Retro Active: Part I

The PT Cruiser is a relatively new vehicle to the aftermarket that has been the subject of much debate since its inception. Is it a truck? Is it a car? Is it an SUV? We like to think that the latter question has a truthful ring to it since these miniature machines carry as much cargo as any S-series Blazer or Toyota 4Runner. Since the first PT Cruisers hit the streets almost two years ago, there have been a number of companies that have rushed to embrace this oddly familiar, retro-styled vehicle with parts meant to further enhance that retro styling. Recently, we visited PTeazer in Westminster, California, to get an inside look at how easy it is to outfit a PT Cruiser with its retro front fascia. Follow along as we convert a bone-stock PT (that we recently purchased at Don-A-Vee in Placentia, California) into a 'Cruiser with a blast-from-the-past appeal. If you perform this modification yourself, be sure to save all of your factory hardware, since you'll use about 98 percent of those hardware pieces to install the PTeazer parts