The SRT gets "new" wheels

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:54 am

I viewed the pics from the bottom up and i thought that looked a lot like Letchworth.

Looks like a good time.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:05 pm

I couldn't afford a beater for winter so I turner Veronica into a winter tank...I got an SXT bumper off a rollover from the junkyard and I tried to make it look semi-decent.

After a long saga of wheel spacers and SXT rims with snow tires not clearing the brake calipers I ended up selling them for more than I paid and bought 16in VW steelies with snow tires on them and about 200 miles of use for $300. I wash her once a week to get the salt off, but she is looking a little rough pre-bath. Don't judge me

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:51 pm

Nice dude, winter status FTW

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:15 pm

smiley wrote:Nice dude, winter status FTW

I never thought about using a different nose for the winter.....
Great work

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:10 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:
smiley wrote:Nice dude, winter status FTW
I never thought about using a different nose for the winter.....
Great work

Yeah it was like 50 all in all for the bumper and the paint, there is a red neon in the yard right now that has a decent front bumper, txt me if you want me to snag it for you and you can pay me back

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:51 am

I feel your pain! When I drove my SRT through the winter I had two sets of headlights, foglights and sidemarkers, two grilles, two hoods and two front bumpers. Did everything I could to make sure the damage did happen to the good bumper. I am rather jealous that you have hardly any snow though

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:56 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:Did everything I could to make sure the damage did happen to the good bumper.

I thought you did all that so it didn't happen to the good bumper

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:00 am

Damn you Dante....I meant "didn't"

. I need to go back to bed!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:26 am

Sorry, had to do it

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:55 am

It's alright....I deserved it. I won't even edit the post I'm going to leave it just the way it is: Tarded.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:57 am

Not tarded, just a case of cabin fever.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:39 pm

I'll take that

iThane · Post by **iThane** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:07 pm

Mopar65 wrote:

non-srt wanna be!!

you should have added a huge metal snow plow instead

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:39 pm

nice.. but hey man should took that dent out of the right front of the cover. all you needed was a heat gun, propane torch, or any kind of good heat source.. heat it up and gently push it out.. it will pop right back.. you could even do it now but paint could bubble depending on what you used.

but hey still better then f-ing up the srt bumper

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:26 pm

Mopar65 wrote:
BlackRoseRacing wrote:
smiley wrote:Nice dude, winter status FTW
I never thought about using a different nose for the winter.....
Great work
Yeah it was like 50 all in all for the bumper and the paint, there is a red neon in the yard right now that has a decent front bumper, txt me if you want me to snag it for you and you can pay me back

flame red?

blackneon89 · Post by **blackneon89** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:31 pm

Nice seeing you in the yard bro

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Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:54 am

iThane wrote:
non-srt wanna be!!

you should have added a huge metal snow plow instead

Haha that would have been cool, but I bet it would have been awkward with the ass of the car 4 feet off the ground all the time

a23dranger wrote:nice.. but hey man should took that dent out of the right front of the cover. all you needed was a heat gun, propane torch, or any kind of good heat source.. heat it up and gently push it out.. it will pop right back.. you could even do it now but paint could bubble depending on what you used.

but hey still better then f-ing up the srt bumper

I never honestly thought about that, thanks for the suggestion. It was like the only part of the rollover I got it off of which wasnt majorly damaged

blackneon89 wrote:Nice seeing you in the yard bro .

You too man, that's not a real R/T is it? It looked pretty nice, were those the actual R/T wheels, they almost looked like copys. I'm jealous of that hammerhead spoiler too, I always look for them when I go to the yard

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:13 pm

Looks good. I like the idea of a winter bumper. Paint came out pretty good too.

Where in Buffalo are you? I'm gonna be visiting some old friends over at UB in late March. Maybe I'll see you.

blackneon89 · Post by **blackneon89** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:52 pm

but hey still better then f-ing up

blackneon89 wrote:Nice seeing you in the yard bro .

You too man, that's not a real R/T is it? It looked pretty nice, were those the actual R/T wheels, they almost looked like copys. I'm jealous of that hammerhead spoiler too, I always look for them when I go to the yard[/quote]

Nah it's an ES - but R/T wheels and the spoiler were added.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:45 pm

JeffM wrote:Looks good. I like the idea of a winter bumper. Paint came out pretty good too.

Where in Buffalo are you? I'm gonna be visiting some old friends over at UB in late March. Maybe I'll see you.

Jeff, I'm over in Amherst I'm literally 10 mins between either UB North and South Campus, I'm a junior in the Urban Planning Dept. with a minor in architecture. I'd be down for a meet up

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:35 pm

Mopar65 wrote:Jeff, I'm over in Amherst I'm literally 10 mins between either UB North and South Campus, I'm a junior in the Urban Planning Dept. with a minor in architecture. I'd be down for a meet up

Nice. I'll let you know when I head that way.

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:07 pm

I'll keep a look out for an e-blue SRT-4 with Vermont plates on campus when you are here.

I'd love to meet you face to face.

We can talk about cars...

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sat May 14, 2011 8:20 am

I was getting tired of the stock wheel color so I decided to change things up a bit. Enjoy and sorry for the driveway shots lol

Primer coats

Base coats

Cleat coats

Finished product

akirony · Post by **akirony** » Sat May 14, 2011 8:34 am

those are sick!

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Sat May 14, 2011 11:07 am

Very nice man.

2005.Neon.SXT · Post by **2005.Neon.SXT** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:43 pm

Very nice! Looks awesome.

smiley · Post by **smiley** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:55 pm

looks good, now just imagine if the silver was yellow

akirony · Post by **akirony** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:33 pm

smiley wrote:looks good, now just imagine if the silver was yellow

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Sat May 14, 2011 4:03 pm

smiley wrote:looks good, now just imagine if the silver was yellow

I thought the same thing too but I like the silver slightly better after thinking about it. Awesome either way.