What's the most ghetto thing you've ever done to a

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My light-setup

>bolted to plastic
>wires running from the boot and through the cabin
>have to set the lights a bit low because of the air-resistance pushing them backwards so that they're perfect at 50mph
>actually illegal to drive with due to only being allowed to have two extra headlamps, and that they're too powerful

Exhaust system consisting of rubber cement, coat hangers and plumbing pipe.

I got a car with a blown fusible in the aftermarket nigger rigged stereo wiring.

I don't know what the fuse went to, but I just spliced the power and memory wires together, and just made it so I had to manually turn it off and on.

>>14340134
My left headlight is being held up by zipties and electrical tape. Bumper is help by zipties too. Kinda embarrassing cause I had my uncle replace the clutch the other day and I'm sure he saw but I wasn't there and he didn't tell me anything.

injector was leaking. put Teflon tape on it. hasn't leaked since...

>>14340134
First car I ever had.
Cut the front springs for mad rake, and a ghetto turbo setup with hacked up soarer parts

>>14340671
>we won't live to see a future where cars are made of adaptive polymers that have the ability to heal themselves

Had a rusty V8 S10. Pulled the bed to replace the gas tank. Three out of the six bolts snapped or had to be cut off. When I put it back together I clamp one corner of the bed to the frame with a pair of vise grips.

Stayed like that for 2 years until I sold the truck. Took the vise grips off, cleaned and oiled them and they work fine.

So much butchered shit on that truck. It was a fucking riot.

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I sprayed water out of the cooler with this thingy before winter.

>>14340671
Oh, and the hood release is a pair of vise grips attached to the cable.

When i was 17 i made a homemade grill for my ek hatch with steel mesh from a hardware store, and attached it with zipties, in the process lost bolts for the bumper and used zipties for that too.

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When you want a k5 blazer but all you have is a s10 blazer

>>14340885
Also bought a carbon fiber hood for that thing, windshield sprayers didnt fit in the slots so the hoses just rested on top of the engine fucking lol

One glovebox guide is held together with dental floss. Would have used wire, or zipties, but those wouldnt fit.

>>14340898

That hood probably cost more than the Civic.

>fucking up shit that isnt even broken

But why?

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Pissed in the radiator of an old F150 when it started leaking coolant. We were about 3 hours from the nearest service shop, seemed like the right thing to do.

>>14340134
God that intercooler is fucked.

>>14340919
cause it makes chuchu noises now.

>>14340925
what happens when you have a plastic scoop on the front of your car directing literally everything into it.

Used a piece of a cereal box cardboard to seal off a idle air control valve on my old Prelude. Made a perfect air seal.

>>14340161
you're a fucking engineer

Patched up a hole/spot under the hood that was leading to a different hole I couldn't reach. I used a cut out section of a toothpaste roll and silicone. It redirects the water and doesn't leak anymore.

I had white scuffs and nail polish marks on my black dashboard, so I carefully drew over all the marks with a black marker.

I put diapers to stop the oil leak

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>>14340896
that's beautiful mang

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My exhaust lol getin sorted next weekend

>>14340134

>be me
>be 15
>obtain first Vespa Scooter
>Vespa 200 Rallye
>exhaust is fucked
>noisy as fuck
>no job
>cant buy exhaust
>decide to try to muffle sound
>remember how much shag pile carpet muffles footsteps
>wrap exhaust in old shag pile carpet
>start scooter
>quiet as fuck now
>success!!!
>be driving down my street
>carpet catches fire
>i dont notice
>come to T junction
>wonder why the fuck i'm feeling heat on left leg
>look down
>drop scooter
>scooter lies there and happily burns itself to death

>>14340896
Would drive

I've ghetto repaired so many things in my car history,

Vice grips for window winders, soda can for exhaust repair, used screws and ubolt to attach exhaust tip on shitty car, use silcone caulk to repair sunroof, sellotape to repair inner door car lining, cable tie bumpers, cable ties for any lost screws or panel pins,

I've done a lot of ghetto things to my shitboxes back in the day.

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>>14340833
I had to do that to get gunk out of my coolant reservoir once. Couldn't get the god damn thing to come out because the bolts were so rusted.

I also kept the fuel filter attached with zipties after the bolt broke.

I also patched up a hole on the exhaust using a furnace pipe.

I also built extenders for my roof rack out of bamboo. Unfortunately they didn't work too well.

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cover for my battery was missing so i set up this rigged box which did a sufficient job for a month or so. when I brought it in to get replace they replaced the wrong friggen cover so I had to go back. Annoyingly the first cover they replaced recently fell off and I probably drove over it. Have a soy sauce box over that one but it's more exposed to the elements then this one was.

Reconnected the grill of a Subaru with a zip tie.

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>>14342317
Tough guy

>>14342380

I don't typically do much by way of ghetto repair. I prefer shit to be done properly.

>>14342387
Car was cheap and fun, getn it finished next weekend, kids having bday parties all weeekend, gettn a corolla next weekend too lol

>>14342408

Subaru in question was $700, hence the ghetto grill. Engine and tranny are pretty decent though and so far it's not in too awful shape mechanically. Body is beat to fuck though. Whoever had it before either drove like a retard or purposely just banged into shit.

>>14342380
For you

cracked my radiator on the way home from the grocery store so I cracked an egg in it to patch it

>>14342422
The exhaust is off my subaru its a gc8 sti cost me 2700nzd/1700usd, has had all suspension replaced and engine/gearbox/dif before i bought bodies pretty sweet for a car from 98

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>canister charcoal media failed, letting charcoal pellets into evap system
>fucking up the solenoid valves, made refueling a cunt
>removed canister, pulled inlet/outlet screens out
>used blowgun to create charcoal cannon
>shot all remaining charcoal out onto the grass next to the shop
>reinstalled canister shell

10k and counting, still hasn't failed the evap monitor

>gas tank strap stud snapped off while removing nut
>bent strap forward 1/4" - just before where the broken stud was
>drilled new hole in sub frame
>found two identical bolts of appropriate size
>used die grinder with a sanding wheel to cut a large notch on the end of one
>carefully tapped subframe hole with new fabricobbled tap

Worked good - 7/10 repair, 10/10 macgyverism

Eh, I stripped a lower shock absorber bolt and replaced it with some random ass but and bolt I had lying around that somewhat fit.

>>14342489

This one is a 96 Legacy wagon. Nothing special but it's a cheap commuter for a new driver. With any luck it will last her a few years.

>>14342533
Yea im hoping for the same out of this but ya never know with the old subies lol

>>14340161
Kek the first two are stock on 3000s

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The entire truck

>>14343832
posted without text.

Get on my level, tubo'd my crx with home depot couplings. gangsta lean radiator with that fly ass aluminum holder (also from home depot).

>>14343839
HEKTIK M8

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driver door delete (hinges pulled through the frame b/c rust)
rag on the battery to hold it in place when the hood is closed
tekscrewed number plate to bumper
felled a tree on top of it
zipties
clutch cable holder thing is a piece of metal jammed in because it's pulled through the firewall

>>14343879
SUPER HEKTIK M8

>>14343890
THANKS M8 ITS P GOOD GOES HARD

>>14343917
Haha u made my night m8, ive had one of em a few years back was a 4 door but man it could go places was alot of fun

Rear mounts for the exhaust broke, so I mounted the muffler with metal strapping that I screwed into the trunk floor. Same car - stitched the rear bumper together with zip ties. Same car - before I fixed the exhaust, it was held in place with bailing wire, dollar-store C-clamps, and cheap bungee cords.

Used a coat hanger to suspend my catalytic converter after I changed it and couldn't get the bolts to go through.

>>14340925

That's actually in pretty good condition for a Subaru tmic. I've seen some with entire sections of heat sink fins flattened from being leaned on or tools placed on there etc.

Doesnt take much to fix them though just time and a pair of long nose pliers to straighten the fins.

>>14340925
>age = condition

>>14340922
>Putting alkaline anywhere near an engine
>being this retarded

Entire front clip is held on by zip ties the 35 pound steel bumper? 6 zipties

When I changed my clutch+flywheel I broke the rubber bushing that keeps one of the shifting cables in place on the shifting mechanism outside of the gearbox.

It's now held with a ziptie contraption that, besides holding the cable in place, allows it to freely move around the shifting mechanism as it is supposed to be.
It has been like that for more than a year and the zipties didn't snap yet, I'm quite proud of it.

My exhaust hangers broke on the way home so I walked to the hardware store and bought some duct tape and taped my skateboard to the muffler and drove maybe 15 miles until I took it to the shop the next morning.

>>14344538
>cutting the seat vertically so you can put it back once you are done with the cage
>not cutting just a hole and building the cage with the seat still mounted

Toppest of the plebs

Removed the ABS light to pass inspection. It worked.
Driving without ABS in the winter can be dangerous, but I ain't fixing that shit, it's really fucking expensive.

>>14344563
How did that pass?

You know the car does a ABS-light check when you turn the key right?

>>14344584
It's designed so that you can only see it when it lights up. I just told the inspector there was no ABS and he didn't notice that there was a light that was supposed to light up.

>>14344563
>>14344598
Just install i time relay that keeps the light on for a few seconds when the ignition key is turned. That's what i did.

>>14344538
>Leaving the "functional" rear seats in at all..