i think im still going to try these. if it takes a few years to break, oh well ill just buy another one or maybe ill buy 2 to have one on tap. but it does say machined from forged brass? so well see
They may have changed them, mine definitely was not brass. Problem is, if it breaks away from tools, you're SOL. I'd get a set of the cheap lead ones with a post and wingnut and keep them in the glove box along with the allen wrenches it needs.
i have had zero luck finding a good fused battery terminal all over the web that is not discontinued
Theres a surplus store near me that sells a ton of audio stuff. I'd be happy to look and see if they have a decent looking fused terminal for you. I'll pm you if I see anything.
Looks like you making some progress, I have some decent battery terminals here. They are all new but nothing fused, I do have a few different inline fuse holders here also. You can check them out if you stop over this weekend.
That is some damn nice fabrication. How on Earth did you get your wife to work on the car like that? I'm not sure what's cooler - the install, or having a spouse that is willing to help with it.
she is awesome man, before we were married i sold her a sub\amp\wires\install\LOC for 100 bux (less than i paid for everything), and she was pumped. she sold that car and i joined the navy, and then down the road we got married and i put it in her new car lol. its nothing crazy, but she got really excited.
not to mention she just loves helping, so if we can do something cool together she is all about it! i took her to the shooting range for valentines day - and she was so pumped hahah. i think we are going to go again this weekend.
she is awesome man, before we were married i sold her a sub\amp\wires\install\LOC for 100 bux (less than i paid for everything), and she was pumped. she sold that car and i joined the navy, and then down the road we got married and i put it in her new car lol. its nothing crazy, but she got really excited.
not to mention she just loves helping, so if we can do something cool together she is all about it! i took her to the shooting range for valentines day - and she was so pumped hahah. i think we are going to go again this weekend.
she is really great
Thats cool, my wife loves this crap also she did her entire install in her car all the way down to the pink furry carpeted box
trust me, you dont want her sister. she is a high maintenance girl with an illigitamate child (although very adorable lol). she has tons of debt and has no skills as a human being other than shopping and gossip. trust me lol!!
hahah - a pink fuzzy box huh? lol, no link to install pics?
Andy, can we get together for a tuning session sometime in the near future? I'm in need of your professional assistance.... I did finally get a mic for my behringer too
sure thing man. are you gonna make it to the NC meet by the way? i have sunday off also. i dont know if you want to drive out to my new place or what. i have not been able to do shit now that i have had to go to command PT. its really pissing me off.
sure thing man. are you gonna make it to the NC meet by the way? i have sunday off also. i dont know if you want to drive out to my new place or what. i have not been able to do shit now that i have had to go to command PT. its really pissing me off.
yeah I plan on going. Still in VB right? Command PT, what is that? hahahahaha I'm going back to a ship in may though, so I'll be miserable soon enough.
So I'm on my phone right now. Spent most of the day wiring in my relay/fuse for the stereo. Busted my alpine harness adapter for the back of my headunit so I'm waiting for that in the mail. I got almost all of the wiring stuff redone. Put my new boost guage with matching colors in properly (the guy before me just twisted some wires and the lights flickered). And ran an aux input home made rca. Tomorrow I'm going to make the speaker side extensions for the front, and hopefully get my seats back in and the carpet out of my livingroom haha. Its really dark so I think I'm gonna clean up. Ill get some pics when the sun comes back up lol. I got a few to post tho, see you later
this is the fuse block i installed on the stock fuse area. fits quite nice, one of the fuses does not attach to anything, but i could possibly use it in the future for something.
and you can see the yellow heatshrink for the boost guage i installed going past the main fuse for the fuse block i put in.
this is inside the gauge pod
thats all i got because i got into a groove and forgot to take anything else. but really, theres nothing special. i didnt take any pictures of the boost gauge - maybe ill snap a few in the dark. the color matches real nice.
so the carpet is in. the front seats are in. the center console and arm rest are in. whats next?
i need to fabricate a new forward center console.
i need to fabricate a new shift boot cover that mounts around the shifter.
i need to hook up the new alpine cable to my relay\fuse bank.
i need to weld tabs on my brackets for the subwoofer baffle to mount to
i need to clean the headliner that i got and put some sound treatment above it when i take it down, then put in the black moon roof slider A B and C pillars and finish that part of the car.
i need to finish the sound treatment in the trunk area around the wheel wells ans under the amp rack.
im going to change the false floor a bit, and put the risers on the amp rack to hold the floor up, instead of having the risers on the bottom of the false floor, its easier to remove this way.
then i need to fabricate new door pod things.
this seems like a lot of work, but most of it should be one day events. i think i have a few pictures. let me get them up here.
so i finished building my front stage wire extensions. the last things to do for the dash area is to install the horns and wire up the headunit to the fuse\relay. then i can put the glove box back in and the knee panels back in. yay.
heres some pics i took of making my speaker wires;
my wife doing some soldering! i love this woman
and it ends up looking like this, i was in a rush to get the carpet in and the sun was going down so i didn't get a chance to take a picture of the wires after i put them on the distribution blocks.
so not a whole bunch done, but i got the rear passanger interior panels in, the headliner swap is done, the pillars are back in, and most of the sound treatment and the wires are done! there was a few inches of slack on the speaker cables. but everything is looking pretty good
i did stab myself real hard in the thumb with a pick tool though! it hurt pretty bad.
i also auditioned a sweet pair of B&W 802D's on a $55K McIntosh setup! that was awesome!
ive been trying to sell the grey GTi plastics and such from my interior online and its been tough. i just got my new bumper in the mail, and its out at the paint shop right now. it should be back soon and ill snap some pictures then. we will see what happens
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or maybe ill buy 2 to have one on tap. but it does say machined from forged brass? so well see
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