Operation massive clean up lol

**simplicityinsound** · 03-05-2009

so last three weeks slaved away on a project that is a departure from my usual norm.

i call it operation massive clean up...for obvious reasons.

customer contacted me, his 03 TL is looking for a show system...

he provided me with everything except front speakres, relatively entry level, and some what beat up.

pair of arc audio original KAR 12s, a KAR 900.1 and KAR200.2

the cosmetics blemishes were a bit off-putting but thats all he had to work with.

but...the catch was, i need to somehow clean up the air ride system a shop installed into the trunk.

i have worked a few times with air rides before, so i am like okay...clean it up, build a system around it...whatever...

then i saw it...and wanted to go and run off to mama...

but in the end, i sucked it up and did it..

just a quick few before and after pics...

again goals were:

to clean up the mess in the trunk, and build a simple system that works okay at car shows...

lets see the BEFORE:

ummm...yeah...flying wires and hoses every where, expansion takes loosely screwed into the floor, tanks, compressors and valves bolted to a piece of plywood, and throw into the spare tire well, nothing secures it to the car...

yikes...

so the obvious challenge is to reorganize everything related to the air ride system to be presentable, and then find space to present his amps an subs.

so this is hwat i came up with, simple but i think lookin quite a bit cleaner?

ended up taking the entire air ride system apart, fitting in the rack with some new valves, hoses and fitting, and rewired it completely.

lifting that rack, weight at an estimaged...80-100 lbs, in and out of the car during test fitment was not fun at all

well thats about it, no focus on sq, just...a massive clean up operation for ya lol

**Vestax** · 03-05-2009

Good job on the ''after'' clean up. I hope he paid you extra to clean up that clusterfvck.

**simplicityinsound** · 03-05-2009

you can bet on that

should have charged for a chiropractor too

**amitaF** · 03-05-2009

quite the contrast!!!!!!!!! excellent work...as always

**Boostedrex** · 03-05-2009

That's a lot of work to unf*ck that mess!!!! Good save on what was a ghetto rigged setup. It looks nice now. Did the customer like the change? (I can't see how he couldn't)

Mless5 · 03-05-2009

holy chit! You are a master of what you do!

**simplicityinsound** · 03-05-2009

yeah he liked it

but i am not so sure if i ever want to tackle somethinglike this again...

but i always say that after somtehing like this...when the real thing shows up, i usually take the challenge

capnxtreme · 03-05-2009

LOL that's even more impressive than usual.

SteveH! · 03-05-2009

the first set of pics made want to go buy some spaghetti sauce " ) damn good work as always man!

syd-monster · 03-05-2009

I don't know anything about air-ride or what ever tf it is....
but damm, thats from ghetto to show time! Great work as usual bing.

**simplicityinsound** · 03-05-2009

basiclaly the same thing as this car:

YouTube - Acura TL Air Ride

but this car is blue

mikey7182 · 03-06-2009

That's awesome man. Great work as usual. Are the mesh areas on top of the enclosures functional somehow, or are they just for aesthetics? Either way I definitely like the look. It has a very structured, almost old school feel to it, except with a little modern touch.

**simplicityinsound** · 03-06-2009

purely cosmetic, sometihng to break up the swaths of carpet

definetly an old school look to it, infact, i think a lot of shops try to create something new and edgy that often ends up looking a bit weird to me...a lot can be still said about old school, classic look, symmetry if done well

Rudeboy · 03-06-2009

Yeah! Now I can see the pics

strong*I*bumpin · 03-06-2009

u did it again,now he should be proud to pop that trunk

NickoDaFsh · 03-06-2009

WOW! nice cleanup!! I hope you get paid what you are worth!!

(lol does anyone really)

cheesehead · 03-06-2009

You never cease to amaze!

tr0y_audi0 · 03-06-2009

Very Cool man,
looks much better,
reminds me of a sema car that a kid brang to the old shop,,
it was "Oh That Car" big rush to finish it then just let it sit dont turn it on type install...

nice job I hate doing the cleanup stuff..

TXwrxWagon · 03-06-2009

Bing... great job on the clean up.... I have one nagging question....

Airbags on an '03 ACURA TL?????? Like spats on a hog... thong on a Cow, Bikini on your Gramma... whY oh WHY!?

Rob

**simplicityinsound** · 03-06-2009

that question, my freind, should not be directed at me

i will say it though, i didnt like the car at all the way it loosk when i first saw it, but then, the week or so i was doing the airride portion, and had the car fully dropped to the ground (obviously since no air int he system), it sorta grew on me. i still am not sure if i like it when it raised in normal driving position, but there is a certain coolness when its pretty much touching the ground. i think the older TL, being a longer flater car, is better suited to it than some of the other japanese cars i have seen with air...

hehe

TEGBOY · 03-08-2009

Give over, no way that's the same car... damn you are good!!

Fantastic work as always Bing.. perfectly intergrated!!

Love it

03-05-2009	#1 (permalink)
simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Operation massive clean up lol so last three weeks slaved away on a project that is a departure from my usual norm. i call it operation massive clean up...for obvious reasons. customer contacted me, his 03 TL is looking for a show system... he provided me with everything except front speakres, relatively entry level, and some what beat up. pair of arc audio original KAR 12s, a KAR 900.1 and KAR200.2 the cosmetics blemishes were a bit off-putting but thats all he had to work with. but...the catch was, i need to somehow clean up the air ride system a shop installed into the trunk. i have worked a few times with air rides before, so i am like okay...clean it up, build a system around it...whatever... then i saw it...and wanted to go and run off to mama... but in the end, i sucked it up and did it.. just a quick few before and after pics... again goals were: to clean up the mess in the trunk, and build a simple system that works okay at car shows... lets see the BEFORE: ummm...yeah...flying wires and hoses every where, expansion takes loosely screwed into the floor, tanks, compressors and valves bolted to a piece of plywood, and throw into the spare tire well, nothing secures it to the car... yikes... so the obvious challenge is to reorganize everything related to the air ride system to be presentable, and then find space to present his amps an subs. so this is hwat i came up with, simple but i think lookin quite a bit cleaner? ended up taking the entire air ride system apart, fitting in the rack with some new valves, hoses and fitting, and rewired it completely. lifting that rack, weight at an estimaged...80-100 lbs, in and out of the car during test fitment was not fun at all well thats about it, no focus on sq, just...a massive clean up operation for ya lol
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Vestax Blends No. 27 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,686 iTrader: (1)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol Good job on the ''after'' clean up. I hope he paid you extra to clean up that clusterfvck.
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simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol you can bet on that should have charged for a chiropractor too
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amitaF DIYMA Geriatrics Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: West Point Military Academy Age: 43 Posts: 2,316 iTrader: (17)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol quite the contrast!!!!!!!!! excellent work...as always

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Mless5 DIYMA Loyalist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MA Posts: 3,652 iTrader: (27)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol holy chit! You are a master of what you do!
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simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol yeah he liked it but i am not so sure if i ever want to tackle somethinglike this again... but i always say that after somtehing like this...when the real thing shows up, i usually take the challenge
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capnxtreme DIYMA Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,570 iTrader: (2)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol LOL that's even more impressive than usual.
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SteveH! DIYMA freshman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: COLORADO Age: 36 Posts: 213 iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol the first set of pics made want to go buy some spaghetti sauce " ) damn good work as always man!

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syd-monster DIYMA Novice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 544 iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol I don't know anything about air-ride or what ever tf it is.... but damm, thats from ghetto to show time! Great work as usual bing.

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simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol basiclaly the same thing as this car: YouTube - Acura TL Air Ride but this car is blue
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mikey7182 DIYMA Loyalist Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,710 iTrader: (40)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol That's awesome man. Great work as usual. Are the mesh areas on top of the enclosures functional somehow, or are they just for aesthetics? Either way I definitely like the look. It has a very structured, almost old school feel to it, except with a little modern touch.
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simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol purely cosmetic, sometihng to break up the swaths of carpet definetly an old school look to it, infact, i think a lot of shops try to create something new and edgy that often ends up looking a bit weird to me...a lot can be still said about old school, classic look, symmetry if done well
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Rudeboy DIYMA Loyalist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 3,509 12V Company: Sound Deadener Showdown Position: Owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol Yeah! Now I can see the pics
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strongIbumpin DIYMA Novice Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: sumwhere usa Posts: 646 iTrader: (2)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol u did it again,now he should be proud to pop that trunk

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NickoDaFsh DIYMA freshman Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 55 iTrader: (1)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol WOW! nice cleanup!! I hope you get paid what you are worth!! (lol does anyone really)

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simplicityinsound Supporting Vendor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Jose, CA Age: 32 Posts: 1,852 12V Company: Simplicity In Sound Position: owner iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol that question, my freind, should not be directed at me i will say it though, i didnt like the car at all the way it loosk when i first saw it, but then, the week or so i was doing the airride portion, and had the car fully dropped to the ground (obviously since no air int he system), it sorta grew on me. i still am not sure if i like it when it raised in normal driving position, but there is a certain coolness when its pretty much touching the ground. i think the older TL, being a longer flater car, is better suited to it than some of the other japanese cars i have seen with air... hehe
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TEGBOY DIYMA freshman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 122 iTrader: (0)	Re: Operation massive clean up lol Give over, no way that's the same car... damn you are good!! Fantastic work as always Bing.. perfectly intergrated!! Love it