andershoberg

I used to own a Charger 2006 SRT-8 with a SRTmax cam. (I miss the sound it made at idle around 600-650 rpm). Here we go again with a Jeep: I will try to keep the budget below 35k...



Build cost/status
Vehicle - Acquired (2007, 28k miles, $17,200 plus freight 1,000)
440 PWR - Order placed
Paint - quote received 2K
Powdercoated rims - completed
New tires - completed
Front blacked out projectors - 200
HIDs (100w HI, 55 Lo, 35w fog) - completed
Lowering kit Eibach - 250
Crossdrilled slotted brakes - ?
Blacked out LED tail lights - installed
Various small trim pieces blacked out - ?
MyGiG, Lockpick, etc - 1,000
Exhaust - completed for now
Lloyds carpets - ?
Subwoofer - ?
Custom interior - $3000
MEDIC or Venom Hood - looking...
440 emblems?
Interested in some good deals on above too...
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andershoberg

front apart...

andershoberg

So what about emblems? (yes, sorry for the dirt, just rained, and I drove..)

option 1


option 2


option 3 or both,

option 4 or HEMI above the 440 on the front fender.

option 5 - same as above but "7.2" instead of "440"

option 6 - on the side of the raise in the hood (Medic or Venom). I did the 6.8L V10 triton on my Excursion...

andershoberg

CST leather, Suede Alcantra installed. Some updated interior photos:

Before:





After:

Front seats, added 440 embossed to the seats and red stitching:



Some inlays in the doors:



Rear seats:



Suede headliner, A,B,C pillar, visors, plastic dyed to match.

andershoberg

HID installation finished . I live on a non-lit road and this is my third vehicle in a row using the same setup. I am using a projector housing for the lows, and regular reflector for the highs. The fogs need to be projector with a good cut-off.

• Fogs: 55w HID, 5,000 lumens each (roughly) and 6,000K
• Low: 55w HID, 5,000 lumens each (roughly) and 6,000K
• Hi: 100w HID, 10,000 lumens each (roughly) and 6,000K

Usually; I trigger my fogs with the highs (anyone tried this with a diode in the fuse box?), but not this time. 40,000 lumens seems overkill after driving around last night. As a reference, four regular halogen bulbs would throw around 4,000 - 5,000 total lumens



HID Fogs, DRL,LED,


Low beam, drl,led, good cut-off, no risk of blinding people.


Hi beam, and lo together. This is tough to photo, even in broad daylight.





So Hi beams are throwing around 30,000 lumens (Low and Hi together), which needless to say carries a lot of responsibility. If anyone wants to attempt this, I recommend:

• Immediately turn off Hi-beam, when you see meeting traffic, coming up on slower traffic, etc.
• Separate wiring for the Hi Beam, at least. The low beam wiring seems to handle the current.
• Good cut-off line and calibrated, as not to blind other motorists for both fogs and lows
• Use a cast after-market fog housing (I ran mine in the drive way until thermal saturation and had no heating issues)

6,000K seems to work very well for my eyes with 4,300 being optimum (lumens per watt) and 3,400 being daylight.

SteelBlue99

Wow...love your SRT8 Grand Cherokee. Love those Porsche Cayenne's too (at least, i'm pretty sure I see one). As far as the badges, i'd remove them all. Would look pretty clean debadged.

ol"blue

Welcome to CF. Awesome ride before the mods, going to be even better after you're finished.

katowkalin

debage the whole jeep. also that remove the fogs and LED light bar thing on the front. looks like crap and reminds me of a RICER

andershoberg

Good eyes, yes a CTT. I am leaning towards debadging, maybe leave a 440 in the rear only...

andershoberg

Thanks for the feedback,

I thought so too, but they are growing on me...

andershoberg

Thank You!

andershoberg

Some photos...almost finished...

ol"blue

Wow, that looks great. What color did you paint it, or is that a different vehicle?

andershoberg

I used a 3M 1080 vinyl wrap. Satin Black.

ol"blue

I would have never guessed. Looks great.