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  1. MoparMap

    Child/Car seat recommendations?

    If you have a gen 3 or 4 you can turn the airbag off through a switch in the center console under the armrest. I don't have any kids myself, but I know the passenger seat is also set up with LATCH connections for car seats, so I think it's actually pretty easy to get one in the car. There...
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    Need tire help! And how bad are old tires….

    Agreed. It's an unpopular opinion around here, but the most important thing is just understanding what you have and driving to it. I bought some takeoffs from another local owner (not directly from them, but from the guy that took them off their car). They were older, but still had plenty of...
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    2005 SRT10 battery

    I've run whatever Walmart carries in my 04 for quite a while now. Like others have said though, I keep mine on a tender if I go without driving it for more than a week or so at a time. Generally it sees pretty regular use for the commute though, so I think mine tends to get more cycles than...
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    Tire Pressure Sensor recommendation

    The DRB IIIs are getting old enough that they pop up on Ebay and other places from time to time. When shops or dealerships close down they'll auction off equipment a lot of times, which is how several likely ended up on the market. I got mine off of Ebay because I plan to keep my car for a...
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    DRB III

    Depends what all you want to do with it. The standard OBDII style cable that should do the vast majority of work on later model cars is the CH7000A one. The plain CH7000 still works, but I believe they highly recommend the A model if you plan to do any flashing. For just diagnostics and...
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    quickjack suitability

    I bought a BL-5000SLX from Costco many years ago when I had to do my first engine removal and rebuild. I should have bought one years before that, it's really nice to have. It is a bit of a pain to use on my Viper, but I've also lowered mine a bit and it might be just enough to be an issue. I...
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    Oil Temps

    I have read in the past that the Mopar coolant is just rebranded/redyed Zerex G05. Whether that is true or not I can't say, but I did put G05 back in my car after a rebuild. It's more of a gold color out of the bottle, but I was doing a full system fill, so it didn't matter as much. I've been...
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    Oil Temps

    220 does feel just a touch high to me. I think mine usually runs right even with the water temp around 210 once everything is all up and warm. A/C on might make that a little different I suppose, but if you're on the highway cruising I'd expect it to stay a little lower than you're seeing. Do...
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    Tire Pressure Sensor recommendation

    It's possible someone has just taken them out if they went bad. As for reading IDs, if they are still in the tires (even if they are dead), they have stickers on them with the IDs, so that's potentially always a backup plan. I managed to pull the numbers off of mine that way, though one of...
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    Rear window (convertible) glass coming unglued

    Hmm, very interesting. Thanks for the info! It seems a bit different from my car on how the window is attached, but I guess it might still work the same. On my top I believe there is some kind of plastic strip that is stitched to the fabric that then gets heat bonded to the glass. The fabric...
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    These cars are so underrated

    I've always said you can daily drive a lawnmower if you're dedicated enough, but yeah, the Viper really isn't nearly as bad as a lot of magazines and stuff made it out to be. If you drive it like a normal car, it drives like a normal car. I know that sounds dumb, but so many people seem to...
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    Tire Pressure Sensor recommendation

    The only possible reason I could guess is that you have to have a physical DRB III to do it. The emulators don't talk to the TPMS modules for some reason (I was trying to dig into this a long time ago, but never came up with anything). At this point I'm guessing very few dealers still have one...
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    Tire Pressure Sensor recommendation

    I got the kit as a gift many years ago before I had the DRB III. I also have a second set of rims I put on for the track weekend I used to do, so this gave me a good way to have two identical sets so I could more easily swap between them. I can confirm they work and are handy for something...
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    Rear window (convertible) glass coming unglued

    Have you got any links to the adhesive or clamps? I've had this issue for a while now. The lower passenger side was the first to go on mine and I glued it with super glue that seems to have held fine up till now. The driver's side just let go recently though and has come apart over a much...
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    Tire Pressure Sensor recommendation

    I have Dorman Multi-Fit sensors on my car at the moment. They are programmable with a Dorman tool so you could clone them to your existing codes and not need to reprogram the TPMS itself. Granted, since you already have the DRB III that's probably just as easy. Every once in a while my car is...
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    Honest feedback on this wing choice

    The wing itself doesn't look all that bad to me until I saw it from the rear. Seems like it has too much curve up on either side. I think the end plates are just too big as well and seem to mess with the visual balance. It's reminds me of a time attack car since a lot of times those have...
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    Gen 3 Headlamp Experience

    Seriously? Wow. I had my right side get broken when I picked up a chunk of concrete on the highway that rolled around the wheel well and shot through my fog light panel into the back of the lens. I know the repair shop said they had a moderately difficult time finding a replacement, but I...
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    Gen 3 Headlamp Experience

    Ahh, sorry, misread your original post. Thought you said you only noticed the cracks after PPF was removed from headlights. That is super weird. You'd think they'd would be tough enough to take some fairly extreme conditions given where they are and what they go through in normal driving...
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    Gen 3 Headlamp Experience

    That is pretty weird. You don't suppose PPF could possibly trap more heat inside the housing when the lights are on and cause damage over time? Seems kind of unlikely, but it's about the only other thing that I could possibly think of that might cause damage aside from an impact of some sort.
  20. MoparMap

    Gen 3 Headlamp Experience

    I get the impression that the tooling might still be out there from some of the stories I've heard regarding other parts, but hard to say whether it might be worn out or not. I would guess not with the low volumes of cars they made, but then again they might have made less durable tooling as...
  21. MoparMap

    STOLEN!!!

    Is Lojack still the standard for stuff like that? It's the first name that comes to mind for me at least, though I've never actually used them myself. That's more of a full service kind of setup vs something that's more "personally" managed like an AirTag. Granted I think it's probably more...
  22. MoparMap

    Exhaust

    I really like the Borla offerings, but not sure if they make a kit for the gen 5 or not. They have a deeper "muscle car" tone to them to my ears at least. I'm 99% sure the Mopar race exhaust is made by them as well. It's identical in construction to the Borla system, just in a longer package...
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    Gen 3 supercharger system Questions

    The JTEC is the ECU that is already in the car (JTEC = Jeep Truck Engine Controller). The earlier cars had SBEC (Single Board Engine Controller) ECUs and the later ones had the Venom ECU (no clever acronym for it as far as I know). The JTEC controllers can be flashed with something like an SCT...
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    Viper Alum V10 New bare block

    What generation is that block? I'm guessing maybe 1 or 2? I've only seen 3+ stuff since I've had mine apart a few times, but I could have sworn Prefix replaced a sleeve or two when I sent it to them after my last rod bearing failure. I could see gen 1/2 stuff not being as available though.
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    Something fun!

    Sounds like quite the adventure. Starting with a gen 5 setup might be interesting, but I guess if you're going full custom on stuff it's not as big of a deal. Mostly just from the standpoint of tuning and whatnot is why the newer ones have been harder to work with, but I guess that had changed...

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