Waste Of Money Mods Thread

[K.D.C.H]

There's a lot of products out there that, lets face it, are just a complete waste of money, do absolutely nothing or very little to improve a rig or are just a pain in the ass to deal with. If you or someone you know have invested money into a mod that proved to be useless, the cost wasn't worth the benefit or it just gave you nothing but headaches please post up with what the product was and why it was a dud.

This thread is not intended to be a bash thread on any brands or products but rather to help educate those new to the Jeep industry and help them to avoid falling victim to the snake oil salesmen that seem to plague just about every industry out there.

 

[holy_crap]

I'll start. Throttle Body Spacer.

 

[Tanner505]

I'll start. Throttle Body Spacer.

Well damn that's the biggest one lol

 

[SilverBack]

Baught grab handles for front and back and my jeep came with 4 of them already! Damn!!!

 

[Dirt Foot]

How about anything Smithy built!

 

[Dirt Foot]

Darn spell check. How about Smittybilt.

 

[Tanner505]

180 thermostats in the 3.6 and wild boar grills or any non oem grills

 

[dunstan74]

Replacement bolt kits

 

[Lil Nasty]

Spare wheel/tire spacer

 

[Jackal01]

Cold air intake. I had CAI on 3 different vehicles (two fords, 1 wk2) and none of them benefited the vehicles except a slightly better sound.

 

[Lil Nasty]

Cold air intake. I had CAI on 3 different vehicles (two fords, 1 wk2) and none of them benefited the vehicles except a slightly better sound.

I'm trying to get my buddy to trade me for his stock intake because I don't like the extra noise. The PO installed the intake and exhaust. I'll just keep the exhaust. Haha

 

[Jackal01]

I'm trying to get my buddy to trade me for his stock intake because I don't like the extra noise. The PO installed the intake and exhaust. I'll just keep the exhaust. Haha

I have always learned the hard way with everything. It took 3 CAIs to learn they were all a waste of money.

 

[crippledpetey]

I have always learned the hard way with everything. It took 3 CAIs to learn they were all a waste of money.

Not always a waste of $...sometimes you need more room for other stuff and it's your only option. :thumb:

 

[jgrove12]

Ac vent trim rings.

 

[JKVADER]

Washing you jeep and then have rain the next day....:icon_crazy: good way to get rain in Vegas.

 

[Tanner505]

Pitman arm drop and dual steering stabilizers

 

[Wardell]

Large wheels / rims with low profile tires. I'll even give you a pic to illustrate this one:

 

[GR8WHITE]

Fox ATS steering stabilizer. Total waste of money!!!

 

[Ah2014jk]

Spare wheel/tire spacer

That one I may disagree with as they do serve a purpose. If you have large tires and a LOC you sometimes need them until you can fix the rubbing. I can't afford either new axles or a bigger backspace rim right now so I have them. Without running them
I wouldn't be able to turn without hitting the frame pretty good. Running them on stock tires or like 33s would be silly I agree.
That being said my spidertrax will go once I do wider axles or slabs.

 

[Canvas JK]

That one I may disagree with as they do serve a purpose. If you have large tires and a LOC you sometimes need them until you can fix the rubbing. I can't afford either new axles or a bigger backspace rim right now so I have them. Without running them
I wouldn't be able to turn without hitting the frame pretty good. Running them on stock tires or like 33s would be silly I agree.
That being said my spidertrax will go once I do wider axles or slabs.

I believe he was talking about the spare tire spacer kits not wheel spacers.