project derice-ing (pics)

[dodgeshadowchik]

hey everyone! after a long search of a body for my shadow i have found one not rotted out and with very minimal rust for these cars being plagued by paint peeling.

anyways, i'd like to ask some opinions here. the whole reason for finding the blue car is to replace certain body mods to my red car that cannot be removed. however, there are some aspects i liked about the red car's body kit such as the wing (its an actual wing off the evolution lancer) and the sideskirts. so i guess the question is.. ditch 'em or keep 'em?

here's some pictures of the "new" car and the red car.

[Birddog]

WTF happened to that poor red car!!!!

Sorry, I'm new to this story, please elaborate....

[WVRampage]

I kind of like wing.

[dodgeshadowchik]

long story short:


basically i really want to tone this down. the amount of scoops annoy me now. unfortuanlly, most of the body kit is perminatly attached to the body so i was forced to find another body. lol!

[WVRampage]

Why didnt they just get and EVO since the wing and the hood match one.If the hood has the vents in the back side it could help out a little and well the front bumper isnt that great looking at all.

[GLHS592]

I can only imagine the purpose of that. I'm guessing that's for when your A/C breaks down and it's really hot outside.

If it were me, I'd transfer all your good parts to the blue can and set the red one on fire.

[Whorse]

Yeah the blue car is a beauty. Transfer the drivetrains and sell the red one to some kid :P

[slasky]

Ditch everything on the red car except the drive train. Make sure what's left of the red car gets crushed so no one will have to endure the pain and suffering you just bestowed on us.

[mcsvt]

When did that happen to your car (the accident)? The blue car does look pretty good. I guess it depends if you want to keep 4 doors, or go with 2. How is the turbo project coming along?

[87ShelbyJT]

I like the blue car better. Like mentioned swap the drivetrain from the red car to the blue car

[Shadow24]

it all depends what look your going for. im not too keen on the roof scoop, but the skirts and hood looked ok to me. not a big fan of wings due to the purely asthetic use sub-80+mph. i personally am gonna go for a nice clean look on mine, i.e. sleeper. BTW, you gonna stuff the 24v into the blue car then? (what year is the blue one, due to the K-member/A-arm differences)

[BIGBRUDDA]

I had an identical blue/silver Shadow ES. Very cool, loved the paint scheme. Dropped the body a little, installed fat tires/pumpers.IT WAS HAPPENIN!! Mine was a V6 with "turbo flow" muffler,IT SNARLED
You certainly won't miss all that body work come wash-n-wax time.

[JDAWG]

yea i like the blue car, but I dont like the silver bottom. Im not a fan of 2-tone, I would paint it all one color.

[dodgeshadowchik]

thanks for the input.

the blue car is a 1992. and yes, that'll be the car getting the 24v engine eventually. for now it'll get the drivetrain that's in the red car. (3.0L A543 with turbo) what i like best about the blue one is it's already a stick! i had to convert the red one over. oh, and the red one was not in an accident. i just started to take it apart...and realized that i was going to need antoher car to fix this. lol! the rear window is taped over because that window motor quit working.

the blue car will need a new paint job. it stated to peel off on the roof; but it's not terrible right now. however, i believe the only way to fix it is to take it down to metal and reprime it then paint it. (as it was chrysler's primer that caused the paint peel, right?)

[Shadow24]

i thught the primer was fine but that the final coating sucked *shrugs* my primer is still there where the paint peeled away lol.

92, hmm. stronger cast A-arms and K-member i believe, but rear discs were circa 93 IIRC (still want to get some rear discs myself) and i like the shadow grill better than the plymouth one maybe ill pick one up for my car....

also, where did you pick up those skirts/ground effects? those off a similar car or somesuch?

[Directconnection]

Yeah the blue car is a beauty. Transfer the drivetrains and sell the red one to some kid :P

Exactly. The red one... well, looks like someone molested a poor shadow with a supra's front end.

Besides, nothing pishes off a ricer more than a fwd 4-banger that looks nice, but isn't riced out with non-functional body parts.

If it were me, I'd track down '89 CSX body pieces for your new blue shadow. That is what i hve always wanted to do, but couldn't afford to do so.

[Directconnection]

thanks for the input.

the blue car is a 1992.

You sure that's a '92? I thought the '90 and '91 cars had the silver gfx, and '92 and up were body coler? I could be wrong... but that's what I have seen at the junkyards many, many times.

[Darkapollo]

who put the R/T badge on the shadow? never seen that one before :-p

[boostboy]

Id take the drivetrain form the red car and thats it. I really like a sleeper look and the shadow's with the full GFX and fog lights look decent stock. You might want to try and find an 89 CSX grille and wing, they really ad a lot tot the shadows. If you really want to spend the money you cant go wrong with an 89 CSX-VNT bodykit, they are plain sexy.

[dodgeshadowchik]

the build date on the car is 6/92. so it's either 92 or 93.

shadow24: do you want a shadow style grille? i have 2 of them now. heh!
the entire bodykit was actually off a mistubishi eclipse. (95-99) the front bumper is going in the trash tonight.

a csx bodykit would look very nice! perhaps that's just what i'll do!

as for the r/t badge... i have no idea. maybe it's one of a kind.