EDIT: Just bumping this up so some of the newbies can get some ideas and don't have to create repeat threads

Out of curiosity, I'd be interested in seeing how many/what Home Depot "mods" people here have done (always looking for new ideas).
So post a list of mods you've done to your 5th gen that consist primarily of parts that would not generally be considered automotive..obviously there might be some "other" parts in there from auto stores (nuts, bolts, paints, etc.). Also this would not include changing bulbs/lighting (unless you alter the bulb/light yourself with paint, wiring, etc..). Basically anything that you bought the components at the hardware store...there's some leeway here...you can include parts you've painted custom, etc....

But they have to be things you've made yourself, not things you've had fabricated/built/painted/installed by a shop or another person....

One thing....let's not argue about what is and isn't a HD Mod.....just put what you consider a HD mod and let's not have anybody try to say it isn't (unless of course you put "headers" or "rims" )

Here's my list:
-grille inserts (made of gutter leaf guards)
-custom black AE-style headlights
EDIT: replaced with cleared 2002-3 HIDs
-smoked side markers (painted)
-turn signal bulbs painted silver
-custom hyperground (wiring/attachments from Home Depot)
-Maglite mod
-Custom fire extinguisher mount (in trunk)
-Custom first aid kit mount (in trunk)
-custom engine valance (plexiglass)
-Changed radio/climate control/clock lighting to blue
EDIT: now it's red, using LEDs (also door switches)
-painted steering wheel logo
-custom painted roof-rack fairing
-painted reservoir caps
-changed key ring light to blue
EDIT: red LED now
-custom ebrake handle (fiberglass/vinyl)
-side marker lights re-wired to flash with signals
-sound deadening on inside of splash guards (rubberized undercoating)
-Murano spray washers (this may be pushing it a bit....but I did have to alter them with a dremel and make custom grommets)
EDIT: some more new things since this thread was started...can't think of em though

that's what I can think of at the moment......

 

I don't have as many
but here is a few
-cleared turns
-grille inserts
-additional ram air intake(into stock box)
Thats all i can think of

 

for the record....i think Home Depot overcharges on their products..

here's my list:

-turn signal bulbs painted silver (as u already mentioned)
-Tinted my taillights from red to black

TA-DA!

 

just for you we'll call them "Lowes" or "True Value Hardware" or "Hechingers" Mods

 

hyperground
super-heavy trunk floor (3/4" MDF)
amp rack (3/4" MDF, same as above)
emergency kit (walmart 99 cent pale, tied to one of the support rods for the trunklid using speaker wire with stuff inside.)

that trunk floor needs to go methinks
must think of a much lighter/thinner material and find a way to fasten it to the chassis floor while maintaining access to the spare tire (which I have difficult access to anyway with this setup)

 

I'm working on an idea for that...will let you know if it pans out....

 

fiberglassed lip kit.

 

is that nite shaded headlights on ur sig?? dang..sorta defeats the purpose of head..lights.

 

nah not night shades. I actually tinted the headlights so the glass is darker, like um smoked headlights.

 

Wow you've a bunch of stuff to your car! I just looked at your 20 page cardomain site and wanted to tell you that you've done some cool stuff to your Max! Keep up the good work

 

im curious about ur lip kit. pleas explain more.

 

Just hyperground and mag light for me

 

excellent. I was thinking something like plexiglass, but I don't think that would be ideal because it's flimsy, and I'd have to fit my 2 walmart sub enclosures on top too, and they have to sit over the spare tire area...
Maybe something like that, but with a hinged door that lifts up to gain access to the spare tire?

Shoot. The possibilities are endless. I wonder if Home Depot has some thicker plexiglass or something similar (fiberglass?) that's stiffer and could hold up as a lightweight floorboard?

 

1/4" plywood with some supports and another piece of 1/4" ply on the spare tire so I could have a flat surface to support from. MDF is really heavy.





More pics http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=313259&page=8

 

-cleared out turn signals
-painted rear turn signals red
-foglight rewire
-sidemarker rewire
-painted engine cover
-painted reservoir caps
-changed clock color
-changed color of guages (hyper white/bluish at night)
-changed color of stereo display and controls
-dunno if this counts (painted the grille teach for the bottom vailance)
-hypergrounding should be done today
-working on making custom indiglo guages....

ooo remembered more

-changed keyring color to blue
-sounddeaden the rear deck



i think thats about it/there might be more

 

not home depot... but I bought blue LED "mood lights", mounted them behind the rearview pointing them on the shifter/dash, also... ran them through the factory dimmer and also on a seperate switch for illegal purposes, want to know what those silver bulb jobs do.

 

maglite
lower valence
cleared out key ring
painted midpipe with bbq paint

 

-grill inserts, primed and painted black.
-maglite
-hyperground

...i think that's it...

 

Since the mig welder I have can be bought at Home Depot etc.. I've made a bunch of stuff from that. Does that count?

 

Hey like I said...if you made it yourself, it counts I guess!

I assume you mean the painting of the bulbs? If so, all it does is make it so the bulbs don't look red/orange when off (look at your tail bulbs, front turn signals if you're 2k-2k1 and you'll know what I mean). With silver enamel over them, they still light up at night, but are not visible in the day....

 

only maglite mod for me

 

HEY these sound like cool mods. i got 1 ? though whats the mag light mod and hypergrounding?
also how did you guys change the dull green accent lights of like the dash and stuff i would love to change that. lemme know thanx. oh and if i spray paint my sidemarkers u can still see the light?

 

xtatic...take a look at mine and others' cardomain sites...most of the how-to's and pics of the mods are on the websites....

 

3/16" Nylon Hole Plugs from Lowe's to fill front license plate bracket holes (painted with touch-up to match bumper).

 

man irish thats a lot of crap u got there it all seems way to complicated for me to do. i love the blue light in the like radio and air n all that as well as they key ring. how did you do the key ring the radio looks too complicated. how did u paint the steering wheel? and paint the sidemarkers. im also interested in the volvo overlays.

 

when u guys say u cleared your sidemarkers, do u mean u bought them and installed or u did it yourself. and if you did it yourself how did you guys do it.

 

Who's the King of the Duct Tape Mods?!

on the next...Springer!



sorry...don't take offense, I'm really tired..

-vq

 

ask all these questions in their own threads, that way you'll get more responses..... or look around for old threads on the subject, there are alot of them, just browse back a couple of pages...

 

I have these two mods thanks to the Org. and Home Depot:
Cleared headlights
Cold air intake mod (or whatever you want to call it)

 

I bought an intake adapter from Ace Hardware, all you have to do is drill holes for the MAF. It fits 4th gen, 5th gen, and G20's

 

I was wondering the same thing at first. But then I just figured that they were talking about clearing their turn signal, and went past it???

 

This is what we mean:

 

I have the best Home Depot Mod
GUTTER INTAKE!!!

 

I know it's ghey to bump your own thread this far back, but always thought this thread was good for some of the newbies to use for ideas (thus eliminating repeat threads)....

so, bump.

 

plexi glass 02/03 foglight covers (to stop them from cracking, replaced them 3 times so far, and pm me if you wana set, i cut a few extra)

 

 

home insulation in the rear deck for the sub

 

who the hell bumps their own ghey thread?

 

i made a custom 10" sub mout to sit in the corner. kinda similar to infinity bass-link.
pcv blow-by oil catch.

 

Nikita told me to do it?