Best Mods for Under $100

[Evan02]

Auxbeam led bulbs i think are still under 100bucks. Suposebly have a great pattern and proper cut off. I guess even as good as morimoto and gtr bulbs that are well over 200 for a pair.

 

[RobHinton]

Paint Match Mirrors

My buddy hooked me up! He had some mirror and door handle covers he ordered off of amazon. Well Oreilly's sells paint match spray paint for at least the majority of our truck colors. He painted the door handles and mirror covers and they came out great. I am letting them dry an extra day (FL humidity) just to make sure before installing. If you are like me and hate the black handles and mirrors on a lot of our trucks this is a simple yet great fix.

 

[MarshRam]

It's nice to backup at night and not have to roll down my windows to see. $5 cube lights, $3 U-bolts and a tad of wiring/connections. Tap into your reverse lights or trailer wiring harness and wallah, the entire driveway and frontside of the house are lit up.

 

[RamDiver]

Paint Match Mirrors

My buddy hooked me up! He had some mirror and door handle covers he ordered off of amazon. Well Oreilly's sells paint match spray paint for at least the majority of our truck colors. He painted the door handles and mirror covers and they came out great. I am letting them dry an extra day (FL humidity) just to make sure before installing. If you are like me and hate the black handles and mirrors on a lot of our trucks this is a simple yet great fix.

Post pics or it never happened.

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[MarshRam]

Really wanted red lights in my truck. Just replacing the bulbs isn't quite functional enough for seeing, especially in a 2012 ST. So I put in $20 worth of pod lights. Two at the floorboard and two behind the seats. Lit the cab up!

 

[RobHinton]

Post pics or it never happened.

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as soon as I posted this I thought about it ... I got a little excited. Im picking them up in the morning and will post pics.

 

[SitKneelBend]

It's nice to backup at night and not have to roll down my windows to see. $5 cube lights, $3 U-bolts and a tad of wiring/connections. Tap into your reverse lights or trailer wiring harness and wallah, the entire driveway and frontside of the house are lit up.


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Exactly how mine are mounted although I'm thinking about crossing the beams to see if I get a better pattern (not necessary unless you have dual exhaust).

 

[MarshRam]

Exactly how mine are mounted although I'm thinking about crossing the beams to see if I get a better pattern (not necessary unless you have dual exhause only thing I was concerned about pattern was seeing ht

Exactly how mine are mounted although I'm thinking about crossing the beams to see if I get a better pattern (not necessary unless you have dual exhaust).

These are flood lights. Only for the intended purpose of backing into my driveway at night and not screwing up the lawn edging.

 

[SitKneelBend]

These are flood lights. Only for the intended purpose of backing into my driveway at night and not screwing up the lawn edging.

Mine are too BUT the dual exhaust make a cutoff making the beam narrow. I'm going to test crossing the beams toward the hitch to see if that gives me a wider beam.

 

[MarshRam]

Mine are too BUT the dual exhaust make a cutoff making the beam narrow. I'm going to test crossing the beams toward the hitch to see if that gives me a wider beam.

Well, I did install these on my 2012 ST with dual exhaust as well recently. But, I ended up tinting the cubes, super dark. They look really great, but yeah, don't work as intended with that alone. So, couldn't speak to the exhaust pipes in the way on my dual exhaust, but completely can see what you are saying. Maybe position the cubes lower, IDK. I'm going to go with lighter tint next. Never thought about the pipes in the way. Geesh, this engineering **** never ends. LOL. No Dual Exhaust, 100% confirmation, I can see the light!

 

[MarshRam]

Well, I did install these on my 2012 ST with dual exhaust as well recently. But, I ended up tinting the cubes, super dark. They look really great, but yeah, don't work as intended with that alone, had no chance of running across that issue yet. So, couldn't speak to the exhaust pipes in the way on my dual exhaust, but completely can see what you are saying. Maybe position the cubes lower, IDK. I'm going to go with lighter tint next. Never thought about the pipes in the way. Geesh, this engineering **** never ends. LOL. No Dual Exhaust, 100% confirmation, I can see the light!

 

[SitKneelBend]

Well, I did install these on my 2012 ST with dual exhaust as well recently. But, I ended up tinting the cubes, super dark. They look really great, but yeah, don't work as intended with that alone. So, couldn't speak to the exhaust pipes in the way on my dual exhaust, but completely can see what you are saying. Maybe position the cubes lower, IDK. I'm going to go with lighter tint next. Never thought about the pipes in the way. Geesh, this engineering **** never ends. LOL. No Dual Exhaust, 100% confirmation, I can see the light!

Yep lower would accomplish the same but I'd have to figure out something to lower the. I literally just had the idea yesterday and haven't really thought it through. I've also had a couple drinks so I'm a little chatty...but now I wrote it down so I have to post my results.

 

[RobHinton]

as soon as I posted this I thought about it ... I got a little excited. Im picking them up in the morning and will post pics.

Sorry for the delay. Here is a horrible pic of the mirrors and handles. It has rained everyday for three weeks here so I havent done much cleaning on the truck.

 

[MarshRam]

Yep lower would accomplish the same but I'd have to figure out something to lower the. I literally just had the idea yesterday and haven't really thought it through. I've also had a couple drinks so I'm a little chatty...but now I wrote it down so I have to post my results.

@SitKneelBend I can get another inch lower with some spacers and it would help a little. Get a longer u-bolt and some thick spacers, should be able to get a full cube below the exhaust pipes.