Hello everyone. Just picked up my first car yesterday. It's a 2002 Chrysler 300M Special. Black on black. Everything stock...for now

Welcome aboard. Congrats on owning one of the best American cars of its era, they really were underrated.

That's a pretty awesome first car. What modifications are you planning?

Thanks




Thanks In the near future, a FIPK from K&N and a small powered subwoofer to compliment the 11 speaker Infinity stereo system already in the car.

In the long run? Probably just lowering springs. I did a quick photoshop and it looks super sexy with the wheels filling the wheel wells Might get a chip from Kenne Bell as well.

You should have gotten the Saab.

(And take off that wind blocker, for God's sake.)

I wouldn't waste any money on the FIPK. In my experience, throwing on a conic style filter will give you what you want. WAI will give you the sound plus the illusion that you are gaining some HP. A CAI will do the same, but a little bit more so.

Don't believe any dyno charts that claim 15HP from an intake on a car that isn't turbo or supercharged.

IMHO, put something on that will give you the sound you are looking for and spend the rest on an alignment for after you get those springs.

Congrats on the first car, you will remember it for the rest of your life.

I never looked at a Saab. I looked at a Volva S70 though.

And I like my wind buffer dammit!




Really? The only reason I mentioned an FIPK is because I havn't seen a CAI kit for my car. Got a link to one? Also, what is a WAI? [/noob]

And thanks

That is a damned nice first car. Congrats.

WAI is a warm air intake. It pretty much just a conic air filter sitting where your air box once was. This is the setup I have on my car.

Here is a link to an ebay item like what i am talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-04-INTRE...sspagenameZWDVW

If you aren't comfortable with spending so little money on it, buy the tube in that kit and buy a name brand filter from your favorite company.

Honestly, I've seen so many people spend $300 and up on an intake, and when it comes down to it, you can't really feel the 3-6 HP gains that you will get from a name brand CAI. You can get the same 'butt dyno' feeling from spending $15-$40. Unless you are a competitive racer looking for that extra .0001 I would go with the WAI. Spend that money on another mod, you will be happier in the long run.

Ah, cool. Makes sense I suppose, lol. Thanks for the info.

IS your stock air box that restrictive that you need to change it on an otherwise stock car?

Personally: i would save up and get the handling and braking department looked at first. Just my $.02

It's already got 4 wheel independent suspension and 4 wheel disks. I'm not looking to do a ton of things to the car. Just a little more oomph to get the 3500lb bad boy moving a little quicker.

When I took the wind buffer off my Civic (my first car and my only one to ever have a wind buffer on the sunroof), I discovered that wind buffeting and wind noise were dramatically decreased. The buffer was causing the problem it was supposed to reduce.

Hows the body roll?

Anyways .. its your car and you know best what needs upgrading. Good luck and play hard

Wow really? I'm not a huge fan of the sunroof anyway. I wouldn't order it on a new car if you wanna put it that way.

The only time the sunroof gets open is if all the other windows are down too so wind noise is the least of my concerne.




Surprisingly non existant. Very stable around corners. Not that I've taken any corners at speed though.

I'd leave it dead stock. It's the best way to go on any luxury sedan IMO. Enjoy the ride comfort, the premium audio, the cosy leather interior, and just cruise. Don't try to turn it into a sportscar.

The 300M Special was Nurburgring-tuned, ya know...it's a proper sports sedan.

From Edmunds's test of a 2002 300M Special:

^ OH wow. That IS impressive. I've only ridden in the stock one, and assumed it was more or less a luxury sedan.

Link's dead, but I suggested one.