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Oktyabr 20, 2008
Dodge Challenger SRT8 Convertible Coming to SEMA
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Dodge may have canceled their plans to build a Challenger convertible, but you can’t stop the aftermarket. Coach Builders Ltd. will chop the top off the new Challenger for $16,000. The topless Mopar is reinforced via strut bars hidden inside the trunk, and includes an acrylic polyester cloth hydraulic top, matching fabric headliner and a heated glass rear window. The green SRT8 they are bringing to SEMA also sports a Vortech supercharger, a KW coil-over suspension kit and 22-inch Foose Challenger wheels. More pics after the jump. Via TopSpeed.com
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TJ
Feb 10, 2009 at 7:52 am
Think of the spending cut backs Chrysler would earn if they just made their entire fleet of cars and trucks rag tops. This is a good idea. Rags cost less than steel. They should do rag hoods, doors, and trunk lids too. Geez I become smart right after smoking my crack pipe. I am running for president in the next term!
S. Brown
Nov 2, 2008 at 12:44 am
Nice car. Spoiler is weak, get a better one. Rims are even worse. Add a hood scoop that works not that weak phony. If your going to do a sports car, “DO a SPORTS CAR”. Make sure all wings and scoops work on it!
ledbetterking
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:49 pm
I think it would look better with light gloss of candy blue ,and another brand of rims. what a set 22s, with rubber band tires, and a hood scup
paching
Oct 28, 2008 at 7:13 am
I think 19’s would be big enough and the spoiler does’nt do it justice either.The car is smokin hot though
Big Shot
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:55 am
I like the drop top!!! I think if the wheels were black it would have been better!!! That booger green paint isnt really doing it for me either….
dmagster
Oct 27, 2008 at 2:29 am
I strongly disagree with Chrysler about not to building a convertible. A convertible should be built. If you don’t like it get a hardtop.
I agree the Foose wheels are terrible. They are supposed to be modern day versions of the classic Mopar 15X7 Ralley Wheels but Chip really missed the mark on these. Wheel Vintiques makes reproductions of the originals and I would just go with a set of those instead. I haven’t seen anybody do this yet.
I love the blacked out hood which is nearly identical to the 1970 Challenger T/A but the original T/A hood had hood pins. I think this hood should have the hood pins too.
I wonder why no one has come out with a Shaker Hood like the 1970 had?
The rear wing is sort of similar to the rear wing available from the factory during the muscle car years and it was available on BOTH the hardtop and convertible during the 1970 model year.
As far as that stripe is reminiscent of the 1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda stripe but they could have done a much better job designing it. And this type of stripe isn’t historically correct with any Challenger.
I agree, they also could have made the boot so the fit is much more flush with the quarter panels.
My bottom line: Loose the wheels and the stripe also fix the boot so the fit is flusher and I would buy it!
jay
Oct 25, 2008 at 4:15 am
Nice car but lose the rims. Those are foose rims? What was Foose thinking producing those?
James
Oct 23, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Love the Challenger, but….. don’t know about this one. hard top is deffinitely better for this mopar
bigmike
Oct 23, 2008 at 1:06 am
Looks like the chassis is sagging. Look at the bottom rear of the doors? The back spacing is making the wheels look wrong, although I think 22’s are too big. The reverse AAR stripe doesn’t look right either. Although original vert’s could be had with a wing.
Məxfi
Oct 22, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Ma Mopar needs to quit bullshittin’ and juss produce that car
Daniel
Oct 22, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Hey, it’s not like Chrysler is long for this world anyway…and it does look like it went through the “Fifty Knob, Fifty Light, Fifty Cent School of Design”
Jordan
Oct 22, 2008 at 6:30 pm
i am no mean a dodge guy but i had to give props they did the challenger rite then these guys fucked it all up! way to take a sick car and mess it up! and wtf is with the wing and rims??!!
The Saint
Oct 22, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Ugly. It looks like a hot-wheels car.
Ritchrock
Oct 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I agree, wheels should have been 19’s but no way should they be 20’s and 22’s, this is supposed to have that old school look.
FordRulesAll
Oct 21, 2008 at 4:14 am
OUch that was a bad look guys, it looks like a funny car in the drag races with the fat rear end and ow end skiny nose
Məxfi
Oct 21, 2008 at 2:25 am
22 look nice!!!! i like it alot id ltake the vert model
Devo
Oct 20, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Id definitly agree with SLVR6. I wouldn’t call it hideous though. But of all challengers I have seen, this is probably the least appealing
fabz77gp
Oct 20, 2008 at 4:12 pm
i agree with the issue about the wheels. as its been told by many customizers, if you use stock wheel size or slightly larger, it makes the car look overall bigger. me, i wouldnt have gone any bigger than 19. those can look nice but ya, waay too big on most cars customized.
Keith
Oct 20, 2008 at 4:02 pm
the only thing that bothers me is the wheels
fixfixitstop
Oct 20, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I usually like Foose wheels, but those? They are really, really ugly. I agree with SLVR6 too, the wing just doesn’t work on almost any convertible.
SLVR6
Oct 20, 2008 at 1:49 pm
That is the most hideous looking Challenger I have seen to date! The stripe is wrong, the wheels are wrong, the wing is wrong…..and the convertable boot isn’t flush!
7urtle
Oct 20, 2008 at 1:47 pm
20s in front22s in back would of loooked better
Derrick
Oct 20, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Why do they always have to ruin it by putting on 22’s?