What would it take to get a DC Sports front bar to fit...

TeckNeon · Post by **TeckNeon** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:20 pm

...and non-SRT-4 car? Is it a hood clearance issue? So, I would need to get a SRT-4 CF hood or similar to make it work? Can anyone clear this up for me?

Stonebender · Post by **Stonebender** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:17 pm

It's a hood clearance issue. An SRT-4 hood will fit on a non-SRT-4, but there will be some ugly gappage at the nose of the hood, because the SRT-4 hood is almost an inch shorter.

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:20 pm

Yes it's a hood clearance issue since in the SRT-4 there is a channel that it fits into. Getting an SRT hood would fix the problem but like Stonebender said there will be a gap.

Nightspy · Post by **Nightspy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:49 am

there would be a gap. the SRT hood is a different length than the regular hood (saw it in person). but i wonder if that IP2 carbon fiber SRT-4 look alike hood has the right channels. hmm. and that hood is meant for a regular neon.

TeckNeon · Post by **TeckNeon** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:29 pm

I wonder if Modern Performance would know. They sell both...but I am not sure if anyone there has a regular Neon. They have like 3 SRT-4s at least they do "testing" on but regular Neons...

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:47 pm

the ip2 hood will fit ur car perfectly, and it will have clearance for the dc strut bar

Nightspy · Post by **Nightspy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:09 pm

Louie wrote:the ip2 hood will fit ur car perfectly, and it will have clearance for the dc strut bar

Now THAT is what we were looking for. now you just have to ask yourslef if you trust Louie!

I do.

Stonebender · Post by **Stonebender** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:59 pm

Louie wrote:the ip2 hood will fit ur car perfectly, and it will have clearance for the dc strut bar

I suspected it would. Hell, someone needs to try it. I'm bet Modern Performance has tried it, so you should just ask them.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:34 pm

Nightspy wrote:
Louie wrote:the ip2 hood will fit ur car perfectly, and it will have clearance for the dc strut bar
Now THAT is what we were looking for. now you just have to ask yourslef if you trust Louie!

I do.

no need to trust me lol. .just ask the many users at srt forums. .i frequent tose forums very much since they have fancy neons and we can use lots of their parts

Stonebender · Post by **Stonebender** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:11 pm

Louie wrote:
Nightspy wrote:
Louie wrote:the ip2 hood will fit ur car perfectly, and it will have clearance for the dc strut bar
Now THAT is what we were looking for. now you just have to ask yourslef if you trust Louie!

I do.
no need to trust me lol. .just ask the many users at srt forums. .i frequent tose forums very much since they have fancy neons and we can use lots of their parts

What? There's other Neon sites?

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:22 pm

Stonebender wrote:
Louie wrote:
Nightspy wrote: Now THAT is what we were looking for. now you just have to ask yourslef if you trust Louie!

I do.
no need to trust me lol. .just ask the many users at srt forums. .i frequent tose forums very much since they have fancy neons and we can use lots of their parts
What? There's other Neon sites?

lol..yep

0111000001100100 · Post by **0111000001100100** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:01 am

I talked to some goof at howell and they said the DC front will fit on a non-srt no problem! *mumbles under breath*

Nightspy · Post by **Nightspy** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:05 am

You should record that shit then sue when it doesn't fit. That'll fix 'em....well, maybe not.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:08 am

0111000001100100 wrote:I talked to some goof at howell and they said the DC front will fit on a non-srt no problem! *mumbles under breath*

of course it will fit. .

you cant can't close your hood properly

mattb27 · Post by **mattb27** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:49 pm

where are the clearance issues at? looking at pics of the dc bar and vibrant, they look to be at about the same height. Is it on the underside of the hoods bracing that is different? I had planned n getting this bar but I don't want to if I am going to have too many problems, I'll just save a few bucks and get the vibrant bar.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:15 am

yea ,srt4 hood has a channel that it can run in

mattb27 · Post by **mattb27** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:29 am

thanks for the response, I had seen it listed on a site for the regular neon but it had the same part number as the one for the srt-4 so i thought about ordering it. I guess I will just order the vibrant bar, I was hoping for a non adjustable, but I had descent luck with my last bar that was adjustable, it held up for over two years on the car.