Christine's Chronicle (Budget Build)

[spoonerDee]

This will be my official BUDGET build thread. If anyone is interested, you can watch her grow and become a woman

I will use this build thread to show others how to do a project car on a small budget and still get some nice results.

I have a list (don't we all) of all the mods that will be going into/onto her as time goes on and one by one I will knock off those items.

The day I bought her. She had 64,xxx miles on her with gray green metallic paint and looked as new as the day she was created. I actually didn't realize it was my car when I went to pick it up because she looked so good.


The first mod, if you will was a debadging to clean up her rear as well as the golf t mod (google it) Cost for these mods Free (maybe a few bucks if you dont have a golf tee or a screw)


Up next I had to wait a while and let her sit in anticpation while I took care of my illness, but as soon as that passed she again went under the knife.

I ordered a scanner/coder and went to work with her mind. I disabled the 5mph door lock, activated one touch close for the windows, coded her for Xenons, disabled the no seat belt warning (I always wear mine, just hate the chimes), as well as some other fun stuff. Total cost around $40.00

Next while looking online I found a steal for an OEM 6 disc changer so I snatched it up and installed it right away. Total cost (already had the mounting bracket in my trunk) $65.00

Parts were ordered for a custom intake which still isn't finished, but while that is on hold the time came for some new eyes.

With the help of a DIY I tore into the stock halogen housings and converted them into projector headlights with 6,000k HID's. Total cost around $190.00





The beautiful cut off



The following weekend I took my newly acquired LED bulbs and swapped out the interior lights for a nice clean look (pictures don't do it justice). Total cost, less than $10.00 shipped





That's all for now, as time goes on and she grows I will update this thread.

Things to come include:

Clear lighting all around
Finishing my intake
H&R Cup Kit.
BMW wheels (either style 68 or style 42)

And plenty of other goodies, don't want to give it all away.

Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Keith

[danewilson77]

Looks great. In for more.

HTC Thunderbolt+TT

[trancenation]

Did you led interior lights require a seperate resistor pack because I know some cars require one otherwise one light may be intermittently out. (happened to me) Also, where do you happen to purchase them? Thanks a bunch.

[spoonerDee]

Bought the led's a few weeks ago, and no resistors, all of them work perfectly fine.

[Ryans323i]

Great looking ride Keith. Gray green is such a subtle and pretty color. Looking forward to your mods.

And please style 42 wheels! Maybe even with gold centers? I keep trying to talk people w/ Gray green into this, I know it will look awesome!

[az3579]

Great looking ride Keith. Gray green is such a subtle and pretty color. Looking forward to your mods.

And please style 42 wheels! Maybe even with gold centers? I keep trying to talk people w/ Gray green into this, I know it will look awesome!

+1.
You don't see Style 42 much.

[spoonerDee]

Great looking ride Keith. Gray green is such a subtle and pretty color. Looking forward to your mods.

And please style 42 wheels! Maybe even with gold centers? I keep trying to talk people w/ Gray green into this, I know it will look awesome!

+1.
You don't see Style 42 much.

Well I have been leaning more towards the style 42's, they are kind of hard to come by though, I guess thats parts of why I want them, since not to many others rock them. As for gold centers..... Not sure if they would look good or not, its a good possibility.

For those unfamiliar, here are style 42 wheels.

[jayjay_dee]

2nd pic is money shot, sezzy azzzz.....

[johnrando]

Whoa! Really like those style 42s. What car are they OEM equipment on?

[Ryans323i]

^^I believe it was the e39.