I have been tossing some ideas around in my head lately about starting a company dedicated to the progression of the Crossfire aftermarket products.

I already have several product ideas which I am taking steps towards producing.

But, I would like to hear from you guys.. What would you like to see as far as aftermarket products go? (Please dont say Turbo kits and Superchargers.)

 

I'd like to see some supercharger or turbo kits. LOL

 

LOL you suck.. I knew someone would still say it

 

Just keeping some other yahoo from saying it. LOL

 

Hey Rudy!
Sorry HyprLtH20 but the items Rudy mentioned are probably first on a lot of folks minds. I'm sure a lot of us want to go faster!!

What type of items are you thinking of offering? Suspension? Performance? Tuning? Appearance? Might narrow down the responses if you could let us know.

Good luck on your idea. We could always use another source for parts!

 

This. Seriously, This.

Oh, and carbon fiber parts...like legit: roof, hood, spoiler, trunk hatch, etc.

 

Everything I have come up with so far has been more or less a visual mod not performance based.

Carbon fiber parts could probably be done depending on how many are truly interested.

So far I want to produce a front lip kit for the N/A bumper, side skirts, and rear diffusers.. Maybe a new front bumper to give the srt guys something different. Something like the Mopar Drift car..

 

I'd like a conversion kit to turn my srt coupe into a roadster please.... LOL Oh yeah, and make sure it is good and cheap. Seriously though, I don't think anyone is making the pillar post covers with guages anymore, that would be nice. Some descent rocker panels would be nice. How about a new dash configuration so we can put the new fancy Chrysler touch screen radios in that have the back up camera, satellite tv, DVD, nav, satellite etc(The car is small enough I doubt we really need those removeable center vents if that helps btw). A new console with a better cupholder would sell well. There is probably gonna be a big market for body panels and headlights soon. I would like to have better paintable or crome "gills" in our fender vents. Some kind of good looking cover for that darned hard elbow rest. Some good looking hood vents displaying supercharged ///AMG would be nice(if funtional and made safe). An affordable AMG or MB shifter would be nice. Some kind of good looking softer replacement for the hard a$$ed door pulls that bruise my and many other tall people's knees. I don't know if the AMG signature plates are being made by anyone at this time. Some commemorative badging was available at one time too, displaying the number of srt's built and it being hand built by AMG etc. I don't know how the quality was on those or if they are still being made, but a really nice domed commemorative badge for them would be nice. Any affordable SC pulley that was more affordable would be well received. Oh yeah, a turbo and a supercharger would be nice as well.... LOL I don't know what areas you had in mind, but that is all just off the top of my head and some stuff I would like. Oh, wait, here comes a few more.. I am sure any good body kit would be well received by many. I would prefer a mild body kit, but anything from mild to wild would be well received. A wide body rear fender flare that caused the body crease to gradually end by the time the fender turns down would make a much enhanced roadster look, kinda like a modern prowler rear. Ok, I gotta quit this writing, that should be enough stuff for you to think about and reject. LOL I hope that gives you some ideas. There is always the stuff the others have as well, but it seems like most of the stuff that is available, is available by some pretty good people and have good quality(with a few notable exceptions). Crossfire owners seem to be pretty picky though(And rightfully so since many paid 40-50k for their cars just a few years ago), so poor quality parts will not go over well.

 

Yes yes yes, and yes.

 

I'd be very interested in an alternative rear diffuser and the front bumper lip too.

 

I've been tossing around a JGTC style diffuser like this



That way I could run my diff cooler in the space where the stock exhaust was and run the exhaust like above

 

I was thinking of an alternative rear facia accent, maybe with some mesh to compliment the front bumper lower mesh grilles.

 

it really wouldnt flow with the backend of our cars... itd look like you were staring at the front.

That being said, someone should do something about the front mesh, its ugly and restricts airflow.

I want a whole new front bumper, something with bigger openings thats more front mount intercooler and airflow friendly.

we need real, functional front lip options too

 

As aftermarket parts are becoming so very hard to find is there an opportunity in that area?
Say bumpers etc

 

I've seen talk of a fabricated lip spoiler for the Limited on some other threads, generated a fair amount of interest, but I dont think anyone has made one - other than Startech.

 

lip spoilers dont do much, I want a functional, downforce producing lip/front splitter

as far as the aftermarket, this car doesnt have one... at all.

I want to see something like this


as far as open spaces go, room for an intercooler, oil cooler, trans cooler, brake ducts, etc. really dont care if the foglights stay.

now if I could get a complete JGTC/GT1 style kit like this, i'd be in heaven


front bumper, front fenders, side skirts, rear over fenders, read bumper.... it'd be pure sex, plus I could run decent fitment

 

Infinite, you keep referencing "full-blown" racing modifications, as if a supplier of any magnitude would create that for the general public.

Regarding the front bumper/diffusers, I think the vast majority of us want something that adds a bit of function and some improved styling, all while retaining a somewhat factory look. In other words, keep it classy, San Diego.

You seem to only want things that would make the car non-drivable for most daily tasks... something best left for one-off situations, not necessarily as a design study for an already strangled aftermarket.

Clean, classy, universally PRACTICAL... those will be traits of a bumper that not only gets produced, but also sells.

And you seem to be obsessed with JGTC... seems to me like you've bought the wrong car. The Crossfire is a touring coupe with a smooth drivetrain and unique, classy styling... not a Japanese sports car.

If you're going to take the uphill path of turning a touring coupe into a proper sports car, at least reference DTM,which would be closer to the Mercedes heritage... not JGTC.

All JGTC cars are race cars, but not all race cars are JGTC.

Nitpicky, yes.... but I had to say it.

 

I was wondering in my head just last week or the week after ( When I was looking for a used 350Z) about what a wide body kit for the Crossfire would look like. How about some adjustable front control arms. Functional arms, camber/caster/toe, not just cam eccentrics like we have....

 

I was talking with someone about this last weekend. It is definitely something that would be interesting to see, but it would have to be very clean lines and no rough corners on the angle changes... I have seen some done very well, and other well were just plain sh*t.

 

Yeah... I'm not into Jap Crap, but the more I see these 350's and the 370s look nice too. They're starting to grow on me. Plus the aftermarket for these cars is undeniable.... I do not like the lines of a convertible though, has to be a coupe. While I like the functionality of a convertible (Having owned Jeeps in the past) The body lines over the top I think look silly. There was this Red 350 I saw for sale. Had a wide body, was supercharged, was like a 2004 or 2005. I was seriously thinking about it...