How It's Made: Hurst Hemi Dodge Challenger
Jun 15, 2009
- Challengers, both R/T and SRT8 models, arrive at Hurst's facility in Irvine, CA. Customers have to provide the car to be transformed into a Hurst model.
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- Challengers, both R/T and SRT8 models, arrive at Hurst's facility in Irvine, CA. Customers have to provide the car to be transformed into a Hurst model.
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- Hurst has their own paint facility, where they apply the gold stripes to the car. Each car gets its front bumper, hood, trunk, and rear fascia stripped down and then repainted with the gold stripe.
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- Series 5 models get the same White Pearl paint scheme found on the SEMA show car. Each car is completely stripped down and fully painted at Hurst's facility.
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- It would be easy to simply put Hurst decals on the side of the car, but they are actually painted on - a testament to the amount of detail that goes into each Challenger.
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- Once paint is applied, each Challenger goes into the workshop to get engine, suspension, and interior upgrades.
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- Each Challenger is fitted with custom Hurst 20" polished forged wheels wrapped with BFGoodrich KDW tires.
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- Each door gets gold stitching as well.
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- That's a lot of shifters!
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- A look at a completely installed Vortech supercharger under the hood of a Series 4 Challenger.
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- A side-by-side look at the stock springs and shocks compared to the Eibach units.
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- This Series 5 Challenger is awaiting its Eibach suspension components.
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- A full Magnaflow stainless steel cat-back exhaust system is installed next. The system provides a wonderful sound befitting of a true muscle car.
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- Hurst has already completed dozens of Challengers, as evidenced by the completed cars seen here. Customers can choose to take delivery at a Dodge dealer of their choosing, or they can pick it up at Hurst's facility.
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- Along with the Challenger, each customer also gets a photo book of the car being put together. It's items like this that add to the collectability of Hurst vehicles.