Summary and story. . . . . . .

I purchased my 05 neon sxt in june of 2005.  Many have asked why i have put so much into an sxt rather than buying an srt4 and doing what ive done to it instead. The reason is because insurance costs for me with my driving record +an srt= way too much. And being the sxt cost almost half as much, I owned it completely when i drove it off the lot   ( no financing ). Which in turn gave me the option to put more cosmetics and aftermarket products into the "P.O.S , Grandmas car," as most people refer to neons. I believe I have done a decent job turning a stock neon into a work of art. I hope anyone who sees it, or anyone elses efforts into their rides other than my own, can appreciate rather than hate and discriminate  .

Since my neons "birth" in 05, it has gone through hell and back, litterally.  It has been in 7 total car accidents. 4 of which i have been rear ended, and the other 3 which were my fault rear ending others. The worst part of my cars past was in july of 07. It was raining like no other all day and the sides of the main roads here in denver were equivalent to that of a river. I was driving home from work and went through one of these river like intersections, And at the time I had the magnum cold air intake from aem. As i drove through the 2 and a half to 3 foot waters, my luck had ended and the neon sucked up enough water to seize the motor (indefinitely) thanks to the air filter being just inches from pavement..(this really sucked cuz i had just had the neon painted about a month before this scenario occurred) Starting it wasnt an option, more details on that later. lol. So as i waited for a friend to tow my car back to the toyota dealership i work at, my car started to fill with water. It was like a scene out of a movie. I couldnt believe this was happening. I knew my car was done for. But im not the type to give in easily. Gettin to the point, myself and another tech pulled the motor knowing it was done for, then took it apart to find 3 bent rods and one snapped completely in half.(explaining why the motor would not turn over)    As well as water flowing out of the exhaust when removed. Amazing to say the least that water made it through the motor and out of the exhaust . Other than the motor being totaled, the interior was completely submerged. So being as bull headed as i am i decided not to consider this car junkyard material as so many others had suggested as the next two days passed. I did what not many would have. . . pulled everything out of the motor bay that could have and was affected by the rain water, pulled out the interior COMPLETELY to bare metal. Then began the hunt for everything that needed to be replaced, without payin the pretty penny for new parts. My plan was to rebuild this ride of mine from the ground up and let the beast breathe once again. . . . . Luckily the seats and carpets were saved by leavin them out in the sun to dry for a couple days. . . I searched the internet front to back to find a decently priced used motor with low miles. I got lucky and found one at a junkyard in downtown denver  for 700 dollars. the best part of this motor i scored was the miles on it. 16000, whereas my blown motor had 59000. So my ride got its new heart along with every other part that goes in the motor bay including starter, p/s pump, all the electronic sensors, the ecu, etc. (the list goes on)  excluding the transmission which survived. Just two weeks, and $1000 later my bull headedness paid off. The ride breathed once again. It kept throwin codes at us through the OBDII , so after jumpin through hoops with that, and replacing sensors the battle was over and victory was ours! (mine and ryans, the tech who helped me through it all)

Thanks to ryan for bein there with me through it all, knowin that giving up did go through my mind a few times, he kept my spirits up.

Blood, sweat, and dollar bills. . . creates a masterpeice ...

This we refer to as the carnage photo

And the transplant