So I love the look of the Mopar Edition Charger, so I decided to have a little fun and spruce up the look of my dart.
First I debadged the front dodge logo, If you've never done it, I took some pictures of the badge so you could see what the back looks like. You pretty much have to break two clips because there's a one-way-washer that holds them in, after you break those two clips, it comes out pretty easily from the front of the car. Note you have have to take off the front plastic panel (the one that's above your radiator), it's just held in with push pin clips. Pull the middle part of it up, then pull the bottom part, SUPER easy and very well designed. Here's some pictures of the debadged dart and the badge itself.
http://i.imgur.com/cmamS.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/PukoU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/19Uai.jpg
Front Shots without the badge
http://i.imgur.com/RBHe5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SMLP1.jpg
Here's what I replaced it with, it's a Mopar emblem that's intended for a Charger, even though the honeycomb grills are pretty similar, since the honeycomb was filled behind the badge, it wouldn't clip in. The fix for this was to cut off the clips on the Mopar badge, and dremel down the nubs, wipe it and the grill down with alcohol, and then apply some heavy duty mounting tape. Here's the shots with the badge on, it fits PERFECTLY between the crosshairs.
http://i.imgur.com/I97c3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cDzWz.jpg
Finally, the hard part, my brother-in-law and I put on a Mopar stripe to finish out the look. The easy parts were the hood and roof, but once we got to the back and the very front, we started having to deal with the curves of the dart and since neither of us had really any experience laying vinyl, I'd say it came out pretty dang good. Keep in mind, we're probably gonna redo the front mid-grill, and finish out the front and the back, we ran out of daylight pretty fast and it just got twice as hard. Here's the pictures! Sorry for the crappy cell phone camera shots, I did the best I could with limited light, once I wash the car later on this week I'll take some daytime pictures.
http://i.imgur.com/HLezP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zlv9T.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T7zPV.jpg?1 -Just using the flash on my camera
http://i.imgur.com/r4SZa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Fndfh.jpg
I DO need some of your opinions though. On the front, do you think I should take off the stripe on the center and just finish out the bottom part of the hood? My brother-in-law thinks that'd look better, but I think it'd look better like it is, and finish out the bottom of the hood AND put it on the lip on the bottom. I'll also probably put it on the inside of the cross hair just to keep the line going.
Hope you liked it!
Next up I'll be adding an intake so it'll sound meaner, then wheels and spacers, then probably bags or coilovers
First I debadged the front dodge logo, If you've never done it, I took some pictures of the badge so you could see what the back looks like. You pretty much have to break two clips because there's a one-way-washer that holds them in, after you break those two clips, it comes out pretty easily from the front of the car. Note you have have to take off the front plastic panel (the one that's above your radiator), it's just held in with push pin clips. Pull the middle part of it up, then pull the bottom part, SUPER easy and very well designed. Here's some pictures of the debadged dart and the badge itself.
http://i.imgur.com/cmamS.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/PukoU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/19Uai.jpg
Front Shots without the badge
http://i.imgur.com/RBHe5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SMLP1.jpg
Here's what I replaced it with, it's a Mopar emblem that's intended for a Charger, even though the honeycomb grills are pretty similar, since the honeycomb was filled behind the badge, it wouldn't clip in. The fix for this was to cut off the clips on the Mopar badge, and dremel down the nubs, wipe it and the grill down with alcohol, and then apply some heavy duty mounting tape. Here's the shots with the badge on, it fits PERFECTLY between the crosshairs.
http://i.imgur.com/I97c3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cDzWz.jpg
Finally, the hard part, my brother-in-law and I put on a Mopar stripe to finish out the look. The easy parts were the hood and roof, but once we got to the back and the very front, we started having to deal with the curves of the dart and since neither of us had really any experience laying vinyl, I'd say it came out pretty dang good. Keep in mind, we're probably gonna redo the front mid-grill, and finish out the front and the back, we ran out of daylight pretty fast and it just got twice as hard. Here's the pictures! Sorry for the crappy cell phone camera shots, I did the best I could with limited light, once I wash the car later on this week I'll take some daytime pictures.
http://i.imgur.com/HLezP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zlv9T.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T7zPV.jpg?1 -Just using the flash on my camera
http://i.imgur.com/r4SZa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Fndfh.jpg
I DO need some of your opinions though. On the front, do you think I should take off the stripe on the center and just finish out the bottom part of the hood? My brother-in-law thinks that'd look better, but I think it'd look better like it is, and finish out the bottom of the hood AND put it on the lip on the bottom. I'll also probably put it on the inside of the cross hair just to keep the line going.
Hope you liked it!
Next up I'll be adding an intake so it'll sound meaner, then wheels and spacers, then probably bags or coilovers