My nearly new, 0 owner 2017 Dodge Challenger GT

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A guy rolled up in chevy truck on Friday night at the stop light and asked if I wish I had a chevy. I said nope and he then said what a nice car it was. He asked if it had the Hemi, I said no. I told him AWD and I even tow my boat. He said AWD, wow and what a nice car it was again.

 

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I went with Rustoleum Florescent Green then Tremclad(Rustoleum) Clear. It is pretty close to Go Green. I sanded it and hit it with brake cleaner first. I removed over spay where it got past the tape with carb cleaner added decals and then Clear coated it. I have got the decorative Challenger door sills.

 

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Here is the engine cover installed.

I also decided to buy the best tires on the market. Continental Extreme Contact DWS06+ in the P235/55R19 105XL W speed rating.

Of course we just got 6 inches of snow, roads were almost dry but will be 10 above freezing by the end of the week. Hopefully they are as good as everyone say they are. On sale, all 4 are over $1500 installed! There is a $70 mail in rebate, so just under $1500 Canadian.

 

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I did an early oil change on my GT due to my upcoming work schedule. I ordered some 0W20 Vavoline 0W20 Restore and Protect from Ebay, not available in Canada yet for some reason. I received an oil covered box and a 1/2 a jug. You can tell it is a different oil, has a strong smell compared to their Advanced Protection 0W20, which Canadian Tire had a good price to complete the oil change with a Purolator Pure One cartridge filter. I decided to do a tire rotation at 8000 km, rear brakes still have plenty of pad at 145,700 Km. I did the front brakes a bit early, good considering I tow with the car. I moved back the heat shield to look at driveshaft center bearing, a common failure point, well it failed🙁. I lubed the center bearing and soaked the exhaust bad clamps, bolts and mount bearing mount bolts. I wasn't paying $500 CAD for the ultimate upgrade housing and bushing. So I looked on Amazon and found a two piece housing with a two piece bushing for under $80 CAD with very good reviews. I just did my Daughter's Edge, it sucked removing the old bearing and separating the driveshaft. The reviews showed cutting the old housing and burning off the rubber to reuse the old bearing, which I plan on. Supposedly it can be done with exhaust on, we will see.

 

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The bearing holder is well made and the one lower review was how hard it was for him to change. I'm not paying 5 times the price for basically the same part with a couple of extra pieces and no doubt still made in China. There is another more reviewed and higher rated for $10 more and is the same part. The Challenger is on 4 jack stands on the suspension arms in front and spots beside the arms on rear. Yeah, the exhaust had to come down. Cut the old holder in two places. The bearing was basically skinned, spins fine, lubed it up good and trimmed the one edge with an exacto knife. It is in, orange hybrid loctite on the allen head bolts and mount bolts torqued to 22 ft-lbs. Just need to finish putting the exhaust in place, easy peasy.

 

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Well, the Challenger is starting to show some wear and tear. I see one stitch on the outside edge of the drivers seat has let go and the 8.4 touch screen is starting to deamination on top. One is an easy fix, the other not so much.

 

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I inspected the center bearing and housing. Everything was tight with no wear but I have been hearing a click under load. So I hit the bearing with Deep Creep, then Corosion guard the Surface Shield, see if that helps.