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Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:35 PM
All of us here on 914 World LOVE having our cars running AND looking great - but are inherently cheap about it (except for NOS/NLA parts...).
What are YOUR favorite "hobo" hacks that make owning/running your car great but don't cost a control arm and a dog leg? 
I'll post my 5 favorites in the following posts.
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:37 PM
1. Got Zambezi Green? Use Rustoleum 2X "Meadow Green" for an almost perfect match. Great for non-primary places like wheel wells, inner rockers, and frunk bottom. About $5 a can. I hear the yellow is a really close match, too, but unsure of which yellow (car paint or 2X paint).
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:38 PM
2. Not sure when you replaces your air filter? Sure, you could dig out your maintenance record book (IF you can find it), or just do this. You'll always know where the info is located. Just a black Sharpie.
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:40 PM
3. Not sure your cooling flap is opening? No big deal, but hard to confirm. This little bit of electrical tape and line tells exactly how open it is, as the rod bends/turns as the heat rises. No cost unless you don't have yellow (or white) electrical tape.
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:43 PM
4. My favorite - a third brake light for our "little ones". LED strip from Autozone, with some vinyl magnets (painted to match the car color) underneath the roll bar (See Hobo Hack #1). About 30 minutes to attach and easily removable if/when one ever wants and needs no drill holes in the roll bar. About $30. There is a thread or two on this topic a few months back.
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 02:47 PM
5. Sort of minutia on this one, but we Virgos seek the details. The underside of the frunk spare tire cover gets worn from rubbing along the edge of the tire and other knockabouts over the decades. I found another cheap, perfectly matching alternative to renew and restore the almost flat black underside (pending repair of chips and gouges in the fiberboard) - Rustoleum Rust Reformer spray. About $8.
Posted by: SirAndy Apr 14 2022, 03:01 PM
Posted by: Root_Werks Apr 14 2022, 03:21 PM
1. Got Zambezi Green? Use Rustoleum 2X "Meadow Green" for an almost perfect match. Great for non-primary places like wheel wells, inner rockers, and frunk bottom. About $5 a can. I hear the yellow is a really close match, too, but unsure of which yellow (car paint or 2X paint).
Ditto for me as well! There is a metallic blue Rustoleum has that's 90% match to my Anacona Blue Met. Good enough for spots you don't really see or always covered in shadow etc.
Posted by: alruff@comcast.net Apr 14 2022, 04:05 PM
Wasp and Hornet Spray for wasp nests in the door jams 
Posted by: 930cabman Apr 14 2022, 05:25 PM
+1, when there's a wrench, there's a way
Posted by: Costa05 Apr 14 2022, 06:18 PM
Small piece of wire shrink tube over seat height adjuster tenon takes most of the slop out of the fitment to receiving adjustment bracket. Durability remains to be seen though.
Posted by: Van B Apr 14 2022, 06:37 PM
Zip ties!
Posted by: StarBear Apr 14 2022, 06:58 PM
Zip ties!
Especially for those lines and cables underneath the car. Cheap, effective, and readily available!
Posted by: nivekdodge Apr 14 2022, 07:11 PM
Had to look at that a few times....
Posted by: bkrantz Apr 14 2022, 07:45 PM
That's awesome. Replacing the original engine or an addition?
Posted by: 930cabman Apr 15 2022, 02:46 AM
That's awesome. Replacing the original engine or an addition?
Maybe double the power
Posted by: jaredmcginness Apr 15 2022, 04:58 AM
1. Got Zambezi Green? Use Rustoleum 2X "Meadow Green" for an almost perfect match. Great for non-primary places like wheel wells, inner rockers, and frunk bottom. About $5 a can. I hear the yellow is a really close match, too, but unsure of which yellow (car paint or 2X paint).
Rustoleum "Hunter Green" did my Irish Green floors and hell hole.
Posted by: ClayPerrine Apr 15 2022, 05:26 AM
No pictures, but rattle can Chevrolet Orange is a match for Signal Orange/Phoenix red paint.
Posted by: barefoot Apr 15 2022, 06:49 AM
Valspar rattle can #84222 Cut Ruby for engine tins &
Tempo Engine enamel No 207 for tranny & Fan shroud
Posted by: anderssj Apr 15 2022, 07:27 AM
Rustoleum "Hunter Green" did my Irish Green floors and hell hole.
Just did this same hack in the same places!
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