cheap but effective mods. what have you done?
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the interior of my car has always seemed very dark and i was tempted to splash out on some chrome from mx5parts but was shocked by the prices for some of the parts.
instead of spending an absolute fortune there i decided i would see what i could do myself on a very tight budget.
in the end i popped down to halfords and got a can of spray paint close to the colour of my car and set about taking a few parts off the car and livening them up a bit.
here are the results:
the results aren't perfect (i had to learn as i went) and the colour isn't a perfect match (halfords didn't have mariner blue and they couldn't make any up on the spot, so i went for a rover mid blue).
but i absolutely love it. i think it seems to act like highlights (maybe the hairdresser image is wearing off on me
)
if i wanted to get all the same parts in chrome from mx5parts it would have been about £135. but all it cost me was £5.95 and a couple of hours to take everything off, clean it down and give it a few coats of paint.
as an aside: how hard is it to take the eyeball vents out!!!!! what possible reason could mazda have for making them so damn hard to take out!
so now im asking everyone else:
what supercheap mods have you done which have been very effective?
instead of spending an absolute fortune there i decided i would see what i could do myself on a very tight budget.
in the end i popped down to halfords and got a can of spray paint close to the colour of my car and set about taking a few parts off the car and livening them up a bit.
here are the results:
the results aren't perfect (i had to learn as i went) and the colour isn't a perfect match (halfords didn't have mariner blue and they couldn't make any up on the spot, so i went for a rover mid blue).
but i absolutely love it. i think it seems to act like highlights (maybe the hairdresser image is wearing off on me
)if i wanted to get all the same parts in chrome from mx5parts it would have been about £135. but all it cost me was £5.95 and a couple of hours to take everything off, clean it down and give it a few coats of paint.
as an aside: how hard is it to take the eyeball vents out!!!!! what possible reason could mazda have for making them so damn hard to take out!
so now im asking everyone else:
what supercheap mods have you done which have been very effective?
Don't know if it classes as cheap - but cat replacement pipe (£55, half the price of a cheap repalcement cat?) - good noise!
Also, Magnecor leads (no more self destructing Mazda leads, think it was £40 for the set instead of £30 for the Mazda ones + look better!)
K+N filter, no appreciable difference, but will pay for itself given time
Different grade plugs (cooler I think) - again, no appreicable difference excpet when comparing to worn out ones!
Also, Magnecor leads (no more self destructing Mazda leads, think it was £40 for the set instead of £30 for the Mazda ones + look better!)
K+N filter, no appreciable difference, but will pay for itself given time
Different grade plugs (cooler I think) - again, no appreicable difference excpet when comparing to worn out ones!
DennisTheMenace said:
took me all of 20seconds to figure them and yank them out , but i do pull cars apart on a daily basis
i knew that they just pulled out cos i have a manual but it was just such a massive effort required to do it.i tried the string method but couldnt find any string strong enough as it all snapped (and wiring it through the vent is a mission)
so i tried yanking it out with an allen key but that just snapped aswell. so i went to a hardware store and bought a 6mm wide allen key and used that.
franv8 said:
By the way SC - your job brightens up the interior no end, great effort and looks good from here!
cheers. yeah i am chuffed with the job.speedychrissie said:
DennisTheMenace said:
took me all of 20seconds to figure them and yank them out , but i do pull cars apart on a daily basis
i knew that they just pulled out cos i have a manual but it was just such a massive effort required to do it.i tried the string method but couldnt find any string strong enough as it all snapped (and wiring it through the vent is a mission)
so i tried yanking it out with an allen key but that just snapped aswell. so i went to a hardware store and bought a 6mm wide allen key and used that.
franv8 said:
By the way SC - your job brightens up the interior no end, great effort and looks good from here!
cheers. yeah i am chuffed with the job.We did something similar with the interior paint, ended up painting the whole dashboard and various other bits
Chris71 said:
chockymonster said:
I want an Elise! said:
This weekend I re wired my 'seatbelt' buzzer to act as a 'lights on' warning buzzer instead 
Interesting idea, how did you do it?
Clicky, and ye shall find...
It's pretty straight forward, all I did different was to solder the wiring in properly ! Took all of about half an hour.
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