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Cheap mods (under $100)
***Flaming Disclaimer!! All prices are either guestimates are what I've paid. You can find better deals if you search or have patience.
AFE Drop in Filter - $50
Drilling holes in Filter cone - priceless!
New spark plugs - $40 (Either motorcraft or NGK)
Mobil-1 - $30 (for 5.5 quarts...and I know I felt a difference!)
New plug wires - $50 (see post in GB section)
Synthetic Tranny fluid - (Mobil-1)
Replace Brake fluid - (Big bottle Syntec from AZ)
Brake pads - (A matching set all around...nice and even performance/wear. Stazi's were $87 for F/R to my door. Perform a little better than stock, and hardly any dust!)
1 bottle electronic parts cleaner - $5 (pull your MAF and gently spray/clean it)
Replace stock resonator - $80 ($40-50 for a Mag or Edelbrock, and $30 for install. Not sure about HP...maybe 1-2, but love the sound!)
4 wheel alignment - $60 (can you say no more dog-tracking?)
Remove the ding guards - Also priceless
Bnoon TB Optimization - $60 ($169 total, but he refunds $100 when he recieves your TB...3 HP)
Poly sway bar bushings - $20 (for F/R...I'll do your fronts...HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA!)
Braided Brake lines - $100 (F/R if you don't count shipping!)
I put this list together for New CSVT owners. Yes, you can optimize the stock Y-pipe, pull the UIM and LIM and clean them, do some gasket/port matching, get a used Pro-M, etc...but I felt the above list was something anyone could do in their driveway, with minimal skills, and feel solid results.
Please feel free to add to the list.
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Russell
Oval Port 3L Nearly Done
MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete
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HOW?!  ?! Every place I've went, least price of a 4 wheel alignment was like $90 all the way up to $145! I must be looking in the wrong places 
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Originally posted by MIdnight95SE:
HOW?! ?! Every place I've went, least price of a 4 wheel alignment was like $90 all the way up to $145! I must be looking in the wrong places
Mine was $64. I think $60ish is pretty much average around here...
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Originally posted by MIdnight95SE:
HOW?! ?! Every place I've went, least price of a 4 wheel alignment was like $90 all the way up to $145! I must be looking in the wrong places
im good friends with the manager at the local tire shop
Russell
Oval Port 3L Nearly Done
MTX75 w/ Homebrew Zetec FD and Torsen Complete
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Painting front oval body color.....priceless
Painting rear chrome strip black.....priceless
Painting sail panels black.....priceless
Clearing corners in headlights....priceless
Removing door ding guards....priceless
Painting interior trim pieces....priceless
Lowering through H&R springs....priceless
Fog light fix....priceless
In actuality....,
About $30 (becuase I had to buy paint, which I still have most of).
$4
$4 (same $4 as above)
$10 (for silicone and clear bulbs)
$0 (used stuff I had around the house)
About $25 (for paint and prep supplies)
Enough...install is what killed me here
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by the way there are no alinment's on the contour. just toe adjustments. no caster or camber.
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"Painting front oval body color.....priceless" I think painting the Blue Oval a different color is :P.  Blue Ovals should stay BLUE! 
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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he means that chrome ring around the grill
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest...
Maverick Machineworks is open for business!! Tell me what you need and I can make it!
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Originally posted by Blue 'Tour:
by the way there are no alinment's on the contour. just toe adjustments. no caster or camber.
Well, officially. A good alignment shop can give you a teency bit of negative camber, like around 1 degree.
Function before fashion.
'96 Contour SE
"Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998
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