2002 Caddy on bagz...8 Fi BTL 18's, 2 RF T15k amps (new vid pg 31)

[mjmarovi 8]

absolutely disgusting, how about another set in the kick panels? pillars? lol, those doors are going to be insane.

[buickid 0]

Whats in that thing that says "Do not open"? Didja open it?

[80INCHES 0]

sweet heavans thats going to be nice....

wat happen to ur forum is everything ok and will it be up and running again?

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[meade916 0]

forum was never down......

and i dont know why it says dont open, of course i opened it! :D

[acex3a 5]

this has to be a fun build! i would love to do something like this!

[mjmarovi 8]

me too if i had that the money, some day i'm sure.

[meade916 0]

i spent the day getting organized AGAIN I moved the Caddy under the covered area completely which is something i thought could never be done......but i got it!! Anyway in the past few days i got 2 of the ground level sensors in and that was a chore. Its not THAT complicated but it has to be perfect and it has "taken me a few trys" lets just say that

heres the pics...

[meade916 0]

It may LOOK like no big deal but it was a task and 1/2 to get it where it is.......now i can work in comfort! Its still outdoors but at least its all covered!

[mjmarovi 8]

I hope you're getting paid by the hour.

[caddyon20s 0]

man two of my favorite brands rockford fosgate and fi audio, nice back window sticker.

[lexus864 0]

Damn u doing it big!!!!!!! :twirl:

Edited December 22, 2007 by lexus

[meade916 0]

i made a short, dumb little clip of the lever doing what it does when the wheel raises or lowers. Nothing to write home about but if you dont understand what they do you might after you see the clip.

[meade916 0]

[meade916 0]

Time for some plumbing.....a trip to Homedepot took care of the fittings. I had 4 of the T fittings on hand already so that worked great. This is where i add the pressure sensors to each bag. It will all make sense later. I also had to spend some qualty time in my chair teflon taping all these things.

[meade916 0]

[meade916 0]

Time to start wiring up the front "level" and pressure sensors. First thing i had to do was make sense of it all. i had to "un loom", cut and trim all these as well. I dont want a big "bow" ziptied under the car somewhere so its all cut to exact length. I soldered, heat shrunk and put it back in the loom...worked out great!

[meade916 0]

All that raw wire that you saw was put back into the loom that i had left over when i cut the slack off. Its perfect legnth and it still looks factory

[meade916 0]

Its in a critical area so i figured i would double ziptie it here. Also the wire for the driver side is ran beside these and it heads under the radiator and pops out right where it needs to be......then same thing, cut, solder, heat shrink, re-loom........done.

[meade916 0]

A shot of the finished product......new plumbing, new wiring......

I almost called it quits for the night but i decided to raise it up and take the back wheels off. One thing led to another and i decided to get the plumbing done on the rear corners as well. Tomorrow i will wire up the rest and also the tank pressure sensor as well.

Rear plumbing done, heres how she sits for the night

[meade916 0]

it was wiring MADNESS today...

Again, everything cut to length, soldered, and heat shrunk. Then put back in the loom.

All pressure sensors finally in

Cant forget the tank pressure sensor.....

[meade916 0]

Got tired of running yellow wires "directly to the battery" and since i know there will be more when i get down to the stereo system, i figured i would put a nice "power point" in the cabin so i wont have to go thru the firewall again during this install (i think anyway)

A few items i meticulously installed only to realize i didnt need it. It is a relay for the compressor, to turn it on at a healthy 135-150 psi (user selectable). Too bad im on a 200psi system and that part is already done. Oh well at least its there if someone ever wants to roll with the small dogs at 135 in the future LOL.

This was the original wiring.....its sorta fugly so i re-did it. I have 3 seperate systems running in this truck so i have some serious splicing to do and i cant have it lookin like this

First things first, identify each solenoid...its a task if you arent the original installer but i got it eventually

I had to map out the wiring and make a record of it in case i ever need to tap in again....you can see the other 2 system wire colors next to the AirRide tech wires (which incidently were totally the wrong color too but i dealt with it )

These are the original flat wires for the little miniture caddy switch box. They have been all over the place for a while now but i layed em down flat and smooth and then Hushmatted over them to hold them in place. I left sections open so you can see the wires so somewhere down the line someone doesnt put a screw thru them or something.

[meade916 0]

Starting to take shape now....all wires, just like the rest of the system, have been cut to length, soldered, and heatshrunk. This will end up being a fairly big cluster since i have 3 air control systems spliced together now.

[meade916 0]

[BKOLFO4 29]

Man that is just awesome. Great job!!!

[mccleery3 166]

wire wire wire wire!! You have much more patience than I. Great looking work and coming along nice!