it this way...I could have bought a Toyota Camry with a sticking gas pedal...



and the Mrs. and I have loved every penny of it...

The complete list...

The I CHNGE Avalanche
2004 Onyx Black Z71 Chevrolet Avalanche
Ordered11/05/03-Born11/24/03-Adopted12/15/03
4.10 G80 Lockers 295HP 5.3L Vortec V-8

Tires & Wheels & Brakes
XP-797 Black Spy 18X9 Wheels (-12/4.5)
Nitto Terra Grappler 325/60/18 Tires
Chevy Logo Valve Stem Caps
Custom Wheel Change Tool Kit
Front Brakes:
Baer Eradispeed+2 2301028
14inch Drilled & Slotted Rotors
Rear Brakes:
Raybestos 580165PL/580165PR
13 inch Drilled & Slotted Rotors
ATD834C Ceramic Pads
JP Fabrication Aeroquip Steel Braided
Teflon/Kevlar D.O.T. 571.106
Red 5 line brake line kit

Chassis
Rancho 6547 Lift*
RS9000XL Shocks

Engine Bay & Exhaust
Custom Flow Master 70 Dual Exhaust *
Red Samco Silicone Cooling System Hoses
Dual Optima Batteries
Red Top Primary & Yellow Top Secondary
Painless Dual Battery Kit
Stinger Battery Cables & Gold Connectors
Custom Painted Engine Cover
Billet A/C Valve Caps & Blue Refrigerant Hose Covers
Billet Mobil 1 Oil Fill Cap & GM Placard
Predator Tuning

Lighting Systems
PIAA 9006 Xtreme White Bulbs
Full Time Amber Daytime Running Lamps
All 4 Lamps On High w/Fog Modification
Sylvania 885/50 watt Fog bulbs
PIAA PRO 80XT 120 Watt Fog Lamps
PIAA PRO 60XT 85 Watt Driving Lamps
TNT Line of Fire Light Bar
Remote Controlled Whelen Vertex Strobes 2 front 2 rear

Graphics & Custom Paint
Streamline Design Graphics (exterior & interior)
Gold Plated SS Inserts
Carriles Custom Painted Bowtie
Custom Painted Tailgate Lettering *
Custom Carved Back Glass

Exterior Accessories
IFW 3050XL Weatherdeck Bedslide
All 4 Fender Modification
Mag Lite in Storage Box Door
Black Chrome Fire Extinguisher in Storage Box Door
GM Hood Bra/Side Mirror Bras
Go Rhino Front Grill Guard
Go Rhino Tail Light Guards
Waag Rear Bumper Guard
Custom Powder Coated Bauer Roof Basket
N-Fab Nerf Step Bars
VR Bars Stainless Steel Tailgate Straps
Hoppy Tailgate Torsion Bar
Custom Chrome & Gold AMP Fuel Door
TNT Black Diamond Plate Rear Steps
Snug Top Sail Panel Windows
Custom Red Anodized & Gold Billet Grab Handles
POWERTANK Pro 10Lb Air System
TxAvy Bike Rack


Interior Accessories
Platinum Escalade Instrument Cluster
Valentine 1 Radar Locator V1.8 w/custom mount
Custom Dash Control Plate & Switches
Billet Courtesy Lamp Covers
Rear Head Rest Modification
Accelle Color/Night Vision Back Up Camera
Jotto Desk
Vector 750W hardwired  Inverter
Antenna Delete Modification
AVIC-N1 with:
AM/FM/CD/DVD/MP3/GPS Navigation
5.1 Surround Sound DTS/Dolby Digital/
6.5? Motorized Touch Screen *
Pioneer PRS-D1200M Mono Amp
Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10 inch Shallow Mount Sub
Custom Underseat Sub Box
3 Alarm/Security Systems w/Perimeter Sensing *





All modification/installation/one of a kind fabrication
Performed by Owners except as noted by an *
(all painting/plating outsourced except engine cover)
​

Bud, you may have me beat on number of mods, but I'm probably a close second!  Let's put it this way, there wasn't even an option in the poll for how much money I've sunk into this baby!
Full list of mods and pictures to come soon (new to this forum), but my 2007 LTZ has a little over $24,000 in mods.  And every penny has been worth it... 

 

[avz66]

This thread hurts

 

[wyotonka]

Ouch... I don't think I want to add this up right now 

 

[MS03 2500]

If you only knew. LOL

I know I paid twice over what I paid for the truck itself.

 

[Bruizza]

I've got to be pushing the upper end of the choices in this poll on this Avy. I'm well into 5 figures if you add up both my avalanches I've owned.

 

[Vaeagleav]

Wow economy must be getting better or people have short memories......

Old geezer in me says spending money on upkeep or practical use needs is OK if you can afford it (disposable income). But it would be a shame if family suffered with bills or you couldn't retire etc. because of money spent on a depreciating item. 

I don't have a purely stock AV but have limited my mods so I can do other things. We all set our priorities in life....... so enjoy . 

 

[MS03 2500]

Yeah glad I do not have any of those issues.

Retirement to me means I stopped working for other people.

 

[09chevyavy]

I have about 11,000 in mods right now. Here is what she looks like so far. Have more stuff coming. 37s next and then cam and motor work.

 

[ohiobellboy]

Between all three? Well over $20k

I've got to be pushing the upper end of the choices in this poll on this Avy. I'm well into 5 figures if you add up both my avalanches I've owned.

That's all? Hell, I had three at the same time at one point. Sold the first one and still have the two '05s.  

Wow economy must be getting better or people have short memories......

Old geezer in me says spending money on upkeep or practical use needs is OK if you can afford it (disposable income). But it would be a shame if family suffered with bills or you couldn't retire etc. because of money spent on a depreciating item.  

I don't have a purely stock AV but have limited my mods so I can do other things. We all set our priorities in life....... so enjoy .  

That's why I sold the '04. Had all kinds of money into it and it just sat in the drive losing money. Switched my disposable income to my other hobby   but I'm not going overboard on it. Just about anything I've done is cosmetic and can be returned to stock. Those parts should be able to move to the next bike whenever that happens.

 

[Bruizza]

Hey I've only had this truck 2 years!  I've also had a house built and a baby in that time. So somewhere between 7-10k on this truck is pretty good IMO! 

 

[mikeyjm1]

I'm at 6650 and now thinking about the little crap, so probably pushing 8K. Damn it adds up quick.

 

[dna9656]

Converted to US dollars the list is something like

- auto start and sec = $400
- paint and texture   = $1800
- drop kit
  high flow exhaust
  K&N air intake
  4" tail and chrome = $2500
- 20" Blix and tire     = $3700
- new stereo and CD
  changer                 = $400

misc: rear seat cargo cover, diamond plate rear bumper, dash kit. bazel, cup holder mod from GM, sail windows, rear spoiler, front sun visor, air vents, chrome step hitch cover, etc, etc.  likely about another $1200.

No more till next spring  

"Cup holder mod from GM" Can you tell me more?

 

[AirJunky]

"Cup holder mod from GM" Can you tell me more?