Wow your story sounds alot like mine.....college student without any money just trying to make his exploder a little cooler. But now i have decide to go totally ridiculous custom all around my sport. I am in the process of making custom bumpers from 4x4 square tubing with D rings and hitch flushed in for the rear and using the same tubing i am making a bumper to wrap around slightly with a small pre-runner to mount some lights and to protect he front end. I am incorporating a skid plate that runs from the front bumper to the front cross member. Since mine originally had a mono leaf setup i bought new centerpins and bought leaf packs out of a full size dodge pick up. with the tortion twist in the front i got about a 2 inch lift. I got a set of aluminum rims from a jeep and got a free set of of 33 inch MTRs from a guy who wanted bigger ones (what ever he says as long as they are free) I found a 3 inch body lift in the box someone was trying to get rid of that i picked up for 75 bucks. I got the windows tinted all the way around with 35 in the front and 5 on the back. I made a customn air box and io welded an addapter plate for a cone style filter. I am also in the process of figuring out a way to set up quiet side pipes and a roof rack to mount a 33 inch spare tire. I got given to me yesterday JVC speakers for free as well as a custom sub box. Now i need a set of 10 inch subs. The guy who had the body lift also has 4 alpine head units that he said he would sell me cheap.....so up to this point i have spent....80 on the muffler.....45 on the air filter......25 on the leaf packs......50 on the tint.......and 30 on paint and primer to spray over the welds after filling the fender flare mounting holes. GOOD LUCK TO YOU
