Interior/Audio
I intentionally haven't spent much time on the interior or the audio. First, better audio comes, typically, with more weight - something I'm trying to stay away from. Second, it's not my cup of tea.
I FINALLY got my viper steering wheel put together. A fully functioning 3rd Gen Viper steering wheel, with a PTGT airbag installed, with a retrofitted PTGT cruise control stalk on it. I'm a badass.
Since I entered the digital world of Macs and iPods, I wanted a radio that facilitated that without me needing to pay tons of attention to the radio to get what I wanted. So I purchased the Alpine IDA-x100 headunit - no cd player, but radio and the controls mimic the iPods. I enjoy it.
Seeing as how I like going around corners quickly, I needed seats that held me, and my fiance, in place. Trying to keep it looking subtle, and cheap, I purchased the front seats from a SRT-4 and discovered that it is a direct bolt on. It does raise the seating position slightly, however, so keep that in mind. I have since shaved a bit off the bottom of the seat cushion so it lowered the position a bit. It holds far better than the PTGT stock seats - on to the pic (pre-passenger seat install)!
I guess I'll stick the new gauges and pod in here. I bought a dual gauge pod from a friend who color matched it to the interior and an Autometer Gauge... so I put:
1. AEM Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge - so I can keep things safe
2. Mopar/Autometer 30/30 Boost gauge - very accurate, with peak recall, and a warning light
3. Aeroforce Scangauge - over 30 parameters can be monitored, 6 can be recorded, and I have the AEM wired into it so it may be recorded; timing advance and knock retard are most often displayed
While I didn't want to do much to the interior, improving driveability is key for me. I found that with certain shoes, or if wet, my foot would occasionally slip off the gas pedal when heel-and-toe downshifting. I settled on the Autovation Matte pedals because they bolt on (they aren't covers), the brake and clutch are very grippy, and the gas pedal is flaired for heel-and-toe.
I put some PT/Chrysler logo stickers over the airbag stickers on the visors. They look better and don't bother me as much.
I wanted to improve the sound in the car without spending too much - I had a lot to do performance wise! When I was looking at the options, I really wanted a woofer that would be out of the way and fairly hidden (and pretty light because PT's aren't light to begin with).
I settled on the Mopar Subwoofer when PT Boutique had a super sale on the 8" woofer. I installed it in a few hours and it sounds pretty good for a woofer that small! I also stuffed it with polyfill to make it sound tighter.
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