How Much Have You Spent On Your Mark?

[mespock]

$2500 for 93 Mark VIII
$1000 for 85 Mark VII
$100 for Rear Air Bag 85 Mark VII
$150 for indash CD Player
$30 for 6 disc Changer 85 Mark VII
$1500 payment for 85 Mark VII sold
$40 payment for 6 disc CD Changer damaged.
$2500 for 94 Mark VIII -
$2800 payment from Insurance Co. for Deer Damage
$1300 payment from Scott for Damaged 94 Mark VIII
$3300 for 95 Mark VIII
$300 payment by dealer for plane ticket to pick up 95 Mark VIII
$500 drive home from SC 95 Mark VIII
$250 air ride conversion 93 Mark VIII
$200 TC change 95 Mark VIII
$50 10 Spoke rims 95 Mark VIII
$300 Dual exhaust 95 Mark VIII
$95 Fuel pump 93 Mark VIII
$40 In dash CD player 95 Mark VIII
$50 12 Disc Changer 95 Mark VIII
$11 new 12 Changer 95 Mark VIII
$60 payment for Damaged $12 Changer 95 Mark VIII
$90 uper control arm 93 Mark VIII
$50 Lower control arm 95 Mark VIII
$XXXX repurchace 94 Mark VIII

 

[my95mark8]

I don't have all the prices, but so far I have done:
Upper control arms
Front air struts
Sway bar links
Rack and pinion
P/S lines
Outer tie rods
Sway bar links
Strut rod bushings
Battery
Rear brakes
2 oil changes (almost due for another)
I am probably forgetting something.
Next I think will be rear shocks...I am getting sick of that noise. I will probably go with T-Bird shocks, and make some mounts.

 

[MrScalia]

94 Mark VIII - $3200
carfax and finding out this was a rental car and I am 7th own -$24.99
new rotors- $200 -$ 75 pads
compressor -$150
trans flush , 3 oil changes and tune up - $500
headunit and speaker from my TC installed -$100

93 Mark VII (1 owner) -$2650
2 Oil changes $100

Having my Wife crash my car in the rain - Priceless

Hood $100 ($40 in gas to get it)
headlite mangment unit $200
grille $100
spay paint and getting hood to shut all the way down $200
Woodgrain dash kit $ 75
2001 Lincoln Continental wheels - $268
4 Falken Ziex ZE-512 $300
cheep headunit $100
headunit install $ 49
check form fry's cuz of instaler cracked woodgrain around headunit * $+243 *

 

[turborich]

1995 mark VIII

purchase price $3,400
limo tint $220.00
New 18" wheels/tires $1,000 (homie discount)
Heavy duty plate type trans cooler $10.00 (good deal!)
Trans drain & fill $60.00
Routine mobile 1 oil changes $30.00 each time
Chrome exhaust tips $120.00


$4,840 and I'm DONE!!!! and I love the car!!!

 

[Greenmachine]

$250 1993 markVIII dark green
$300 fix spark plug hole
$60 brake wire short
$12 seafoam
$25 shifter handle and inside nick nacks
$0000 for true duals by friend who owns shop
$100 like new 16" tires
$1000 in audio & video setup
$200 in lower ball joints both sides
$60 new tbird struts and springs {front}
$40 purple neon
and more to come

 

[vr4]

purple neon????

 

[Iwantmymarkback]

Well...

$6,000 for the car
$800 dollars for the system
$125 dollars to get it installed a second time (from first mark)
$150 on tints
$758 on chrome ten spokes.

$7833 big ones.

Not bad.

-Rick

 

[JC1994]

Uhhhhmmm...... I don't really want to think about it....

 

[poniesviii]

Wow I paid just over $450 and I have the most complex color to create (the blackest black) outside of a pearl or metallic and I also have pearl purple ghost flames that took twice the materials over a regualar paint job (fine line, wax & grease remover and way more mask/paper/plastic) It came out absolutely flawless after wetsand/buff.

I even had to pay for the U-pole 'glass sealant (and the $60 gun for it) to keep the chemicals from seeping out of the glue in my hood, ..gen 1 of course.. and I had to redo it because I didn't use it the first time and these hoods are way fussy once you hit the factory gel coat.

I guess I did it in a friends body shop so I didn't have to pay for any surplus. Mixing paint in house is always the way to go too cause you can mix any color in the world without paying anywhere near 350/gal.

 

[poniesviii]

I ran across a couple things, man I guess paint can get pretty expensive afterall! Lol I got way lucky at my shop I guess.

 

[gangstaMK8]

$o for the car
$1900 for the built transmission
$2300 for the paint job
$1000 tune up
$2300 for rims & tire
$1500 for stereo
$750 for nos
$910 for lenses and hids
$450 for exhaust
$250 for tint
$225 for windshield
$55.00 ray switch kit thanks ray
$1000 misc.... cleaning products high speed polisher

i still have another $15000 to go into the motor this winter

 

[rmac694203]

$3800 for the car
$2000 or so for replaced parts (control arms, R&P, alignments, tires, etc)
$1000 or so in stereo equip.
still needs new trans, many other things. Could easily put another $5k in it.

 

[YouthKwest]

1.00 for 95 MKVIII
215 for new grill
6400 for stereo
400 new tires

no body work yet, no suspension work yet, no interior work yet...

buying a 98 Pearl LSC....67,000mi for $6000 this week...
stereo goes in it
so 500 for sound deadner, my labor...and probably 300 for custom kicks...should be done with a 200,000mi 95 for sale shortly thereafter.

 

[JC1994]

Uhhhhmmm...... I don't really want to think about it....

well I thought about it and....
10,000.00 for the car in 1999 one owner 40,000 miles.
1500.00 wheels and tires.
1000.00 stereo.
1045.00 hid's.
1500.00 various other mods.
total.... OMG!!!!!!!

 

[JC1994]

well I thought about it and....
10,000.00 for the car in 1999 one owner 40,000 miles.
1500.00 wheels and tires.
1000.00 stereo.
1045.00 hid's.
1500.00 various other mods.
total.... OMG!!!!!!!

Ooop's forgot about the suspension conversion kit, 349.00 gold member price.

 

[GMAN]

1.00 for 95 MKVIII
215 for new grill
6400 for stereo
400 new tires

no body work yet, no suspension work yet, no interior work yet...

buying a 98 Pearl LSC....67,000mi for $6000 this week...
stereo goes in it
so 500 for sound deadner, my labor...and probably 300 for custom kicks...should be done with a 200,000mi 95 for sale shortly thereafter.

Wow! $6400 for your Stereo system. I saw the extensive work done you posted they are awesome. You going to do the same with the new Mark?

 

[YouthKwest]

Wow! $6400 for your Stereo system. I saw the extensive work done you posted they are awesome. You going to do the same with the new Mark?

yea, my wife said I can only keep one, so the 98 is getting the stereo, but we are changing a few things around. Should be sweet. Where is the LVC central meeting going to be held and when? I should be there, hopefully with the completed system in it.

 

[GMAN]

yea, my wife said I can only keep one, so the 98 is getting the stereo, but we are changing a few things around. Should be sweet. Where is the LVC central meeting going to be held and when? I should be there, hopefully with the completed system in it.

Yea, we really need to do this. There are a lot of people on LVC. I am going to work on somethings. I wll post some updates in the Central Plains Chapter page.

 

[Brozly]

That's a tough question, it seems like everytime I see a mechanic is ~$1000...
I bought it from my Son last August for $1500, took it in for new balljoints, then a lower control arm and alingment,... (seems like a couple others in there).
I smucked a lamppost in March, had the body shop fix some rust around the Moonroof, so along with the $500 deductible, cost me a Grand...
30,000 miles @~26 mpg @~ $2.75/gal.
That must be about 10 changes of oil @ 6qts. Mobile1 @~$6/qt.
Now I need brakes, (thought I could get by Cheap,(they had the Ceramic pads for ~$100, Semi @~$50, or the Sure Stop pads for $20..., I tried them,... good for about three weeks, and a nasty black wheel.)
At the moment I figure, new rotors/pads, new front air struts, and a torque converter...

 

[Moes8]

That's a tough question, it seems like everytime I see a mechanic is ~$1000...
I bought it from my Son last August for $1500, took it in for new balljoints, then a lower control arm and alingment,... (seems like a couple others in there).
I smucked a lamppost in March, had the body shop fix some rust around the Moonroof, so along with the $500 deductible, cost me a Grand...
30,000 miles @~26 mpg @~ $2.75/gal.
That must be about 10 changes of oil @ 6qts. Mobile1 @~$6/qt.
Now I need brakes, (thought I could get by Cheap,(they had the Ceramic pads for ~$100, Semi @~$50, or the Sure Stop pads for $20..., I tried them,... good for about three weeks, and a nasty black wheel.)
At the moment I figure, new rotors/pads, new front air struts, and a torque converter...

speaking of ceramic pads,what is everyones opinion on them?

 

[John310]

1987 MarkVII: $700.00
2 window switches: $45.00

Starts and runs great! I'm still waiting for this car to have a major problem. I've had it for over 2 years, driving to work daily in L.A.
Of course the Rear Air bag leaks. I just re-start it. I'm seriously considering a conversion kit to remove the air suspension. Any recommendations as to which one and where to have it done?
Thanks.

 

[MrWilson]

Lets tack on a few more things for me

Coil packs
3 sets of plugs
oil change
oil change
oil change
Front springs
cam sensor
crank sensor
throttle position sensor
mass airflow upgrade LMS
new sway bar bushings
cleaning supplies
frusteration.

 

[95lscowner]

1995 lsc 3800$
catback exhaust .w/ flowmasters 420$
k&n air filter 40$
fr rotors 31$ a piece
fr brakes 60$
window tint 150 $
2-10 inch rockfordfosgat subs 180$ in box
kenwood amp 800watts 155$
install of everything above 100$full tune up around 300$ or so
full detail when baught the car 230$

total 5330$ and growing

chris

 

[LSCGODDESS98]

Bought It At 16,900
Inbetween Every 2500 Miles Oil Changes At $19 To $29 To Date
sterio system free i save my shiiiit
After 2 Yrs...brakes All Around $350w/ Rotors
Tires First Set $600 Nitto's
Rimes Cobra R 's $1500.
#8 Coil $125
1.5 Yrs Later After That, Tranny Leak Issue $900 W/labor (gddammit!!!)

4 Mnths Later New Tires Perelli's Allaround $500
8 Months After That Front End Competly Redone w/brakes n rotors $800(thanks jimmy!!!)
Just 2 Days Ago #7 Coil $190 Ahole Dealer Wish I Went To Who I Did 8 With
So After All That...nothing Yet
So To Date Appx Under 5k Since 02' When I Bought Her

And Worth Every Penny..cause She Still Runnin Like A Dream For Me!

and with todays gas prices..lets say $50 to fill up once a week...

 

[KC96LSC]

I know its an old post but what the hell.

96 LSC 12,264 bought in 97

Paid: 15,800 + interest around 8,000
1st set of tires:500
New Interior: 1,250 + extras 100
New carpet: 240
2nd set of LSC
floor mats: 100
Wheels & tires: 1,100
Front end rebuild: 500
New bags: 600
Rear sway bar: 130
Tint: 200
TC: 600
Trans & Install: 700
O2 sensors: 240
1st brake job w/rotors: 300
Cobra calipers: 220
F/R rotors: 330
98 Door panels: 100
Shocks: 80
Radio: 700
Trunk lock: 60
Inteck badge: 10
2nd set of tires: 600
u-joints: 50
24,520 + interest 2,668 a year 222 a month not to bad really.

Plus regular maintenance Oil changes, alignment, cam sensor, crank sensor you get the idea.