making $1000 car drivable

Kinja'd!!! "MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/17/2019 at 13:32 • Filed to: BaXeLFoley

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first, continue to photochopperize things

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then, get down to the nitty gritty. seats out to find the hidden garbage. dog treats, old food, and random detritus

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all vacuumed away and the carpets cleaned. you can see it mostly in the transitions where the rugs have been removed. in the before picture its a very stark light cream to brown line. now it’s all mostly one colour

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and of course those removable rugs got some love, possibly for the first time since ‘97

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And I razor bladed the glass, and completely wiped down the plastics with an oil removing detergent. Then, cleaned all the glass with streak free methods, and re-oilied the plastics so they shiny and smelly.

Anyway, it smells like freshly laundered clothes in there now.

Went to Costco to get the winter tyres swapped for summers, and the guy was impressed by the cleanliness of my interior. So that’s a plus.


DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 13:40

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price so far?

purchase: $1000

Emissions: $25

Licence/Title/Taxes: $125-ish

Bluetooth headunit, 4 speakers, and parts to install them: $128.67

Powered underseat sub and install kit: $90.95

Wipers: $48

Summer/Winter Tyre swap: $40

Running total: ~ $1457.62


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 13:56

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You spelled tires wrong.


Kinja'd!!! HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 13:56

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Why doesn’t the title say “making Box Lad drivable”, am disappoint


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 14:04

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I really need to do that to my Audi. It is so gross inside :/


Kinja'd!!! dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 14:35

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$48 for wipers?

Did you buy a 4 year supply?


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
06/17/2019 at 14:41

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they are gold plated. they work terribly, but look amazing!


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
06/17/2019 at 14:44

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in truth I upgraded because of a $15 rebate thinger, I should probably take that into account with my pricing here.

so, $33? I dont skimp on wipers! BALLAAAAAAA (actually colorado just has kinda wild weather and wipers make the difference)


Kinja'd!!! Wacko > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 14:49

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What happened to the civic?


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > Wacko
06/17/2019 at 15:30

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the corolla is around to facilitate teh civic’s engine swap, so I can still have something to drive to work while the civic is non-op


Kinja'd!!! dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > MonkeePuzzle
06/17/2019 at 16:03

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I think the most I’ve spent on wipers at one time is $30 and I thought that was steep 


Kinja'd!!! tyburg > MonkeePuzzle
06/18/2019 at 01:35

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Had to drop the car into a manga page.

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Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > tyburg
06/18/2019 at 09:41

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oh this is good! thanks!!!