SRT hood painted...now time for adjusting

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:02 pm

I got my SRT-4 hood painted and installed, but it's fitting like shit cuz it's adjusted for my old fiberglass hood. Now the bumper has to come back off (has to anyways) and adjust the striker so it can latch properly. I think it looks good though...here's the pics:

neon2ner · Post by **neon2ner** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:12 pm

cleannnnnn.

nice man. i had a hell of a time adjusting my JSP, but at least my hood latch was easier to get at than your's. that looks like a bitch.

scott.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:16 pm

Yeah, damn SRT-D bumpers have no nostrils or anything to help with accessing that area. The bumper has to come off anyways, cuz the body shop guy has to re-paint the crosshairs a little, and I have to paint everything behind the bumper flat black so it's not as noticeable. Oh yeah...gotta hang the plastic SRT mesh as well.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:36 pm

Holt smokes that looks great. But I think its time for you to throw the eyelids in the trash. Don't line up with the hood and they have a weird shape and cover too much. Just my 2 cents on a beautiful car.

silverneontuner · Post by **silverneontuner** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:49 pm

one of 2gn.orgs cleanest and best looking.!

Post by **Diablo0** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:40 pm

I keep going back and forth on the new look

I like it, then I don't like it, then I like it, dont' like... from some angles it looks really good and others the blacked out cross hairs in the grille just look weird. Maybe if they weren't as black or something so they stood out a little bit but and not look all back. I dunno

Also, may want to paint your crash bar when you take the bumper off

I can see it in the pics...

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:52 pm

to be honest i like the old x1000

but the new still looks great!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:02 pm

Thanks guys! Yeah, I think I'm going to just remove the eyelids all together instead of redoing them. I also thought of going with the s-style, but I think they would look weird in either black or silver. I think I'm just gonna go with no eyelids and have bare black-housing headlights!

And yes, Jason...once the bumper comes off again, I'm going to paint everything behind the bumper flat black.

Also, the one thing I can't stand on my bumper is the crappy masking job he did on the bottom of the "mouth". He just taped it straight from one edge of the mouth to the middle crosshair, and straight across to the other side. There is no contour, which in this case, looks like shit...here's a few pictures what I'm talking about...

This is how it looks now:

Now, the red area is where he SHOULD have masked out to (and am going to make him do it over):

Sorry, I'm really anal about stuff on my car

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:22 pm

J-Villa wrote:to be honest i like the old x1000

but the new still looks great!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:33 pm

Dude, you're only 17...what do you know?!?!

Just kidding bro!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:38 pm

Thanks mate.

I've always thought your car was one of the nicest on here, but I've never liked the SRT-D front. I'm sure you'll pull it off and it will look sweet.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:55 pm

I just can't stand the stock SXT bumpers anymore...especially with those damn "braces" (lower grilles), and I don't like any of the body kits for the Neons, so it was either the SRT-4 bumper, which EVERYONE has, or the SRT-D bumper, which very few have and look better than the SRT-4 (IMO) when you install the Mopar lip.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:42 am

i love the hood but i am with alot of peeps on the SRT-D bumper.it just looks a little off to me,i loved your car the other way.your car was the main reason i bought the mopar kit,so clean.i dont realy care for the 03+ bumpers all that much either so i can understand where you are coming from tho

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:31 am

Very unique looking! I love how the hood goes with the blacked out crosshair. You need an emblem though. How about a picture of me?

lawhon · Post by **lawhon** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:38 am

flat black? or gloss?...............please say flat.........

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:54 am

looks good. really like da look

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:40 am

yellowpatrol wrote:Very unique looking! I love how the hood goes with the blacked out crosshair. You need an emblem though. How about a picture of me?

I have an emblem, I just haven't gotten around to installing it yet. It was too cold...I'm gonna wait till it warms up a little. This is what it looks like:

Thanks guys for the

support

Haha! Kidding guys...I know the front bumper is a love/hate thing, but I don't regret the purchase at all. And yes, it's more of a matte/semi-gloss black than flat, but it's not gloss!

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:40 pm

supertrick_05 wrote:I just can't stand the stock SXT bumpers anymore...especially with those damn "braces" (lower grilles), and I don't like any of the body kits for the Neons, so it was either the SRT-4 bumper, which EVERYONE has, or the SRT-D bumper, which very few have and look better than the SRT-4 (IMO) when you install the Mopar lip.

Totally with you on that!

Glad you decided to take the eyelids off!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:51 pm

The eyelids were a detractor imo. Hood looks great! And I'm with you on the masking job. It will look better once he fixes that...it would drive me crazy too

Looking really nice man

Post by **Canada** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:04 pm

As always Brodie, I still love your car d00d. Looks great IMO. I do agree with having him fix the paint of the front, it'd drive me insane as well.

Now make it fast.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:15 pm

Yeah, his masking job sucked...it's REALLY annoying from the dead front...there's a little silver on the bottom of the middle crosshair that he didn't get and it's an eyesore:

It'll all be fixed though. I've heard that it's hard to take the eyelids off of aftermarket headlights because it could take off some of the lamination on the headlight itself...

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:53 am

you know some projectors would look freaking sweet on there if you fuck up your headlights taking off the eyelids

just an idea

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:34 am

Now I know what my car looks like in silver

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:28 am

i am kinda on the same page as others with this one. i liked it a ton before and it looks great now! there is just something missing that took it over the top with the old look. i just can't put my finger on it...hmm...

teamliviD · Post by **teamliviD** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:47 pm

That shit looks HOT!!!!!!

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:45 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:Now I know what my car looks like in silver

Haha, I know. I'm not trying to be a copy cat or anything...I'm eventually going to get a different hood so we're not twins or anything. Besides, our cars have many differences anyways...wheels, back bumpers, spoilers, I have stripes (you don't anymore), blacked out fog area and crosshairs, etc.

Yeah, I'd love projectors, but I don't want to buy another set of headlights...plus, I really don't care for the turn signal lights on the topside of the headlight. I'm more than happy with the black-housings.

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:56 pm

Thats cool

I'm still trying to figure out the nostalgia R/T look I want to go with.....
http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?t=28515
^^^
There's a link to various Flame Red front end looks, with and without eyelids and with and without the projectors.....

KrazyRdR83 · Post by **KrazyRdR83** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:00 pm

that hood looks hot...i'm thinkin of savin up & gettin the car painted satin black

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:07 pm

Honestly I'd go for that! I have seen a few people with flat black SRTs and I think it looks dope! If you got the whole car shot with the Dupont stuff I have, the car would look SO sweet!

BRR...you're thinking of doing another oldschool theme, but an R/T theme? I guess I didn't quite understand what you said...

03blackrt · Post by **03blackrt** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:33 pm

My gosh, what a turd

Ditch the eyelids and get a nice polished BFMI

Then it'd be