11/14/17. A buddy of mine built this enclosure for 2 18’s and never used it so I got it for a good deal. Almost used it but decided to go a different route and sold it instead.
11/18/17 after a couple months with the new wheel and tire setup. Started to remember how much fun wide mud tires are...
10/6/17. I am not a fan of the squatted look in any way shape or form. May have noticed the back was sagging a little and it became much more noticeable with the new wheel and tire combo. Ordered z71 rear springs and new bilstein shocks to replace the worn out shocks that were on it. Springs...
9/23/17 new wheels came in finally! 20x12 hostile sprockets with 305/55r20 mastercraft courser mxts. Made it look like a whole different rig and I loved it. Had to cut about a inch off the front bumper, and do a full NorCal mod to the inner fender for clearance since I was only leveled.
9/15/17 finally got a dual alternator bracket and mounted up the second 270 mechman.
After taking this picture next to my brothers Tacoma I realized it was time for a new look.
9/9/17 Finally started on that civic I picked up for free. Not only did the engine have a hole in the block but the interior and exterior were trashed. Picked up a new motor for 300 and spend a day or two deep cleaning it. Found some cheap hx aluminum wheels as well. Got it running and driving...
9/1/17 new amp finally came in. Gave a full bridge Brazilian board a shot with this soundigital 8k 1ohm model. Being full bridge meant I couldn’t wire my subs down to .35 ohm like I previously had them with the ampere 5k. Wired them up to 1.4 and began understanding how much impedance rise can...
8/25/17 surf city sound off 2017 is finally here. Of course I noticed my tire was low that morning so I went and got it fixed before I left for the weekend. Decided to stay the whole weekend at the casino on the coast where the event is head every year. Was a great weekend and great show. Took...
8/23/17. Surf city is 3 days away. Got a lead on a set of door speaker pods for 2 6.5s per door. At this point my subs were overpowering my single set of speakers in the front. Grabbed another set of focals and got everything mounted after work that week. Focal decided the crossovers needed to...
7/28/17. Had a friend inform me that his car was broken down 30 miles north at his work. All he said was it started smoking and quit running. Free if I hauled it away so I grabbed my dads flat bed and went to pick it up. Quickly found a hole in the front of the block. Got lucky though it started...
7/14/17. With surf city right around the corner I took the Tahoe down to have it detailed for the show. I do not have patience with buffing and waxing a vehicle so I will gladly pay someone to do it. Came out looking great. Also took the bullet inserts out of the grille.
6/25/17. Had a local audio comp. first one for me during the 2017 season. Got everything cleaned up and added another fan for the amp cause it was getting hot fairly quick. Finally reached my 150 goal with the 15’s. 150.8 clamping 4698 watts. Took first in suv 3 at that show. It was 100°+ that...
6/9/17 remember when I said it was a mistake using those aluminum buss bars? Well this is why. I didn’t have a battery box or tray to make sure they were perfectly level and flat so the Outer battery terminal got stressed and cracked the case. Leaking a little onto the carpet...
6/5/17 did the obs drl mod and a local buddy of mine that owns an auto lighting accessory company had showed me the new switchbacks he got in. Picked up a couple pairs along with some flush mount pods for reverse lights. Still love how bright both of these are. And still work great to this day...
4/14/17 replaced the rest of the red wire I had under the hood with black wire and threw a pair of agms under the hood. Sometime before this I had went to the wrecking yard and pulled a batter tray out of a wrecked duramax for the passenger side so I could run dual batteries under the hood...
Well now that I have it caught up for the first couple years almost I’m gonna call it a night. 3am here and I have work in a few hours. Stay tuned for the rest of the build if you’re interested. A lot ahead still!! Will post more after work.
3/24/2017. Time to upgrade subs in search of that 150db. Another trip to Seattle to pick up these 2 crossfire xsv2 15’s. Also grabbed another odyssey while I was up there. Made some aluminum buss bars for the back battery bank which I soon learned was a mistake. But I’ll get to that here soon.
2/10/17. I’m pretty sure I had already snagged the esky vents before this but it was the first picture I had that I found. Also was down at the loca stereo shop and they have me a deal I couldn’t refuse on a kenwood double din and metra dash bezel that happened to already be paint matched...
1/28/2017 made a trip to Seattle to pick up a few odyssey 3150 batteries. At this point I was running a 5k amp with one 270 alt and two lead acid batteries under the hood. Not a good combo when voltage was constantly dropping to low 11’s. Had to add a few more grounds in the back so came up...
1/17/2017 wheel bearings went on me and finally got them replaced. Also made a new plate for my bass knob and voltmeter in the factory cassette player location. Piece of 1/4” aluminum plastic welded to the replacement pocket did the job
12/31/16. Might as well ring in the new year with a better set of fog lights. Ordered auxbeam 7” spot beam pods and made some brackets out of steel flat bar. Still have these today and they still work great!
12/19/16 finally got tired of seeing puddles of water in my marker lights so I baked them open and re sealed. But like I said earlier I’m not a fan of amber so ordered some all clear lights soon after
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