Originally Posted by
RandyCSVT
You can have it all, you just need to plan well.
1. Buy the bumper. Install it unpainted to save some money. An unpainted body kit is better than nothing.
2. Go to autozone and buy purple headlight bulbs, looks like HID's and costs less. IF you always keep your high beams on people will think they are HID's, and you will see more of the road. If autozone doesn't have purple bulbs, just spray paint the headlight housing with a little purple.
3. Don't buy lowering springs, just cut a few coils off of yours.
4. Make a deal with your friend and put the wheels on lay away. When you have enough money you can put nice rims on the rear wheels and leave steelies up front. This is good for drag racing ( I know cause I watched all teh fast adn the furius movies at least three times each). WHen you have saved up your money you can put the front wheels on and maybe even buy a 5 inch exhaust tip at pepboys.
Dammit, you stole my idea. I was going to suggest a cheaper route, though:
Remove your bumper altogether and claim it was drifting damage. Makes you look hardcore. Also, apply tape to the fenders that pokes fun at the missing bumper, as tape is commonly used in motorsports for body repair.
As for wheels, paint the steelies black. It's cheap as hell, and since you're painting them, you can still call it a "mod," to make you feel better about yourself. Since you will buy the paint at an auto parts store, you can also call yourself a mechanic, which will help in the same way.
Next mod will be running open header, since you can easily (and at no cost!) eliminate all of those power-robbing nuisances like mufflers, catalytic converters, resonators, piping, subtlety, hearing ability, etc. When it comes to street cred, your car is only as fast as it looks and sounds. Remember that.
Originally Posted by B_Ray
its hard though because 1st off im only 17 i get payed a little over minimum wage.
my boss took the tip jar away and my mom and dad dont pay for shit.
(even though my dad as one the lotto b4) =/
but ya i dont have alot of money.
but by the end of this year i am getting a 2000 eclipse GT (because i graduate)
As soon as you turn 18, devote half of your paycheck to playing the lotto. b4 u know it, you an when the lotto, too! Until then, try to keep a zero balance in your bank account. Money in the bank is money not being put to use. You think those guys with Ferraris and Lambos and huge houses bought all those things without buying them? Fuck no.
You may be getting that Eclipse soon, but until then, the Mirage is all you have, so you NEED to give it all the money you have. Also, steal from your parents. With the exception of buying you a car while they house and feed you,
they don't pay for shit, and they should!