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CrownieSX · Post by **CrownieSX** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:35 pm

Hey guys, I'm currently Driving an 04 SX2.0. Below are a few pics of it, I'm looking for suggestions on low cost/easy mods I could start working on it. The pictures aren't the best angle, currently have my car backed up my driveway as I'm replacing my tail lights currently (letting the one lens cure before I throw em in my car). Also, I have a set of 16' R/T rims with summer tires on them, but as its still the middle of the winter, i'm not running them right now. Any suggestions would be great, thanks!

Also this was just after washing my car so you can see the water marks in some of the pictures.

My Front bumper's in a little rough shape, It doesn't have the middle lower insert as you can see. And theres a few scratchs around the fog light, the guy before me rubbed a curb -.-.
What I've thought about doing with the opening is finding some kind of tight silver/black/grey? mesh that will let some light through not a ton, and just get a small red led tube and attach it in the bottom of my bumper, but not sure how that would look, or how i'd attach the mesh.

xbrandonx · Post by **xbrandonx** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:50 pm

definitely fill that hole in, or get a new bumper.. if you do then fill in the spaces around the fogs with the mesh as well.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:02 pm

I assume you're wanting opinions on good EXTERIOR mods to start off with, based on the section you're posting in?

He Hate Me · Post by **He Hate Me** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:03 pm

Nonsense, middle grills are overated

And so is that honeycomb b.s.

xbrandonx · Post by **xbrandonx** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:05 pm

He Hate Me wrote:Nonsense, middle grills are overated And so is that honeycomb b.s.

haha well. when youve got the SRT to rep.. i guess its alright haha

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:06 pm

If my intercooler was that crooked I think I might want to hide it...

He Hate Me · Post by **He Hate Me** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:07 pm

I owned a peice of those concrete parking blocks that was somehow laying in the middle of a road in winter, and it FUBARD my support beam, now I can't get it straight

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:11 pm

Ouch. Which beam are you talking about? The lower rad support?

He Hate Me · Post by **He Hate Me** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:13 pm

Yup, that's the one. At first when I hit it I was like "Oh sh!t, my engines gone, (it was LOUD!), looked at my tach to see if it was good; good to go. So I pull in a parking lot, I dragged that bich another 50ft, find it wedged under there. Reversed and got it out. FML. Someone must have been hauling some broken peices, and sure enough probably fell out, and was disguised in the snow.

CrownieSX · Post by **CrownieSX** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:25 pm

Yeah I'm looking for exterior mods.
And I realize my bumpers in rough shape, I'm not in the situation to be able to buy/paintmatch a new bumper atm. But any suggestions on anything would be great, I"m just looking for Ideas

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:39 pm

to my knowledge "he hate me" is running a turbo 2.0 engine, not the srt.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:45 pm

Ntyvirus1 wrote:to my knowledge "he hate me" is running a turbo 2.0 engine, not the srt.

ok...

crownie: I would recommend trying to source a Mopar Lip Kit. It consists of a front lip, R/T skirts, and a rear lip. The kit is discontinued but you can find it in pieces on the used market. That is probably the best exterior setup out there in terms of looks and quality IMO. Here's a (not so great) pic of it on my car.

I have an SRT-4 rear fascia, not the Mopar lip, but you get the idea.

CrownieSX · Post by **CrownieSX** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:48 pm

I'll look around and see about pricing for that.
Only question is when you're talking about front lip thats just going to be added onto my front bumper, still leaving me to deal with my nice hole i got going on.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:54 pm

Yeah you might want to try to find a flame red SXT bumper and start fresh and THEN pick up the lip kit. It really is a great addition

Lowering springs always help, different headlights, taking the chrome grille surrounds off and painting them flame red to match the car. Dying your headliner black and matching the pillars to the dash, shorty antenna, painting your stock wheels, etc.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:55 pm

Yes that's true. If you can't afford to fix your current fascia, how do you expect to afford any aftermarket body parts? Even if you wanted to replace the whole front, it's not going to be cheap, especially paint-wise.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:14 pm

srry bout the confusion,but he posted a pic of his bumper without the front grille and the op said he had the "srt to rep"

Pablodragon · Post by **Pablodragon** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:47 pm

going back to the original pic/post... hey, flame red ! yeah!

here's my front....also flame red... personalized.. most expensive piece was the lip... everything else was do-it-yourself

OB · Post by OB » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:18 pm

Ntyvirus1 wrote:srry bout the confusion,but he posted a pic of his bumper without the front grille and the op said he had the "srt to rep"

ahhh I totally missed that! I was like WTF! haha