nothing like buying yourself some christmas gifts. lol.

Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

faze one of gathering mods over winter is complete.... picked up a few things....

-blueish headlight bulbs
-autometer d-pic guage (like a g-tech but in a guage, it measures the G's you pull on corners, 0-60, 1/4th mile, and estimates horsepower.) 06 SRT's did not get the performance timers in the EVIC display.
-AAC spiderlight LED's
-dash mount for the D-pic pod guage.
-AMG Bluetop Trans shift solenoids i have been saving for. this is the most important one..

-still need to pick up some new brake rotors and pads...but i didn't feel like spending any more money just yet. lol.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

Founding Member Location: Chicago Posts: 3769

Very nice Jon!!!! Let me know how that gauge is. I wanted to get one of those as well.

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Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Very nice Jon!!!! Let me know how that gauge is. I wanted to get one of those as well.

might be a while till the car gets out of the garage or till its warm enough out to install anything in it. but ill let you know how it is when i get to play with it. I've been told you can practice your reaction times with it, but I'm not sure. ill have to look at the instructions. i mostly bought it for some data when I'm racing, like max G forces pulled and stuff.

there are still a couple things im saving for for next years race season. i want some hotchkis or stack performance sway bars and upgrade to 10 inch wide viper rims for the rear so i can run 315's.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

Founding Member Location: Plainfield Posts: 7846

Very cool gifts!!!

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Crystal
Speed never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

Founding Member Location: Chicago Posts: 3769

If you are looking at sway bars, I heard the hotchkis ones for the Challenger fit on our Chargers and they (front sway bars) are 3mm thicker than the Hotchkis ones they make for the charger, the rears are the same. Thats the route I am going to go with.

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Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

liljoejoe54 wrote:

If you are looking at sway bars, I heard the hotchkis ones for the Challenger fit on our Chargers and they (front sway bars) are 3mm thicker than the Hotchkis ones they make for the charger, the rears are the same. Thats the route I am going to go with.

yea but the stiffness percentages are the same as the stack performance bars and the stack bars come powdercoated gunmetal. so i don't know which to pick. hotchkis is a brand thats trusted, they make the best handling kit for the dakota r/t's ever to hit the market and my buddies have sworn by their products for the last 8 years. on the other hand the stacks come in a better color for me and are only 400 bux for the set and all hardware.

let me know if they will do a group price if we both buy the hotchkis sways.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

Founding Member Location: Chicago Posts: 3769

jontoad wrote:

liljoejoe54 wrote:

If you are looking at sway bars, I heard the hotchkis ones for the Challenger fit on our Chargers and they (front sway bars) are 3mm thicker than the Hotchkis ones they make for the charger, the rears are the same. Thats the route I am going to go with.

yea but the stiffness percentages are the same as the stack performance bars and the stack bars come powdercoated gunmetal. so i don't know which to pick. hotchkis is a brand thats trusted, they make the best handling kit for the dakota r/t's ever to hit the market and my buddies have sworn by their products for the last 8 years. on the other hand the stacks come in a better color for me and are only 400 bux for the set and all hardware.

let me know if they will do a group price if we both buy the hotchkis sways.

If you arent sure about the stacks, then go with what you already know. The hotchkis is under $400 for the front and rear. Then if you really want, you can get them powdercoated gunmetal at a shop. Im sure it wouldnt cost much for that since its pretty basic and straight forward. Dont sacrifice trust for color.

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Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

both should be fine. ill try to hold out till my tax return to buy sways. maybe someone will have a group buy on em by then.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

CAMM All-Star Location: On The Highway To Hell Posts: 4587

I can't wait to hear the report on those blue tops. Very cool, Jon.

Founding Member Location: 60538 Posts: 2291

hotchkis are awesome! i have them and love them!

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Founding Member Location: Chicago Posts: 3769

jontoad wrote:

both should be fine. ill try to hold out till my tax return to buy sways. maybe someone will have a group buy on em by then.

Thats what I am hoping for. If you see one let me know.

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Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

put the headlights in today and they look much better than the silver stars. also tried the spider lights on one side. they look bitchen but they fast blink, so i ordered some load levelers from AAC and ill wait to put those in till i get the load levelers. 36 chambers told me they didn't fast blink in his car but they do in mine, oh well. simple fix.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

CAMM Pro Location: Plainfield Posts: 318

Your gonna love the Blue tops!!

You car guys suck - nuttin like that out there for our slop-o-matic truck trans....

CAMM Member Location: Bolingbrook Posts: 125

otter1363 wrote:

Your gonna love the Blue tops!!

You car guys suck - nuttin like that out there for our slop-o-matic truck trans....

yes there are hit me up thats all i do all day.

Founding Member Location: Plainfield Posts: 7846

otter1363 wrote:

Your gonna love the Blue tops!!

You car guys suck - nuttin like that out there for our slop-o-matic truck trans....

No one told you that you had to buy a giant yellow truck. Wink

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Crystal
Speed never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

CAMM Member Location: Bolingbrook Posts: 125

otter1363 wrote:

Your gonna love the Blue tops!!

You car guys suck - nuttin like that out there for our slop-o-matic truck trans....

yes there are hit me up thats all i do all day.

CAMM Member Location: Hainesville, IL Posts: 1544

Nice man!!! I've always wondered what those brake lights looked like in our cars!! Congrats bro!!!

Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

joe i was looking at swar bar stuff on lxforums because of all the squeek problems people are having with the hotchkis sway bars and found this... a guy says he switched from hotchkis sways to stack chubby sways and felt the stack bars were an upgrade over hotchkis...

http://www.lxforums.com/board/showthread.php?t=186224&highlight=sway+install

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

CAMM Member Location: Far Northern, IL Posts: 57

Nice, where did you get the blue tops?

Founding Member Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 3432

a guy named ed sells them on lxforums. he works for a luxury motorcar company of some sort in NY. he goes by "SRT-ED" on lxfoums. he lists them on that site from time to time for between 300 and 320 shipped for the pair. he didn't have a set for sale at the time but i PM'ed him to ask if he could get me a set and he was great to work with.

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2006 black /SRT//8/
12.521 @ 112.263 MPH (corrected time)
2nd place SRT8 shootout Great Lakes Dragway 2008 / 2nd place Maywood Park AutoX 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQeby5cB1Q / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0So5e-GGXM

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nothing like buying yourself some christmas gifts. lol.

nothing like buying yourself some christmas gifts. lol.

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