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Originally Posted by Hoa
1300 exhaust
1350 front brakes
1350 rear brakes
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this already allocate 4,000 for just 3 items. add up the tune and some other minor parts and im sure it will be around your number that you are yapping about
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Your cost figures are in the ballpark, but they cost out ONLY new 35is parts. When comparing one car with a new exhaust to another one with a new exhaust, you must cost out BOTH new exhausts and then calculate the price difference BETWEEN the two. When you do this with the 35i (costing out front and rear brakes and rear exhaust) AND with the 35is (same parts),
the cost difference between the two sets of parts is less than $400 TOTAL.
Not $4,000 as you calculated, but $400. So my $5,000 unexplained price difference between the 2014 35i and 35is stands. BTW, I hope you don't have anything to do with the finances in your home or business - you really need some help with the basic principles of comparative costing.