Your Favorite Budget MODs ($50)

[texastruckjunky]

This is kool, we can learn and share. I painted my wheels also, under $50.00. Two cans of rustolium cherry red, $7.00 a can. A lot of sanding but well worth it, alot of people ask if I had them powder coated.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by texastruckjunky

This is kool, we can learn and share. I painted my wheels also, under $50.00. Two cans of rustolium cherry red, $7.00 a can. A lot of sanding but well worth it, alot of people ask if I had them powder coated.

I like the red.....I am going to do that with my Ralleys once I paint the truck Blitz Black

[notallthere]

I removed my ash tray and replaced it with my trailer brake controller. I used scrap steel and only about a foot or two of mig wire. Some spot putty and primer and Tremclad paint.

Near as I can figure it was about $3.00 worth of products and 2 hours of time and 3 cups of coffee.

[grs]

I bought a gallon of gas.

[MyC-Dime]

Insidious, those are awsome, was it easy to do? any pics would be great. Looks stock but better.

[justpball]

Originally Posted by grs

I bought a gallon of gas.

LOL
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[tucsonjwt]

Buy TWO steering wheel lace on type covers. Get the kind that are cushiony, I think they have a little dense polyurethane foam backing. Wrap the first cover from the far (front) side of the steering wheel, wrap the second cover from the close (rear) side of the steering wheel. This keeps the steering wheel much cooler in hot weather and creates a thick, modern style steering wheel. Much better than the skinny old style steering wheel. About $10 for two covers at O'Reilly or Pep Boys.

[motornut]

ever run outa gas?
worry bout your wife and (or) girlfriend running out gas?
does your gas line freeze in the winter?
consider this doing this
next time u replace the sending unit bend the arm up(i do it amost two inches)
from a 90 degress stock
what i do leaves gas in the tank when it reads empty

[dmartin1]

Originally Posted by motornut

ever run outa gas?
worry bout your wife and (or) girlfriend running out gas?
does your gas line freeze in the winter?
consider this doing this
next time u replace the sending unit bend the arm up(i do it amost two inches)
from a 90 degress stock
what i do leaves gas in the tank when it reads empty

hmm, pretty clever. i like it

[burb1085]

Under hood light from 88 + Chevy truck/van. They have about 25 ft of wire that reels in and a magnetic base. Just attach some where in the engine compartment, and run power to it. It's nice to have when you don't have a flash light available, plus with the magnetic base you have both hands free. Think I paid like five bucks at the pick and pull.

[beamn7]

Originally Posted by burb1085

Under hood light from 88 + Chevy truck/van. They have about 25 ft of wire that reels in and a magnetic base. Just attach some where in the engine compartment, and run power to it. It's nice to have when you don't have a flash light available, plus with the magnetic base you have both hands free. Think I paid like five bucks at the pick and pull.

I did this as well. Comes in handy!

[motornut]

Originally Posted by burb1085

Under hood light from 88 + Chevy truck/van. They have about 25 ft of wire that reels in and a magnetic base. Just attach some where in the engine compartment, and run power to it. It's nice to have when you don't have a flash light available, plus with the magnetic base you have both hands free. Think I paid like five bucks at the pick and pull.

good idea i have one from my 89

[BLE 'BURBAN]

Found a roof rack off an 07 Suburban 3 years ago for $25.00 and mounted it on my '90 Burb with the use of a cordless drill and a Torx driver.

[kikkegek]

I swapped a TH400 for a TH700R4 in my Burb. well over $50,-...but since my gear indicator was broken I made a simple new one:



and to keep track of my mileage I added the manual small mile-gauge:

[Tinkermc]

I'm from the 67=72 forum and you guys have some great ideas

[JRANGER]

Lets keep the list going guys

[JRANGER]

bump bump bump

[1978chevybigten]

didnt want to spent 130 dollars on a dash cover, so i improvised cost me about 40 dollars to recover my dash, looks alot better than what i started with!

[primrrd]

here are a few truck and one non-truck (well sort of) that are low costers....
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1. key pop shaved handles... free
2. headliner console for my sunglasses, radio remote and a handy light.
(from a corolla. base is mdf shaped and covered w/ black vinyl)
3. rear speaker boxes- scrap plywood and same black vinyl
4. front kick panel speaker housings made onto the stock panels.
(basically plywood, cloth, f/g resin/matt, and bondo- same black vinyl)
5. TOTALLY "borrowed" the key idea from a guy on "instructables.com" it is very handy AND gives me good leverage on
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all well south of 50.00 if you have some basic stuff laying around like plywood, resin, matt, etc...
I like this thread - keep em comin!
(I am so going to go get me one of those underhood reel lights!)

[primrrd]

the key thing is truck related b/c the keys to my square are on it!
3.99 little allen set at harbor frieght, drill, and belt sander.
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[wwj75c30]

my two fav mods to my dually were my bilet grill which i got lucky and got it on ebay for $50 and my coil spacers $55 so $% bucks over but close enough. i think they made it look better

[JRANGER]

good stuff guys.. Try to be specific and give links so guys can find out how to do them as well

[kylep]

like that overhead console looks sharp did the light wire just go in pretty easy with a little splicing?

[primrrd]

Originally Posted by kylep

like that overhead console looks sharp did the light wire just go in pretty easy with a little splicing?

hey Kylep,
I didnt have any kind of wire up in the roof other than the stock dome which is only hot if the door is open.
I ran a ground from the stock ground connection bar and jumped in the hot wire at the fuse box and up the lt pillar trim. I wired it to a keyed accessory circuit first, then changed it after a few weeks of using it to a constant hot- so i could turn it on w/o the key in the ignition. (same thing w/ the stereo...) just remember to turn them off!!!

[willett]

Paint your hitch receiver and undercarriage. Don't forget to powerwash it all first!

Buy the rebuild kit for your door hinges and get new striker pins

Rocker guard your wheel wells
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