someone walked up to you and said you had to spend this $5000 i am giving you for your car.....what would you do?
American mag wheels/tires and Smart Madness goodies and that would probably blow it quick
what about you?
Guess for me it would depend on which smart I was upgrading.
Brabus, I kind of like it the way it is so most I might do is a turbo charger kit which will eat up a good chunk of that $5k. Then a quad band radio and antenna = $500. Bluetooth hands-free kit or upgrade radio 10 to Nav radio. K&N filter in place of stock filter but no CAI.
Passion, I like the factory wheels so would leave them. Would look at the Brabus exhaust or perhaps turbo kit,
http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f27/aftermarket-exhaust-system-40046/. K&N filter, quad band radio and antenna. Same audio system upgrades. Would probably not consider a skirt kit since I notice the one on my Brabus can be damaged due to how low to the ground it is and how crappy our roads are. Perhaps in place of the turbo I would go with a Brabus suspension upgrade. Stiffens ride but improves go kart like feel.
Pure, wheels and tires if they are steel to Passion or 450 size Brabus wheels. (not the really low profile Brabus on the 451) Or the Passion style aluminum rims, also kind of like the look of the three spoke rims. If the interior was kind of beat up I would consider going to an auto upholstery shop and have the seats recovered in leather. Most likely Katzkin covers,
Mercedes Smart FORTWO COUPE / CABRIOLET Katzkin Leather Seats, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | AutoSeatSkins.com. Guess this option would apply to any of the above as well depending on condition of seats.... Then consider the exhaust system if money is left over, might forgo Brabus twin tip in favour of less expensive options. We have a shop here in Pickering that does stainless for good prices and would take the smart there for a custom setup. We've done most of our cars there. Not sure which aftermarket system I would go for, would depend on remainder of budget at this point.
http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f27/aftermarket-exhaust-system-40046/ Would forgo the 2way radio gear in favour of the above but if some $$ were left might consider Bluetooth options and a mount for an android tablet as my music source.
