2001 Team DC Audio build (2025 revive)

[Sam Harris]

After waiting a full week for hardware to finally show up I got the bank assembled and it was sitting at about 13.6v. Got the balancer connected and charged it to 15.6 in prep to go into the Tahoe. View attachment 273878View attachment 273879View attachment 273880
Since I do have the battery in front of the sub box it will see a lot more vibration so I put a layer of canopy foam at the bottom of the battery case and underneath the battery case as well.
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Got the battery in the case and I’ll tell you what it’s not the lightest to try to gently put into an all acrylic housing hahaha
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Holy shit man! That’s some next-level shit right there!!! Daaamn!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

First item was to move a ground from passenger to driver side then while I was under there I re cleaned all the frame grounds and re installed.

Luckily between my scraps and my buddies scraps of wire I had enough to redo everything. Since the limitless sat on its side with the power and grounds facing the front horizontally I had everything wired specifically for it. So I had to redo pretty much everything besides the amp power wires that are attached to the fuse block. I ordered more tech flex so once that comes in next week I’ll pull those 4 power runs and get them wrapped then I’ll be able to toe and organize all the wiring so it’s pretty and suits my ocd.

Wiring is finished!!

 

[Jason in DLH]

Dang. That’s crazy, yo!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

I messed up on that last post with picture order lol. Got the mechman H104L harnesses connected to bump the voltage up. And it worked as you can see in the last post voltage cold is sitting at 16 then once it warms up it has been sitting around 15.5-15.8 which is perfect. It’s insane being able to play my stereo at 12000+ watts with one battery and not drop below 15v!

Got super lucky today though. A local audio shop owner is parting out a 05 denali extended cab he bought. It was walled with 4 15’s and had a super clean stereo build including lots of super nice components throughout. Basically this shop owner bought it and want to turn it back to stock. I wish I would have found the deal though the truck is immaculate with 40k original miles and he paid 6k for it. Which he will easily make back selling the audio equipment alone.

but anyways what I was getting at is I bought some custom build door panels. They look a lot better in pics they could use a sand and refresh the paint is chipping in places. But I paid 400 bucks for the front pair, with all speakers included. These type of panels normally would be around a grand or maybe even a grand a piece.

Also picked up this digital sound processor from a buddy so at some point this will go in and control both my 4 channels

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Took a few pictures of the equipment in the denali I don’t know why I didn’t think to take pics of the whole truck it was insanely clean though. I had seen it back at 2017 at a show but hadn’t seen it again until today. I know some of it looks messy but he is in the middle of returning it to factory. The build quality and integration of the smd meters in the dash plus the iPad for the 03-06 console made me wish I had a 03-06 console for mine.

 

[Geoffsfas10]

Holy alternators!!!!

Also you werrnt kidding, that battery and wiring looks like something out of a mad scientists lab bringing something crazy to life! Which, i guess it kinda does

-edit...man i really need to work on my typing skills on my tablet haha

 

[Jason in DLH]

I messed up on that last post with picture order lol.

Don’t worry...I don’t believe anyone realized that. At least I didn’t...as all those wires are beyond my level of comprehension.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

I think the wiring just looks that much crazier because the only thing differentiating the power and ground is the heat shrink color on the ends so it blends together lol.

I got most of it tied off and managed now so it looks a little better

Had the first audio competition of the season a couple weeks back. Was a good time the Tahoe did great bringing home two first place trophy’s and staying consistent metering a 155.8. Had to sneak a picture at the end of the day but it’s the only pic I took hahaha I had a two hour drive home that night so I decided to give the new battery a test. Drove home song after song all the way up for two hours. Subs and amps stayed cool and my voltage stayed above 15.0 I’m so stoked on this new battery setup.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Friday after work I got two more runs of speaker wire to each door, got the second DC 90.4 4 channel installed under the rear driver seat, and both panels installed after putting my handles and switches on them from the stock door panels. The speakers that are in these doors are super cheap pro audio speakers. Like 40 bucks a piece cheap. They are surprisingly clear though and holy crap they scream. I have maybe 60 watts going to each speaker currently and it’s more than enough. Hopefully sooner rather than later I’ll have the funds for the DC carbon neo 6.5s. One ****** thing about it is now I have 8 speakers to buy just for the front doors so it adds up quick haha. These panels are pretty heavy and after this season I’m gonna try to sand some weight off of them and wrap them to match the factory charcoal panels/dash but I’ll keep the handles the light grey I really like the two tone.

 

[S33k3r]

I'm not in the audio scene, like at all; I'm a network engineer. I'm responding because you did an amazing cable job. I just wanted to add that.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I'm not in the audio scene, like at all; I'm a network engineer. I'm responding because you did an amazing cable job. I just wanted to add that.

I guess he knows how to lay cable lol.

 

[Rocket Man]

First item was to move a ground from passenger to driver side then while I was under there I re cleaned all the frame grounds and re installed. View attachment 273888 Luckily between my scraps and my buddies scraps of wire I had enough to redo everything. Since the limitless sat on its side with the power and grounds facing the front horizontally I had everything wired specifically for it. So I had to redo pretty much everything besides the amp power wires that are attached to the fuse block. I ordered more tech flex so once that comes in next week I’ll pull those 4 power runs and get them wrapped then I’ll be able to toe and organize all the wiring so it’s pretty and suits my ocd. View attachment 273889View attachment 273890
Wiring is finished!! View attachment 273891 View attachment 273892

Nice damn work.

 

[Geoffsfas10]

Impressive. Completely impressive

 

[Fosscore]

Amazing set up and cable maintenance is on point! Next level set up. Awesome!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

I'm not in the audio scene, like at all; I'm a network engineer. I'm responding because you did an amazing cable job. I just wanted to add that.

Haha well thank you! Honestly I still want to do some more tidying up in there but all in time.

I guess he knows how to lay cable lol.

Done it a time or two now hah.

Nice damn work.

Thank you!

Impressive. Completely impressive

Thank you!

Amazing set up and cable maintenance is on point! Next level set up. Awesome!

Thank you just need to get on your level of paint maintenance now!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Well I need to learn to not tell people that I’m in no rush. Cause I was starting to get a little antsy. Almost 3 months later I finally get ahold of the local tire shop I had fix the wheel. They got it done. It was only 30 bucks so I can’t complain too much I guess. Picked it up and back to the powder coater it went

My powder coater got the wheels busted out already. We went with alien silver and a clear coat on top. I’m pretty stoked on how they turned out I wanted just a oem plus color. Something that’ll be easy to sell if I decide I don’t want to keep them. But this has a lot of flake in it which really pops in the sun!

Those center caps probably won’t be going on. Just had them and figured I’d see how they look

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Well I need to learn to not tell people that I’m in no rush. Cause I was starting to get a little antsy. Almost 3 months later I finally get ahold of the local tire shop I had fix the wheel. They got it done. It was only 30 bucks so I can’t complain too much I guess. Picked it up and back to the powder coater it went View attachment 279426
My powder coater got the wheels busted out already. We went with alien silver and a clear coat on top. I’m pretty stoked on how they turned out I wanted just a oem plus color. Something that’ll be easy to sell if I decide I don’t want to keep them. But this has a lot of flake in it which really pops in the sun! View attachment 279427View attachment 279428 View attachment 279429
Those center caps probably won’t be going on. Just had them and figured I’d see how they look View attachment 279430

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Found a score on some tires today. Was planning on going with a 285/50 like my nittos or maybe a 265/50 just trying to stay with a slightly smaller sidewall but I couldn’t resist when I found these 275/55 take offs for 50 bucks. Old man pulled them off at 20k miles to put on some beefier tires and these still have probably 60-80% tread left. Hopefully can get them mounted soon and figure out if I’m gonna like silver wheels on the Tahoe since it’s never had anything but black.

also found out that hauling 4 tires in this thing is not very fun. Luckily I found them less than 10 miles from my house.

 

[Sam Harris]

Well I need to learn to not tell people that I’m in no rush. Cause I was starting to get a little antsy. Almost 3 months later I finally get ahold of the local tire shop I had fix the wheel. They got it done. It was only 30 bucks so I can’t complain too much I guess. Picked it up and back to the powder coater it went View attachment 279426
My powder coater got the wheels busted out already. We went with alien silver and a clear coat on top. I’m pretty stoked on how they turned out I wanted just a oem plus color. Something that’ll be easy to sell if I decide I don’t want to keep them. But this has a lot of flake in it which really pops in the sun! View attachment 279427View attachment 279428 View attachment 279429
Those center caps probably won’t be going on. Just had them and figured I’d see how they look View attachment 279430

Hell yeah man! Love the declads!

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Mounted the declads. Got ahold of the wheel manufacturer of the 22’s I want. They have been back ordered for like 2 years now. Was told they are usually sold out of multiple shipments before they even make it to the states. Also was told his July shipment had a few unsold sets currently in the color I want. So the fuels are up for sale to help fund that.

anyways here they are. Yesterday got them on. Don’t love them but don’t hate them at this point. Closer to the dislike them side though.

Ordered these black center caps months ago. Didn’t like them against the silver. Found some wrap that is very close to the alien silver. Much better

Took off the open ended lugs and put on chrome close end ones. Installed the center caps. And put some tire shine on. Much much better. I can live with this look and it’s starting to grow on me more.

 

[Thatsquishykid717]

Let the air out of the rear helper bags to about 5psi and it dropped the rear a 1/2 inch. Decided since I’m gonna be inside the wheel Wells now that I need to go a little lower. So 5” drop springs and front drop keys might be in the near future. This look is starting to grow on me. Which might have to if I end up waiting till July for the new wheels. Only time will tell. Grabbed a few more pics tho.