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HOT FIYA
First and foremost, welcome back! As you already pointed out Needswings is still around. In fact, they adjust just released new headers that are 1/3 the price of the MBH Performance headers so that's rather enlightening. Since buying my SRT-6 back in 2014 i've gone the custom route for alot of things. I had custom front/side splitters made, elected to go for a custom exhaust over that of an off the shelf model, etc. Ground Control also released their coilovers last year as an alternative to the KW V2's. So in short, the aftermarket....albeit very small....is still pretty sparse, but there have been a few new products released over the last year or so, so it's by no means dead.
Great news man!! And yes, I've been monitoring the NW headers for a while... still anxiously awaiting the numbers, but I know the customer who is receiving them, and I'm sure the outcome will be nice.
My target is to have a simple, reliable setup that gets me in the deep 12's. I learned a lot of lessons from my last SRT... I learned that supercharger pulleys can, in fact, be too small. I learned that not all fuel upgrades are "upgrades". So for my next car (if I end up with another SRT) will be very straightforward -- 181, NW Single CAI, SL55 pump, flash tune, tweaked manis -- and that's it. Since Kim is making good money, I'll have some extra cash to put towards the interior/exterior -- think "tasteful" re-freshening and some tactful use of OEM Mercedes bits.
Oddly enough, I'm eyeing Aero Blue as the next color (I've owned Alabaster and Graphite). Convertible is preferred, but I could live with a coupe if condition/mileage was right.