2000 Neon Srt4 Swap, Update. May 1. Pics.

Well I tried to keep what im doing to the car a bit of a secert but oh well. Im gonna start from the beginning and hopefully not bore you too much.

Here is how the car was when I purchaced it from Mark.

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Picked up the car and took it to my work and nearly rearended my girlfriend because the car had absolutely terrible brakes..

So out with the Drums on the rear for SRT rear brakes and Upgraded the front rotors and pads as well as Painted the front calipers.

rear drums.

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Rear rotors, New rotors, pads, parkbrake shoes and spring kit. Srt flex lines and ebrake cables

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Out with the old front rotors and pads.

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In with the new Rototech cross drilled/slotted rotors and Ceramic pads.

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That was the first major upgrade right off the getgo. Soon to follow was the replacement of the stock 2.0 neon exhaust with the proper SRT 4 stock exhaust. Then the TPS wire repair.

Spring of 09 hit and Mark and I swapped complete suspension sytems from his SRT to mine and from mine to his. Current setup on the car now.

Ill have to find a picture of the 3" catless down pipe that has been on for a few months.

Now for Spring 2010 Upgrades.

Mopar Front lip, Srt4 Hood with modified scoop insert, Modified front bumper for better airflow through intercooler. Projector headlights are gone and Stockers put in. Also stock mirrors on it as well.

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Mopar Rear lip. Still not big on the exhaust cut outs, maybe they will grow on me. Debadged trunk lid. and Side door mouldings removed and Debadged.

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Side skirts are still being made. have more cutting and finishing to do before i can fully mount them on the car.

Polished and Freshly repainted Foward Motion Wastegate and Coil Pack heat shield I made, all painted with high temp paint.

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Still had the chrome tail lights for the car kicking around so I figured its time to put them to use. Freshly painted, still have to finish the other one.

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And now the latest. Getting the car ready for paint. Dent Wizard is going to remove as many dents as possible but Ill probably still end up skim coating some panels. Not looking for show quality but Id like it to look nice. Just started to pick at the front fenders. Still undecided on a color.

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This post has been edited by Mopar_Country on Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 18:08

Looking good! What catback do you have on there now? The stock or the borla?

Stock Catback. I cant imagine how loud it would be with the Borla on it.

looks good, but why would you have cross drilled fronts then stock srt rears? why not get new rotors for the back too?

Well if your interested in the borla with the 2.1/4 inch section cut off, I know a guy that will have one for sale here in a couple weeks...

Only thing wrong with it is one tip is *bob saget*ed. The chrome has worn off and you can see the copper under it. It was rubbing on my bumper when I got the car. Should also have a flange added to where it would mate with the downpipe.

This post has been edited by dereku on Thursday, March 25, 2010 @ 22:28

Because right now the rear grips harder than the front. SRT uses ABS. This car is non ABS but still has the the ABS Unit in it.

Under extremely hard braking the rear will lock up well before the front is at full braking power. I need to put in a adjustable proportioning valve to give the front more power.

Plus I dont really do any heavy or crazy driving yet so just stock rear rotors works fine.

Derek Id probably interested in seeing the exhaust. Let me know when its up forsale

Thanks for the comments guys!

Matt

Get some BUX tails!

BUX?

You take off the lenses as you did to paint them, but rather than repaint them you line it with 100 dollar bills. Derek wrapped his entire interior like that this year.

look at my fs thread, i have one for sale now ;)

Haha Mark.

I meant the european tails!

ohhh.. haha Ill stick with these ones for now. lol

Damn you are working on it hard. Keep it up love to see this kind of thing. Restoration not Recycle!!!

Thanks Rob. Trying my best to get the car looking good with a extremely low budget.