well over £30K, but labor costs are significantly cheaper in Korea. If you've seen pics of my current build - the total labor fee, with all of that OCD machining, balancing, head work and bearing fitting, is....£1500!!!
Parts are fixed though, no escaping the cost of parts, so the lion's share of expense has been in uprated and replacement parts - I've held back very little, and much of my car has upgraded or new OEM parts. I've refused to change the exhaust manifolds, intercooler (both are homolgated Group A parts), nor the brake calipers (believing that proper pad and rotor selection, as well as premium and new fluid, is just as important as mere brake size). When I wear out my rotors, I'll upgrade the brakes to Brembo F50s front and rear. Black calipers.
I paid £10K for my car, which came stock except a massive Mines 4" downpipe, a matching Apexi catback, Ohlins coilvers, and an Apexi Power FC. Ah, it had uprated bushings in the suspension here and there, and full HKS Kansai underbody bracing. So I suspect the car had been built up to a nice level of tune, the engine blew, the car got sold on, a stock motor got slapped in, and then my importer sourced that particular car. The cost of the car itself is high by Japanese/UK standards, but it was a good starting point, and since every GT-R in Korea was individually sourced and imported by grey market, the car price reflects that - before tuning.
Sometimes I wish I had either bought a built car (an R33 built to the nines, twin 3037S turbos, CF all over, £25K), but I wouldn't trade any of the learning experiences I've had with my car and tuning it on my own. I started 2 and a half years ago knowing nothing about auto repair and even less about tuning. So, my car's been a sort of automotive university. Cost about the same too! Except instead of some useless diploma, I still have the car
I did not know you'd had it resprayed!!!
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