How To Trick Out Your Car For Less Than $1,000

Cost: $9.99 at Radio Shack
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Complex Says: Most cars these days have a 1/8" plug for hooking up your MP3 player or, if you're a tragically ironic hipster, a Walkman. Why not pick up this cheap cable in just about any color you want so you can actually, you know, use it?

Cost: $10.99 at Amazon
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Complex Says: Never have to worry about a gadget losing its charge again. Whether it's an iPod that needs to hook into a USB, or a laptop that needs a three-prong outlet, this little black box has you covered.

Cost: $16.95 at Amazon
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Complex Says: Nothing makes a car look old, cheap, dingy, and neglected more than some nasty, semi-opaque yellow headlights. Do your vision at night and your image a favor, and spring for the $17.

Cost: $130 at NAPA Auto Parts
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Complex Says: Tired of your wheels getting all nasty and covered in black dust? Yeah, we were too. Some ceramic brake pads fixed that problem and improved performance too. There's no reason not to do it.

Cost: $146.24 at Vinyl Graphics
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Complex Says: We're not sure that a car can be called "tricked out" if it doesn't have some sweet graphics. The bourgeoisie might be able to afford custom paint jobs, but a well-applied pair of vinyl racing stripes will do it for the rest of us.

Cost: $279 at Auto Toys
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Complex Says: Sure, you would rather have some Recaros in your whip, but you don't want to blow the whole $1,000 budget on one seat. Your car would look terrible, and the lady in the passenger seat would be too jealous. That's why this pair from Cipher is perfect. At $279 for both, they won't break the bank.

Cost: $42.99 at Glow Shift Direct
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Complex Says: If your car has a turbo in it, you should have a boost gauge. Not only does this provide useful information about what your engine is doing, but it also adds a badass factor to your interior. This one even glows in your choice of color. Pimpin' and practical.

Cost: $109.99 at Tiger Direct
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Complex Says: A GPS is the car gadget to have. Now that the technology has been around for a few years, a good one can be had for just north of a Benjamin, which is good news for your budget.

Cost: $99.99 at Crutchfield
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Complex Says: It won't matter how good your car looks if your tunes sound like they're echoing through a rusty old drain-pipe. Get rid of those terrible stock speakers and replace them with something that actually sounds good.

Cost: $148.50 at Andy's Autosport
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Complex Says: What tricked-out car would be complete without a big-ass spoiler? Rather than picking something that's all flash and trash, we decided to choose one that looked like it could be right at home on the Nurburgring. Sure, you'll probably never really use it, but it completes the look nicely. So how much did we spend today? $997.64. You could probably make some of that back by selling those old stock seats on eBay, too. Now that's how to pimp on a budget.