Swordfish2Cowboy's Progress Log (I has pancakes)

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:33 pm

Off an SRT owner on Craigs list last week or the week before.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:36 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Off an SRT owner on Craigs list last week or the week before.

Probably like two weeks ago, actually. Former owner. He dropped in a PT motor and kept this one cause he knew years down the line he was gonna sell it to me, so I could do nothing with it and let it sit there forever.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:10 am

Prototype bumper cover will be coming off for the winter soon. Fixing up the old stock bumper cover, gonna redo the lip on it so it fits better. Used some plastic stuff that smelled like fecal matter, but it came out alright. Gonna repaint it, too. And paint my eyelids and throw those on. Also coming is a wingless rear decklid that needs to be debadged and painted. This will hopefully get done this weekend.

Got my LED tails I bought from LSP soldered up, but I got the wrong resistors so I gotta get different ones so they're brighter.

Booger bushings, Johnny Mopar cradle bushings, and Mopar STS installed. Love the results, but I think I need a new spring or something. It doesn't much like to center itself coming from second.

Picked up a harness for the Kicker sub for the trunk. That will be wired, soon.

Got some Silverstones. Plenty of Silverstones. Also have a set of steelies for the winter that I need to paint and put new tires on. Rims are awful rusty, but they'll do alright. Hopefully this'll be the last winter I'll have the R/T on the road.

I installed my trunk carpet, haphazardly. Just enough to where I didn't have to worry about the Silverstones getting scratched up on the ride home. This will have to be taken out, cleaned, and put back in correctly.

I need to do something to my dash. The vinyl or what-have-you is starting to peel in places, so I'm gonna find something to cover it with. Wrap it in cloth, I think.

Thinking about a new paint scheme for the inside and out. Photochops to come eventually.

I know I have a bunch more car parts lying around... Oh yeah!

Got some BUX door panels with the leather/fake wood. Those will be reinforced with more sound deadening, and installed soonish.

Oh, and Mopar lowering springs, eventually, when I get the new suspension bushings and new struts. I'd really like new struts.

I've 94,000 on the clock, so timing belt time is coming up soon. Any help would be appreciated. At the same time, I'd like to do the camshaft (switching over to the Comp 400) and I've a different accessory belt tensioner/pulley I wanna throw on, while everything is off.

I'm also going to be needing new speakers.

Factory CD changer is hopefully gonna be getting an LED upgrade, and I'm going to start on my cluster, installing new "needles".

Maybe eventually I'll have enough money to buy one of the big color screen headunits out of a 300M, which would allow me to use the awesome factory six disc changer. Seriously, I dunno why no other company has made one like it, and why there isn't an aftermarket version available. Something without trays, that looks ugly, with just one slot to load all of your CDs into.

Wow, so this was pretty long. I'll post pics and such when I find time to take them. Maybe in the next couple of days, since I don't do anything anyway.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:15 am

All this talk of installing parts and not hoarding them is verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. And you're talking about the RB1 and RB4 radios.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:29 am

LilSparkPlug wrote: All this talk of installing parts and not hoarding them is verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. And you're talking about the RB1 and RB4 radios.

Saying and doing are two different things, my dear. Also: I just ordered more parts to hoard.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:53 am

As well you should

it's what you do best

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:04 am

Must be quite hard to hoard tons of parts

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:07 am

Honestly Steven, it's very easy for him....he's like a squirrel in that respect.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:06 am

Yeah, but I'm running out of room!

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:17 pm

Front two BUX door panels are installed. Rear two will be put in tomorrow after I go use the crank puller from the dealer.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:31 pm

curse you

neonslg09 · Post by **neonslg09** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:33 pm

Better pictures tomorrow of BUX panels, ok?

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:52 pm

neonslg09 wrote:Better pictures tomorrow of BUX panels, ok?

Yeah, I should've taken pictures when I was at the shop. Instead I took pictures when I got home. In the dark. In the rain.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:23 pm

If you get these installed you should also grab a BUX HVAC cover. Those are also wood designed just like the strip at the bottom of the door panel thing.

Looks good.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:54 pm

Tam wrote:If you get these installed you should also grab a BUX HVAC cover. Those are also wood designed just like the strip at the bottom of the door panel thing.

Looks good.

I tried. It was sold before I could buy that one in particular. Then again, I know some people in England-land.

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:30 am

I'm not one for wood interior, but those look pretty sweet.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:29 am

ZeroChad wrote:I'm not one for wood interior, but those look pretty sweet.

Thanks, man. I think they're classy.

2001rt32 · Post by **2001rt32** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:20 am

WHOA you worked on your car!!! now start doing something with all them parts your hoarding!!!!!!! when you want some help with the timing belt and cam let me know ill help you.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:03 pm

2001rt32 wrote:WHOA you worked on your car!!! now start doing something with all them parts your hoarding!!!!!!! when you want some help with the timing belt and cam let me know ill help you.

Soon, man. Very soon. Gotta find a dyno, first.

1972demon · Post by **1972demon** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:16 pm

BUX panels look hot, especailly on a black car.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:20 pm

I promise I'll take better pictures when it's not so damn dark out. Maybe this weekend.

esfan · Post by **esfan** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:28 pm

^that's awesome! I do like a classical looking interior.
i think make the armrest on the door (i don't know if that's the right word) classical wood would be nice.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:58 pm

esfan wrote:^that's awesome! I do like a classical looking interior.
i think make the armrest on the door (i don't know if that's the right word) classical wood would be nice.

Hm, yeah, it does seem to be missing something.

Also, in my haste to reattach the window cranks in the back, I forgot to put the circular pieces in, so I'll have to take them back off and reinstall.

v95 · Post by **v95** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:00 pm

underglow ftw.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:46 pm

Yeah, I've still gotta hook the lights up to make sure they work. Not that I doubt you, but I gotta do that before I leave feedback.

They should be installed soon, though.

I really need to get these wheels stripped and painted, and new winter tires put on them. It's starting to snow.

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:01 pm

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:
I promise I'll take better pictures when it's not so damn dark out. Maybe this weekend.

Nice to see those door panels installed! They look pretty damn good.

Later
Allex

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:51 pm

Put new tires on the car yesterday. Now I has a full set of Kumho Ecsta ASXs. And hot damn do I fucking love them

Anyway, been looking at the SRT motor sitting in my garage. Pulling some bolts out here and there and putting them back in. It's starting to rust a bit, so I'm anxious to get something done with it. Such a heavy bastard though. I wanna take the head off but I dunno where I'd put it. Need to get an engine stand, clean the damn thing up and keep it oiled really nice. Metal is just flaking off the block down by where the oil pan connects, and on some of the pipes the paint/powdercoat is coming off because of the rust underneath. Not a happy camper about all that.

The R/T also needs a timing belt change. Not looking forward to that. Just rolled over to 100,000 miles two weeks back. Should've bought some champagne. Guess it'll have to wait another 100,000 miles. Right now it's traveled almost halfway to the moon.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:30 am

I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to say NEY to the new bumper...

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I'm only serious.

Really...

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:32 am

Ehhhhhhhhhhh, personally I like the stock R/T with the lip myself.

But since that's in shitty condition, I'm rocking the prototype for now. Eventually It'll go up on my wall with a set of headlights and fogs to make it look like a Neon is crashing through or something.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:42 am

Shitty condition FTL....

I forgot to ask... what did you do to install the BUX door trim?