is xv overpriced?

[Rolling_Thunder]

Mike I have to agree with you - No worries though - IF my charger ever gets back on the road I am most definately taking it out to some tracks around here...      I added everything up...     I got quoted $200,000 for an XV 68 Charger with their level II package, 6.1L hemi, and basicly stock interior...         when my charger is done - I am looking at right around $30,000 including the car price itself...   If my car performs even close to the XV cars I would say I am WAY ahead of the game...      my paint might not be as nice but I look at it this way...     I'm buildiung my car to drive...     rock chips will happen...     door dings in parking lots...        I am not knocking XV as a company - I plan on using some of their chassis stiffening parts, but I can't just come up with $200,000 for a charger...      especially at 21 years old.   

[Mike DC]

     
For $200,000 you could get that new Corvette, and then go get four or five nice Chargers along with it.

I'd never dump that much into one single car.  I don't care if it can go to the moon and back. 


   
 

[suntech]

Even if i could swing that kind of coin, i would not buy a ready done car. simply because my hobby is to build a car like i want it. I will use the level II front suspention, their brakes, and some other parts.
I want to build something most of the geople will call a "high end" ride, but i will build it myself, and not just buy it.
Ok, the parts alone will be a fortune, but i have been waiting for this for like 20 some years, so i decided  f**k it!!! I will spend what i need to spend, and so be!!

[ChargerRT440]

comparable suspension kit:
https://www.reillymotorsports.com/store/product.php?productid=16144&cat=255&page=1
couple thousand less for something compareable I guess theres is always the you get what you pay for saying but people seem to really enjoy these Bill(the owner) also has special aftermarket rear suspension kits that arn't on the site.

[Rolling_Thunder]

comparable suspension kit:
https://www.reillymotorsports.com/store/product.php?productid=16144&cat=255&page=1
couple thousand less for something compareable I guess theres is always the you get what you pay for saying but people seem to really enjoy these Bill(the owner) also has special aftermarket rear suspension kits that arn't on the site.

exactly...    and thinking about it - I dont see how RMS can't be severe competition with XV - price difference aside - Bill needs to get something on a skidpad that shows his product is better/worse than the XV set up...     I wouldn't be suprised if it was comparable

[Mike DC]

 
If you took out all the body roll with stiff-MoFo springs, then you could probably get a STOCK Mopar suspension to do similiar skidpad numbers to either one of those kits.  Top-level suspension work has a lot more to it than skidpad numbers.



Not trying to dis the AlterKtion kit though.  Seems like some pretty good stuff for the amount of money & chop-work involved. 

 

[Rolling_Thunder]

I'm almost sure sure a stock style suspension can beat those numbers...      I understand skidpads are not the end all be all of performance suspensions - but for a company that markets their products as such...       lets the just I was expecting better (not knocking either product line) but there was just such a hype with the XV stuff I thought it would have produced better numbers -   

[chargerman68]

 

[Blakcharger440]

Does anyone know if anybody at all has purchased an XV car??? Or even purchased their Level 1 suspension???

[ChargerRT440]

lol I know e'berg loves the xv suspensions. but then again as far as I'm concerned e'berg is an idiot. but thats my opinion yours may differ. He bashes the RMS stuff which is almost the exact same and loves the XV stuff.

[Rolling_Thunder]

lol I know e'berg loves the xv suspensions. but then again as far as I'm concerned e'berg is an idiot. but thats my opinion yours may differ. He bashes the RMS stuff which is almost the exact same and loves the XV stuff.

not exactly the same thing - i think a RMS and XV shoot out is called for to settle such debates     

[Ghoste]

And we should all get a turn beating the snot out of... err, I mean subjectively analyzing in a real world fashion, both cars. 

[Rolling_Thunder]

And we should all get a turn beating the snot out of... err, I mean subjectively analyzing in a real world fashion, both cars. 

nah - bad idea...     I have a habit of finding every weak point of a car...     my boss's GTX was a universal joint...       boss's Superbird was a connecting rod....      my charger was a tire...           customer's cars span from electrical issues to shoddy built transmissions...   

Rest assured...       if the car CAN be broken - I'm the one who can do it   

[69bronzeT5]

I think some parts are overpriced but others seem fair

[Mike DC]

I'd be all for a RMS/XV shootout. 

But it's way too easy to stack the deck on something like this. 
I'd only take the results seriously under a couple of conditions: 


--  It has to be a real-world road course or something; not just skidpad digits.  Preferably a course with some actual bumps & unpredictable turns. 

--  The wheel/tire combos had better be completely identical.  The two vehicles' curb weights, HP, and amount of other racing mods have to all be pretty darn close. 

--  Same driver, same day, and same amount of experience in each setup (preferably none at all beforehand).

   

[RallyeMike]

My thinking is this... I am probably one of few, if not the only person on DC.com that actually takes their Charger on a road courses

It's Few, damnit ! 

It has to be a real-world road course or something; not just skidpad digits.  Preferably a course with some actual bumps & unpredictable turns. 

Real, real world: Big Gulp in the left hand, girlfriend talking non-stop relationship stuff, and they have to keep the CD player from skipping.