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Someone suggested a couple of days ago that we put together a thread that shows that not all mods for our Z34s have to cost more money than you're prepared

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Old 01-12-2012, 10:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Official Cheap Mod Thread

Someone suggested a couple of days ago that we put together a thread that shows that not all mods for our Z34s have to cost more money than you're prepared to part with at the moment.

Tax time is upon us right now. For some amongst us it's a time of celebration and economical stimulus, for others it's a time to buckle down and cough up cash to The Man. While some are out splurging on TT or Venacis, others may feel less than adequate

Let's use this space to celebrate all the cheap, miserly, penny pinching and sometimes utterly ridiculously inexpensive additions to our rides.

The key requirement here is that the mod must be tasteful. No skull shifters or fuzzy dice suggestions please, because that needs to be left for the bagged Impalas to sport. It would also be helpful to provide pictures, prices and links to puchase. Preferably these links should be supporting vendors of the370z.com.

Let's try to keep the suggestions for mods at $200 or less.

And......go!
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Old 01-12-2012, 11:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I didn't do this one personally but there was the guy who put like 16 washers on the bolts between his exhaust and muffler to make his car sound a lot better.
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^^ What, to create an exhaust leak?

Debadging or painting your badges is a cheap and easy mod to do.
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Dont have a pic but I did the license plate leds, were like 10 bucks.
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Stillen Splitter - $271.24 @ Stillen.com. I know it's not under $200 but it's close.

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Polk component front speaker upgrade-about $130.

Installed red (-) and green (+) leds on the A7 shift quadrant to better identify up and down shifts in manual mode-$20.

Installed led strip lights on the bottom arc of the headlights-$35.

Custom made side skirts to complement the Stillen splitter-$70.

Stillen offset no-holes front license plate bracket-$80.

Dynamat sound deadener for the hatch floor and doors-$150.

Dress-up bolts stainless button head bolts for the engine compartment-$120.

3M Di-noc faux carbon fiber film-about $7-10 a square foot.

Locking lug nuts-$40.

Rocker switches to replace the blank-out filler plugs next to the cup holder-$15.

3 cans of Plasti-dip spray to black out the fangs and rear valance-$35.

JDM rear fog light-$50.

Illuminated door sills-$150.

6000K replacement HID headlight bulbs-$60.

Front an rear wheel spacers-$140.

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Polk component front speaker upgrade-about $130.

Installed red (-) and green (+) leds on the A7 shift quadrant to better identify up and down shifts in manual mode-$20.

Installed led strip lights on the bottom arc of the headlights-$35.

Custom made side skirts to complement the Stillen splitter-$70.

Stillen offset no-holes front license plate bracket-$80.

Dynamat sound deadener for the hatch floor and doors-$150.

Dress-up bolts stainless button head bolts for the engine compartment-$120.

3M Di-noc faux carbon fiber film-about $7-10 a square foot.

Locking lug nuts-$40.

Rocker switches to replace the blank-out filler plugs next to the cup holder-$15.

3 cans of Plasti-dip spray to black out the fangs and rear valance-$35.

JDM rear fog light-$50.

Illuminated door sills-$150.

6000K replacement HID headlight bulbs-$60.

Front an rear wheel spacers-$140.
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Drop in filters and post mafs are the poor mans CAI
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Guard dad,, awesome job!

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I'm buying one of the pwjdm knobs today!
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Others not mentioned...

Rear fog lamp
Cheap HU but better than base's unit
Remove helper spring on clutch pedal (free)
KN dropins
postMAF tubes

Or how about getting tools? Ramps, hydraulic jack, jack stands, socket, ratchet, powered drovers, etc
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Evo-R front lip. $180 from the Zstore and I get more compliments on it than Anything else on my car. Also Black Taillights and painting your own rims black.

Evo-r lip $180
Black Taillights $100 professionally done
Black wheels $60 in materials (long time though)
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