Chrysler Intrepid ES to R/T Build-Up Thread

[Secret Chimp]

Ha, no, I mean I've pulled the bakc part of the car (BEHIND the back seat) apart!

This does not impress me. Unless you changed out the fuel pump or something.

[TheIntrepid]

Oh, I also installed a tire pressure monitor on each tire. I'm mad skilled fools! Don't mess!

I should do that...

[Lazerous]

I should do that...

Yeah, it like made my suspension mad sick! My car can go around the 'ring faster than a 911 now.

[TheIntrepid]

Fuck this sarcasm. I should delete this thread.

[Lazerous]

Fuck this sarcasm. I should delete this thread.

Okay fine, my car was in fact a second slower than a 911 around the 'ring. However, since then, I have put on multiple VTEC stickers on the hood for improved aerodynamics, less drag and a slight increase in peak torque and horsepower.

Given enough R/T badges, your trep just might reach the same speeds.

[CJ]

You still have to add the R/T wheels.

[TheIntrepid]

You still have to add the R/T wheels.

The 2000-2002 R/Ts had chrome Crusaders, but the 03-04 R/Ts had the same rims as my car.

[Soup DeVille]

Okay, I'm going to drop the question of whether or not those two pics were of the same car for the moment to ask this question:

Why would you go through the trouble of customizing a car just to make it look like another trim level of another readily available stock car?

I mean, I get the point of Type-R conversions because real Type-Rs are pretty rare, and some were never available here at all. I get GTO to Monaro conversions and things of that nature as well.

I just think that if you're going through the trouble of making changes that you'd want to change it into something somewhat unique.

[TheIntrepid]

Why would you go through the trouble of customizing a car just to make it look like another trim level of another readily available stock car?

To make it more comfortable, essentially, because I'm not going to be trading it for a long time.

[Soup DeVille]

To make it more comfortable, essentially, because I'm not going to be trading it for a long time.

That's not really what I was asking, but OK.

[Secret Chimp]

Fuck this sarcasm. I should delete this thread.

Oh, grow the fuck up. You're trying to model-up an Intrepid, you're not restoring a Lotus or something here.

[TheIntrepid]

I mean, I get the point of Type-R conversions because real Type-Rs are pretty rare, and some were never available here at all. I get GTO to Monaro conversions and things of that nature as well.

There were fewer than 5000 R/Ts sold.

[JYODER240]

There were fewer than 5000 R/Ts sold.

And their were less than 1000 35Th Anniversary Editions sold, only 166 in my color but in the end that means nothing. Neither are collectibles and never will be.

[Eye of the Tiger]

There were fewer than 5000 R/Ts sold.

Because nobody wanted them. R/T Intrepids were a useless trim level. It's not like it added any real substance to the car - if that is even possible to do on an Intrepid.

[TheIntrepid]

Old seats




New seats:




(They look dark gray because of the camera, but they're jet black)


The R/T's first official photograph:

[TheIntrepid]

The wrinkles in the front seats are out now thanks to leather conditioner.

[the Teuton]

Throw some Ds on that bitch.

[Champ]

I like the upgraded interior but I'd never put the R/T badge on it.

[TheIntrepid]

I like the upgraded interior but I'd never put the R/T badge on it.

The badge is on, FWIW, I just forgot to take a pic of it while I was outside. Why not, though? It's an R/T now.

[Danish]

Damn, looks pretty clean - was it hard putting in the new seats?

And does the Trep take regular gas or premium?

[850CSi]

Throw some Ds on that bitch.

+1

[TheIntrepid]

Damn, looks pretty clean - was it hard putting in the new seats?

And does the Trep take regular gas or premium?

I didn't put them in, the guy I bought them from did it for me.

It takes regular now, but for the first 150,000km it's taken 91 octane.

[deesea]

whats with the replacement badges? thats just ricing up the car. it does nothing to improve the car or anything. it doesnt even make it look remotely any better.

FWIW i would spent that money somewhere else, maybe a good lunch from burger king .

the interior upgrade was a job well done though. but the badging = rice sorry trep, but that's what it is.

[the Teuton]

I don't know if this is taboo since it only came on JDM STis, but I do have an i badge on my car.



It doesn't look like rice any more than a red Type R Honda badge, but is something like this really considered rice?  His is a trim level, mine is a brand identifier that only came on a certain trim level.  Any difference?

[93JC]

Were there really only 5,000 Intrepid R/Ts? Or is that just Chrysler Intrepid R/Ts?

One of my uncles had one, year before the 3.5 got the power boost to 250 hp (his was 244).

[deesea]

I don't know if this is taboo since it only came on JDM STis, but I do have an i badge on my car.



It doesn't look like rice any more than a red Type R Honda badge, but is something like this really considered rice?  His is a trim level, mine is a brand identifier that only came on a certain trim level.  Any difference?

isn't it making your car look like something it isn't? the red type R badges on a regular civic when it really isn't a type R? the i badge to make it look like a JDM model when it once again isn't? to make his car look one more trim level than what it is?

Isn't this all a little bit vain? Are all these things really necessary? what are we saying about ourselves when we do these things to our cars? That we're unhappy with what we have? Personally i don't see the point, if you're gonna modify your car, then the interior/engine/ body kits (if it would actually make your car faster) are fine by me, but why replacing badges?

Not something i would do personally, maybe you guys see it differently, but to me thats just rice
just my opinion though. One persons trash is another's treasure i guess

[the Teuton]

I don't think it's that big of a deal.  I like the i badge better than the constellation.  The constellation looks outdated and not all that cool to me.  And because I have a black one (that didn't come out until 2002 in Japan), it matches the car pretty well.  It's not like I put a pink i badge or a rabbit badge on the car.  I don't think it's too ricey for either my car or the R/T.  I do think he needs better wheels and tires, though.

[Danish]

I don't know if this is taboo since it only came on JDM STis, but I do have an i badge on my car.



It doesn't look like rice any more than a red Type R Honda badge, but is something like this really considered rice?  His is a trim level, mine is a brand identifier that only came on a certain trim level.  Any difference?

Your car will eat STi's for lunch right?

[the Teuton]

Your car will eat STi's for lunch right?

Lawlz.

[TheIntrepid]

isn't it making your car look like something it isn't? the red type R badges on a regular civic when it really isn't a type R? the i badge to make it look like a JDM model when it once again isn't? to make his car look one more trim level than what it is?

Isn't this all a little bit vain? Are all these things really necessary? what are we saying about ourselves when we do these things to our cars? That we're unhappy with what we have? Personally i don't see the point, if you're gonna modify your car, then the interior/engine/ body kits (if it would actually make your car faster) are fine by me, but why replacing badges?

Not something i would do personally, maybe you guys see it differently, but to me thats just rice
just my opinion though. One persons trash is another's treasure i guess

Putting an R/T badge on an Intrepid that isn't an R/T is rice. This car has everything an R/T does now, which makes it an R/T. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Were there really only 5,000 Intrepid R/Ts? Or is that just Chrysler Intrepid R/Ts?

One of my uncles had one, year before the 3.5 got the power boost to 250 hp (his was 244).

1967 made between 2003-2004. Plenty made 2000-2002.