by Goldenblack440 » 21 Mar 2012 20:20
HI Ed, I will PM you later; just looked at the video on page one -i agree...its better than i expected! the rear end is fantastic! you've got a good head start with all that new stuff (new headliner installed), tank, radiator, nice steering wheel, new chrome. Plus its got slapstick! Good point there. Yeah it is clean like you said. Didn't see the front but if its like the rear, even better. But if you need to pretty up the front area, i think a really nice touch is to black out the entire grill and between the headlights and just leave the stainless trim around the shark's mouth area as polished (or anodised, whatever). Many die-hard Challenger fans will not agree with me here, but IMO doing this takes away some of the awkwardness of the 72-74 look that it was criticized for initially. Gives it a more uniform and tougher look. And if its to be a mild custom as you plan, it doesn't matter. My car was factory black , so all this was already done. When they painted it blue in the States, they left all the front black, and i love the way it looks.
That rear end of yours (the Dana!) is an absolute work of art...haha, like you say, almost a shame to install it! Should handle anything you can dish up. It will stop on a dime, Are you doing anything to the front brakes? A set of Wilwood calipers and new master cylinder would be good, Wilwood do make a caliper to fit these 1" discs. And they are very well priced too.