My Stratus

Not sure if I have a thread about my car or not yet, but I just did a few things this weekend to it including CD Player install and HIDs, amongst many other things, alot of headaches and pain the ass, but things are turning out for the better.


Here are the 30000k +(HIDs)+ that I just ordered and finally have pictures of installed, they look VERY GREAT!. I am definately pleased with them and for $80 total they aren't too bad of a bargain, one year warranty.





I've also done a few more exterior mods, including painting the inside of my headlights to give them the darker look, it's a great difference.

Here is the stock

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And here are mine after the painting and reflector removal.



And another.



I've also got a few dress-up items that I personally regret and will probably be getting rid of in the next few weeks, maybe wait up until the ponit where I am going to have a motor-swap performed. We'll see.



All in all i'm pretty happy with my car, although it's an automatic it's still pretty peppy and can hang with basically anything that is 'stock'. I'll post more updates when they become available

Nice looking, how do you like the new headlights at night though?

Nice looking, how do you like the new headlights at night though?

The headlights at night are amazing, they were blinding people at first so I've got them more adjusted towards the ground now so it's not as bad, they illuminate the road generously compared to anything i've ever had before, I definately recommend them.

engine swap on a stratus?

Yes. Stratus R/T's as most people DON'T know come with the Eclipse GT motor (01-05) 3.0L as well as the Chrsler Sebring LXI and Mitsu Galant GTZ all share the same Drivetrain. It's pretty nice because everything is interchangeable. I'm going to get a 6g74 Diamante 3.5L engine it puts out roughly 10more hp and roughly 50 more torque, which is what actually matters, as well as a high stall torque converter which will help transfer the power more efficiently to the wheels.

I'm so excited, i'll post some videos soon as everything is done and i've been gone to the track.

I'll have some CD Player pictures up during the week, installation was a very bad headache, i'll probably write up my own How-To for it since people are getting frustruated at me copying/pasting others "work" so we'll see.

I'm still planning on
*Lowering springs installation
*Farad cap install (easy)
*Paint-matching my taillights (they're black atm) and smoking the headlights and taillights.
*Purchasing+Installing HID Fog-lights, possibly a blue-ish color, or HID Yellow..
*Motor-Swap
*Header purchase+installation
*HSTC install
*More engine bay detail
*Flip-out DVD installatino
*dual Headrest monitor install shortly afterwards.

+Many more, i'll be sure to post once I've gotten everything done.

Car may be for sale within the next 2-3 months as well pending how the motor swap turns out

The headlights at night are amazing, they were blinding people at first so I've got them more adjusted towards the ground now so it's not as bad, they illuminate the road generously compared to anything i've ever had before, I definately recommend them. Yes. Stratus R/T's as most people DON'T know come with the Eclipse GT motor (01-05) 3.0L as well as the Chrsler Sebring LXI and Mitsu Galant GTZ all share the same Drivetrain. It's pretty nice because everything is interchangeable. I'm going to get a 6g74 Diamante 3.5L engine it puts out roughly 10more hp and roughly 50 more torque, which is what actually matters, as well as a high stall torque converter which will help transfer the power more efficiently to the wheels. I'm so excited, i'll post some videos soon as everything is done and i've been gone to the track.

Yea, I just want to say that I want to shoot people that use those headlights. I'd really like to. They should be illegal and I'm sure they cause many accidents annually.

As soon as you can prove that, I'd like to call bullshit on it. Mine in the picture we're taken like that before I re-aimed them, they illuminate the ground much more now, so it's not NEAR as bad. There are some idiots out there though that leave them facing up and it generally points directly into their eyes I wouldn't doubt may cause a few wrecks nationally a year, but hardly nothing compared to people driving drunk, high, illegally, etc etc etc.

Just a few mini-updates from the Camera phone.

I've added a light-gloss to the headlights and fog-lights, the Camera phone does just NOT do the justice, but here's an idea of what it looks like.


I also got tired of the stock wheels, they are MUCH glossier in person than what you can tell on here, and this is just a rough draft, I'm going to be adding a few more coats, and doing something special with the center cap.


And lastly, the tails all tinted, and the reverse lights have gotten a nice tint, I've also retouched the rear-left quarterpanel, and eventaully am going to retouch the entire car (i'm getting progressively better at it..)


It looks great IMO, i've gotten alot of compliments from random people in traffic, local car shows, still needs alot of TLC though. I still haven't fixed my bumper, but I have touched up a ton of things under the hood, and valve cover/intake mani are up there on the to-do list now.



*And most recently* Added a set of Megan Racing Headers.

still in the fine-tuning process of the header installation, but they sound great and add a substantial amount of power,

So many idiots leave their lights on bright ...when their lights are already the equivelant of "bright" when they're on "dim" because of being that type then it's not hard to see why it's blinding when I even go by them on the highway, let alone a two-lane road.

engine swap on a stratus?