Teh wifes beater

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:29 pm

Well I left Germany last week and we sold the wife's 02 Jetta 1.8t wagon. So we were looking for a suitable replacement thats a bit bigger. I wanted to keep it in the Mopar family. I don't think we did too bad

Drove to Akron from Cincinnati to pick it up. Its stage 1 with 47k on it. Rare 5 speed as well. Only option I can tell that its missing is the block heater

Its even got the Mopar sub installed aftermarket. Anyone familiar with trailer wiring?

Its got a class I hitch on it and from what I'm reading it can tow up to 3800lbs with a Class II hitch or higher...... which sounds about the same as an SRT with trailer

DOSneons · Post by **DOSneons** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:14 pm

man i love pts

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:19 pm

That looks like fun to work on.

Congrats!

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:45 pm

On a basic 4 way connector this is the wiring youll want to follow.

The Green wire on the trailer harness connects to the Right turn signal

The yellow on the trailer harness connects to the left turn signal.

White is the ground.

And Brown is for the running lights.

All you have to do is splice into the tail light harness (right before the bulb works) accordingly.

http://www.etrailer.com/faq-wiring.aspx

BTW I hope your not planning to tow the SRT with the Class 1 hitch. Class 1 is rated at 2000lb tow weight and even a Class 2 that you mentioned is 3500lbs tow weight with a max tongue weight of 300lbs.

The SRT weighs 3000 Lbs by itself (2900 technically but 100lb adds up quick with after market parts, and any boxes or items in the car itself, the weight of gas in the tank. etc). and a typical car dolly weighs 750lbs. Putting you at 3750lbs total weight. 250lbs OVER the class 2 max rating.

http://www.uhaul.com/hitches/glossary/

Just throwing that out there.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:55 pm

Thanks for all the compliments guys. It should be fun to tinker with. I just wish it weren't so damned heavy.

The wiring looks pretty straight forward. I just wasn't sure what I'd need for a connector. After reading around it looks like the flat 4 is the way to go and get adpaters from there. I can always upgrade according to whatever trailer I get.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:56 pm

nice car for a dd!!!

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:01 am

Youll need to get one of those adapters for the wiring, as the PTs have separate turn signals and brake lights, and 4-flat trailers dont. You can get them at most any auto parts store, or Uhaul store. Just wire it up yourself, dont let anyone who works for Uhaul touch your wiring, unless you like blown fuses and vehicle fires.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:07 am

Oh no no..... I'll do it all myself. I've been installing car audio for nearly 15 years now. If I'm good enough to work on Ken Griffey Jr's cars then I think I can handle some trailer wiring *LOL* Just wasn't sure what to get. Thanks for the heads up though!

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:58 am

and if not - ask me.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:15 am

Looks good Max, nice find!

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:09 pm

nice that you guys found one... and 5spd at that...

rockstar014 · Post by **rockstar014** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:50 pm

my next car purchase will be a pt. nice find , 5 speed and all.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 3:44 pm

Its fun to tool around in. Especially when you go scootin off somewhere at mach 1. People are really fooled because they think all PTs are slow.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:57 am

^^haha same here with my "little Neon"....

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:25 am

There's a couple of complaints about it. It has the complete feel of an SRT minus the handling. Try throwing this thing around and you are liable to end up in a ditch.... But my complaints are:

The exhaust is too quiet. If you are standing right next to the muffler.... yeah you can tell its got the 2.4 in it. But I'm wondering if I can't adapt an SRT rear section to it... HMMMMMM

The sunvisor hangs too low. When you are driving and you've got the visor down you can't get it up out of the way enough to feel comfortable.

Other than that its a real fun car to drive. 2nd gear is worthless though *LOL*

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:28 am

My gripe is that damned RC car antenna....

huge.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:31 pm

Yeah... it is. 31" to be exact. I ordered an 8" replacement already.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:05 am

marakka wrote:There's a couple of complaints about it. It has the complete feel of an SRT minus the handling. Try throwing this thing around and you are liable to end up in a ditch....
*

I just installed my front strut tower bar tonight.... It made a HUGE difference... Night and day. You can pick up a non turbo strut bar, you just have to modify the selenoid bracket. I got mine on ebay 20 bucks shipped.(apc)

I hated the antenna too. I bought a 6" one.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:28 am

I really REALLY want to get the PTeezer rollpan now that I've seen it. Damn thing is stupid expensive though.

Other than that there's a bunch of interior chrome trims that I'd like to get to spice up the inside a bit. Maybe yank the muffler off the thing *LOL*

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:19 pm

That's my plan in the spring....just get a pipe bent and a tip welded on. Getting rid of that muffler.

Post by **Canada** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:38 pm

Looks nice, I like the sleeper look, just leave the body alone and make it handle and drive better!

Gonna move this over to O/T media for you too.

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:20 pm

Oh thanks for moving it to the place where it belongs

I figured since it was built on the Neon platform and carried the SRT motor that it was 2gn related.

Jvilla.... if you ever wanna get rid of those wheels let me know. I'd much rather have those than these fans.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:29 pm

I think that was a very broad definition of being "built on the neon platform". The only things that will swap are the LCA's out, wheels, and the drive line. The crossmember is different, the body, and rear suspension. There may be some interior parts that swap?

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:32 pm

The BMW e30 and z3 share the same platform and nearly zero parts will swap. Whats your point? The PT was designed based off the original Neon layout. If more parts swapped over would you feel comfortable leaving my post where it was? *LOL*

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:56 pm

Well, I had nothing to do with moving your post. My post was more of a general statement, not necessarily defending Canada's decision to move it. I like both "versions" of the platform, so no hatting here.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:50 pm

And how much would you pay for said wheels?

I wanna find some srt stockers, or acr bbs wheels. I'm not a fan of chrome...although they do look nice.

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:02 pm

jvilla I might have some srt4 stockers if I ever get around to new wheels

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:32 am

install SRT rims and the srtforums will hate you.

There was a long thread somewhere about PT Cruiser with SRT rims.

EDIT: Haha, found it:

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f10/chr ... -a-532203/

marakka · Post by **marakka** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:09 am

I'm currently talking to a guy in Cali about bartering a trade for a set of the 5 spoke chromies. He'll be getting my 20's, doing some work for me and giving me some cash.

I wouldn't mind throwing a set of SRT stockers on it. I don't care what SRTforums thinks *LOL* They can eat my ass with a spoon.

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:03 pm

Jenni wrote:install SRT rims and the srtforums will hate you.

There was a long thread somewhere about PT Cruiser with SRT rims.

EDIT: Haha, found it:

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f10/chr ... -a-532203/

r tards...plus that's the newer body style pt.... they look alot better on the older style imo.

here is a great example of how a pt can pull of the srt stockers.