SuperTrooper169's 2009 Dodge Charger R/T R&T Thread
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Oh yeah. It's pretty much around the corner from where I live. Behind the Regal cinema in the streets right? I'll probably bring the CL too. FX is pretty much yellow right now from all the pollen.
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Cool man. I'll look for your CL there. I'll probably bring my son with me. He loves car shows already, go figure lol.
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I did go but left around 6:30pm. My 2 1/2 year old son was hungry and over it lol. Next time I'll go solo. Sorry we missed paths.
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So I'm starting to sway toward this option instead of the aftermarket hoods...
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Can't go wrong with a shaker!
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That's what I'm thinking dude. Although it costs even more than the Trucarbon hood. Not cheap by any means.
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Its definitely more unique on a charger.
It was popular enough for the Challenger...they FINALLY made them a factory edition.
It was popular enough for the Challenger...they FINALLY made them a factory edition.
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I was trying to talk my buddy into doing the shaker, he wasn't having it. I didn't know it was more $ to do that than the trufiber hood. Do you get a new hood, or do you "hack" up your stock hood?
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Yeah I didn't know either until I started digging into it more. It'd be a minimum of $1500 for what I'd need. And yes, you use a jigsaw to cut a hole in the stock aluminum hood. The benefit would be I wouldn't have to store my stock hood anywhere but of course the downside is if I f*ck it up I'm out of luck lol. Well and once it's on that's it, no going back to the stock hood.
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In a strange twist of fate there's a guy on LXForums that is selling a gift certificate he won for any trucarbon hood. So I could get the carbon fiber A9 hood shipped to my door for under a grand. Now I'm really stumped on what to do.
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SuperTrooper169 (05-01-2014)
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Would I be shouted down, hated, and maligned if I say I'm not a fan of either hood?
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Same here... but I think it's because that Viper hood got me so hard that I became desensitized and now nothing else will be the same.
The shaker hood is really nice too.
The shaker hood is really nice too.
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What about them don't you like? Curious since I value your opinion sir.
I'm really getting tired of you letting my big reveals out of the bag, TT. I'm going hoodless and shirtless.
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I just pictured Jerry O'Connell in daisy dukes...
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^ You mean Liev Schreiber in daisy dukes? That's who I get now-a-days, which might be even more frightening.
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One year of ownership is in the books! It's been an overwhelmingly great experience so far owning "Sapphire". I've always been skeptical about how reliable a Chrysler product could be, but (knock on wood) besides regular maintenance and a few small DIY fixes I haven't had to take her to the dealership at all. She's been bullet proof and has provided me with tons of smiles. I still giggle when I stomp on the gas and feel the V8 do what it does best. She's got the most comfortable seats and suspension of any of my other past cars. I hope to keep her for a very long time. One of my fondest memories was when a lady at the local car cruise asked my 2 year old son what kind of car daddy drove and he said "A Charger" without blinking an eye.
The day I drove her home from the dealership...
![](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/blackpearl169/09%20Charger/2009-deep-water-blue-rt-rt-dealership1_zps299fa66d.jpg)
And how she looks now...
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In the past year I drove 9,163 miles and averaged 18.1mpg. Not too shabby considering she's a 4,000+ lb whale with a 370+ horsepower HEMI. My best overall tank of gas was 23.4mpg and my worst was 15.0mpg. You can check out all the stats by clicking on the banner below.
<a href="http://www.fuelly.com/driver/SuperT/charger" target="_blank"><img src="http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-us/252340.png" width="500" height="63" alt="Fuelly" title="Share and compare MPG at Fuelly" border="0"/></a>
Over the year I added the following mods...
• DiabloSport Predator Tuner
• aFe Stage II Cold Air Intake
• Flowmaster Force II Catback Exhaust
• JBA Hi-Flow Mid-Pipes
• JET 180° Thermostat
• Billet Technologies Oil Catch Can
• TranZformer Electronic Shift Kit
• Petty's Garage Strut Tower Brace
• Hurst Comp Stick
• MOPAR Bright Pedal Kit
• Centric Posi-Quiet Brake Pads
• MOPAR OEM Rear Bumper Diffuser
• Pro Motor Stripes 3M Vinyl Graphics
• MOPAR Hood Struts
1/8th mile and 1/4 mile tracks stats...
1/8th mile
9.086 @ 81.09 mph
1/4 mile
13.912 @ 103.02 mph
The day I drove her home from the dealership...
![](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/blackpearl169/09%20Charger/2009-deep-water-blue-rt-rt-dealership1_zps299fa66d.jpg)
And how she looks now...
![](http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/blackpearl169/09%20Charger/2009-deep-water-blue-rt-rt-1-year-later_zps25637907.jpg)
In the past year I drove 9,163 miles and averaged 18.1mpg. Not too shabby considering she's a 4,000+ lb whale with a 370+ horsepower HEMI. My best overall tank of gas was 23.4mpg and my worst was 15.0mpg. You can check out all the stats by clicking on the banner below.
<a href="http://www.fuelly.com/driver/SuperT/charger" target="_blank"><img src="http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-us/252340.png" width="500" height="63" alt="Fuelly" title="Share and compare MPG at Fuelly" border="0"/></a>
Over the year I added the following mods...
• DiabloSport Predator Tuner
• aFe Stage II Cold Air Intake
• Flowmaster Force II Catback Exhaust
• JBA Hi-Flow Mid-Pipes
• JET 180° Thermostat
• Billet Technologies Oil Catch Can
• TranZformer Electronic Shift Kit
• Petty's Garage Strut Tower Brace
• Hurst Comp Stick
• MOPAR Bright Pedal Kit
• Centric Posi-Quiet Brake Pads
• MOPAR OEM Rear Bumper Diffuser
• Pro Motor Stripes 3M Vinyl Graphics
• MOPAR Hood Struts
1/8th mile and 1/4 mile tracks stats...
1/8th mile
9.086 @ 81.09 mph
1/4 mile
13.912 @ 103.02 mph
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needs moar low!!!
Looks great though! I really miss the torque at times. Having followed your thread, I like the tasteful mods.
Looks great though! I really miss the torque at times. Having followed your thread, I like the tasteful mods.
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Thanks man! I hear ya but at least you still have RWD. I just recently decided to chill with the mods for a bit, but next on the list will be some kind of drop.
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I can't believe its been a year!
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I've finally made some progress on a set of half covers I bought in January and figured I'd share some photos of the progress. I finally made a decision on color and graphics and started cutting out the design using blue painters tape. After I got them all taped up I realized the blue tape wasn't tacky enough and it started peeling up almost immediately. I decided to try again using a tackier orange tape and this time it worked great. I still need to clear them but I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
Test fitting the bare sheet metal covers.
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Based the covers with a hi-temp metallic black and cut the design out of blue painters tape which wasn't tacky enough.
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Re-cutting out the design using orange tape this time.
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The final results before clearing them with hi-temp clear.
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Test fitting the bare sheet metal covers.
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Based the covers with a hi-temp metallic black and cut the design out of blue painters tape which wasn't tacky enough.
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Re-cutting out the design using orange tape this time.
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The final results before clearing them with hi-temp clear.
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nice!
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Wow, phenomenal job
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Well done. Wanna see them on the car!
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Damn....those look great!
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