Mods on the cheap

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Figured I'd start a thread for those of us on a budget. What mods have you done that are either free, or under $50. And post up pics

I'll start it off with what I've done so far

Cost- $10 DIY headlight blackout
Items purchased, one newspaper, one roll of blue painters tape, and one can of Krylon BBQ black paint

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Free-DIY rear valence painted black
Used the same can of paint and newspaper and tape


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Also picked up a stubby antenea off Ebay for a total of $11 shipped to my door.

See above pic

Mazda Tribute washer nozzles for $11 a peice shipped

Pic coming

Foglight on with parking lights mod
Items purchased-none. used soldering gun at work

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Now let's hear and see what you guys have done

Tylor
 
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Just ordered a short shifter for 30 bucks from ebay. Let's hope it's not complete s***. I'll let you know when I go for the install, but that's a cheap ass mod. Please no flame on this, I'm doing this for all of humanity. I know it's no TWM...

Don't forget the brake caliper painting for cheap. Mine are just painted black, I hate cleaning them.

Cheap rims=paint your stockers. Done and done.
 
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the only thing i did prolly that cheap was painting the wheels black... used acrylic paint, newspaper and painters tape...

those blacked out headlights look real good... did u have the smell of paint in your house for a while?
 
Remove side mouldings. FREE

Throttle body coolant bypass. under $5

VTCS removal. ~$20 for new gaskets, ~$4 for quik steel
 
nightshaded side markers

headlamp blackout

stubby antenna

Dave B rings $35

Oznium Interior lighting 2 12inch tubes in each footwell $25ish

debadged rear and filled holes with nylon plugs from Lowes -$0.80

Fanged front and rear emblems -1.00 jar of testor's silver

removed all roofrack and installed channel fillers- ($30 for shipping my roofrack out) channel strips were traded for roof racks

removed door molding/Pin striping- $2 can of brake cleaner to remove adhesive

osram silverstar bulbs- $35 per set lows/highs

prolly more, but idk
 
wife modded the areo package with the side of our garage door (free)

daughter modded the back seat with the pee smell (free)
 
painted stock rims with high heat gold paint ($10-15)
painted rear valence with bbq paint ($5)
painted console and shifter surrond ($5)
fog light always on mod (cost of wire, dont remember the price)
painted black rear emblems (free, already had the paint)
 
Where to start....

Headlights painted black - $10 in supplies (but went over budget with a round trip to Boston to meet with the NEPOC crew....well worth it! :D)

Silverstar turn signals up front - $10

Silverstar bulbs in hi-beams - $35

Silverstar bulbs in lo-beams - $15 (burnt out (pissed))

2nd set of silverstar bulbs in lo-beams - $30 (burnt out (argh))

Osram Silverstar bulbs in lo-beams - $38

Tinted bumper markers - $11 for nite shades

Didn't like how they turned out so I bought used bumper markers and tinted them with the same can - $20

Rockblocker smoked fog overlays - gift (the best mod - it's free!)

Tribute washer nozzles - $19

AEM dryflow filter for SRI - $45

Gujusted oil cap (MP5 laser etched) - $30

Black powdercoated heat shield - IIRC $45

Apexr1.com air diversion panel - $45 (have since sold it)

Stebel Nautilus air horn - gift

DaveB gauge rings - $45

Leather e-brake boot - $20

JVC head unit - gift

MSP radio pocket - $45

MSP radio support bar - $15

Painted calipers red - $20 or $25 bought black paint off of another member and then traded it for the red.

Ventshade ventvisors - gift

Mazda6 wagon rear wiper conversion - $38

Black alteeza tail lights - $50

Bluebatmobile turn and reverse overlays for tail lights - $22

Chrome turn signal bulbs in tails - $11

CX-7 antenna - $17

Painted front and rear emblems - used same paint as I did for headlights.

If the budget was for 'mods under $100' I could include my AEM SRI and 03.5 MSP axle-back. :)
 
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Pro5x2 said:
Figured I'd start a thread for those of us on a budget. What mods have you done that are either free, or under $50. And post up pics

I'll start it off with what I've done so far

Cost- $10 DIY headlight blackout
Items purchased, one newspaper, one roll of blue painters tape, and one can of Krylon BBQ black paint

IMG_8147.jpg


Free-DIY rear valence painted black
Used the same can of paint and newspaper and tape


IMG_8145.jpg


Also picked up a stubby antenea off Ebay for a total of $11 shipped to my door.

See above pic

Mazda Tribute washer nozzles for $11 a peice shipped

Pic coming

Foglight on with parking lights mod
Items purchased-none. used soldering gun at work

DSC00522.jpg



Now let's hear and see what you guys have done

Tylor
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can you elaborate on the fog light mod, i'd like to do mine.....
 
Are the tribute washer nozzles a lot better? Does anyone have a part number for those?

edit: nevermind, found it, EC016750YA
 
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ProtoType5 said:
I forgot..

Hacksaw to the springs...2" drop....freeebie...
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hows the ride now? i'm gonna guess a little bumpy?

*my cheap mods*

color matched interior - $30 (anything that was silver in the car, is now midnight blue plus the guage bezzel)
yellow fogs - $17 from ebay
black anodized shift knob - $20 from autozone
custom cold air box - $35 from home depot
custom intake - $40 from autozone
removed old crappy intena - free (i know it's not a mod, but the reception is still good)
ngk v-power plugs - $8 - from autozone
"modified" rear bumper tailgate and passenger tail light - free of charge from the retards that cant drive through a parking lot!!!!! (sorry, i'm a little bitter about this one, i mean honestly, the car was parked for god sake.....)
 
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