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Ok, so one of the parts of the car that has been bugging me is the rear center plastic between the tail lights. Its super shiny and susceptible to light scratches. I tried buffing it, but no real gains. The Mopar purist in me knows that the 70's Challengers and Chargers had that area painted more of a matte black, so why not give in and make it better, or right.

Here is what i mean. How its looks stock.






Starting the process. Cleaning things up.




Amazon $25 later for custom cut vinyl matte black sticker.



Decided i wanted to keep the lettering, so i lined everything up and cut out the letters with an exacto knife.



Final product.




What do you guys think?

I definitely think that looks better.

Yep looks better

much better

Thanks guys. Probably help to show a closeup too.

Nice. It matches the rest of the surrounding trim and helps the taillights stand out a bit.

Had an odd coincidence this weekend at C&C. Place was packed and the only spot open was next to this guy. You see what i see?

That he has a 426 hemi?

Here I thought they were getting a massage together

aaronatstate wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 7:27 pm That he has a 426 hemi?

Yes, a highly optioned dual quad 426 Hemi. Not many of them were ever produced and Dodge was sneaky about putting them in low trim cars. Like this very basic Satellite model. Cool this one is unrestored.

Saw these beauties at the show too. I really like that EVO. Very clean. The VR4 has 27,000 miles and is spotless. He's asking $65k!!!

Oh man I'd love to have either one of those but that's just not realistic

Yea, prices for both appear to taking off lately.

That's about right for a low mileage 99 I think. But it may be a bit higher now. I think prices were there a bit ago, and they've dropped off some.

That seems crazy they fetch that much now.

Had some great 62 degree weather this weekend, so i decided it was time to finish the front mud flaps on the car. Honestly getting tired of all the micro bits of sand and rocks slowly sandblasting my paint.

Made some transferable paint marks after mocking the flaps up.



Good enough...



Let my son push me out of the way to remove necessary bolts.



Put it all back together.



Full turn.



All done.

mudflaps!!!!!

shoulda got rally armor

vr4 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 5:41 pm mudflaps!!!!!

shoulda got rally armor

Fortunately im not that...SUBARU!

JK, they dont make them for my car.

Forgot to mention the Local C&C was this weekend and surprisingly the turnout was great again.

Mr. Hellcat Last Call with all his STICKERS.



Not your average run of the mill Durango...