Chrysler 300M

avalanche165

ok, first the equipment:

1)u need a labtop with a USB port, two preferably.
2)at least one webcam (USB)
3) source of power, i used my 2nd battery, ran it to cigarette lighter, and plugged labtop charger into the lighter
4)Detection program, ie. motion sensor program. i'll upload one so you can get it easy

and that would be it, the rest is cake, setting it up, hiding it, etc...anymore questions feel free to ask, i'll put pics up later....

fastdriver

avalanche165-

LOL... I love it! A gadget guy after my own heart! You could have it say-"Go ahead, make my day"! ;-)) HOW do you think of all these ideas? Keep it up.

I think there was someone in this group a long time ago who installed a "video" camera in the area where the trunk brake light is and wired it to a small monitor inside the car. I guess he wanted to see where he was! I keep getting these pop-up ads with Netscape for a small X-10 camera that sound similar to this. X-10 makes all those gadgets that work with the other 2 buttons on the HomeLink system. I've had those in my house for years. They work great.

fastdriver

traley

Yeh,man. After those clowns broke into my car, I wanted some cams for the crib. Cams in the ride would be nice for when you aren't at home.

For the crib, check this link:

http://www.smarthome.com/securmap.html

Maybe we can use some of their equip for the ride too.

tracy

traley

Actually, how does this sound:

Get the webcams or cameras from http://www.smarthome.com/securmap.html

and get a time lapse vcr with the motion detector connected to the VCR. So, when the motion detectors sense movement, the VCR records.

Then, if something happens to the car, you can take the tape to the cops...show the insurance co. for proof,etc. Plus, with the timelapse vcr, you can get maybe 30 or 60 days of activity on 1 tape.

tracy

herrmdogg

I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and suggestions on my 300 ... I will be adding an exhaust system, though it will be for look and sound, not performance like what some of you GEAR HEADS have done ... haha ... just kidding ... I am getting all of the "more expensive" mods out of the way first ... air suspension, chromallusion paint, 5 more Alpine monitors, etc ... also I was asked how much those rims weigh ... and they tip the scales at 76 pounds each so I wouldn't go down the track with those on, and if I did, it would take me a while to get to the end anyway ... ... and yeah SDMIKE2, I did say a Sega ... ... don't forget to keep checking my site as I will be updating it as I update the ride ... the link is http://members.cardomain.com/herrmdogg ... I'll will have pics of the air suspension setup within the next week or so depending when I get my car back (supposed to be this Wednesday the 6th) ... please feel free to email me at herrmdogg@yahoo.com or leave some feedback here with your comments and/or suggestions.

Also, AVALANCHE ... don't forget you can place a camera in the keyholes now too ... to get the people on the outside ...

ed12

Folks:

I stopped by a local Chrysler dealer. He is accepting orders for the 300M special. He showed me a computer printout. The only thing he knew for sure was that only three colors will be avialable.

EK

300mlover

10sc_300m

Hi folks, we've been reading about the 2002.5 300M Special (aka 300hp/300M, and 300M "Tuners Package", I think ottowkr called it that).
The Chrysler/Dodge BuzzWatch site (http://www.car-truck.com/chryed/buzz/b053001.htm ) site has posted an update on it with a picture (side view). Don't know if this is what we'll see next year or another pic of the prototype the was shown previously but it's worth looking at to get an idea what to expect.I know posting a picture here can be tricky so I hope this works.

What do y'all think?? the extra body panels resemble the ones posted in the pic in msg# 3854
(made by Startech in germany i think )

On another note my wonderful M is coming up on 60,000 miles sometime this week and while rounding up the parts for the service I found a special at my local(Knoxville,TN) Auto Zone; 5 qts. of Mobil 1 Synthetic (10W-30 in my case) and a Mobil 1 oil filter (MI-204) for $27.99
locally the oil is $4.49/qt. (on special) and $9.97 for a filter. Works out to about a $5 saving excluding tax. special is until about 6/23.
check your local Zone. The oil filter is one of the better ones, with a synthetic fiber filter core instead of paper. Just FYI in case someones looking at an oil change coming up in the next few weeks.
--BTW, the MSN messenger thing sounds cool to me.
I'm mike_edmonds@hotmail.com

10sc_300M, tnsc_300M
Mike

avalanche165

traley, this will be same thing except it will record on computer, much easier to view. once u get in the car, the program will alert you if motion detector was tripped, and u can watch recordings right then. hermdogg's got the advantage here, since he's already got the lcd screen, he can just hook on a vcr to a preout from his headunit. most of you gyus with aftermarker head units can do this too, just get a splitter, and hook up 3 vga outs to VCR. i like my labtop better tho, this is kinda a problem now, i'm actually wanted for someone to bust into the car so i can catch'em, lol. if i decide to keep this, i am gonne make a custom tweeter compartment, and take the camera apart, put the lens inside of there. so the theif cannot see the cam, unless he decides to try and steal my tweeter =( tracy remember that security sys, the clifford...has a pager with it guys, so when alarm goes off, it pages you, and u can run out with a baseball bat and whoop up someone...muahahahaahah....

avalanche165

can;t remember who asked but....two Phoenix gold zx600ti's, pushin 4 subs on the back. there ROckford power DVC's, 12 inch, custom v made box. and a zx475ti feeding the hi's and low's. boston acoustic proseries all around. Alumapro 15 farad cap on the stand. moving to ALumapro subs in about a month or so. and maybe a class d amp. trunk is gonna be all plexy see thru, with amps mounted into floorboard, just for looks. hit 154db if i'm lucky

oh and the head unit is a Pioneer Premier 900, which might be replaced soon....

bb_lhs_2k

10sc_300m- The extra body panels on the 300M Special you posted resemble the current LHS's panels, almost exactly.

avalanche165

see i love the small space in the wheel wells. i hate how there is so much space on ours right now. thats why i'm getting 20's. gotta get that space down......

scotian

Anyone have better pics of these wheels?

http://www.chrysler.nl/nl/nieuws/detail.asp?news_id=90

sdmike2

Ok..finally got my new plates. Here's a picture of Big Red with her new plates, and a nice 300M license plate frame.



Roger, Check your email. Mission successful today.
-Mike

traley

Hell yah, avalanche. A baseball bat to the dome of a thief sounds like a plan. I wish I had heard those clowns when they broke into my car (in front of my crib, mind u). Then again, if I had of heard them, I wouldn't be typing right now. I would be making collect calls, cuz I woulda killed those asses.

scotian

is the NRA emblem in my rear window!

99_300m_ric_va

I went back to my local speed shop today (Advanced Engine Design in Richmond, Va) to discuss professional TB mods. My 67-68mm dremel job may be working but it's very crude. We decided to do the following.

1) Get a 70mm Throttle Plate from Holley and put in place of the 68mm. It's apparently sold as a replacement part for stangs.

2) Disassemble the thottle plate assembly and mil/bore the whole thing to 70mm and polish.

3) Mil down the ridges on the throttle plate shaft in the middle flat as possible to reduce air restriction. Probably remove at least half the material and replace with low profile screws.

4) Grind the throttle stop enough to allow for 90 deg opening of throttle plate.

The throttle plate is on order and will take a couple of days to get, then they start the mod. It will probably get it back at the end of the week for possible Saturday install/picture taking.

Cost about $70 for the mod plus $18 for the throttle plate.

They do a lot of the Richmond Area Race Carberators for both the Drag and Stock Car racers. They're work is first rate. I have one of their Holley 4150s on my GTO Dragracer and I love it. I'm quite excitied. A regular machine shop just doesn't care enough or have the right patience to make the mod right. I talked to two of them, both really did not want to touch it. One said the part was crap and he couldn't mil it without breaking it. What B.S.

For the intake I'm ordering a 3" tube intake from Stephen Lister (GR8WHT of DodgeIntrepid.net). I posted a link to his offerings the other night so look back a few posts if you missed it.

sdmike2

Why a new throttle plate? Sounds like they're going to clean up your boring (um..the hole that your bored ), change the plate angle and shave down the center shaft. Do you need the new plate because of the change to the shaft?
Also, ask them what kind of turnaround time they would have if someone (ahem..some guy that promised his wife that the latest mod was his last) sent them a TB for modification.
Thanks. Good stuff.
-M

sdmike2

...need a 70mm plate to match the hole. Duh Mike.

300michael

The outside is a little over 71mm so be very careful the the unit. You are going to have some pretty thin walls. I am going to try standard 3" ABS first to see if any reall differance. Mine is bored out to 68mm.

300michael

The older 300's have a long histroy of having lots of chrome. I like chrome, tastefully done of course. Has anyone just chromed the entire front grill?

avalanche165

ahhhh, i love it. that back looks so nice. even tho u need to shave the brake light and keyhole jk, it looks awesome. i need to get a vanity plate to kick it off too. nice frame too, i went for the clear one because of rattles from sound sys.

99_300m_ric_va

It will fine me thinks. I'll wait and see what the professionals do by weeks end. If all goes well, we can entertain sending me TB's to have them mod or you can seek out your local raceshop similarly. Keep in mind the 68mm bore works pretty well, but I just gotta know what 70 does for the car!

300michael

Now I will be able to take some decent (1600X1200 instead of 640X480) pics.

300michael

Well let us know. I still have my stock one. Maybe we need to make a plate that holds two TB's. imagine dual TBs, so much for gas mileage.

beach15

What kind of camera did you get? I have a kind of cheap digicam now and the pics suck but I don't know what to get. I've looked into the same Fuji as sdmike uses but still aren't sure. What new mods do you have planned? Some of you here just seem to have too much time on your hands and/or know how to do too much with your M's.

davidoman2

Has anyone heard/read anything about the '02 300M...will the changes be minimal similar to this year's model or is Chrysler going to surprise us w/something even better?
My 300M was one of the early '99s. Lease expires soon and I am mulling getting an '01 model w/incentives as good as they are now.
Would wait though if the next model will be updated. Any news out there?? Thanx

sdmike2

i was at least thinking of painting the keyhole closed with touchup paint.

sdmike2

the '02s are pretty much the same...until you get to the special edition in mid-year...maybe. Check posts 4058, 4060 and 4061. We keep hearing of a dual exhaust 300hp M, but nobody has put their finger on when and how much.

-M

ruski

are those chrome strips that you used made of plastic?

avalanche165

sdmike, cool idea, although it takes 10 min to get keyhole out, then u can out a rubber matting on the underside of the trunk lid, just paint it red. ahhhh nevermind, paint the keyhole it will look awesome...
DIGITAL CAMERA--
i got a sony f-505v, go for nikon, they are badass. the sony's are real nice too, expect to spend 600-900 with those tho. are u lookin for something real high or just something to take pics around a bout' with?

sdmike2

Lots and lots of information here:

http://www.megapixel.net/html/issueindex.html

Click on the reviews link in the upper right corner. For what it's worth, I'm very happy with the Fuji Finepix 1400 that I use for all my pictures here. It's easy to use, downloads fast to the computer (USB), uses rechargeable batteries, and will take over 180 pictures on a 32MB smart media card at 640x480 "fine" resolution. I paid under $300 for it, plus extra for some accessories.

-M

sdmike2

How the HECK did you cut through the edge of the front license plate holder? It's like 1/8 thick hard plastic! I gave up after scaring it real bad with an exacto knife. I'm now considering NOT putting a plate on at all (illegal, but the nose looks soooo much better without it) or leaving the support assembly off entirely. Did you dremmel it?

-M

kpm61

Those of you who have took the front license plate holder off :
What did you plug or fill the holes with ?
Dose spot puddy work or do I need something more flexable ?
Kevin

sdmike2

I just painted mine so far...just to take the glare off the white plastic on the red bumper. My guess is that...ahem...bondo would work great in those holes. lol

avalanche165

yea that will work fine kpm, bondo will work fine as well...

easyrider300m

and its two way tie between av and sdmike--(both posted at 10:32)---Tandee, be sure to record that on our trivia contest :-)

better hang onto that plate and holder kpm--its just a matter of time before they catch up with ya--I got pulled over once for it but luckily I had it in the back seat and told him it fell off---he just gave me a warning but you might not be so lucky---could have been a nice fine and surcharge points on my insurance---

99_300m_ric_va

I used a regular utility knife, that has a razor blade, to cut the license plate holder. It made several passes to score a line, then started to press "really hard". Have the blade only sticking out as little as possible so you won't break the blade as easily. Once you break throught, pull really hard across your score line and it will come apart. A few minutes of patience and you will have it cut all around.

ir2k300m

Mike,
I'm not exactly sure how Scott cut through the plate frame, but I used a dremel and it worked real nice.

300michael

I picked up an Toshiba M4. The price was right at $200. Since I have an old computer (running 95) I have to use the smart disk. USB is taken up with Iomega.

Projects planned and in the works (besides the ones you's keep comming up with) are.
Installing my hood scoop (69 boss) I have two emblems that I can use. One being a 300L or a 351 emblem that I have changed to read 3.5L (clever, you think)
Making a functional intake off the scoop.
Using rogors side marker lights as turn signals to replace may stock side/turn lights. Will replace the chromed areas on the headlamps.
Converting the stock side.turn lights to clear lens and used to light up the side of the vehicle (should come in handy on those twisty mountian roads).
Adding my Nav system.
Adding still brighters LEDs to my center shift indecator.
New tires potenza S03's they come in stock size.
Spoiler from spoiler4less will paint myself.
And reading the 5,482 posts here on this board in the next two months:)

I do not know how many I will be able to finish before the Monterey trip.

rscheller

I've added a new feature to The Consummate 300M Pages so you moders can have a place to archive and showcase your great mods. Check it out under Owners Pages / Owners Mods. Like it says there, first come, first served.

Keep up the great mods.

Rick

fastdriver

New and improved Zaino on the way! Look:

The new Zaino product will be an accelerative additive that can be mixed
with Z-2, Z-3 or Z-5....

Below are just a few of the improvements....

1. When mixed as per directions, you will not need to apply Z-1...

2. It will reduce the drying time, thus making the polish more user friendly in damp environments...

3. It will increase the gloss factor and extend the durability level..

4. It will have an instant cure time, so you can immediately apply multiple coats.. No more waiting between coats...

5. And more........

Sounds good to me! Increased gloss factor and multiple coats in one day! No release date yet, but soon I think.

fastdriver

herrmdogg

whats up guys ... luckily when i went to order my 2001 i specifically told them that if it came in with holes drilled for the front license plate that i would not accept delivery of the vehicle ... i live in kentucky and we dont have a front and back license plate like most states ... we only use license plates on the back ... i just got my personalized plate about a week ago ... ON DUBZ ... i had to get that on there for my big 20's ... i was gonna get PSSSST ... for the sound that the air suspension makes when you slam the car but ON DUBZ spoke to me ... ... well im at work so i guess i better go do some ... ill talk to you guys later on ... and please dont forget to go to http://members.cardomain.com/herrmdogg and rate my ride and sign my guestbook ... thanx

grunschev

re: 300 special and small space in the wheel wells.

You won't get the space smaller by putting on 20's, unless you actually increase the outside diameter of the tires (which you can do without buying new rims). Bigger tires means problems with the computer, etc (e.g. your speedometer will read 70 and you'll actually be going 85)

The right way to do it is to lower the car. The car pictured was lowered about 2", if I recall correctly. If you put 20's on and keep the same outside diameter of the tire, the gap will look even bigger!

Quit screwing around and get yourself some lowering springs.

Igor

ottowrkr

Hey All, well the pic of the speacial on post 4061 is what it looks like, only change is the rims. The spokes are not straight like the pic but curved . Hey bb_lhs_2k, those lower panels may look the same as the LHS but they are not . The 300's are lower from what I have seen.Sorry stangspankinm I have not heard the total production figure , So the dealer said only two options , Why would DC make the sunroof and sidebags an option on this car. It should come fully loaded .

sdmike2

Is this the mid-year version with the dual exhaust, 300hp, etc. that you described as the "tuner package" before?

sdmike2

If the dealer is taking orders, did they discuss pricing? The MSRP on my loaded M was $34,580, so if they add body skirts, dual exhaust and up the HP my guess is we're talking about a $38k car.

wldock

grunschev is right! The more you lower the profile of the tires, the bigger the "gap" illusion will be. SO, if you go bigger, You need to go lower to decrease the "gap".
Nevertheless, I think that 18" wheels with the right amout of lowering will fill the wells on the "M" very nice. Besides, 18" wheels are a little more drivable than 20". Also, any performance gained through mods may be lost due to the heavy rolling weight of 20" wheels. Just a thought.

sdmike2

There was a lot of discussion in here about 3 weeks ago about the lowering kits for the M. Many experienced vibrations, and at least one had such a problem that they had the mod reversed. Might want to seek out the people here that have lowered their M (to mixed results) before embarking on the project.

-M

avalanche165

thank goodness i'm part of this group. well 20's are for show, no performance purposes, handling will be real nice though. but even with performance mods and all that, i would throw those stock 17's back on there if i ever wanted to do something (ie. drag racing in Glen Burnie, Md, Richmond, VA, etc...) plus i can't beat those hondas' anyway =( but the lowering, i'm looking at intrax springs right now, may go with H&R, who all on here has lowering springs?????