Well, money's tight these days (Rx-7 runs very well now but it sucked up all my loot naturally), so I am trying to get into some non-car projects that involve tinkering/wrenching/modifying or whatever. Cars are just so damn expensive, even the "uber cheap" projects are going to cost at least $1000+ eventually, plus I am going back to school in the fall so I won't have large blocks of time.

One of my friends has been getting into modding riding lawnmowers. This sounds like a cool idea but it won't work due to space considerations (about to move into a townhouse w/ no garage and I keep the Rx-7 at my parents' place in north raleigh).

Another friend of mine randomly bolt some Nerf guns at Walmart and found out that there are Nerf forums so he's been modding the guns with custom paint jobs and "free mods" for more firing range. Total cost: ~$10 for at least a dozen hours of project time.

Anybody got any ideas? Something electronic would be cool possibly as long as I don't have to spend $Texas or have to hunt down a ton of bs parts.

7/12/2008 10:33:35 AM

Build an AR-15

Or build a BMX bike

7/12/2008 10:57:49 AM

RC cars

7/12/2008 11:03:45 AM

yep was just about to say RC cars.. the bmx bike idea is a good one too though

7/12/2008 11:06:50 AM

RC cars

I'm your guy

i have or have had nitro and electric cars, trucks, buggies and so on

7/12/2008 11:29:58 AM

give me a general range of the cost of RC cars. Obviously it all depends how hardcore you get, whether you get stuff secondhand, etc.

7/12/2008 11:47:40 AM

soup up a scooter or something

[Edited on July 12, 2008 at 11:59 AM. Reason : no idea how much that costs though]

7/12/2008 11:59:26 AM

get a wow account lol, only $15/month.

7/12/2008 12:15:10 PM

-note-

I did a nearly complete buildup of a BMX bike a few years back, and then never rode the thing other than back and forth to class

(although the candy red & metallic base powdercoat job is fucking awesome)

7/12/2008 12:37:24 PM

i totally want to find out who owns this scooter chained to the sewer drain in my complex. hasnt moved for a month, mainly because it looks like the frame broke in half in the footrest area. seems like a nice proj to me.

7/12/2008 12:43:19 PM

im building a CBR kart, collecting parts for it now

prolly gonna have to buy a frame though

7/12/2008 12:44:26 PM

i think that should be my next project

[Edited on July 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM. Reason : any links to detailed builds that you can share??]

7/12/2008 12:47:27 PM