Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)

[dmartin1]

now THIS is an amazing thread!
i basically built my truck with all under 50$ mods except drivetrain.haha

one could do so many things with cheap items its crazy,love custom........im tinkering with making a new look on the radiator overflow bottle bracket.

bend aluminum sheetmetal around it nicely and screw it on in the back with chrome screws.polish the aluminum.

[RenoKeene]

I redid my door panels and consol for about $50
Turned out pretty good I think.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by RenoKeene

I redid my door panels and consol for about $50
Turned out pretty good I think.

Definitely. Nice work!

[dougminton]

Originally Posted by RenoKeene

I redid my door panels and consol for about $50
Turned out pretty good I think.

Wow, Big difference.

[dmartin1]

wow those panels and console look amazing!

if you could, whats the process on how you went about re-finishing them?

i did mine in my 78 but just sprayed em with vinyl dye and a clear.

[RenoKeene]

Originally Posted by dmartin1

wow those panels and console look amazing!

if you could, whats the process on how you went about re-finishing them?

i did mine in my 78 but just sprayed em with vinyl dye and a clear.

I don't want to hi-jack this thread. If you want I could post a ididit thread. Thanks for the compliments.
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[Brock]

built a console for right at $50 (not counting guages) and 2 cans of rattle can and ALOT of taping made my door panels a bit more interesting...

[VA72C10]

Nice touch on those panels! I'm sure that was quite a bit of taping

Console looks nice too! Good job!

[cjohnson6772]

Sorry guys but I'm not ready to let this thread die yet so we get a late night bump back up top

[Bad70sbchevy]

Painted rims for around $15 with some Metalcast rattle can.

[hatred]

How is the headlight relay done and what parts are needed?


Thanks,

Tony

[oldblue1968chevy]

10 guage hot wire 2 5 prong bosch relays big ground wire connectors

ah leme find the thread

[oldblue1968chevy]

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=182351

[67_C-30]

Glove box door mod I did for about $40.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=299203

[67_C-30]

Double the value of beater by making it a shop truck!
Cost of mod: around $20*









*Must already be skilled and cunning in the art of redneckery!


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=333485

[67_C-30]

Got a hole in your truck in a place it doesn't belong? I show you how to fix it for less than $5!


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=333485

[67_C-30]

If somebody spray paints the door of your beater -don't let it get you down - I got you. I got you!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=288990&page=2

[oldblue1968chevy]

I loved watcing you build that truck ^

[saskgreen]

Originally Posted by KMACD71

Can of white paint, bottle of orange model paint and brushes for the needles and you can brighten up your bezels and I believe with the LED bulb swap you can still be under $50.00.

Any tips or tricks I should be aware of? Looks alot better, going to have to do this with mine!

[Bad70sbchevy]

I was cheap on mine, used red standard lights instead of LEDs and some chrome spray Nothing really much to it, I just took the metal bezel out and painted the whole thing on both sides or the colored lights won't show up as good.

[true74enduro]

dunno if it quite qualifies scored this seat upholstery from this interior guy i live by for free. its blue sude and tanish vinyl.

[mightyatom]

My favorite so far has got to be the door panels. For $10 vinyl paint and $15 material they came up like new with only a days work. Even have enough material to cover my bench seat so once done I will include that in the $50 budget.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=428373

Jay

[70BLAZERX2]

Get a HEI distributor advance curve kit...change it to the lightest springs in the kit and get a 1977 corvette vacuum advance unit.

These 2 will cost about $35 and will gain use about 15 horsepower out of your smallblock with about 30 minutes to put them in...and you will feel the difference it will make..Under $50

If you have a factory posi rear end and it is chattering while driving at low speeds..you simply need to find an empty parking lot..and do 4 figure "8's"
with the wheel lock to lock..2 to the left and 2 to the right..

This will scuff the clutches in the posi and work fresh gear oil into them..problem will be gone..and best of all its free...no money needed..

[oldblue1968chevy]

Whats so much more special about the corvette vac can? jw not trying to be smart...

[capev86]

i bought LED replacement bulbs for the dome lights in my 72 burb c20 ($10 each) but glad to hear LED's for the instrument cluster are available on ebay.

i went with CPP sway bars, but if you have a 2wd, the 1-1/4 sway bar from an 80's 1 ton or camper special chevy/gm 2wd is the perfect upgrade for the 1-1/8 bar available on our trucks (grab the frame brackets if you don't even have a front bar). should be able to get poly bushings pretty cheap too.

as for my burb, spent big money on a 4 core radiator and all new mounting hardware, but the 7 blade fan from my dad's 72 burb (w/ air) was free as he'd had it up in the attic for over 20 years and the radiator overflow bottle was a universal never-installed unit found in the attic as well. hung it on the driver side of the rad support with a stainless screw and put a tiny black bungee cord (big assorted bungee package from walmart) around it to keep it stationary. nice not to have to fill up the radiator every time i drive it.