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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
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It dont hurt to ask.. It will wake up even a 86 stock 305 in a 4x4...make it pull like a 350...Yes it does work..and its cheap. |
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06-29-2011, 10:18 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
KMACD71 I stole your idea THANKS!!!!!
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06-30-2011, 08:12 AM
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Simple? What's simple?
 
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Some of mine:
$25 - pair of 4" 3-way cheapo speakers from Walmart, piece of 3/4" plywood scrap I had laying around = stereo speakers  I can actually hear my radio now!$35 - 7 blade clutch fan from a '94 Caprice 350 at the boneyard - makes the truck much quieter and moves a TON of air - I've towed another car in traffic on a 90 degree day and the needle never goes above 180*. Had to tweak the blade ends a little with an adjustable wrench to prevent rubbing on the shroud. $15 for a reservoir at the junkyard, a little scrap metal I had laying arounf, and $10 for a new radiator cap - closed cooling system. No more catch can, no more spilled coolant, and no more topping it off once a week. Best idea I ever had.
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06-30-2011, 06:40 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
This is a great thread,I am already going to use some of the ideas!
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06-30-2011, 07:23 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Fabbed up a new shift lever from some scrap my buddy had laying around his welding shop. Started with a piece of 3/4 round, heated it up, made some bends, rattle canned it with primer and paint and then installed it, took just a few hours - total cost $12.00 for a six pack and two bags of chips.
AT THE SHOP WHAT WE STARTED WITH HEAT & BEND BEFORE AFTER
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07-03-2011, 01:22 PM
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pure awsome!
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07-17-2011, 10:05 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Sunday morning bump!
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07-17-2011, 10:34 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
I am amazed not only that this thread is still going (it died a horrible death on the other boards I posted it on) but also at some of the stuff posted.
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07-17-2011, 05:47 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
I love it!
Heres one: How to get your whitewalls clean and white again with stuff you (or your wife gf whoever) might have around the house. Commet cleaner (I found it under the sink) on a scrub brush with a little water does wonders on the white letters on my tires and the whitewalls on the car!
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07-17-2011, 06:22 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
My new console:
I got tired of not having a place to sit a cold drink down while driving back and forth to physical therapy, so I began thinking about building myself a console. I took a bunch of measurements, made a pile of sketches, and finally settled on a design. I've got about $35 in the whole thing, and about 2-3 hours of labor making it. Materials were: 2 pieces of 2ft square 1/2" pine (if memory serves...) 1 stick of 2"x2"x8' furring strip 3" hole saw Package of small finishing nails Some wood filler putty for the seams Two plastic cup holder inserts like you'd see on boats Free quart of black paint I got from a Glidden promo online It is 12" wide, 14" long, and goes from 11"(at the seat) to 13" tall. Down the road I may pull it out and integrate a 10" subwoofer into the design, but just holding a drink and my phone will do for now.  
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07-17-2011, 10:06 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
This is great. Some good ideas, i will be useing some of them for my truck. Keep them coming.
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07-20-2011, 07:23 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
good ideas ttt
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07-20-2011, 08:31 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Hmmm... now I know what I am going to do with this too... add a sub right behind the cup holders... been wondering about this and now I will surley use this... thanks frednoah
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07-20-2011, 09:37 PM
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07-20-2011, 09:41 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
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07-20-2011, 10:11 PM
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07-21-2011, 02:14 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
My way cool 4 sp. shifter
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07-21-2011, 07:04 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
converted to dual electric fans, and did the headlight relay upgrade, 50 bucks.
found some old maroon bucket seats at the junkyard, 50 bucks, sold the old bench, made 50 bucks. so free. haha |
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07-21-2011, 10:35 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
The previous owner of my truck had a really big aftermarket bench seat in the truck. It was too big for me to comfortably sit behind the wheel (I'm tall and fat). This seat and relocating the gas tank made a huge difference The seat is from a mid 80's Chevy pickup. I got it for $40 at the salvage yard. With the bar stock I had to use to make the feet I think I'm borderline on the $50 mark.
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07-22-2011, 04:39 PM
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 ugly yet better than what was in it. console was 20 bucks, but i made sure i picked a new lock with key, the stock carpet liner, cubby thing in front and bolts to mount it. |
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07-22-2011, 04:57 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
"My way cool 4 sp. shifter"
Nice Pegleg!! hard to tell from the pics, what brand wrenches gave there life for this mod?
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07-22-2011, 05:00 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
^^^^^ I think Stanley from what I could read nice Idear by the Way.... Gunna Do it on mine when I get my 6speed
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07-22-2011, 05:13 PM
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ty, ty, ty, lol. stanley & cresent , the original hit the seat ,oh chit what do u do then, had spare ones so this came together in an hour for free?from kids to old timers have commented how cool it was.......that makes it well worth it
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07-22-2011, 06:27 PM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
^^^^ it looks great and I gotta give props to Longhorn Man for starting a good thread
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07-23-2011, 08:58 AM
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
Just wondering, but is there a way to make sure this thread stays around instead of bumping it? Can we make it a sticky?
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