srt-4 exterior conversion

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:21 am

Maybe this is a silly question, and probably gonna get me flamed by the SRT guys, but I'm gonna ask anyways. I really like the SRT4 look, aside from the body parts, is there anything I'd need to give my car the SRT4 look. I'm planning on eventually backing it up with performance, but for now, looks are more important for me.

I've heard that everything is plug and play since my car is a '04. Is this true? Or do I need to replace the windshield washer reservoir?

Thanks for any help,
Michael

Post by **Canada** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:52 am

You've got it right, being an '03 and up, all parts are interchangable, but if you want the front fascia, you will need to swap washer bottles, not a big deal! You'll need front and rear fascias, side skirts and door appliques, hood and rear spoiler. You may also want some type of dual exhaust to fill out those holes in the rear. Unless you do the tucking trick, then it will look okay.

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:35 pm

I was planning on getting the Mopar Performance cat-back dual exhaust kit. But what did you mean by the "tucking trick?"

Post by **Canada** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:50 pm

I think I saw it on SRT forums, you pull the bumber cover between the cut-outs up towards the bottom of the trunk and zip-tie it through two holes and it gives you the whole area. so if you are running R/T or other smaller exhaust it will fit. I'll look for the linky.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:22 pm

There's like 12 different explanations on how to perform the rolled bumper mod over at SRTforums.com, but they're mainly all the same. It's quite simple and take about 5 minutes and $2.

srt4nate @ SRTforums.com wrote:1. lay down under the rear of the car in between the exhaust tips.
2. disconnect the 2 black plastic plugs holding the bumper in position.
3. take a zip tie and put it thru the hole where the plug was and "roll" the bumper by pulling it towards the front of the vehicle. about 9-12" from where the plug came out of you'll notice a rail with holes about every 12", use this hole to zip tie the bumper to. then repeat the zip-tying for the other side of the bumper (2 zip ties total)

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:15 pm

Thanks for the replies, guys. Got one more question (for now, anyways), EclecticBlue mentioned door appliques, I thought to achieve the SRT look, I'd have to REMOVE my SXT molding. Did I misunderstand you?

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:36 pm

That is correct... the door trim that you have on your car will need to be removed to get the full effect.

Also... noticed you said you thought about the Mopar Cat Back.... if you're talking about the CatBack system for the SRT... don't do it. From a performance standpoint it won't help you and it'll be loud since there isn't a muffler in the system.

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:42 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Also... noticed you said you thought about the Mopar Cat Back.... if you're talking about the CatBack system for the SRT... don't do it. From a performance standpoint it won't help you and it'll be loud since there isn't a muffler in the system.

Hmmm, I thought having a free breathing exhaust would help in the performance area. What about an R/T exhaust? I'd like something that doesn't look out of place on the rear valance of the SRT.

Post by **Canada** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:53 am

Sorry, I forgot about the rub strips, you'd need to remove them, and there are new ones, if I'm not mistaken, that attach along the bottom of the door to line up with the upper edges of the skirts near the wheel wells

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:26 am

Correct...

about the exhaust, you'll lose low end. You could put an R/T on, just take it to a shop and have they modify it to fit in the SRT cutouts

Blazers04bluSXT · Post by **Blazers04bluSXT** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:31 am

sorry for the thread highjack but will the R/T Can fit with a rolled SRT bumper?

Post by **Diablo0** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:32 am

Yeah... the Tips will just be closer than the SRT tips woudl be.

Blazers04bluSXT · Post by **Blazers04bluSXT** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 1:33 am

werd, i figured that. just wanted to make sure. BACK ON TOPIC!

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:16 pm

What would happen if I installed a stock SRT4 exhaust? Would I still lose performance-wise?

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:27 am

blue_sxt wrote:What would happen if I installed a stock SRT4 exhaust? Would I still lose performance-wise?

yep yep.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:18 am

blue_sxt wrote:What would happen if I installed a stock SRT4 exhaust? Would I still lose performance-wise?

You'll lost a little bit of performance in the bottom end like Diablo0 said.

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:43 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Correct...

about the exhaust, you'll lose low end. You could put an R/T on, just take it to a shop and have they modify it to fit in the SRT cutouts

Oops, sorry my bad. I missed your reply until just now.

powerman_dsr · Post by **powerman_dsr** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:08 pm

Come on guys calm down dont flame him to bad

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:54 pm

What? Everyone has been helpfull and no one is telling anyone to shove it or anything... not seeing anything wrong here.

blue_sxt · Post by **blue_sxt** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:57 pm

Diablo0 wrote:What? Everyone has been helpfull and no one is telling anyone to shove it or anything... not seeing anything wrong here.

Yeah, you're not the only one thats confused Jason. Everyone's been so helpful.

powerman_dsr · Post by **powerman_dsr** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:29 pm

people try to be helpful

Post by **Diablo0** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:37 pm

Alright... everyone has been... what are you seeing that we aren't?