Chrome Fuel Door

This was the first mod I did.  I guess what impressed me so much back in the 1968 Charger and 1970 Challenger era was the chrome fuel cap.  That stuck with me and I knew that some day I would have a car with one of those.  Though it is just a replica, it really isn't a fuel cap like the good old days.

 Mopar Nose Badge

I was steered to this site www.eu-decals.com which I realized was a small business in Athens, Greece, but for under $20 for the nose badge and the steering wheel emblem, I could take a flyer.  They came within a week and I decided to just install the nose badge since guys on the forum said the best way to take off the steering wheel badge was to remove the entire steering wheel.

I should add, be careful when you remove the Ram's Head. I forgot to tape and used a screw driver wrapped with duct tape and still chipped my paint on the bottom rim. I guess I should have used a plastic dash removal tool like in the video on speedysgarage.net It is also real thin, so it is depressed in the area. Some guys didn't like that and used another strip of tape to raise it. I didn't mind as I don't look at all that much. If you want to keep your money in the states, you can go with a guy north of me that makes them to order, with your graphic suggestions. His price is probably double. I found him on challengerlife.com.  Here's his website.   http://rebadgedesign.com/

This mod is one of the two bargains that fell into my lap from the forum.  I got a private message from a guy a half hour down the road who offered me his old T-Bar Shifter at an excellent price.  He installed a Hurst shifter on his new R/T and had no use for it.  I drove down to his work and picked it up the next day.  There I saw his new R/T with Chrome Clad wheels.  I knocked on them with my knuckles and said, "No way."  More on that later.  Late Model Restoration sells these and has a good set of installation instructions.  Click on the photo and you can buy one from them, if you want to pay full price.

What are the six best things to see after you get done with this mod?  You're lookin' at them.  I could have never done this without my forum friends on Challengertalk.  With 16,000 members, it is nice to know that one of those people found the graphic for the pin-out on the right A pillar.

Okay, so does this really qualify for a mod?  At just under $20, I hope it will discourage some kids not to open my highly visible fuel door and do some damage.  Let's chalk it up to good insurance.  The only downfall of this product, the key is awfully hard to get into the slot.

This, by far, was the most anxious moments I had with all of my installs.  Screw this one up and it will show.  I did a lot of studying and with the two drill holes guides for the bolts, I knew that I couldn't go wrong.  I agonized over getting the black SRT one or just be subtle and stick with the R/T theme.  What made me decided was the red R/T on the floor and the fact I was not finding the right insert for the SRT8 badge that I would of had to remove so not to up-badge my ride.

See my installation on the next page.

So many choices; radios, mics in mirros, MyGig with Nav and Uconnect, MyGig without either.  That is what I got, so when I press the button, even though it displayed uconnect on the screen, the voice said, "Uconnect not available."  Found out I needed to buy a module to plug in behind my radio to activate Uconnect.  The microphone came with the package.  They wanted me to mount it on the top of the driver's side A pillar, but I didn't want to see it or have it near an open window or sunroof.  So, about the same distance away, I found the best spot for it, on the back of the console under the dash.