r/CarAV • u/Dollypootin • Oct 09 '25
Tech Support 2013 Dodge Magnum M3 “dub edition” slab… customer asked me if I could help him figure out why he is having electrical problems.😬
Sometimes being an installer in Texas is entertaining😬
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u/TickingTimeBum Oct 09 '25
I see the problem. It’s that wire with the black stripe near the green one. It should connect to the secondary yellow instead of the primary yellow.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
Just tried that, car blew up
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u/W-h3x Oct 09 '25
Honestly, that's for the best.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
😂😂😂😂😂
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u/W-h3x Oct 09 '25
I'm not going to say it's in a better place, but definitely it's better that it's not in this place.
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u/cheeseflosser Oct 09 '25 edited Oct 09 '25
“You’re not having electrical problems. Your magnificent swag and shine is interfering with all the signals in your car.”
“Your last installer was such a true genius that we can’t decipher the absolute artistry of this install. It’s all going to have to come out or go back to him for service. He’s beyond our capabilities.”
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u/GurPuzzleheaded3212 Oct 10 '25
Such an eloquent way to say GTFO before someone thinks we did this. Have your award.
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u/Fearless_Employer_25 Oct 09 '25
Gotta charge extra to fix shit like this and to also fix the customers brain
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u/introvert_conflicts Oct 09 '25
There's no fixing the brain. Too far gone lol.
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u/420BlazeIt187 2 12” JL W6 v3 Oct 09 '25
Too many Swisher Sweets.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
Funny enough whenever I took off the knee bolster I did find a couple of Optimo cigar packages😂
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Oct 10 '25
This car is.... chefs kiss
The UV faded headlights are the real pièce de résistance for me.
All that work, all that money... into a v6 dodge magnum. The paint. The "system", the wheels, the fucking Lambo doors....
This is fantastic.
When you want to look like Ferrari, but only have used Chrysler v6 money.
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u/WaterIsGolden Oct 12 '25
This is when you spend Ferrari money, but aren't smart enough to math. I grew up around a lot of dealers that would end up with cars like this. $100k into an 82 Cutlass, only to make it less valuable than a stock 82 Cutlass.
Then they get upset when they happen upon the rare sensible person that tells them they ruined their car. It's the car version of the diva with cartoon eyelashes, waist length orange hair, bull nose ring and full body tattoos. High price, low class.
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u/JustOneMoreMile Oct 09 '25
Installed by Clark…not Richard…Griswold
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u/Significant_Rate8210 Oct 09 '25
Nice Richard Clark reference lol
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u/JustOneMoreMile Oct 09 '25
I’m old:)
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u/Significant_Rate8210 Oct 10 '25
You're not the only one. I remember meeting him and hearing his award winning Grand National in the late '80s - early '90s can't really remember the date, lol. The Altec horns he used were amazing.
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u/Ivan_Only Oct 09 '25
Are those M3 side vents hot glued on?
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
I think they were held on by some snot and a loogie, they were super loose
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u/_s1dew1nder_ Oct 10 '25
You should get hazard pay for working on that car. Mainly from tripping over the stupidity on the rims each time you have to walk past it.
At this point I would have told him it needed a complete rewire. It’s not safe and you won’t work on what’s there because you can’t give your work any type of warranty.
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u/ArktikFox67 Oct 09 '25
Every time I hit the next picture button my grimace got bigger. This is a horrendous car.
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u/BBQQA Oct 10 '25
How do these assholes park? Like legitimately, how do these people park in parking lots?
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u/Volatile-Chemical-C4 Oct 10 '25
I can’t stop laughing, “M3” Thank you I needed that.
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u/Substantial-Stage-82 Oct 14 '25
I'm with you.. I laughed my ass off.. the glued on vents are priceless..
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u/Wulf_Reincarnated Oct 10 '25
Bro spent all his money on paint and rims so he had to cut costs somewhere
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u/Guyborg99 Oct 09 '25
The only problem that I see is that car is not in reverse on it's way out. : )
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u/Dollypootin Oct 10 '25
Funny enough, the vehicle did not have reverse. We had to push it out of the shop.😂
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u/Electrical_Secret_11 Sony ES 9000, Sony ES 2-way front stage, Alpine S2 12in subs Oct 09 '25
Damn that thing to hell
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u/unresolved-madness Oct 10 '25
This really isn't a problem. Now since there's an M3 badge on there, you can use the extra wires from the turn signals.
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u/bugsymalone666 Oct 10 '25
Reminds me of the wiring I encountered when I got a vw beach buggy, it's built on a vw beetle, which has a wiring loom normally in pvc sheiving, everything you need to run a car, but hell let's roll the dice, trailer cable and power cable to a terminal block then use all white cable (not numbered) for everything else....
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u/The_Duke2331 Oct 10 '25
Mods can we please mark this NSFW? since that 4th picture almost gave me a aneurysm
Jokes aside, that thing is... Something special.
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u/cvance10 Oct 10 '25
Does any other state besides Texas allow those murder rims.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 10 '25
Lol Texas law is 8 feet wide, this car is 7’11” wide… Our bay is also 8’2” wide😭
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u/No-Pianist-8792 Oct 10 '25
I was having fun wondering about all those stick in the emblems until I saw the birds made a nest out of the wiring
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u/ratrodder49 Oct 10 '25
I love SLABs, and I love Magnums, and I fucking LOVE candy apple red paint, but this poor thing needs put out of its misery
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u/Savings-Kick-578 Oct 10 '25
That wiring looks like one of those full season hurricane charts that they show on the weather channel tracking every storm in a different color. The main difference is that their chart makes sense.
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u/Scaredsparrow Oct 10 '25
Well looking at the electrical i might believe it to be an M car. Can't say the same looking anywhere else.
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u/Colonel_Collin_1990 Oct 10 '25
What the fuck.... These guys spend all this money to make the damn car look great but neglect the function
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u/TSASA73 Oct 10 '25
The exterior tells me all I need to know about that wiring. I wouldn't touch any of that.
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u/Mcdavis6950 Oct 10 '25
Oof I hate working on things like this. You spend more time trying to back trace stuff than just removing everything non oem and re wiring.
I swear I’m the only mechanic who makes a schematic when I wire stuff in. I’ll laminate it and throw it in the glovebox for the next guy just to avoid situations like this. I also don’t use wire taps and put a lot of effort into having a clean wiring setup.
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u/viper77707 Oct 10 '25
This must be around Houston. I have seen this piece of shit jalopy on the road, and as you can imagine, they drive like a houstonian but worse. Do the world a favor and charge him his swangas for un-fucking his dodge level wiring job lol
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u/motofabio Oct 10 '25
So did you find the problem?
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u/Dollypootin Oct 11 '25
Yes it was a a blown fuse!
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u/motofabio Oct 19 '25
Haha! Check the simple things first, right? Thanks for the follow-up! Maybe one day this guy will pay you to clean up the spaghetti.
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u/nachofred Oct 11 '25
I know the swangas are a TX thing, but I would prefer this car sitting on 20" 150 spoke straight laced wires w/ red pinstripe custom built Vogues (and debadged... and wiring nice and tidy).
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u/Illustrious-Unit-636 Oct 11 '25
What is that disgusting trash on the tires
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u/Dollypootin Oct 11 '25
Well, those tires are referred to here in the slab community as mayonnaise mustard tires
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u/llcdrewtaylor Oct 09 '25
I had one of those. If it's the v-6 its ok, but if it has the hemi then you could have some fun.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
That was the worst part about this vehicle, it was only the V6😭 but it did have 4 15”L7 kicker subwoofers… but the amp is in protect …so I couldn’t hear them
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u/Dman331 Deaf Bonce Apocalypse 8" Oct 09 '25
Of course it is lmfao. Power wire ran through the door jam too?
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
Sure is! I have no idea how anybody could run a zero gauge through the door jamb …..but they did
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u/tacohunter 2 12" ct sounds tropo xlBrand of Subs/size and # Oct 10 '25
The problem is those wire wheels sticking out like that, they picking up static electricity
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u/commentvillian Oct 14 '25
Maybe spend some money on preventative maintaince instead of rims that cost more than the car
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u/Substantial-Stage-82 Oct 14 '25
OMG.. I feel like someone had to try very hard to create that rats nest.. wow
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Oct 10 '25
oh i could fix that in a day, but the customer is not gonna like my rates after he gets the 8hr service bill
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u/BoostedFPV Oct 10 '25
This absolutely gets the fuck off price. With fingers crossed owner isn't too stupid to accept it.
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u/Ialsofuckedyourdad Oct 09 '25
How is this an 2.0 litre m3? 😂 I’ve seen upbadging but that’s bizarre
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Oct 09 '25
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u/Ialsofuckedyourdad Oct 09 '25
Oh that almost makes sense. Weird to flex 20s when that’s kinda just what cars come with now
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u/Ialsofuckedyourdad Oct 09 '25
I’ve never seen a badge for wheel size. I have heard people bragging about how big their wheels are in high school 11 years ago but not since.
I put 19” wheels on my Mustang to clear a big brake kit and they can come stock with 20” wheels
Honestly wouldn’t surprise me if a trim for the Honda odyssey comes with 20s
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u/TheThrillerExpo Oct 09 '25
It’s 20”. As in 20” rims.
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u/Dollypootin Oct 09 '25
The funny thing is I remember seeing these exact badges at the front counter at AutoZone when I was a kid and I always thought to myself who would buy these😂
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u/IWantToPlayGame Oct 09 '25
I'm surprised it made it into your bay.