Before you know it, your broken-down bomb will be a rollin' love machine!
Yes, you too can be a hip chick magnet. It's easy, and it's cheap....
"The ladies love a flashy car and you deserve to have one even if you can't afford it. This is, after all, America," says Sta-C D, who's "put the pimp" on hundreds of cars and trucks at his shop in Los Angeles.
The first thing you have to do, says D, is throw all the beer cans and food wrappers out of your ride and spray the trunk and interior with insect killer to get rid of the bugs.
Be sure to rip out your old radio before you replace it with the biggest boom box you can find in a thrift shop for under $15.
While you're there, pick up a black-andwhite TV and vintage Atari game system for another $15. Nobody will know the difference because you've got nothing to plug them into, anyway, D explains.
Any old jigsaw with a metal-cutting blade will get you a moon roof that won't close but will otherwise perform flawlessly when it's nice out and nobody's calling for rain....
Repairing dents, holes and rust is easy with ordinary aluminum tape, which covers the damage in minutes and you can paint right over it. You can get four rolls for $10.
For free custom airbrushing, leave the car parked in an alley for a couple of days until a street artist dresses it up with graffiti.
For your custom steering wheel, buy an appropriate length of heavy steel chain from a building supply house and super-glue it to your existing wheel for a clean, pimp look.
Hydraulics are out of the question on this budget, but you can get the same effect for free. "Just have a fat ho sit in the passenger seat," says D. "She'll jack up the driver's side and you'll be riding high."
And it won't have cost you much at all. Hip may not come easy, but it doesn't have to be expensive. I just wish it were that easy for me.
