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07-20-2011, 07:23 PM | #1 |
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Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less)
good ideas ttt
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07-20-2011, 09:41 PM | #2 |
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07-21-2011, 02:14 AM | #3 |
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My way cool 4 sp. shifter
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07-21-2011, 07:04 AM | #4 |
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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 |
07-21-2011, 10:35 AM | #5 |
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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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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. |
07-22-2011, 04:57 PM | #7 |
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"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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07-26-2011, 08:44 PM | #8 |
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That looks a lot like my 203 twinstick mods on my son's truck. A cool $10 mod.
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07-22-2011, 05:00 PM | #9 |
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^^^^^ 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 | #10 |
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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 | #11 |
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^^^^ 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 | #12 |
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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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07-23-2011, 11:30 AM | #13 |
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I think I payed $50.00 for the mirror and senor off Ebay.
Well that was wrong. I found my post it was $85 for everything. Sorry not meeting the goal of the post. I had the wire. Mounted the senor out in front with the blue connector! Cold air intake. Built out of a 90 caddy box. Installed it where the old voltage regulator was. Hole for it with the head light relays installed also.
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07-23-2011, 02:14 PM | #14 |
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Love the mods Andy. That mirror is sweet. And very cool cold air box. Are those standard pvc elbows? Or special elbows?
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07-23-2011, 02:25 PM | #15 |
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cjohnson6772,
Thanks, Just standard 4" elbows. I bought all of the fittings at Lowes. Here is the peice that mounts to the support and inside the box. I cut the threads off both of them. I don't remember the name of it though. They are just fitted together with no glue and I painted them black. Link on install of mirror.http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3199789
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07-23-2011, 03:31 PM | #16 |
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Gonna have to agree with Cj on that.... anyway to make this a semi permanent thing
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07-23-2011, 11:38 PM | #17 |
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Took my dash cluster apart today. Repainted the fading milky yellow needles with Krylon 3101 fluorescent red/orange and installed bright white 194 leds (10 led smd per bulb) and wow what a difference it makes in the brightness. I had no need to repaint the inside white or chrome or anything. I will try and post pics tomorrow, but man the difference was incredible and I spent $4.60 shipped for the 4 leds bulbs on ebay and about $6 on the can of spray paint. I used a microfiber towel and some good glass lens cleaner on the gauge lens. Almost forgot: when painting the needles make sure to mask off and paint the hot mark on the temp gauge. That small detail is often missed and imho makes the gauge refresh about 10 times nicer.
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07-24-2011, 12:48 PM | #19 |
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Disclaimer: these pics are taken hastily with a crappy camera phone. Should give you the idea though.
Also, make sure to ignore the hideous wrinkle in the woodgrain sticker that has yet to be fixed and also please ignore the crack in the factory steering wheel |
07-24-2011, 02:52 PM | #20 |
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you forgot the indicator on the column........oh and the screws in the dash are not straight up and down.......lmao...looks great!!
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07-26-2011, 02:44 PM | #21 |
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Electric fan - Free from my brud-n-law's blown-up saturn
Mounting brackets - Free (formerly the brake light brackets on this truck) Wire - Spool was about $6.00 at Autozone Toggle switch - Autozone $4.50 Rubber bungee cord - Free (Ifound it on the HWY when my truck overheated last time!!) Haha, funny how things work out ain't it? Over-flow tank (water bottle) - $5.00 from Wal-Mart (I think) Tubing - Free (old fuel line i had lying around) |
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what was the bungee cord for??
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07-27-2011, 06:52 PM | #23 |
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mid saturday bump for new guys and for more ideas
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07-30-2011, 12:22 PM | #25 |
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I'm surprised I didn't see any skip white HEI's on here. Mine's in the mail and I'll let you know what happens. :-)
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