What's our Challengers hood made out of? I never thought about it too much before but now that I've done this:
I'm hoping it's not going to rust out down the road. The hood pin kit is a new Mopar product I had my dealer install yesterday. Overall I'm extremely happy with the quality of the pins, brackets and the work done. I'll get more pics later if anyones interested.
Most of dodge's cars have aluminium hoods. My charger does. I think even dodge's mini van does. Fenders and body is steal. Grab a magnet off your fridge and check it.
A little worried but I can delete the cables I guess if it looks like that's going to be an issue. The cables are sheathed in plastic however. I'll try the mag trick, duh! Why didn't I think of that? Anyhow the kit's $300 and the dealer gave me his 15% ChallengerTalk discount. He's a Challenger enthusiast too. But I have the piece of mind (not to mention the piece of paper saying the Dodge dealer did it) that it's a Dodge installed factory part. The kit looks great in person, best I've seen yet. The large pin plates (trapezoidal 5x8" or so each plate) install under the plastic piece that covers the radiator etc so they only make a small hole through that which gets covered up with a rubber grommet. Thanks again for the above mentioned magnet trick I'll go chech right now.
Just checked. Not magnetic. Magnet grabs the fenders, doors , roof etc. but the hood is not a ferrous magnet attracting rust, attracting metal whatever it is. Thanks again!
i like the hood pin look,always have too! i had a 70 with them when i was a teenager and thought it was''cool'', yea i stuck a magnet to my hood a few months ago because i noticed water would drip from the holes underneath whenever i washed it,i was concerned it would rust but i guess its ok since its aluminum.
i got my daughters crunched hood back from the body shop yesterday,it felt really light so i got the bathroom scales and its about 25 lbs. in comparisson a smaller 74 toyota celica hood i have is 47 lbs. its puzzling to me that the new challenger is around 4000 lbs with all the plastic,aluminum and thin steel,maybe the floor pans are really thick?
i got my daughters crunched hood back from the body shop yesterday,it felt really light so i got the bathroom scales and its about 25 lbs. in comparisson a smaller 74 toyota celica hood i have is 47 lbs. its puzzling to me that the new challenger is around 4000 lbs with all the plastic,aluminum and thin steel,maybe the floor pans are really thick?
its all the inner safety structures and stuff. the sound deadener, the speakers, the seat mechanisms, the glass, the frame stiffeners.
have you ever tried to jack up one wheel? the whole side of the car rises. Try that on an older challenger and only one wheel goes up. thats body flex. these cars are built like tanks and weigh close to them
So I decided to get one of these to hide the different height tailpipes plus they just look cool, also being able to pick it up from ZL1 and that they also took off 10% for 4th of July didn't hurt, either. I was hoping if any body has the required rivnut tool they no longer need. I would rather...
Just received something I've been waiting for since before Covid hit and delayed everything.
They made these custom badges for my Challenger & Magnum and I couldn't be happier with the results and the quality.
A better image of the smaller, gloss emblem for the Magnum.
I know it’s nothing new but today was the first time I saw one in person. It was on the 405 (LA Freeway), flat black, 2015+, and I THINK it was a Hellcat but I’m not sure, I didn’t get close enough to it before it pulled off. Looked pretty good, but I’m not a fan of flat black. I probably would...
I finally got around to tinting my 18 F8. This is probably in the wrong section.
I now understand why the first mod should be tint. Wish I would have done it when I bought it in 18.
I am looking to install some of the headlight inlets on my 2019 SP but with a few Reds to choose from, I am not sure which one would match the red used in the RT badge (grill) and 392 Hemi badge (Shaker Hood) on the car. Anyone know what color the factory used for these? I emailed the supplier...
