carritt11

Dodge of Burnsville is a shady dealership. I've heard of problems from them and also had a personal experience when my father and I stopped by to check out Rams for him. They only care about taking your money. If you're able I suggest driving down to Jeff Belzers in Lakeville. My father and I have both bought vehicles from them and have had very good experiences with them, sales reps and service reps. Good luck.

OK guys new to the dodge family ive always driven a toyota but i decided to make the jump to dodge and recently purchased a 2014 Dodge Journey SXT 3.6L From my understanding of what i read and the couple pictures i saw the K&N 69-2546TS Air Intake that fits on the 2014 Dodge Avenger will fit on the Dodge Journey 3.6L almost identical. AM i correct? Also What do you guys think of the small upgrade in a CAI? Do you guys think its worth it to get the CAI or should i just stick with the K&N air filter?

Yes it will bolt on the same. The most noticeable part is the sound when you step on it and get it to a higher rpm. I did notice a little better throttle response at the higher rpms but under normal driving you won't notice the minimal gain. Cold air intakes are best paired with other mods, which there aren't many since the journey isn't viewed as a performance vehicle. It's up to you what you feel is worth putting on your vehicle. Your money, your car, your enjoyment.

If your looking to use the license plate mount try on the bottom so the lights sit inside the lower grille. It would be a little more stealth. Not sure how well the bracket would hold up to the weight at highway speed though.

98 Dodge Stratus

01 Dodge Dakota-still own

11 Dodge Avenger

15 Dodge Journey

Raised Mopar, can you tell?

Other than me, for the last 15 vehicles my immediate family has owned in the last 27 years, all were Dodge/RAM other than a 1980ish GMC pick-up and an 05 Chrysler 300

Carritt, here are some pics. Just a bent piece of sheet metal riveted to the original shield.

Nice, that's kind of how I thought of doing it. But I also thought about having a piece attach by the cowl on top of the grille so the air is guided to the air filter more.

Carritt I did the same thing, and added a bit of sheet metal to make a good seal with the hood when closed.

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I thought about doing that but just never took the time to try it. Can you post a pic? I'm curious to see how it turned out.

Ya frog tape is great for regular finish work but not plastidip haha. I use frog top all the time for regular paint jobs so I thought it would work with plastidip too but it doesn't. I tried it a couple times with different techniques but it still didn't give the clean lines

Also do not use frog tape it gels on the edges and gives poor lines. Regular blue painters tape is best

The black plastidip is pretty subtle with the granite crystal, not to mention the fact that it's dirty haha

I didn't expect it to last this long, specially since I didn't do a super thick coating. I also used frog tape which is why the edges look a little serrated. I didn't want to peal it just so I could see how long it could last... And it's still not pealing at all

I looked at these shortly after purchasing my DJ. I decided instead of paying for something to stick on and hope it works I'd try plastidip since I had a few cans sitting around. For $6 and about a half hour to an hour of time the plastidip has held strong for about 9 months now. Even with multiple dogs jumping in and out.

Is that Belzers? They didn't put any on mine right there...

Ya, I don't know when they started doing that. I got mine in February and all the vehicles I saw had the decals there along with the back. My dad's Ram that he bought a couple months ago had it also.

If I lived where I needed one I'd probably get the biggest and put it with the roof rack.

The rails sit too far back to make good use of a light bar. You would have to extend the rails somehow or best option would be to bolt to the roof just above the windshield. I did consider it haha.

I guess it wasn't too far on the fender. If you zoom in its by the side mirror. As far as dealer decals go it's the best I've had on a vehicle I've owned. They have different colors for different vehicles so it's not as tacky as most, but they still had to go.

Mine head 3 dealer's stickers and a license plate frame. One on the back and one on each front fender where r/t ralley stripes would be. Peeled all 3 but just painted the license plate frame black and kept it.

A light bar is the best way to go. You can get some cheap bars on eBay. I got a 24" for $50 it works great in the country. I have a thread I started that shows what I did.

http://www.dodgejourneyforum.com/topic/7654-led-off-road-light-bar-install/?fromsearch=1

But like you said you don't want to use this light with anyone in front of you, they WILL get blinded.

Eagle eyes aren't a bad brand, I bought their OEM replicas when I had my avenger. I had the chrome housing and I wanted the black housing like the RT models.

Do you get any light from the b/u lights? I'm looking for a brighter bulb to put in mine because they are not bright enough.

I have very bright LED bulbs for the reverse lights and with the darkness of the plastidip over them they could not be seen if you were in the drivers seat and backing up to a wall. The only reason I didn't tape them off n the first place was because it was purely experimental. On the avenger I had I taped off the reverse light so it could be seen easily before spraying.

As for the bulbs I got mine on eBay they really light up and make a difference in visibility

Holy moly thats dark. But i gotta say its looks hella good to me. And you achieved that with plasti-dip. I had no idea you could see through it like that. I have to assume thats at least three coats. Looks good man nice job.

It was 4 light coats of regular black dip then 3 good coats of glossifier to give it better coverage and a little shine. I recently peeled it because I missed the bright lights my led reverse lights emitted. I do like the way they looked so I plan on getting vinyl tint but will end up cutting along the clear portion of the reflector to allow the light through.

I stand corrected, but in my experience with the mopars I've owned I have not gotten flickering from a properly functioning relay.

Will HIDs still blink if you install it with a relay? Thank you

No, once the relay is installed they don't blink, power comes straight from the battery. If they continue to flicker then there's either a problem with the relay or the ballast.

They aren't tinted, the housing is just painted on the inside but the external reflector is still red. The red color is what I wanted to change, doesn't go very well with my orange accents

So since I had some extra plastidip sitting around I decided to see how the tail lights looked blacked out. Not sure if I like them or not. Going to give it a little while to see if it grows on me, if I like it I'll do a vinyl wrap like I did with the reflectors and third brake light.

Headlights

LED Light Bar

Headlights and light bar

All depends on the trailer. The goal is to have the trailer as level as possible so it may be best to buy a couple and test. Good way to make use of the return policy haha. I'm guessing a 2" to 3 1/4" rise.

I did it to install a light bar.