Whats the biggest waste of money mod you have done?
 

As above and i'm not sure if it's been posted before. But what is the biggest waste of money that you have spent on your scoob and it hasn't quite worked out.

I'm talking BOV's, Spoilers that dont quite work out, Stickers, You get the idea.

Simpsons

Shift light

snap

APS SR40 turbo... was on the car for two months, should have just gone straight to the MD321h

TD05 20G utter crap should have gone for the MD321T :norty:

I bought an Impreza in the 1st place !!

Jeeeesus Shell loved me that much i hooked up with the bird that worked there :norty:

brake stopper on my newage. total arse ache to fit and didn't make a blind bit of difference.

different story on my old classic though, big improvement:)

B.O.V and 5 back boxes

EBC brakes..............a little while back though....

a P1 rear spoiler which i paid for back in november and still not received it, or got my money back

taking these are no good then , was thinking of getting one

My car came with EBC brakes on it an they have cracked already lol they were pretty much new

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On a non scoob - I put Gneuine TVR Tuscan carbon exhausts on my old saxo......... wow i ruined my car in a horrific way. sold it 1 week after doing that hideous mod.. Whats was i thinking (it was 5 years ago when i was 17)

An HID kit that gave good as no difference between dip and main beams. Kept it on the car for 2 months before ditching it in favour of my old bulbs bulbs. £200 well spent :cry:

Fitting STI suspension, from a v5 apparently, to my classic. It took me all day to do and i haven`t noticed that much difference. Also it hasn`t stopped a knocking noise from the rear which i hope it would. I should have put the money towards a coilover group buy instead!

The 3" Revolution exhaust system.

It was built crap, looked crap and after a few months of not being able to hear my car, i got a new exhaust system.

good call, i'll add a TSL firestorm to my list. what a pile of crap that was :razz:

spent 20k on a 5 gt turbo over 4 yrs what an idiot i was lol

new gearbox!!!!! turned out i didnt need it!!! :lol1: :lol1: :(

costly!

A ecutek remap, which was replaced by a simtek a month after. £650 lost
Also sports downpipe and cat pipe, which has been replaced by a h&s decat after 1 month, £420 down the drain

Wiley

blue headlight bulbs - failed on the MOT
I find the shift light quite helpful - catches my eye when concentrating ont' road

glad to knw that i havent made any costly mistakes as of yet as i usually buy second hand off ebay or research deeply into the product on this forum and have other peoples opinions first :thumb:

oh 1 mistake actually paid £155 for a polished inlet manifold bloke said it fitted my car when actually i have a my97 impreza and the inlet was for a pre my96 sold it for £140 so only lost £15

:lol1: scoobian, doesn't that big noisy thing under the bonnet catch your attention ? ;)

dunx

P.S. Mine is a parallel fuel rail mod, how will I know if it was going to blow up if it doesn't :wonder:

A second hand apexi fc ecu that died whilst mapping.......was only on the car about 3hrs top!! So called 'uprated discs and pads' for the standard 4 pots.......killed them easily and went straight to a big brake kit!

omp brake pads, might as well have stuck tampons in the calipers, they were crap!

me too although i didnt spend 20K on mine.

I've not made any bad purchases as such, I've just bought loads of stuff and left it sat in the garage unfitted for ages. Taking the car off the road for the whole of March so I can get them done, includes larger TMIC, Walbro, Hybrid DV, oil catch can, adjustable rear arms, de-cat, up-pipe, GGR induction kit with heatshield, brake stopper. I could made a fortune in interest if I'd left the money in the bank and bought all the stuff now.

spent 20k on a 5 gt turbo over 4 yrs what an idiot i was lol


snap done more like ten with mine lol


but with the scooby it would be a new tdo5 turbo and then the garage who told me the turbo was dead then told it wasnt the turbo its piston number 4 so i got to buy and engine :cry:

Have a look at you rear bumper fixings if you've got noises coming from the rear, I had the same which drove me nuts for month. I added extra nuts and bolts and the knocking noise went away:lol1:

EBC grooved and dimpled disks and greenstuff on a classic - just rubbish, no feel, and well...rubbish at stopping the car!