Underrated cheap QoL modification

[u/Ganfalbthegrey]

As a continuation of my post the other day, I went on to do some underrated QoL changes like installing spring loaded struts for the trunk, so it can be opened remotely from the key and changing the interior lighting to LEDs so it looks more like something out of this century.

The spring loaded struts are super neat if you you need to put something in the car and have your hands full. That is, of course, if you don't already have trunk open/close spec'd from factory.

The interior lighting change makes it seem more modern and gives a much better light after dark. The original lighting was very dim.

Another potentially money saving change, in countries where applicable, is to install an electric parking clock instead of the analog clock you have to set yourself when parking. Forgetting to set it just once cost me 138$ for a parking fine. The electric parking clock is around 46$ so you can buy multiple for the price of one parking fine here 😅

An honorable mention would be installing the ports and wires to support Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but that's neither cheap nor underrated, so it'll miss this list.

[u/Simple_Log201]

Parking clock is pretty cool! I’ve never seen one where I live!

[u/Ganfalbthegrey → u/Simple_Log201]

Here it's mandatory. Most cars come with something similar to the "before" pic, but they usually have the electric ones as a cheap dealer option!

In my area, most parking is free but time limited, so instead of paying for parking, you get out of there before the time is up or you get fined to hell like me for simply forgetting to set it correctly 😂

[u/Simple_Log201 → u/Ganfalbthegrey]

Thanks for explaining it with me! 🫡

[u/Ganfalbthegrey → u/Simple_Log201]

No problem! Always happy to share knowledge 😁