I'm overseas right now and am supposed to be back in a few months. I already have new parts waiting for my AP1 back at the house. I'm having a hard time deciding on to do next. Here's a little background on the car.

I bought my B/B S2k in August while home one leave with 112k on the ticker for $7500. It had some exterior issues, but the motor was straight....the dude I bought it off of said he was the 3rd owner (confirmed by carfax report) and would rather keep his '09 R1 and spend his money on that.

Well, it is a fixer up. It has obviously in some kind of front end collision because the headlights were just sitting in their respective slots not lined up nice and flush with either fender, not to mention both headlight housings were cracked and scrathed all to hell. So I bought new (used) headlights from it from a member on this site . Also picked up a new soft top clasp to remedy the top closing incorrectly above driver. Over the past couple of days I bought an exhaust (Invidia knock-off Tsudo Exhaust) and the AEM V2 CAI. I'm about to pick up a header/with TP off one of the sponsors here as well.

The previous owner(s) debadged it and removed the sidemarkers from the fenders covering the holes with what appears to be Autozone-bought stick on louvers . The driver side front fender also has some serious rash on it. It appears to have been scraped hard...so hard and deep that a large strip of paint is missing all the way down to the metal...I can litterally touch the metal and see the layers of paint. The car is sitting on the stock 16's that have been spray painted black . I want it all but I can only afford one of these things at a time....

So here it is:

Clean up the look with new CF Fenders and Hood?
Just fix the one messed up fender with a color keyed fender?
Or buy some new rims?

 

id say fix the body work first. s2k looks nice stock wise so I'd say start at that first

 

screw it all and boost it...lol

coming from someone who was in the same position about 6 months ago I would say if the damage is not too bad, throw the money in the engine.

If I could do it all over again I would have put the $15K in a nice lip and then boost the living shit out of the car...but thats just me.

PS- I still love the look of my car, but I do wish I had some power to back it up. O well I still own most cars in the mountains..lol

 

Boosting has been in the back of my mind...I'd go with the K/W SC HB kit if I could afford to do so...New diff and clutch would be thrown in there.

 

yeah. thats one reason I am a little happy i didnt boost. I know things will break a little faster than normal, but then again...S2K + forced induction = hella fun

 

how do you like the Tsudo Exhaust?

oh yeah and CF fender and hood.

 

fix the body 1st
you can get clean used OEM fender & hood cheap.

 

I have the same exhaust, its loud but I got used to it already...not bad for the price...and its saves you a pretty amount of weight...

 

FIX BODY!!!

 

Fix the body first, however CF fender money could be better spent somewhere else IMO.