Just curious to see what everyone would do to a stock 05 Enthusiast MT with the amount of $1500. Performance, cosmetic, etc. What would you do?

 

switchblade key/fob
6000k bulbs all around

true coilovers
rear toe arms
camber arms
upper control arms
alignment

some other things would be like..
pop charger
tint
head unit and/or speakers
exhaust
maintenence

 

Leave it stock and save more money for a nice set of wheels.

 

coils, spacers, and keep the rest to start saving for wheels.

 

Does the best answer get the money?

 

imo with bolt ons you won't really get a lot more performance out of the Z (N/A). I would personally pick whatever exhaust note I liked, buy that cat back, then work on cosmetic stuff.

My z with a plenum spacer, high flow cats, intake, exhaust and tune didn't really feel all that far from stock. would have rather saved the money.

 

varrstoens

 

...this won't end well for you. lol

 

Rimmed up with a killer system.

 

Look for a nice set of used wheels

 

buy a turbo kit from ebay, they only have high quality parts

 

save it for wheels, or coilovers, like stated before, dont waste your money on less than satisfying performance parts.

 

11 responses and not one S2000 antenna? For the guys recommending wheels: why? For the weight reduction or purely cosmetic?

 

cosmetic!

 

If you owe any money on the car put the $1500 towards the loan.

If not.

Work on suspension and cosmetics. Power wise you won't get much more without triple the cash. Find a nice exhaust you like. Save up for some wheels and tires.

Good luck post pics of what you do!

 

From what Ive read these cars and their computers seem pretty receptive to aftermarket exhausts without additional tuning. Is that a fair assumption? Any recommendations in that price range that are DIYer friendly?

 

you have to tell us more what you're looking for, im going for a quieter exhaust with a sound i like, for me is fujitsubo.

 

save your weak *** 1,500 dollars and save more money.

 

What do you mean by that the z does not gain substantial amount of horsepower until you go FI. So, no that is probably not fair to assume that. There are parts you can put on the z that will actually cause it to lose horsepower.

 

1500.... save another 1500 and then buy some good suspension. that is my first tip on a stock car.