I used to be brilliant with cars in my younger years, but my latest car ive done simple tasteful mods to such as lowering, cosmetic stuff has all ended up costing me twice or three times as much as what the parts i purchased to change did.
Got offered a set of coilovers for £175 but got springs for £60 as im not going all out on it, long story short the springs lowered the front silly low but left the back looking standard, i left my mate to take the back springs back out and cut a coil or two off them ( springs that sit in the swingarm not on the shock ) came back an hour later he had cut both the back arms off because the bolts had seized snapped and rounded off, cost me £150 for two new arms and £50 for him to do it
Tried cleaning the idle control valve ended up dropping one of the bolts inside the inlet had to take complete inlet off to get the bolt back, new gaskets and all sorts and now it runs worse than it did before
Oh and yesterday a clip on vent air freshner has fallen inside the heater duct tube behind the dash and i cant adjust the dial thing that sets it to screen, feet, face, etc
Need i go on? im jus leaving it alone now !