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I am looking into a new alternator, just waiting for some birthday (Nov 10th!!!) money to help back it up. Thanks for the replies. Belt is fine. I looked at the belts near and around the alternator and they are strong and held on there pretty tight. The power steering I believe is above the alternator. Sorry not much of a mechanic like my brother. So my guess from all of your replies is the alternator. I first was assuming maybe the terminals on the battery were loose or something. But I guess I'm giving my alt more than it can handle. Which is pretty much of my stupidity but I can only learn more from my actions. Thanks for the replies and Ill give you an update in like 2 weeks on the choice of alt and when it should be in. (Most likely Mechman)

I know, it's a joke how much they charge now adays... I mean at the most the MDF woulda been around 75 dollars with some leftover. My friend gets people from school and his work so we can make boxes for them, We charge 100 dollars, all the materials needed costs at the most 35 dollars... MDF I think 8'x4' sheet of wood costs only 24 dollars. FYI

Sorry, Crimpers https://weldingsupply.securesites.com/cgi-b...:1:UNDEF::::PA3 Scroll down till you get to lunco

http://www.evparts.com/prod-TL2920.htm Cuts 1/0 gauge like butter

I should get one... Remember this is without the system hooked up that it was happening as well.

Dual as in 2v? On the jensen specs it says preamp or postamp voltage = 4volts No, Dual meaning the company. Worst purchase I bought but it was cool to have a flip up head unit.

I agree with Jon, you guys should act your own age and grow up, let him be 14. Stop being arsehos. Thank you. And Jon, i dont get the logic either, i take advice, and i am wrong for doing what they told me to do...? Update, car is falling apart, even shakin the back seat loose (it doesnt fold like a normal car, it is bolted down, with a thing in the middle that goes into the trunk. The left tail-light is coming loose, and rattles up a storm, as well as something under the car (probably a bad thing, seeing as for the past three days we have been trying to figure it out, and have come up with nothing...) what is the best price-to-product ratio for sound dampening materials? only ones i know of are dynamat, d-amplifier, and hushmat. hopefully, it isnt a buttload of cash and we can deaden relatively soon, rattling is heard over the bass but other than that, we need to get some door speakers, and some tweets. and oh yeah, an amp for the doors, dedicating HU for tweets directly. if anyone has any suggestions, just....uhh....well post teacher is coming up to my row, have to go thanks for any advice, -Chris You wanna dedicate a HU (head unit I am assuming) to just tweets? My head unit can control the speakers with one setting and the sub on a completely different setting. The current head unit I have is the 2008 Pioneer Premier. You should look into that one. Its on the SSA shop too.

I was going to be charged 900 dollars for a 4 cuft box to be made at a local audio shop near me.

If this kid wasn't that immature I would take him seriously, but its kinda hard when this 14 year old wants to put a wall in his very FIRST car, start off with a 2000 dollar system, and last but not least, dedicates a book bag full of speakers. I'm sorry, but please, just grow up.

.............FAIL LOL http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...amp;hl=backpack

Dual = sucks Piece of shit cd player barely works.

You should enter your book bag into competitions.

Exactly. I have a sundown and it worked fine with just a d3100 in the back. I will have a red top in the front by the end this week to replace an old interstate battery

Don't be lazy, make one. Take pictures of redoing your install. Simple and its a plus. Makes your install look cleaner that it was before.

I like to play beer games away from my car. Also this could be considered drinking and driving even if the car is in park. Thanks.

Anyone wanna share any experiences using this. I am thinking about getting it. I seen it in action but since its not actually mine i haven't gotten the full experience of it. Is it worth getting? http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/zencart...;products_id=35

Ok thanks everyone for the reply i think i got my decision.

My friends head unit did that too, it could be a low voltage problem. I MAY be wrong though.

How can the amp manual tell you what size alt you need? Every car, every application is different. The current needs for every system is different. For music, the stock alt with some extra batteries should be sufficient. If you look at the manual it tells you how to hook up the amp and then a picture of the alt with a box that says 140amps minimal I believe.

The minimal amps your alternator needs to put out for a kicker2500.1 is 140amps. Your alt should do just fine till you get everything else in place before you upgrade alts. (Friend purchased a kicker2500.1 so thats how I know. Also check your manual, it tells you that as well.)

The ring terminals were for the batcap i think. That's where the extra 4 came from i believe.

He actually did the Big 3 before the install but never fused the wire going from the batt+ to the alt (If that were the case). But there were wires that were hanging over near the alt and that must have caused it to melt which lead to the melted wires and I dunno how blown fuses but yea. Thanks for everyone's input, Curt

Hey I wanted to know if I could get some help for a friend. His car is a 98 Toyota Avalon and he recently bought a 250amp mechman alternator. He switched out his old alt for his new alt(Everything on the new alternator is a plug and play), revved the engine made some minor positioning adjustments to get rid of the squeeky loose noise. We went to a bank to get some money for my brothers install he did. The battery was dead for some reason. So we thought maybe the remote wire for the subs was touching the power wire while in the bank for so long. That wasn't the case. Anyways we got a jump and headed to a auto performance shop to put my brothers new muffler on. Well on the way there the car was acting funny. Lights that should be off were on (ABS lights, Trac OFF, Airbags). The windows went down so slow. The head unit was shutting off and on repeatedly. So we are parked at the auto shop and I told my friend to see if the battery is dead. Well low and behold it is. I get a DMM out from the shop, check the voltage of the battery, its at 8volts!!!!!!! I was pissing my pants from this, then i hooked the DMM to the alt, and the alt power and a ground, well the alt was also at 8volts!!!! What the hell? We may think he got a defective alternator, And i am strongly thinking about not getting one now. Anyone wanna help me help my friend with this kind of a big deal problem? Thanks much appreciated, Curt

Ok, my friend got his car back from the shop today and he said that the alternator is now working properly and doing 234amps at some rpms I forget. But there were melted wires and blown fuses and that's what the problem was he said. But all is good now. Thanks for all who replied and much appreciated, Curt

I decided to just pay 10 bucks for a box. Jacob its an effin huge box lol so don't be to surprised. I shipped it out today and ill PM you the tracking number. Curt