Favorite Cheap Mods

[corbinwalp]

Post your favorite cheap/DIY mods. ex: plastidip hood blackout

 

[100acrehuphalump]

How is anything cheap anymore?

 

[sedat]

Heres a few of my sub 20 dollar favorites:

Russian amphenol electrical plug repurposed with a 5v usb charger. I have two. Invaluable when camping in the desert.
Inner switch operates the camp light/reverse lamps.
outer switch is dome light over-ride.

Serveral things here.
1. LED reverse lights from zitrades. Perfect at night.
2. rubberized undercoated headliner.
3. ultragage. Its 60 bucks, but still I wouldnt live with out one.
4. rubber/latex shift gaitors. (these were also likely more than 20 in materials, but hey)

L322 charge socket in the cargo hold.

 

[454]

The Hella rubber lights for general use such as rock lights or auxiliary reverse lights. $10 or so last i checked.

 

[ZG]

Almost everything I've done cheap, I've gone back in and done it again correctly. I don't want to come off like I'm saying every cheap mod doesn't work, but you generally compromise.

 

[Ray_G]

Concur on the rubberized headliner...hell of an improvement (have pics in my build thread).

One of my favorites: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J3BPCK/ref=pe_175190_21431760_cs_sce_3p_dp_1

The wife and kids complain b/c there is so much light in the interior now with these. Low draw, great for out in the woods (bear in mind I've disabled the driver door switch and the rear cargo (that area has different illumination))

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Ray

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

Ultra gauge. Nothing beats it for the peace of mind, and for 60 bucks, I'll call it cheap.

I repainted the headliner for about 25 bucks

I added LEDs to the overhead lights for about 8 bucks.

I made this grill for about 2 bucks as well.

 

[Rescue Ninja]

$15 to get everything (nearly all my trail gear) off the floor of the rig, so I can use the sleeping/hauling space as I see fit.

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[roverandom]

I made vents in the bonnet of my RRC, above the exhaust manifolds using louvred vents I found at the junk yard. Lowered under hood temperatures at low speeds significantly.


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[Howski]

Take off the sway bars if you haven't already. It'll jump around a little on the highway but if you can deal with that it makes for a big improvement on the trail. If you have a stock read bumper trim up the quarter panels and sides of the bumper. That area hangs a little low and tends to get snagged on departure frequently

 

[corbinwalp]

Heres a few of my sub 20 dollar favorites:

Russian amphenol electrical plug repurposed with a 5v usb charger. I have two. Invaluable when camping in the desert.
Inner switch operates the camp light/reverse lamps.
outer switch is dome light over-ride.

Serveral things here.
1. LED reverse lights from zitrades. Perfect at night.
2. rubberized undercoated headliner.
3. ultragage. Its 60 bucks, but still I wouldnt live with out one.
4. rubber/latex shift gaitors. (these were also likely more than 20 in materials, but hey)

L322 charge socket in the cargo hold.

Very cool, how do you do the headliner?

 

[newhue]

Pretty keen on this one. $10 generic "polished" bottle opener. Logo tag of a key ring that came with the car. Bit of glue, couple pop rivers.......happy days. A non genuine genuine looking accessory that should come standard with ever Defender.

 

[Ray_G]

Very cool, how do you do the headliner?

Pull it down (if it isn't sagging all over already), be careful while removing interior pieces. Remove from vehicle, clean off headliner shell (the old adhesive takes some time to get off but isn't bad).

Paint with rubberized paint/bedliner/etc. let dry for a bit so the truck doesn't stink, re-install. I was going to pant mine tan overtop to match the interior but the wife liked the contrast so I just left it black.