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to my car without spending any money.

give me some ideas because i would like to do some stuff without necessarily spending anything. throw out any ideas.

Weight reduction.

Home Depot Lip.

trunk is bare to the metal.
any other weight reduction?
i dont want a home depot lip lol.

Remove the rubber strip under the hood.

For about $8 you can make a catch can from a venom bottle if you want.

Strip the paint.

gut it

Simplify and add lightness- Colin Chapman

remove all the decals and side trim, spend like 20 bux on spray paint and start paintin shit lol

DOSneons wrote:remove all the decals and side trim, spend like 20 bux on spray paint and start paintin shit lol

done and uh, done lol.

maybe ill actually take some awesome pictures of my car tomorrow, and post them, for the first time ever.

cuz nobody seen the whole car. just bits and pieces

for the love of god do not paint unnessecary shit with spray paint from home depot

wash and wax it

hansken_yo wrote:wash and wax it

+1
cheapest way to make a car looks great!

do some work for the neighboors, take the money and buy cheap parts in the f/s section

About the only thing you can do that truly will not cost anything is to remove parts.

Painting defeats the purpose of weight reduction. Removing all paint and covering the sheet metal with very thin oil film to keep the corrosion at bay might reduce the weight... but then you need to factor in the weight of the oil film.

Oh wait... check your tire pressure. Air is free.

Check all fluid levels... also free. Topping up is another matter that may cost.

You cannot take pictures without first washing 'n waxing it... and that will cost.

Your options:

-remove parts
-check fluids and tire pressure

Paul56 wrote:Painting defeats the purpose of weight reduction. Removing all paint and covering the sheet metal with very thin oil film to keep the corrosion at bay might reduce the weight... but then you need to factor in the weight of the oil film.

remove the resonator. It's the big black squirrely looking thing located underneath the airbox.

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:

Paul56 wrote:Painting defeats the purpose of weight reduction. Removing all paint and covering the sheet metal with very thin oil film to keep the corrosion at bay might reduce the weight... but then you need to factor in the weight of the oil film.

Haha... you guys have no sense of humor!

excon wrote:remove the resonator. It's the big black squirrely looking thing located underneath the airbox.

lol already have a cai

neonslg09 wrote:

excon wrote:remove the resonator. It's the big black squirrely looking thing located underneath the airbox.

lol already have a cai

Cool!

Sell the resonator to get some cash for mods.

Unfortunately, I don't think anyone on the board will want it.

Hmm, maybe a local junk yard would exchange the resonator for some other parts?

hmmm, think anybody would care to have the old airbox?? and that rubber hose as well?

because nobody would want the resonator lol

my recycle bin really wanted the old air box

ahh yes, its always begging for more food.

actually browsing 2gn.org is always a good thing for car when there's no money to spend.

Remove PS and AC.

need ac! lol

and hmmm, tempting to remove powersteering...

point me the way on how to do it

sell the wheels + tires
(i guess you will not need them cause you have no money for gas)

and then you can take the money for some nice homedepot tuning goodies...

i never said i didnt have money lol. i just dont want to spend money at the moment, im saving right now.

neonslg09 wrote:need ac! lol

and hmmm, tempting to remove powersteering...

point me the way on how to do it

You will need a custom belt to run ONLY the AC and not the PS since they both run off the same belt.

It's rather easy, Remove belt, drain steering rack after removing lines(keep some oil inside to reduce corrosion) then loop lines so there is no restrictions.

The better, and more complicated way to do it (And while keeping it filled with oil) is to rip the rack out, and remove the metal sleeves inside the the oil runs freely, and not through any lines.

After you do either, you can remove the PS pump and extra lines if you so desire.


As for running the AC, you need a custom sized belt, and maybe a way to tension the belt...I seen a link on some other forum (dodgeforum) if I remember correctly.

Edit: I suppose you could make a tensioner to sit in the same position as the old P/S Pump that way you can tension it, and you don't have to hunt down a special belt.

Hmmm free stuff...

-Wash and detail the car meticulously.
-Play with tire pressures to get better handling.
-Take engine components apart, clean them, and put them back together.
-Paint eyesores, like the not-quite-black rear inner fenders, and any rusty parts (high temp flat black FTW).
-Re-torque EVERY fastener on the car.
-DIY mods (not free, but close).

take the passenger seat out, thats like what? a good 40 lbs