I am looking to get something done to my car just to make it a little bit more interesting. I just want suggestions on this topic and the mods can be anything to my car preferably cheap.
What do you guys think?
Ps... Please dont tell me to search because I am just interested in just making some conversation. I didnt know if I should post this here or in Common Interests or in General so I apologize if I put it in the wrong place.
maybe if we knew what car you had..
Sorry I forgot that one, haha.
1998 CSVT intake w/ heat shield, gutted cats, B&M, mesh grille
I may remove the orange reflector from my lights next, easy cheap mod.
Do it, I think it looks alot better.
Where at in IL. are you located?
Schaumburg. I almost picked up BiggersSVT's 3L, but some guy has dibs before me and then a friend of mine put money down.
Believe me... his car was nice man. It was located in Schaumburg too, what a coincidence.
Only mod the car if your really willing to hold onto it for a while, if you want something FAST like, balls to the wall, buy a mustang or an STI or a Evo, the Contour is good for what it does, but it is in no means a FAST car, and it takes a good chunk of change to get it there.
Put on sidemarkers on the fender instead of the "24 Valve High Output" badges.
-Reebs-
Led mods, all of them. Window switches, lock switches, clock, guages, etc. I'm doing the interior set as soon as I get my leds. Its really cheap, just takes some time.
I am just looking for a cheap set of sidemarkers...
Which do you guys think will be / look the best?
A4
Jetta
Are they the same?
Would these work and would I just need to buy Audi bulbs??
I used the A4 lights, you have to modify the hole in the fender to make them fit.
If you look at the back side of the lights, it is clear they will not fit in the penny sized hole the lights have a rectangular extrusion on the back that won�t allow it to be flush mounted with out making the hole in the fender larger.
I have installed these on my svt and had to modify the circle hole to fit the rectangular extrusion.
older A4 side marker
These I believe are the older style A4 lights that will fit in the hole is modification to the light itself and not the fender.
So you cut a rectangle in your fender?
Yes, look at the picture. Have you seen the hole behind the badge? Its a small circular hole that�s size of the circle where the light plugs into on the back of the A4 lights (in the above pic). If you want them flush mounted then you will need to either cut the light down, or make the hole in you fender fit the light.
If you cut the light down your doing to cut the backside of the light away and the light bulb will have nothing to reflect on.
Or just buy lights that will fit with out modification, but I liked the look or the clear A4 lights.
I used these...small but bright. I got clear w/ amber led's:
The hole size is 11/16", just under an inch & it took a wee bit of grinding from the die-grinder to open them up...not much at all.
A4 JettaAre there any differences between these at all?
Try this Here is the How to for the Audi side markers that fit without modifying your fender.
Thanks, I just found that post about 2 mintues ago while searching.
How about these guys? Looks like they will go on with little modding, but how do you think they will look?
I am just going for something cheap.. what do you guys think?
The first ones look like they'll fit very nicely after dremeling that tab off. The second ones, Im having a hard time determining whether they'll fit or not. Just try em and see what happens... That way if they dont work, you wont have to worry because you went cheap
FAQ: Free / Cheap Mods is a very good place to start.
