pics of the new DD/Project car! 7-01-Update

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:26 pm

Finally got her to the point where I can drive her everyday! :D
Here she is only a couple days after she finally was back on the road. she was bound for the scrap yard before I rescued her.

Last Thursday after I put my Power Bulge hood on.

today after I gave her her first bath by me and probably her first bath in well over a year!

......and yes those are REAL Amber Euro-Spec marker/turn signal lights!

1998dohcsport · Post by **1998dohcsport** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:56 pm

yeah it even made it to minnesota

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:04 pm

wheelin_ranger wrote:yeah it even made it to minnesota

And back to South Dakota!

40mpg!

RumbleFish · Post by **RumbleFish** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:37 pm

ar24's ftw! ive got a set of 15's waiting for my 98.

nickisazero · Post by **nickisazero** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:31 am

I like it.

Kinda reminds me of my white 4dr..
Home Depot lip, euro signals, wingless & a black hood.

Bzevey · Post by **Bzevey** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:03 pm

Just need some headlight gaskets and new headlights :P and get the other stuff mounted to it...you should take it to sioux center this friday for the cruise :P

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:13 pm

Bzevey wrote:Just need some headlight gaskets and new headlights :P and get the other stuff mounted to it...you should take it to sioux center this friday for the cruise :P

Cruise?!?
Almost forgot there was a cruise and show down there this weekend. I'll have to see if Jodi cares if I go. Her mom is coming down to stay with us this weekend, so she might get upset if i go.
I think her mom is not coming until Saturday mourning and i think Jodi works Friday night. If thats the case I'll be there!

Hoping to have the spare set of headlights I started polishing done sometime soon. No real big hurry though. I'm still kinda spent from spending almost every night in May out in the garage working on her, so I'm in no rush to work on her right now. If anything gets done this week it will be installing my fog/driving lights so I can see better at night!

silver_bullet_04 · Post by **silver_bullet_04** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:26 pm

Im loving the mudflaps lol j/k cars got potential

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:52 pm

silver_bullet_04 wrote:Im loving the mudflaps lol j/k cars got potential

Thanks.
I had those on my 97 when I bought her in 1998. ran them for a while then got tried of them. When I was putting this together I decided to put on every neon Mopar Accessory I had laying around.
I think they help with the sleeper look.

silver_bullet_04 · Post by **silver_bullet_04** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:52 pm

wraith wrote:
silver_bullet_04 wrote:Im loving the mudflaps lol j/k cars got potential
Thanks.
I had those on my 97 when I bought her in 1998. ran them for a while then got tried of them. When I was putting this together I decided to put on every neon Mopar Accessory I had laying around.
I think they help with the sleeper look.

definatly :D

hsxlc · Post by **hsxlc** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:49 am

Is that hood flat black? Because in that one picture it is shinny and the rest it is not.

Hi-Def · Post by **Hi-Def** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:04 am

not bad

Mopar Or Nocar · Post by **Mopar Or Nocar** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:31 am

hsxlc wrote:Is that hood flat black? Because in that one picture it is shinny and the rest it is not.

Yeah its flat black. I think it looks gloss because it is still wet from him washing it :)

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:18 pm

Mopar Or Nocar wrote:
hsxlc wrote:Is that hood flat black? Because in that one picture it is shinny and the rest it is not.
Yeah its flat black. I think it looks gloss because it is still wet from him washing it :)

Yes it is flat black. I hopefully will be spraying it with a coat of semi-gloss clear sometime soon

I'm also looking for a new Strawberry hood for it as well. i kinda miss the strawberry base hood that was on it

more sleepy looking

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:07 pm

well since my baby is totaled I decided that maybe I will run the 16" ADR wheels I was going to put back on my baby on my DD.
Also did some mocking up of my roof rack and grille bar.

new headlight gaskets in and grille bar in.

let me know what everyone thinks.
grille bar? yes/no
roof rack? yes/no
white wheels? yes/no repaint gloss black?
I think I will be painting the wheels gloss black. They have some road rash and to look good require CONSTANT cleaning.

Hex · Post by **Hex** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:13 pm

Grill bar isn't bad, but BOOO on the rack. Kinda takes away that smooth neon look.

Bzevey · Post by **Bzevey** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:43 am

should anodize the wheels gunmetal or black ;)

Hi-Def · Post by **Hi-Def** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:03 pm

what a diff the white rims made, tho it doesnt flow all that well , looks good overall though. keep it up

oh yea you should lose the mud flaps, lol

RumbleFish · Post by **RumbleFish** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:08 pm

keep the rack, paint the rims some sort of dark color, and i might even try flat black on the grille bar just because. do it.

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:04 pm

mud flaps are staying!
rack will be going on after I repaint it black.
I think I will begin cleaning up the white wheels this weekend and spray bombing them gloss black. I need new tuner lugnuts as mine are pretty rusty and the lug key likes to stick in them.
I have a flat black grlle bar to throw in it if I can find it!
It will also have the new Stealth Depos in it real soon.

RumbleFish · Post by **RumbleFish** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:15 pm

post pics of the depos when you get them in. stawberry cars, i think, were meant to have a rack on them. seems most of the cars you see with a rack are that color.

wraith · Post by **wraith** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:37 pm

Most of the neons i see around here with the roof rack are black and dark green!
I actually have never seen a strawberry neon with a rack!
I will post pics of the Stealth Depos as soon as I get them in.

95neon95 · Post by **95neon95** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:58 pm

there's a strawberry neon at my work right now with a sunroof in it. looks almost liek yours but is all stock.

car looks good. i think you should do the wheels black to match the hood.

leneon · Post by **leneon** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:16 pm

Where'd you get the mud flaps? Are they OEM Neon? Especially the front, they don't look like the usual stubby ones.

NYG95GA wrote:I think they were a factory option, but only available with the "Tackola" package that included roof rack and mud flaps.

95neoner · Post by **95neoner** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:52 pm

personally, I like the white wheels on that car, although the colors may be a bit off with the light. The grille bar would be a go and the roof rack a no... IMO... so I guess we're pretty different on looks lol

did you spraypaint the hood flat black? I ask because it looks like primer... I know you said it was flat black, but just making sure it wasn't a primer cause if it is, primer's porous and water can soak through it and rust the hood.

Hi-Def · Post by **Hi-Def** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:59 pm

i like them rims better than the ones on there before

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