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jcarter1885

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About jcarter1885

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    Justin
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    Arlington, Texas
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    Family, Cars, Music & Food
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    2021 Volkswagen Passat RLine

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  1. jcarter1885

    2017 Audi Q3 stereo upgrade

    Yeah my factory battery was a group 43 but I seen a dude fit a 48, so I went that route. It was snug but it fit like a glove. The only company I found at the time who would make an H/O alternator was Brand X and mine is a 270. Had it installed in Summer of 22 and no issues yet, he had bigger sizes but this size was the most reliable and dependable. I have 2/0 welding cable all throughout the ride. 2 power runs from front battery to rear batteries. Amps grounded to batteries, rear batteries grounded in spare tire well. One positive and negative run from front battery to alternator. And 4 grounds under the hood too. I been meaning that call Brand X and see if grounds from front battery to rear battery or from alternator to rear battery would make any differences.
  2. jcarter1885

    2017 Audi Q3 stereo upgrade

    I don't have an isolator in my VW and have no problems with voltage or anything to that affect. Granted I have an aftermarket alternator, but stock wiring still intact. When I had the factory alternator and battery in, it did limit my voltage. Just by doing the big 3 and upgrading my front battery to an Odyssey Group 48 AGM I gained .5volts. I went from a voltage at idle with lights on and A/C from 13.8v to 14.3v. Once I did the h/o alternator, I didn't have any other voltage issues. Now at times during the winter I can see voltage as high as 15.3 and 14.5-8v during the summer and I'm in Texas. OP sucks you can't take your factory radio out because the one in my car sucked, using Bluetooth it would just go silent for like two seconds every 30 minutes or so give or take. Everyone said it's just something with the radios they use when using the Bluetooth setting. I had soany issues with the factory radio and NAV-TV unit that it made me rip out my radio and replace it with a Sony head unit, I haven't had any issues since. Yes codes are crazy, I had to take it to a shop to get all that stuff figured out since my car was new and no information was out about it at the time.
  3. jcarter1885

    2017 Audi Q3 stereo upgrade

    That's the route I went and love mine, took the weight out of my trunk by removing the group 31 battery, and my voltage doesn't drop as much plus it looks cleaner than having that huge battery back there.
  4. jcarter1885

    2017 Audi Q3 stereo upgrade

    I would do with a XS Power Titan battery for the rear, lithium is the way to go and much lighter as well. Honestly you may not need to upgrade the front battery if you get an LTO battery, they work with normal batteries and don't need an isolator. Just a thought
  5. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    I got the TWK88 installed and I will remove the RCA labels later aswell as clean up the wiring some more. I just wanted to get the DSP in and turning on for now, I'll tune tonight or tomorrow.
  6. jcarter1885

    2017 Audi Q3 stereo upgrade

    These cars are finicky, I first used a NAV-TV (over a $1000) unit to get signal from the source and it sucked. I ended up ripping the head unit out, replacing it with a DSP to create my own source unit. I haven't had any issues since, hopefully you have more luck then me with the factory head unit. I had to take it to a shop just to get all of that installed since it had so many codes, the factory hu had issues with the NAV-TV (some people have no issues with these units and others have issues I dealt with and more).
  7. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Look what came in today, I'll take more pictures later on and hopefully get the install started.
  8. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    I personally would stay away from Audio Control, hence why I got rid of mine even though I did love the DSP. Audio Control sold it's company and the units are out of stock as of now. They have been having hella issues with software especially when you download there latest software update, which I didnt do since the 3 years I owned it. People have units with bugs and glitches, which I never experienced with mine. Audio Control was one of my all time favorite companies since back in the day when I had my Epic-160. I had more issues with my Dayton DSP when I first got into the processing game which is what made me go to Audio Control DM608. I also talked to a reputable shop down here and they say Audio Control does something with the low end that they didn't like and even tried to sell me a Jl twk88 when I was calling about a Helix DSP, which the JL is cheaper than both so he wasn't just trying to sell me a product and actually saved me money by not going the Helix route since I'll never own a center channel speaker setup. Sorry for the long post, just my experience with their DSPs.
  9. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Something is missing from this picture, no more Audio Control DM608 DSP.
  10. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Still breaking in but not bad for a single 15" out of the trunk.
  11. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    I received my new RCA's for my amplifiers, they are 2 channel and 3 ft each. I have 3, one leaving each output of my DSP and going to their respective amplifiers. I don't know why it uploads the picture upside like that, I tried to fix it.
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    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Some daytime photos
  13. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Rear batteries are fully wired up, 6 total ground wires and 5 total positive wires.
  14. jcarter1885

    2021 Volkswagen Passat Rline

    Everything is installed and playing, I have some work to do on the wires in the back and I also need to change the crossovers on the new DC Audio mids. I ran out of time since it dropped from 61 degrees to 20 degrees in 2 hours yesterday. See how the 90 degree 2/0 terminals came in handy due to my space constraints.
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