Some more random shots from the Retrofit Source photoshoot. It's naturally very lighting oriented since that is what their company specializes in.

 

So I did a wiper delete by removing the entire assembly and removed the front cowl etc to make it easy to remove the strut bar and test fit the firewall cover.







I took the firewall to my exhaust guy who didn't charge me a dime to trim the firewall really quick. Cool dude! I just needed a small section trimmed to help it clear the bracket on the backside of the strut bar that was there to hold the wiper motor. I ended up drilling some holes and then put some self tapping screws in the strut bar to hold the firewall cover in place.

The holes etc are a bit too trimmed considering it site a lot further back but it looks okay in photos. I also trimmed off most of the rubber off of the front cowl since certain areas were torn anyways.





Here is a shot with the BT strut bolt caps

 

Thanks guys...just slowly piecing my fuel system together to support e85 and FI:

Found a neighborhood with a Xmas themed culdasac



Living the no wiper life lol;





Injector Dynamics ID1000 injectors!!!

 

Really impressive build, the attention to detail is amazing. The wheels are stunning IMO, I'm not sure if I just saw wrong, but it seemed to me you have no wheel locks on those?? With all the $$ put into this car, I would highly recommend some quality locks ASAP.

Also, can I ask why the wiper delete? I get it doesn't rain in SoCal too often, but that almost seems like a safety hazard. I can only imagine the road grime being flung onto the windshield on every drive, plus, is something like that even legal? (Can imagine it being a problem while getting state inspected) I one time had a car that had no working windshield wash fluid and it quickly drove me mad, constantly having to pull off and clear the grime.

 

Possibly the best 300 I've ever seen. Best color ever. As you can see from my sig white is my fav color.

 

Thank you sir. Yes, your eyes are correct...no wheel locks. I'm too familiar with knowing that most people will steal whatever they want (tow the whole car and part it out lol). That's what insurance is for I guess and I hardly ever park it outside longer than 10 mins. It's always garaged...you've jinxed me! Lol jk

The windshield is always clean and I always have quick detailer with me. All of my cars have had wiper deletes since 1996 with no issue.

 

Thank you sir..very much appreciated especially coming from the import/euro crowd. White has definitely grown on me. It's one of those great colors to have on cars. I have a few friends with all white cars as well. Ironically their GTR is gunmetal though because he thought that it looked weird in white

 

WOW this build is impressive, Ive been around cars my whole life and have built many, you have some serious build here man love it. AMG brakes!!! that is sick!

 

Appreciate that sir. The build is slowing down a bit as funds are tightening up. Really want to put my blower on bad!

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Thanks to Hemissary, another pair of Q45 projectors arrived after customs decided to sit on their *** for close to a week lol. I'm hoping that Essential Lites, The Retrofit Source, and I can figure out what to do with them and get it completed prior to Spring Fest.

 

Finally snapping pics of the GSM/Paxton SC kit w/ air-to-air fmic.

Still need the following below:

-Fuel Hat
-fuel pumps (e85)
-rails & crossovers
-valve body
-engine damper

Anyways on to the pics:

 

Here is a video clip I took from outside the vehicle. Johan from diablosport came through again with a quick tune putting the rear 02's in closed loop so I could drive her home. The exhuast is off here to get polished etc. The race mufflers are tiny and will bring down the sound a few decibels and the huge x-pipe will balance out the exhuast harmonics a bit more.



All 4 doors have 2 layers of dynomat, which quiets the cabin considerably. I still have plenty left and need to do the floorboard and headliner.



A preview of my new exhuast setup built by @ocmufflerman. @ocmufflerman works on all makes and models, but he seems to do a lot of big stuff on older muscle cars. I'm really digging the x-pipe, which is a big giant piece incorporating the midpipes, X, and mid pipes. The @ocmufflerman race mufflers are a nice touch as well. The race mufflers are the pieces at the end of the x-pipe.

 

So the car is being shutdown until Spring Fest 9. Some cool changes will be coming to bring attention to other parts of the car. Look forward to seeing everyone.



Picked up this backup sensor kit for ****s and giggles. I may install these at some point on the front bumper.



A random photo someone snapped on Instagram while I was dropping some parts off for paint at DTM Autobody.i liked how the pearl looked even though the car was dirty as hell.



Thanks to Erik at BFNY, I completed the rest of the stuff needed to complete my 2010 LSD install

 

So half of the stuff came back from Baid Polish... It's going to be a tight fit on scheduling to get everything done before spring Fest.





Masked off some areas of the rear end of the exhaust to put some extra work in.





The Fore fuel Rails and crossovers are now polished (originally black)



Installed the rails to get a jump start on the supercharger install. Was able to tuck the front crossover and then realized I was able to tuck the rears as well with some tinkering.





The rear crossover now tucked:



Rear 2010 Challenger axles painted gold:



Putting some work in on the 2010 Getrag. This will be painted as well.



Off the goes to get the Supercharger done:







The main Supercharger bracket powdercoated. It wasn't the color I wanted, but time crunches unfortunately change things;

 

Here are some progress pics of the rear section of the exhaust. The piping is High Temp Metallic gold, powdercoated black exhaust tips w/ Gold rings. For some reason the fluorescent lights along with the clearcoat makes the rings look yellow, but they are actually gold. It didn't come out as clean as I wanted, but it will do for now.



Here is a major TEASER pic of what's coming down the pike from Essential Lites w/ love from TRS (aka The Retrofit Source).

There aren't going to be any halos...we will post more revealing pics on Instagram (@e85hemi & @essentiallites) up until Spring Fest. This is going to be the retrofit that will push the envelope for the LX chassis.

And no we're not doing halos...

 

Shoutout to Jon @ AMP, Chris@LMI, Stu @ Inertia, Noremac, and Neil Tjin from Vortech with of the support for this next stage of the build.

I decided to just buy new air filters for the SC kit while we're at it. Pretty cool that Spectre offers the filters in white.





Another teaser shot from @essentiallites today slowly revealing what we've been plotting and planning for a minute.

The light coming from the q45 projectors are actually DRL's / parking lights that will switch off when the projectors kick on. The led strip on the outer edge of the projectors as long as the relocated signal drilled out on the headlight housing will be my new blinkers.