Frankly, the Challenger front end really doesn’t work on the 300 body with the current suspension.
If you are active on Facebook or Reddit, you may have already seen the unusual Chrysler 300-Dodge Challenger mashup shown above. This image was originally posted to the internet by an individual named Dustin Hale in the Detroit area and since then, it has become quite popular, but not in a good way. The original picture was a large picture taken by a cell phone, but we have trimmed it down to better fit on the site.
Modern Mopar Mashups
There are quite a few modern Mopar mashup vehicles on the road that look great. Anyone who has attend the LX Spring Festival in California or We Are Mopar in Texas have surely seen a Dodge Magnum with either a Charger front end or a 300 front end. The Charger and 300 both make great-looking sport sedans with the help of the Magnum rear end. Those cars are all based on the same basic architecture with the same basic suspension and chassis setup, so when you put a Charger or 300 front end on a Magnum, the bodylines and the proportions work well together.
Chrysler Three Hundredallenger
On the other hand, the Dodge coupe has very different lines and proportions from the sedans and the wagon, so when you put the front end of the Challenger on one of the sedans, it doesn’t line up all that well. Whoever built this thing appears to have done a nice job with the work, as with a little paint, the body work would be pretty seamless.
The problem is that the Challenger front end sits much closer to the ground, so the front fascia is effectively shorter top-to-bottom than the sedans. The 300 front fascia extends down further to compensate for the elevated ride height, but the coupe front end does not. As a result, there is a gigantic gap under the front fascia. The proportions of the front end ahead are a bit long and awkward as well, but the owner needs to add some sort of splitter or something to extend the front end closer to the ground.
Perhaps lowering the entire car might help, but it appears as though the side skirts are lower than the front fascia, so dropping the whole car will still create an uneven bodyline along the bottom.
In any case, if you ever wondered what the Challenger would look like as an awkward sedan, here you go.
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