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Old 02-02-2007, 04:07 AM
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Default New Shoes/DVD/relocated bass **** waiting on OTG's.......

Let me know what you think:

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...1170386872.pbw

Got leather seats installed form ebay, sound deadening the entire car, rinning all Tsunami wires(0 gauge), Bat Cap 800, Pro Box, Autotek Amps, AVIC N2, 9 sets of cathodes (4 under each seat and dash). Kicker midbass in the doors more to list... will try to post while finishing.

Here are the wheel well leds and my underbody neons:

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...1170392711.pbw
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I guess you had a couple of spare hours to spend.........Wow--what a project!!
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more like a couple of weeks, lol! last Wednesday i got the wire in and started, probably won't be done until the end of this month.
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I am sure you will post it up when complete---good luck!
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MAN you did a good job on the sound deadening install
my car is next
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Yeah I had had some help from an Afghan immigrant, I'll see if he's free when we do yours!
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Originally Posted by KaijyuGaijin
Yeah I had had some help from an Afghan immigrant, I'll see if he's free when we do yours!
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if your not busy give me a call!
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Lookin good. Lookin good.
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0 gauge wire huh? I was talkin to a sound tech the other day and he was sayin 0 gauge is so big that it actually causes resistance to the sub signal. This makes sense but i havent done a before n after to see for myself. you wont have any really NEGATIVE results but its prob overkill. At least u know you'll never need to upgrade that line . looks like its gonna be sweet.
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Please have him enlighten us. How would power wire to an amplifier have an affect on the performance of a speaker?
I'm amazed at what people come up with sometimes. It's the first time I've heard that one though.
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Originally Posted by TA2DBOX
MAN you did a good job on the sound deadening install
my car is next
no me LOL...damn I got work to do on mine LOL
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let me add a tview 15" on the list of things to drop in....more work ahead.

here are the pics of the doors, im painting the inserts so they still look special










here are the inserts soon to be gunmetal metallic grey



and here is the four things that will make em turn colors



will paint tommorrow, sometime.. now to start paying off my rims............


and here are the seats working it out:



the drivers seat has a shading problem I will take more when i get some natural light.

I will try to keep posting often, I will be sound deadening the rest of the floor and roof probably next weekend

enjoy!

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i love your box man. on the outside its just subtle no spoilers or nothin. just some nice wheels, lowered a little and tinted. great work man your box is definately on my favorites list
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The bigger the wire the better the guy that told you that doesnt kno what he is talkin bout
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Thanks guys, I 've been installing car audio, video, and security for about 10 years now. I have done many competition systems and have heard nothing of the sort. That being said I do not claim to be the know all end all.

I am running a little over 1800 watts that draws somewhere in the area of 90-100amps, and am looking to expand to twice the amount of power in the future. thus the 0 guage.


Thanks for the interests and the compliments, I am painting the door panels at 7:46.

So It will be a long day but hopefully very productive.
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Looks good. The wire you are using is fine, don't know what these guys are talking about. It's better to have too much capacity than not enough.
As an FYI, it looks like there is a little white something showing around the edge of the leather inserts on the door. Might be worth painting to hide a little bit. Or even just coloring with a Sharpie, if it's not too hard to take the insert off again.
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those seats are awesome, i love the panel inserts
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thanks Im gonna try to trim that excess, or try to cover it in some way. I got a few ideas, thanks for looking out. I am going to do some wet sanding tonight so those panels will com out smoooth!

I will post pics when they are finished.
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can you show me some pictures of how you mounted the leds in your wheel wells? im planning on doing the same. did you use led strips?
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