Here's a scenario. You have a new SRT, and $4000 to start modding. You're leaning towards speed, but you can go in any direction. I want the JG community to give me their opinions and their own personal lists of how they would spend the $4000.
If I still owed money on the SRT, I'd put it towards the principal and pay it off faster. If I owned it free and clear I'd start with a clear bra for the frontal surfaces and rear fender flares. Man I'm boring. Lol
Speeding fines? I wasn't planning on driving it like I was 18 again. Just want to see what direction some of you guys would go with a limit of $4k to start. I'm not getting a Track Hawk, or putting money aside for an attorney. Have a free one now if needed. Just looking for suggestions on modding the monster.
I'd just sit on the money for awhile and enjoy it the way it is. The mods will come to you or maybe you'll be satisfied with it the way it is. For me there's some simple things I'd like to do like tint the front windows, buy some nice floor mats, replace the stock brake pads with some Hawks, etc. Its a great vehicle out of the box, enjoy it awhile.
Forgot to mention: I tinted the front windows to match all the way around on day one. Installed Weathertech floor liners front, back, and cargo. Interior is protected now. I'm just on the fence about getting headers, exhaust, and a tb if it'll add noticeable hp, or I'll just wait. Catch can coming soon since it's just a good idea.
How do you feel towards 22's and gloss black rims? These stock rims are a PIA to clean.
Get an exhaust to make it sound like it should.
See if you like riding on 20's first, and if you do, get the stock wheels painted gloss black.
Maybe go with the RM mid drop as that will make your 20's fit the "wells" better.
BlackOps front splitter.
Get the chrome trim and rings wrapped.
If I had that dough, probably get the whole thing wrapped in satinguard. It would give the paint a cool looking satin finish, but completely protect it.
- De-badge
- Black rear Jeep emblem
- Gloss Black grille rings and lower brake ducts
- BT Catch Can
- Tint (15% over stock) / Clear bra (I have only done my headlights and rear fenders)
- EXHAUST! Stock is sounds like it has 200hp, not almost 500hp. First I chopped the resonators off, and while that helped, it still left more to be desired. So replaced with will a Corsa full cat-back with Black tips. All I have to say is WOW! If you want loud all the time, this is not the exhaust for you...go with the Borla ATAK or GT Haus if that is what you want. But the Corsa is PERFECT for my needs
- Replacement brake pads; I went with Thermoquiets and they reduced the brake dust TREMENDOUSLY
- LED interior and exterior (reverse, fogs)
All of the above could be done for under $2500!! Then you have $1500 more to "play" with.
Keep us posted on what you decide to do
FYI - With the above exhaust and my aFe intake, I just ran a 3.9 0-60! Personally, I do not need to be going any faster than that in my daily driver! HAHA
Did the exhaust and catch can. Blacked out rear fogs, and have tint all around. Clear bra for the whole front soon, and this summer headers, cam, straight pipes, and a tuner. The $4000 was just to start. Thought about a supercharger but instead will put that $10k down for a Trackhawk in a few years. Love this Jeep and love making it faster and stand out.
What exhaust did you go with? Nice choice in mods...I love not seeing myself drive down the road (i.e. unique SRT; WK2). It is a great form of expression and I can say that mine does not look exactly like any other SRT. :thumbsup:
GL with your future mods...sounds like you will be having even MORE fun :lol:
Putting a bra on your SRT screams insecure douche bag in my humble opinion, unless of course you are a douche bag, then cheers. For $4k you can do a lot as far a performance mods and general upgrades. I've spent that much on my 2014 Black Vapor SRT by adding OBX longtube headers, high flow cats, X-pipe, Injen cold air intake, 180 degree thermostat, 87mm throttle body, Diablo tuner (Hemifever custom tunes), blacked out tint, all weather floor and cargo mats. I found the tuner to make the biggest difference in performance though. You can see by the track slip photo that my times are significantly better than the stock SRT, but nothing is ever enough and I'm always looking to make it that much better.
Putting a bra on your SRT screams insecure douche bag in my humble opinion, unless of course you are a douche bag, then cheers. For $4k you can do a lot as far a performance mods and general upgrades. I've spent that much on my 2014 Black Vapor SRT by adding OBX longtube headers, high flow cats, X-pipe, Injen cold air intake, 180 degree thermostat, 87mm throttle body, Diablo tuner (Hemifever custom tunes), blacked out tint, all weather floor and cargo mats. I found the tuner to make the biggest difference in performance though. You can see by the track slip photo that my times are significantly better than the stock SRT, but nothing is ever enough and I'm always looking to make it that much better.
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You can't see a clear bra. You do realize the difference right? It protects the paint but you can't tell it's even on there.
I'm not going with a CAI yet until I get the Bwoody long tube. Short ram CAI's still gulp hot air. Even wrapping the pipe won't change the air going into the filer which is still hot.
Kooks headers, pipes, cam, and tuner coming up this summer when I'm on vacation. So far just the Borla ATAK and catch can have dropped me to 4.1 0-60. Believe it or not, keeping that oil from blasting back into your intake will do wonders I the short and long term.
Also, a 180 Tstat is a waste of money. Why? Here's a link to a chat with an SRT Engineer that explains why. Completely unnecessary. Back in the day, yeah, but these are modern powerplants and there's a reason a 180 Tstat isn't already installed on that 392.