Converting My Challenger to an OEM Widebody!
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2021
- Huge shoutout to Wesley Motorsports for helping me with this venture! In today’s video I show you my new oem widebody parts for the challenger and how to modify the rear quarter to accept the rear oem flare.
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I can’t wait to see the wrap bro. I know it’s gonna b sick 🔥
Your build is awesome! I’m waiting on my demon grille for my 2016 Challenger RT. Thanks for the great content. 👍
Hey thank you and thanks for watching I appreciate you!
Hey man where did you buy the demon grill?
I definitely wanted to do this when I had my challenger man looks freaking sick!! love the videos they are always detailed with the instructions
Thanks man! I try to get detailed with big projects like these. I know it’s a long thanks for watching!!
What year did u convert
Great tutorial sir! You are the man. Thank you so much. Keep the great content coming. "Knowledge without mileage." Yo, loved that! LLWAV!!
Thank you! Still have a long road ahead of us to get this car prepped for we are mopar but we are going to make it!
Good info bro thanks. I have a 09 srt8 and I finally got all parts oem. It took time to get them because they do block you from ordering certain parts. Only thing I’m scared to to do the rear flares with the whole drilling. I hope I can nail perfectly with one shot and not mess up. But thanks for the video 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
It was not too difficult you can do it !
Where did you find the oem parts for the 09 srt? i have the 08 srt
On this video at the 16 second to 23 second mark I say “it would not have been possible without the help from Wesley Motorsports, so thank you Kevin Wesley”.
In other words, they got the parts for me to help me continue building the car for racing like they do.
If you want oem widebody parts find a MOPAR DIRECT CONNECTION dealer, not just a dodge dealer, they MUST BE a DIRECT CONNECTION dealer. And you can buy all the parts!
Don’t believe me tho here is the article! And Yes…. You still have to cut your rear quarters (also in the article)
www.motortrend.com/how-to/hellcat-widebody-kit-direct-connection-power-brokers/
Dude u just saved me all this hassle u went thru...thank u for sharing the journey!
What size bit did you use for the holes for the blue clips ?
No problem! Honestly I don’t even remember lol start small and go up in size, that was my method
@@TIRADORACING I'm actually doing it right now...oh God lol.
Lil tip on the plastic clips, the holes you drilled, take a tapered punch and basically dimple die the hole in, not a lot but pushing the hole in with the punch will help you clips pull the fender flare in tighter, I put bush wacker flares on my truck with a clip similar and they did sit tight to the body, try to figure out what to do it was a light bulb moment. I showed it to the 4x4 shop here in town and they were impressed and not it’s standard practice. Hope this helps. Great build, I want to do this on my 08 challenger and I want thank you for doing the figuring out for me, the is a burnt wide body in the junk yard I’m thinking about buying the front fenders ect
Awesome tip man I really appreciate it and the kind words! I will definitely give it a try! Grab those fenders man! Don’t waste time!
Just an idea. Maybe make a template to sell for us guys wanting to do this.
Been thinking about it. The downside is there are about 3-4 holes missing because it’s the part of the rear quarter I cut out.
Man you are a smart dude. If it works for you it will work for us. You have me motivated to put on all my APR splitter and defuser. I smoked a parking bumper and had a new bumper put on. Have all this money in parts just laying around. Glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work
Man I appreciate you big time. Thank you so much I am happy I have motivated you as well. I’ll work on that template and see what works best.
“Butterfly” 😂🤣😂🤣
Hey Brother i might have to do the same thing what you did to your Dodge Challenger
Where did you bought your Oem wide body
Hell yea!
Movin on up!
Hey what’s up brotha, what size wheel spacers did you use? Or did u just use a wide wheel?. I was scrolling thru the comments but I couldn’t find an answer lol thank you.
Their oem demon wheels no spacers. 18x11 -4.5 offset!
how much did it cost to get the widebody oem parts alone? thank you
Right around $2,200.
U car guys are amazing bro..I mean y'all make the gun community look basic 😂
I’m part of the gun community too 😵💫😂. But yea sometimes I ask myself why I do this to myself lol I appreciate you watching lol
He bro I’m interested in getting a wide body kit we’re did you get the oem parts from or what web site do I go on
I mentioned it in the very beginning of the video. It was sponsored by a Dodge Racing team. I sent the part numbers and they got had to place the order to obtain them.
Sadly the parts are vin locked. I wish I had a better solution man but that’s how I got mine.
Thats glue is really strong seriously what kind of glue is it i want to use it on my kit as well
It’s in one of my build videos I can’t remember it’s been so long. 3m something.
What is part number for front lip reinforcement 😬please
Damn…. I don’t even have that paperwork anymore bro. I don’t even own the car anymore.
Check on any MOPAR online website for parts. East coast Moparts will probably have it just look on their site.
Was the old kit not working anymore or something? I mean, that’s a lot of money and work redoing something that you already did a great job on.
Idk if you watch my other videos but in one of them I explain why. The vicrez kit is amazing for a regular car or a show car.
Long story short - Racing the challenger was rough on the kit, the body twists bad and the flares were lifting.
*Edit* after a year of abuse it DID NOT LOOK GOOD. It looked good on Instagram, but it did not meet my standard of good in real life. So I spent the money and redid it and now it looks 10x better. Oem parts are proven (Wesley Motorsports)
You use Some serious glue made sure that wasn't coming off👌🔥🤣😅🔥🔥
Lol oh yea. Had to repaint the entire car so the paint matched because of all the paint it pulled off.
How did you lift your back tires so that they would stop rubbing?
I didn’t, I cut the rear quarter panel. Welded the cut shut and seam sealed it.
My car is also on coilovers so I can lift the rear suspension more but that would throw the balance of the car off. In fact I lowered it more just last week.
Where did you purchase the OEM wide body kit or parts?
I mentioned this a few videos back, I couldn’t purchase the parts myself and in partnership with Wesley Motorsports I was able to order them.
Actually I mentioned it in this video in the beginning lol
what kind of rims and tires do you have on here?
Oem dodge demon wheels.
Where did you get the actual side fenders from ???
All sponsored by Wesley motorsports. But that was back in 2021
You CAN purchase the entire widebody from a power broker dodge dealer. Read some of the comments on this page I linked the info from Motor Trend.
hi thx for sharing this what is the car color go mango ?
It’s Hemi Orange!
@@TIRADORACING can you give me the color code of it you will find it at the door
wow I bought mine in vycres but I was never convinced and when I saw this I will opt for the original the bad thing is that they do not sell the flares
I’ve seen some really nice vicrez flare installs. I was one of the very first to ever try it and I could have done a better job.
They withstood ALOT of abuse from me and my driving. Ultimately this is the best way for me and my driving to not lose a flare.
During the pandemic I didn’t race and never had an issue tho. It’s all about the install.
what is the total cost for the whole kit
It’s technically not a KIT. Their just parts.
I’m right at $2700 in parts including freight shipping.
I’ve ordered new bumper brackets and the push pins. There was another $200.
Now paint/wrap and install.
Current tally - $2886.82
-Not including paint
- I am installing myself - so if your paying a shop make sure to account for installation fees.
- not including the upper and lower grills and headlamp bezels
- not including front bumper side marker lights
- not including about 60 clips (I already had some)
Clips are $1.39 a piece. They are the blue clips I showed in this video needed to fasten the flare to the body/fender.
I am doing the purchase of the fenders but I get four different ones, how do I know which is widebody?
So the vicrez kit IS a little wider and thicker huh? 🤔
Wider as In they stick out slightly further. And thicker as in left to right if your looking at the car from the side. The oem material itself is thicker plastic. Ima gonna measure it
@@TIRADORACING I seen the vid. Good info man, thanks. It will help me spec out my new wheels properly. I had suspected it, but you confirmed it for sure. 👌
You can see it when I place the oem rear flare over where the vicrez flare was (since I pulled paint) the radius is smaller on the oem flare. Let me know if you need measurements bro. I’ll gladly measure for you
@@TIRADORACING I should be good man. Thank you though. Seeing what you said about the vicrez hid more of the tire was the info I needed. That way I know that specing out my new wheels will be different than just saying "make them to oem widebody soecs" 🙏
Where can I get the lower rocker molder
From a direct connection dodge dealership. They must have a mopar direct connection program.
What size and brand of rims you have on your car???
Orem dodge demon wheels
Where did you buy oem kit?
Sponsored by a race team
What did you do with your old fenders seld them to me
Their in the trash
@@TIRADORACING oh man you should dime them to me
This video is 8 months old….. their probably being used as recycled plastic for coke bottles at this point 😂. Sorry brotha.
@@TIRADORACING Jajajajj i know I just been funny 😆
Who did you order them through I’ve called every dodge dealership around me and they told me it doesn’t exist and one told me I would have to pay upwards of 15k -.- can you post a link man ?
In my first widebody video I mentioned I did NOT buy the parts myself. It is a collaboration with Wesley Motorsports and our race program.
Can you link where you bought the kit?
No because it was sponsored and sent to me like I said in the beginning of the video. It would not have happened without Wesley Motorsports, a racing company that races dodges. I wish I could but that’s how I got the kit bro.
You can’t even find challenger widebody parts in a junkyard bro ! It’s insane. But there’s plenty of charger wb parts out there. 😢 USA hates challengers man I swear.
Whats the website for the parts?
I said it in the beginning of the video. I could not get the parts myself and had help from my friends at Wesley Motorsports.
The parts are blocked. If you don’t own a widebody, vin and proof of ownership it’s pretty much impossible. They even ask for pictures if the car has been in an accident. Along with the insurance claim if you try to use someone else’s vin....
Why did you remove the vicrez wide body ?
This car is unibody and the front twists really bad .basically after that season of racing the front was twisting and the flares started lifting and falling off.
The worst part was the fender and door gaps actually changed.
This is an old video but once the car was painted all that was fixed.
What exactly is different between the widebody you had and oem widebody
What exactly is different? All of it. The last kit was just flares that I glued on. This is an entire fender replacement for the front with 30-40 clips to install it.
The rear I had to make a template and drill holes for the clips to fit into the car.
@TIRADO RACING Okay, thank you for the information. I wasn't trying to be rude new to call building. I'm about to go my first 2014 challenger build. Who made the kit you had if you don't mind me asking
No your good brotha. The old kit was from Vicrez. The new kit was from Dodge.
You can make the vicrez kit look really good with some effort. Check out rome low life on RUclips he did a fantastic job
@TIRADO RACING I watched some of your other videos. I really enjoyed them. I sub to you, but would you recommend that vicrez kit, and where could I find a new Gen bumper rear
@@gabrielgomez731 thank you! If you have the skill to make the vicrez kit look good then he’ll yea I recommend it. It’s also a bit wider for wider wheels but not by much.
Maaaan, those rear fenders are the nightmare I imagined they would be. I really want to make my cat widebody but I just don't know if it's worth cutting up my cat.
Ultimately you have to weigh it out as it pertains to you.
Mine is not purely aesthetic and I already risk my car out on track. So cutting the car to be able to run bigger tires outweighed cutting it….
If it’s purely aesthetic I would trade up to an oem widebody car.
That’s just my opinion, I know there are hundreds of opinions surrounding this matter of cutting 🆚 trading up.
Cut it bro. Even the authentic OEM widebody's out of the factory are cut. Just don't do it if you plan on ever trading the car in. And you can always do the OEM kit so it wouldn't completely destroy the cars value.
rims demon 18 or 20 inches?
18x11
@@TIRADORACING how did you fit them in front. what brakes did you put on? I'm looking for a kit to replace my 6 pistons.thamks
how did you fit them in front. what brakes did you put on? I'm looking for a kit to replace my 6 pistons
If you look through my channel you will see my car is a 2009. 4 piston brembos. No modifications. Just put them on. There’s a video somewhere when I got the wheels.
How are you actually do that is buy some modeling clay you put it on the fender about where your screw holes are going to be press the fender down it leaves a hole where you need to drill your holes and put your fender on which takes about 10 minutes and I'm sure it took you much longer than that ask an old guy they'll tell you how to do stuff like that the easy way
That does sound easier (in theory). Give it a try and make a video I would love to see it done that way!
Coqui!
Ya tu sabes papa!
Might as well just convert the whole car bro. Rear bumper to the 2015+ model. And the interior.
I race this car on track, it’s not a conversion to look like a demon or hellcat.
I’ve explained this a few times, I cannot justify the cost of the rear bumper and lights. They don’t make the car go faster and if I get into an accident those are very expensive cosmetic parts.
The interior is not changing either, it does the job. 6 point weld in roll cage, race seats done.
This car will always be used for road racing and autocross. But I do plan on buying a newer mopar in the future. Maybe a charger hellcat….
original video shows us how we SHOULD glue not tape the fenders, this video shows us how you NEED a new paint job because of the glue while swapping to oem parts.
It’s all up to the owner. I mentioned it somewhere in the videos I had already planned to repaint the car, the oem part offer from Wesley came at the right time.
Also, trying to blend new paint on the front oem fenders and flares with the old paint on the doors and quarters was going to be hard. 12 going on 13 year old paint vs new paint.
Plastic flare, metal fender and door was going to look like 3 shades of orange. The vicrez kit was also a different shade but hard to see on camera.
Either way, after the initial install video I’m just taking y’all along for the ride. In hind sight, If you want oem and can find an oem widebody car just trade up.
Why did you go OEM over the Vicrez?
Sturdier for what I do with the car
@@TIRADORACING how to you think Vicrez kit will hold up for a weekend car? I don’t daily drive mine and don’t plan on racing just want widebody look.
Oh it’ll be just fine. My kit was on over a year (pandemic) and I was daily driving it because the roads were so empty. I would drive 45 min one way to work.
It took about 5-6 autocross days with the body twisting for the front flares to start lifting. Let’s not forget hitting cones and driving off course into dirt and so on.
For a weekend car the kit is perfect. My only issues where the front corners.
I’ll make a new video explaining all this lol
@@TIRADORACING I plan on having a shop install it and want it to be permanent. Do you think glueing it would be best option? I’m not going to be lowering it so don’t want to cut fenders and I already have 20x11 -2.5 offset wheels for it with 305/35r20’s so everything should be good there.
I’ve had my car 3 months now and only have 600 miles total. I do plan to drive it more once this COVID-19 stuff is under control little more.
Glue is pretty permanent as you saw it took some effort to remove. But if your shop has a better method by all means let them try it!
Waste of time
you already had widebody on what a waist of time n money
sorry bud what a fail
Sounds like your broke if you ask me 😂. Don’t hate the player hate the game 🤑
Also hit subscribe so you can see me waste my time and money on my trx, mustang, Ramcharger and Jeep 😘
No thanks
Well thanks for watching anyway bud!
There’s a big difference bro the hand-me-down vicrez kits are garbage. Fat ugly flares that don’t arch with the wheels. Front end not matching up with the hood. Know your stuff. I wasted 1500$ on a plastic kit that looked terrible.