post your cheap home brew mods with your total cost, an explination on functionality and a short how to.

 

Cheap mod. Practicing cost. How much ever it cost to fill up the tank. Functionality: Better driver. Go to a parking lot, and keep on going. :P

 

cheap mod #2

become friends with discount tire grunt

cost-

functionality-

free used tires, discount on when you need them mounted and balanced.

 

But what to do with them all after you use them up lol.

 

zip tied aero.


Remove all screws, replace with zipties. Cost? $2 for 100 ties and they come in every color of the rainbow. Use as many as it takes to hold your bumpers and skirts on in a semi-secure manner. If you spin, take a hit or run into some gravel, your aero just flys off instead of shattering.



Ebrake mod.

Stick something between the handle and the button to keep the **** depressed.

Cost? Free. Just look around in your toolbox or junk drawer for something small enough. Rubber coated paper clips work great.

Moar angle for less. Run smaller tires on wider rims in the rear for a stiffer sidewall and smaller contact patch. Put the tire on the rim, spray some axe in there and light it up. It will pop on to the rim. Cost? Between 100 dollars and free. If you wanted to, you could use spare skinnies and stretch them on stock rims. It looks retarded, is probably unsafe but you'll be able to lose traction pretty easy. Yes, i've seen people do this. It's crossed my mind. I find unused skinnies in the junkyard all the time and have a decent collection of them in my basement.


I have a tire hookup where i pay $1 per inch of tire. However, he almost NEVER has 17" or 18" in stock in the profile i need.

 

whats wrong with leaving them at discount when you get freshies mounted?

 

A+ on beer choice.

as for this topic...

" I remember when I had my first beer...."

that is all.

 

cheap mod - $10 insecticide sprayer w/hose and pump filled with water from home depot
whycome? - after each run, oil and water temps rise so have someone spray down the radiator, IC, oil coolers and sometimes the rear tires. just the rears tho. more cool points if you have a girl do it.

 

do i just go to home depot and ask if i can use their sink to fill the jug? or how exactly do i get water from home depot? whats the preferred method?

 

water intercooler spray bar.

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0578&P=1


Can be done MUCH cheaper if you know what to look for and know where to find it.

 

I wish it was like that here, its no taksy backsys.

 

heres a good tire budget :
This is for guys that have camber. When your tires are worn on the inside, dont throw em away! Flip your tires over on the rim, so the worn out side is on the outside of the rim, and the fresh new patch of tire will finally be used. Dont worry if your tires are directional if your doing this for the rear. Running directional tires in reverse actually makes your tires last longer and kick out easier.

also Have a list of tire shops that have used tires, and call them all for your tire sizes. I used 2 get my used tires for $10 ea. with decent tread , usually tires that are from japan which are not DOT legal.[its a rim store that imports wheels from japan] and they cant legally sell em because they are not street legal, but eh who cares. And this other mexican tire shop down the street LA Puente tires.

the starter fluid method

 

budget huh? I guess ebay was my budget shopping when it came to my car.

I get plenty of free tire/mounting and disposal, but I lack a selection of free tires.

 

lol you buy the sprayer and it comes with a mist-tip hose. just fill it up with your garden hose before a drift event so you can spray everything down after each run.

walmart mounts tires for $3. no need to balance them if your using them for practice.

 

the walmart here chargers 11 dollars per tire to mount. gayness. Plus u always have to wait for hours just to mount some tires.. Super autobacs here charge 20 bux to mount and balance 2 tires , even if its on your car. Plus they can do almost any stretch you want, they have a cheetah

 

sleepy eyes conversion

option one have a friend pop your headlights up and down when they are at the desired sleepy height pull the motor plug (the white one) one at a time. and walla cheap sleepy eyes price of $0

theres also a way to add a relay but that would cost somewhere around $10 still cheap but $0 is a better deal lol

 

Why dont you just pull the fuse to the lights when they are at the right height.

 

hell yes. good choice indeed.

 

or just play with the switch..

click it to the up position, then when its halfway up move the switch back in between "up" and "down", if you get it right the headlight should stop.

best way to sleepy an rx7. when you hit your headlights it will go back to full upright position.

 

^^^ never heard of that one ill have to give it a try lol

 

why would you sleepy eye it anyways? 1000hp?

 

2000+ actualy but in reality asking that is like asking why did you get your car painted or get a body kit. no hp gain but its part of customizing and part of some peoples prospective of personalizing. i like it all if its done right, or none at all if the car is nice and clean.

 

lol i had gotten pulled over in the past while driiving with sleepy eyes at night. [was too lazy to switch it back up] the cop was like "Umm sir I think your headlight is broken, it looked pretty dim" I was just like Facepalm..

 

I think you should hit yourself in the face. Having your lights like that can be dangerous as it gives you poor visibility and its ugly. It kills your aerodynamics.

 

DTSS eliminator bushings. I bought them from a friend for $20, paid $20 to have another friend install them and my wheel studs. Then paid $4 a piece for the axle nuts from mazda.