The Official Cheap Mods Thread

[Danny-G]

I would think the wiper arm spoiler is a cheap mod. I got the spoiler for five bucks and had everything else already so a five buck mod seems cheap eoungh.

[SWRT]

Dang...I'd just as soon buy another set of junk headlights before doing that.
Too much for my tastes. Ebay knockoffs however

[slipknot51]

Cheap mod I did was took and painted the Subaru logo on the axle nut cap on the turbo Legacys in black

First thing I did was I took some brake clean and clean off the cap. I had some black universal touch up paint from another one of my projects so this mod was free for me

Once you got the cap cleaned I took and use the touch up paint brush and fill in the Subaru name

The last thing you need to do is take some brake clean spray it onto a clean rag or paper towel and wipe off the excess paint it might take some time I recommend doing it shortly after you get done painting it and be very careful lol

Final product I thought for about 15 minutes of your time its a nice cheap mod that adds a little pop to the center of the rims

Well I hope you all enjoy my addition to the cheap mods list

[kimokalihi]

Very nice. Thanks.

[Legacy777]

Looks good! I like it.

[SWRT]

Looks good I suggest taping off the top and bottom
and sides first. Less cleaning up.

[DD50]

What about the cutting a hole into the stock air box below the filter to make more intake noise? That can be done for cheap if not free if you have the tools.

[SWRT]

Sucks if you go through a lot of dust or water or
mud though.

[DD50]

Sucks if you go through a lot of dust or water or
mud though.

I put the hole right behind the ABS unit and have driven through many puddles with no issues at all. I guess it all depends on the placement of it. I've seen some people on here put it directly underneath the airbox

[SWRT]

That's probably one of the better spots for it since water
cant splash directly up into it. Do you have any clips of
the difference?

[Danny-G]

My turbo wagon already has the holes in the bottom of the airbox and I can actually hear the tiny vf11 spooling. And when I did something similar to my sedan, it made it sound like there was just a cone filter under the hood, more noise. Only reason I know about the cone filter is my sedan had one on it when I first got the car, the cone filter didn't stay very long due to the power loss it caused.

[SWRT]

I had one on my RS. Wasn't impressed with the
power loss on the low end. After putting the torque
box back on that thing was kickin.