Ok so i have this dark blue em2 and i was wondering what i could do to the outside of the car to give it its own personality, something cheap but effective. No body kits or fast and furious s**t. But a clean EM2. Any suggestions will work. its bone stock by the way. I just need someone to spark some inspiration for me before i start sexying my babygirl up
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I don't understand why you are asking us for advice on its own personality... I think it is you who needs to decide what kind of personality it should have. Plus, you want a clean look but cheap. Then you should just leave it stock. You should be more realistic. You want a nice clean looking car, it will cost you. The only thing I can think of that is cheap and still keep a clean looking car is to wash your car once a week. Detail your car wouldn't be too expensive neither. Grille might be the next cheapest right behind car wash.
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^^ ditto. 'cept the drop and wheels idea sounds good. then the whole wash and wax. Do the words cheap and car even go together when you're talking about mods?
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A car does not have a personality of its own. A car's personality is reflected through the personality of its owner. This is why we modify cars... it is a symbolic expression of ourselves. YOU need to figure out what you want to do with it.
Lip kit/grill
Black out headlights
Drop
Wheels
Black out headlights
Drop
Wheels
ngtvghostrider
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Since when was dropping it cheap? Where can I get some cheap yet decent stuff to drop my car?
well it seems that some of you misunderstood my question. What i meant by cheap was like DIY's and stuff like that. I didnt mean that i was going to go out and buy raceland springs and walmart window tint. The grill was always a good idea to me. I did a DIY grill on my 98 civic and i loved it. Stuff like that. And when you suggest something that didnt meant that i was going to go do it just because YOU think it looks good. Just maybe someone would say something that i havent heard before and then see if i like that. so sry if some of you misunderstood the question
there really is not much diy stuff you can do thats cheap and not ghetto looking. you can redo your headliner and pillars with faux suede for around 100 bucks olaso swap some filament bulbs for LED. also you can redo your trunk board for a custom one for fairly cheap.
Well it still depends on what you mean by cheap, we need a budget. It also depends on what you want to do. You talking about looks, or performance? For looks, you can reupholster some of your interior..........headliner, door inserts. Stuff like that. Relatively cheap.
^ Amen to this s**t.
I redid my headliner and pillars for about $50. Wal-Mart charged my $24 for 6 yards of fabric (more than you'll need since I have a hatchback with a really long roof) and I payed about $22 for the two cans of liner adhesive. Oh and then I spent another $6 on the adhesive remover because I got the adhesive everywhere.
i used the best quality faux suede they had at jo ann fabric it was liz claiborn i believe. 3M adhesive i bought razor blades, plastic bonder for the visor mirrors also a hot glue gun and glue for the back of the headliner and black paint to match the trim pieces . i covered all 6 upper pillars and door inserts. so i dont think 100 bucks was bad.
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I like that interior too. Makes me want to do the same thing... But I don't know if I want to spend the money and time to do it
yea that does look pretty sweet. and 100 bucks is within the budget. Idk if i would do it black tho because i have the same tan interior that he has.