onebadmonte

I recently bought a pair of BTLs from Mac N Cheese. Excellent communication and shrewd business man. It's were properly packed, just like when they left the original manufacturer. The items arrived in a timely manner. A+. Unfortunately the shipping company damaged on of the items, not Mac N Cheese'es fault. I tried my hardest to get the issue resolve with the shipping company. They wouldn't budge and Mac N Cheese had to get involved. Needless to say he stepped up and took care of the situation. Great seller. Highly recommend. I could only wish that more sellers, both commercial and private would offer this kind of service. Thanks Mac N Cheese.

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing. It was a good time with friends. I know for me at least, my results weren't what I was hoping for. It's time to step it up a notch for the next show.

Next avatar pic is you carrying the car like that engine in you current avatar pic. Have fun.

Welcome to the "over power your sub" club. Looking good.

x2 Good luck and Git'er done.

I say put this issue in the hands of good faith. Make a copy of this thread and put it in the the box the sub came in and ship it and the sub to Fi. Also on a clean, blank sheet of paper write your name and a phone number you can be reached at, in big bold letters, and include it in the shipment. If there is an issue with the sub it will be taken care of. If not, you'll be getting a call. Good luck and good speed.

Ha, ha, thanks. I didn't get the note. Thanks, I picked it up from work. We use it on the wiring harness on some of the kits we sell. I know Parts Express sells the same stuff. The name brand is Techflex.

Lol. Don't forget the toga.

Time to sell it all and start over, bigger and badder. Muahahahaha! J/K! I think I'll actually start listening to the thing I guess. Thanks, I second the motion, all amps should come with plexi covers, oLo? o_O

Well, lets face it, this project is never gonna be done. Here is a little something I have envisioned doing for a long time, and now the time has arrived. Yes'um. A plexi amp cover. I know. Been there, done that. I promise you, this will be cool. For those wondering, this is the blade I used. It worked well, no messy chips to clean up. It did get a bit hot though. O_o A couple more details cut out and a couple of holes drilled. After quite a bit of sanding, filing and a gallon of sweat later, this. And this. One in the dark. And a close up to prove that there is plexi-glass on the amp. My favorite shot. Tanks for looking.

Thanks. It was looking a little busy with all those wires, kind of distracting. I happy with it now. Yes sir. Hope you get everything you need to get the job done. If you need some extra help let me know. Thanks, but not only a nice touch, it's also the little extra that the judges look for when competing in ModSQ. Got to do everything I can. Competition can get stiff at times.

Looking good. Off to a great start with the front stage. Have you decided on your sub stage?

I know, crazy huh? Thanks. Like you, I'm burning the midnight oil to make it to heatwave. Well, not really. I just screwed down an amp while you're rebuilding a wall. I'm gonna be thrashing on the SQ tune though. Hopefully I can pull another rabbit out of the hat for a win at heatwave. Hell, I might even put on the meter for a little burp.

So I got some stuff out of the garage and started the re-installation of the amps, with a little spruce up on the side. Here is a little action pic. And with a little time and effort the new/old amps were in. Here is a tall and slender shot for those into them tall and slender. Tall and slender upside down for the kinky. Some cool blue light action I was able to get everything in just before a little rain came in. Up next a little test and tune. Thanks for watching.

I'll bring the Yay-gerr.

Nice colums there. The Roman's would be proud. Now git'er done!

I'm down to help. What ever it takes man.

Who's going, what ya bringing, and are you gonna stop by and say, "Hi"? Info for those who need it. http://heatwaveshow....exas-heat-wave/

Oh no, a big thanks goes to fellow member Crunkjuice1 for pointing me in this direction. I just did the labor. It's just a small deterrent, but hopefully just enough to make anybody thinking about breaking in, scratch their heads and move on.

My Suburban has what Chevy calls a remote actuated key-less entry system. Nothing fancy when you first think about it, but when you really study it, there are some real benefits to be had. The system employs keyed tumblers in only the drivers side door handle and the rear barn door handle. As my first step towards theft deterrent, I'll be converting my SUV to a true key-less entry system. To do this, I'll be replacing the broken, drivers side door handle with a rear drivers side door handle, which does not have a key tumbler. I'll also be replacing the rear barn door handle with a similar handle without a key tumbler. Here are the handles. One drivers side handle and one passenger side handle for the rear barn door. A quick comparison shot of the original drivers side door handle with the replacement door handle with no key tumbler. Here I compare the original drivers side handle, top, with the replacement handle. As you can see the mechanism that triggers the latch mechanism is different between the two handles. I'll be swapping the original mechanism over to the new handle. A keen eye will also see the handle mounting provision nearest to the latch mechanism is different. Looking at the sheet metal on the door a notch will be required to clear the stud. The flanged nut that mounts the handle will still have enough bite to secure the handle properly. Here is a close up of the original latch mechanism transplanted on to the new replacement handle. A couple of flat washers and one lock washer were used as spacers in between the standoffs on one side. Here is the new, key-less handle installed. Now all four entry doors are key-less entry doors. Only way to unlock the door without the remote now is to break a window. Now on to the rear barn door. I originally imagined using a key-less passenger side door handle for the rear barn door. Upon dis-assembly I discovered that the rear barn door handle is of a completely unique design that would require significant customization to obtain the look of the other four handles. Eff that, time for plan B. I completely removed the key tumbler from the handle. I replaced the tumbler with a modified carriage bolt. By modified I mean I faced the dome flat on the carriage bolt. Here is a pic. Like all carriage bolts, I secured this one with a nut, lock washer, and a flat washer. The bolt was cut down after the pic was taken. In the end I painted the carriage bolt head. Here is a pic of the final install of the rear barn door handle.

That's right brother. Gotta comeback swinging. It's a nice headunit, bummer I have to use it here. Thanks. Ha, ha. Thanks. I know, I know. I appreciate that. Thanks. Yup it sux. No alarm. I had a really bad experience with one. No excuse though, I should've had one. Man I'm SO sorry. I'm also rolling around without a nice alarm due to a very bad experience. Sadly it is the only thing that I don't feel comfortable doing myself. The equipment being stolen sucks but seeing the holes in your seat makes my blood boil.....WHY! Keep up the great work, this is in my top 10 have to hear systems. Alarms, as much as I hate them, they get the job done. They're not 100%, but obviously better than nothing. : Thanks for the kind words. How about some day we meet half way in El Paso and I give you a demo.

Looking good. Congrats on the new step forward.

Thanks for all the kind words and support fellas. I really appreciate it. With that said, time to move on. I was lucky enough to save the single din install kit the suburban came with. The 9887 was/is for a future project. All I needed to buy was the chime adapter, which came with an adapter harness. Here is the harness ready for install. I took out the pins that wouldn't be used, just to keep things simple and clean. Another thing I did was keep track of the connector pin out in their respective manuals. This is just in case I need it for reference or is the items are later sold. This is the area of the dash face trim piece that got booger-ed up. :\ With a little head gun action I was able to massage the plastic getting it close to it's original shape. :\ Here is a shot of everything the geniuses left behind when taking the sat/nav unit. Idiots. Good luck to who ever thinks they're getting an Alpine Sat/Nav unit on the cheap. Since the RCAs got torn up I opted just to replace them. This required the front seats to come out. With a little time to burn I decided to shorten the new RCAs, since they are about 10ft too long. Here is a comparison shot of how long the cables are versus how long they need to be. These are the cables I'm using. Also pictured is the amount of cable on the original set that was coiled up underneath the front seat carpet. Measure twice cut once. A quick measurement to make sure I've got enough wire to feed through the wire pants. To pull the wires through the pants I soldered some extra wire already in the pants. With a little patients and a little persuasion I got the wires through. The ends soldered on waiting for a little shrink tubing for added protection. With the RCAs run, I got the harness in place. A couple of zip ties keeping things together. New radio installed. Woot, woot. A little action shot of the head unit powering up. Sanzzy. A little over kill since I'm running the MS-8 but as the ol' saying goes, "Use what cha got." More to come.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Congrats. Can't wait for a face melting demo.

So what did you go with?