My wife just shakes her head, saying "You're never satisfied..." She's right. Don't wanna drive a car that looks like every other Magnum wagon out there, want something different. Also, I'm not one to "customize" by adding things or stickin' things on... I like the smooth look. This spring, I'm beginning the work on my car. I Photoshopped a rendering and have discussed it with the shop doin' the work, piece of cake to smooth the door and tailgate handles, the bumpers and side molding. Gonna have the worthless rear wiper taken off too. Depending on the difficulty, gonna have the fuel fill moved into the left rear door jam and have the door smoothed over. The real challenge is going to be finding spindle mount wheels, or having them made... that's gonna be a big buck deal. Anyway, here's a before shot... and an "After" concept... In SoCal, custom cars and station wagons are not usually thought of as going together... Any thoughts or input...? Thanks.
Not sure I'm guessing right...your stock alloys are 19's and your photoshop shows 24's? IMO, the big wheels are a bit too big... Good luck with the project. Oh - how is your body shop going to mod the bumpers - are they going to be an aftermarket product? If so, make sure they are a good quality product - no fiberglas crapola.......
The "real" wheels are 20's and I "guesstimated" them to 24's... I know, too big, but when visualizing, I like to go too big. Things can always be scaled back a bit. X's 2 on the fiberglass junk... lasts about 10 minutes before cracking. As for the bumpers, I'm going to be utilizing OEM parts. The shop cuts out the indentations and uses a sheet poly-urethane material bonded into the space, then a urethane filler to blend the work in. I've seen the work, it is impossible to see the modified area and it's as strong or stronger than the original. He did the bumpers on his Chrysler 300 about 5 years ago, looks as good as the day it was finished... not a ripple. This guy's also a master "metal man". The doors and tail gate are going to be metal finished and then leaded. I've watched him work lead, he's old skewl... when he's done, the lead is barely paper thin. He's not cheap, but he did my VW... in black. Not a ripple to be seen coulda sworn it was molded outta glass.
OOOW, I like it. Caviot Emtor with Foose or Codingtons old shop tho'. I've got ah car-bud back here that dropped 14 LARGE into a custom set of Boydz Wheelz when he was still pumpim' air and from what I've heard Foose will hit you about that hard:banghead3:. You can buy ah lot ah racing fuel for that kinda dough BTW, Don't cheap out on the popperz or remote for your doorz. That'z not the time NOT to do it rite:2_thumbs_up_-_anima GL WITH IT, 'N KEEP THE PIX COMIN'
I like my door handles and I wouldnt own a wagon that once had a rear wiper and then it was removed. I use mine whenever it rains or snows, being a former truck driver, I use my mirrors as much as I look out the windshield and with no rear wiper on a wagon, you might as well have the rear glass removed and have that filled in to IMO. I am a sucker for customs, but in your case, the only thing I would change is, removing the door trim and some tame pinstripes and some exhaust for sound. other then that, the car is already perfect.
Here's an article on moving the fuel filler neck. http://www.fiberglassforums.com/metal-manipulation/12377-fuel-filler-relocation.html
Thats a slick idea. However, I wouldn't care for the gas smell inside the car when having to fill up with the door open or the interior getting soaked if you have to fill up in the rain. I like the creativity of the concept though.
AKA the article they don't "expect" any fumes as long as the door seals are good. That would suck if they're wrong. I carried a 5 gal, plastic can full of gas in the trunk of my wife's Maxima. Went less then a mile. She's still mumbling about the smell.
There's a guy in my town with a silver Magnum like yours.. Looks to be lowered about an inch but has the same stock wheels you do.. He has super faint ghost flames in deep purples and blues and it has a Chrysler nose instead of the Dodge nose.. It looks awesome.. Dont be offended, but the giant wheels and shaved look just isn't great on a Magnum IMHO Maybe the rear bumper lines and the side moulding..but the door handles and gas cover and all that is overkill to me~ Your wagon though, do whatcha gotta do~
Sorry for any confusion... the photo used for Photoshopping was how the car appeared some time ago. I liked the angle to be able to "shop" the mods I'm considering. As with any "customizing" project, the concept and the reality rarely match exactly. Obviously, the wheels are waaaay oversized... in reality, I wouldn't be going with anything over a 22" rim, if that. As for deleting the rear wiper... anyone who's ever owned a Magnum, knows just how worthless that thing is. The window is small and the wiper even smaller, it hardly makes a difference with rearward vision. And, here in SoCal, we rarely have any weather that would make it neccesary. Here's a shot of how my car looks currently... I have done some mods, a true Cold Air Intake (modified SRT intake), a Mopar performance exhaust system and a Mopar suspension (coils, struts and bars). Mods to the exterior have been limited to some "tasteful" pin stripes and striped flames along the belt line and some color matching. No doubt, my wife will beat my head with a frying pan, if I try and have $20,000 worth of mods done to the wagon, all at one time. I'm gonna do them a few at a time, that way she'll never notice... Right?
