Buddah

Drilled some holes in the stock airbox and installed a K&N filter. Also trimmed the rubber splash guard by the radiator so the cool air is directed right into the holes on front of the box. Picked up throttle response right off the bottom. I clean filters in my off road machines quite often so I'm not too concerned with cleaning another filter more often. If I'm going to drive in real dusty conditions, I'll just tape the holes shut.
A good friend of mine own's a performance ATV shop with a Dyno. He's tried and tested numerous types of intakes and filters and alway's outperforms a stock set up. On a typical 450 sport quad, just changing the intake can pick up 1-2.5 hp. So, I did my own version on the truck

waverider969

$11.77 for two Scrubway subs?? You got ripped!

LaBalaDePlata

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Kit Sullivan

My under-$50 mods I have done so far:

• Bull-Rings: $30/ pair
• Lower grille opening cover: $50 (EBay)
• Seat Covers: $20 each
• Steerijng wheel cover: $10 (I like to keep my truck as claen inside as I can.
• Reciever hitch (otherwise known as a rear-end collision damage-preventer) Best $20 spent so far!

My Over-$50 mods far:

• Rear wheel-well liners: $80 (EBay)
• WeatherTech floor mats: $100
• Line-X bedliner : $500 (expensive but well worth it!)
• Rear folding bumper step: $150 (great for a fat old man like me!)
• SwangAway bed-mounted tool box: $180

hydro

Cravenspeed antenna ($25). The stock one is too damn long.

MPETE

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great idea in concept. its the same thing I have done on a few of my other vehicles. but on these trucks the factory air box is already a cold air intake by design (draws cool air from the fender well) so much so that even aftermarket CAI setups still use the factory air intake location, and most of them retain the factory lower air box. it really is that good. you have just added holes for engine compartment heat to be sucked into the air box. while you may actually gain mpg by this mod because warmer air = leaner mixture, leaner mix means possibly better mpg, in the end you probably did not gain anything and what you think you gains is most likely in your head because you have more noise when you slam on the gas.

throttle response on the bottom would have nothing to do with this mod anyway, because at a stop there is no air being forced into the airbox cold or warm, and with the heat soak from the engine compartment your just getting stagnant warm air from around the radiator.

Buddah

Didn't really notice it being any louder. The response is a little better, nothing drastic, but it's noticeable. I drive and ride between 4400'-5500' elevation and we alway's need to lean our machines out some.

Old Bessie

My best under $50 modification is a bit unusual. I have a 2010 Screw XLT. I entered an online forum contest for free and won a complete leather interior that cost $38 to ship to my door. I carefully removed the original interior from the truck and installed all of the leather covers, lest one, myself. The only on that I couldn't do myself was the back of the center front seat or the bottom of the fold down console. I paid $40 bucks to have that one done. The installer, a local interior shop said he could tell me how to do it, but after some 4 hours of attempts already, I just had him do this piece. It was not as easy for him to do, and it took him several hours. I know this because my ears were ringing as he "m.f.'ed me while instaling the piece" his words not mine.$40 bucks well spent. So you are saying, wait that is more than $50.......but, I sold the used interior on Ebay for $150....making this a net $72 profit---not to mention an awesome new leather interior.
I later found out that the "free leather interior"was supposed to be taken to a recommended auto installer, that charged some $800+ bucks to install it for you.......Little did they know that a determined guy, with time, and an awesome set of tools in the garage, could and did the job himself! Well most of it!!! I guess that they never considered their products "Do it yourself"!

Tyssa'sRide

Well done. That's how to do it!

aaron@aarontate.com

Hiya, show a picture of your re done interior im saving up for "clazio" leather seat covers. They look to be the best i've found.