the free budget

OB · Post by OB » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:19 am

so while im saving for school/home what would you guys suggest i do as far as mods to keep myself busy with the neon project? i have zero dollars to spend and I wash my car once a week already as it is, so im runnin low on FREE things to do to my car. maybe ill clean the entire underside of it.... haha jk. well, maybe... ya i need some fresh ideas help!

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:48 am

Nothing is free.

moparknighthawk · Post by **moparknighthawk** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:30 am

Car (hobby) = money pit. Unless you have a bunch of stuff you can use to make your own mods already.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:19 am

moparknighthawk wrote:Car (hobby) = money pit. Unless you have a bunch of stuff you can use to make your own mods already.

+1

OB · Post by OB » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:19 am

dont necessarily mean mods, just anything to keep making my car better. im gonna take my wheels off and wash the inside of em. stuff like that, free stuff.

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:23 am

Polish everything you can, brake calipers, umm well thats about all I can think of in the Neon, damn Dodge jipped you guys.

OB · Post by OB » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:14 am

think im gonna paint the chrome/plastic/ugly grill inserts to match body too. but that will cost huh haha. keep em comin guys if i stop workin on my car ill go nuts.

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:27 pm

you can remove the moldings if you want, polish everything, clean the interior really well.

not much else to do that doesnt cost money.

i dont do anything to my car. i barely wash it. not much point now since there is a lot of salt on the road and my graphite car looks like a white car on some parts.

you could buy some AMSOIL stuff and mark it off as a maintenance item

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:46 am

have a friend steal it, run it off a cliff, collect insurance money, use as down payment on an SRT4 (I know how much you want one!).

Then you will be happy. Besides, dont pay for school yourself, get a government loan or grant and have them pay for it! Then use all your own money to mod out your new SRT4.

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:48 am

rip the carpet out, remove all the sound deading and reinstall the carpet. FREE MOD! this will light'n your car to make it a little faster!

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:33 am

rotate your tires every week

OB · Post by OB » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:21 am

lol you guys are silly haha. speaking of rotating tires... shit i havent done that yet since i bought the car. im debadgeing soon too. and about the side strips, since my car only has 12k miles ill be cool with the paint not fading right? eff the sound dedening material my cars loud enough as it is, this IS a daily driver haha. maybe when i have a nice luxury car ill make the neon into a full race car. the bit about the srt is especially interesting... its been on my mind for awhile, but then again, when i get outta school my first big project with my new skills will be the srt swap and a huge turbo system upgrade shortly after that. so my sleeper will eat srts for breakfast. well, thats in the ol 5 year plan at least haha

neon_ert3 · Post by **neon_ert3** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:33 pm

you can do the flip trunk mod. its really easy to do and only takes bout 30 mins. oh yeah and its free

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:05 pm

For like 8-15 bucks you could buy a shit ton of led's and redo the color of your insturment cluster and ac/radio