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  9. in need of Second Skin guidance

    in Second Skin Sound Deadening and Automotive Insulation!

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    25-50% is a good rule of thumb for most people to cost effectively cut rattles that you hear on the inside and flex over all.

    That being said I plan to have over a grand in second skin in my next car. 240sq feet plus all the liners I can fit? I think so. Because I want my 150db future trunk to sound like thunder and almost impossible to find a rattle inside or out. Successful? I'll let everyone know :)

    Post pics of said deadener install bro.

  13. D3100 re-threading

    in XS Power Batteries / Chargers! (and other stuff too)

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    yeah I've been asking everyone including my dad who is a awesome mechanic. He and most of you seem to think that carefully retapping to the larger size should be fine as long as i don't try to tap too fast and i use proper lubrication with all the tapping techniques I've found around on the DIY internet.

    Dad also mentioned the helicoil thing too but suggested re tapping slightly larger first.

    He also told me to be very careful to only go wider.. not deeper as to not puncture any part of the battery.

  14. D3100 re-threading

    in XS Power Batteries / Chargers! (and other stuff too)

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    Lesson- inspect fully before buying

    Lesson - still inspect even though you are friends with the person.

    Ah just JB weld a terminal on her bud...

    But seriously, helicoils are really good. If the threads are still pretty good a helicoil will hold just as strong as the original threads.

    I used a helicoil on my sled's primary clutch main spring cup...holds a 300lb spring @ 8600rpm.

    The Helicoil DIY i found online was i guess the worse case. He drilled the threads clean with a drill.. then used his kit to make brand new threads and then make sure the bolt threads were perfect... then tighten down.

    I found a $40 kit on harbor freight... Anyone got any advise on this one? After a quick stop at auto zone for some washers and bolt combos I've pretty much determined that its gonna need to be re done. Im no professional but I'm pretty sure if something strips threads the moment its more then "finger" tight then something isn't right.

    http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/tap-die/60-piece-sae-metric-tap-and-die-set-35407.html

  19. D3100 re-threading

    in XS Power Batteries / Chargers! (and other stuff too)

    Posted · Edited by Swordlordboy1234

    So i got a used d3100. The negative terminal has a couple stripped threads in it (exactly where they need to be to tighten down my toolmaker terminals)

    Has anyone ever rethreaded these?

    Any suggestions on maybe raising the TM terminals higher and maybe try to use threads that are not damaged? (I guess that would mean a shorter bolt)

    What about something like this

    http://4xspower.com/shop/terminals/589/

    Anyone know where i could get something like that? ^

    Im just trying not to lose my ass on scraping this battery just to buy a new d3100 (which i should have done in the first place) . I got it resting 12.9 after some training.

    This is the couple year old d3100 with the MAX amps rainy for 3200 (not 5000).. currently m7 bolts fit in it (not the m6's like I've seen everywhere else)

    edit: i know there are only a few stripped threads because once i get past them it tightens down nicely. But i guess 3-4 lugs stacked or the height of my distro blocks are exactly where i am ending up. And once i try to tighten them down and fail (starts spinning).. i pull everything out and i can see 1 or 2 thread shavings at the bottom which I've cleaned up.

    Any thoughts or suggestions?

  22. Project D.G.A.F - the SMD Tercel - 4 15" LVL 5 Walled - 16v, DC Audio 9.0k's 18v EARLY SPL results pg 28 new Podium Page 33

    in Just Meade....my projects - Tons of SMD Builds here!

    Posted

    Batts in yet Steve? I ready to see some Tercel parts fly.

    if the batts were in, don't you think i would have posted pics of them in? :)

    nope, no batts. I pushed the tercel out of the booth and in a parking spot. I am losing interest fast everything is taking so long. I think im gonna work on my Tahoe a bit. It needs a few minor things done to it.

    I know shit takes super long some times Steve, but I'd just like to take this opportunity to say how much I love looking through your build logs of the ISF / Tahoe/ and now this car. Its great work, great information, tons of pics and videos.. And best of all you take the time out of your day to make it so people like me can view these awesome builds step by step.

    Keep up the awesome work. If I'm not making new basshead friends off Smd every day, then I'm learning something off SMD... and if I'm not doing either of those... I'm buying someone off wccaraudio or another Smd partner for my own build. SMD has been an awesome influence in the past 3 years of my life and I don't think you get thanked enough for it. Especially the time my car was broken into and you offered to replace my "stolen" dd1 that turned out not stolen when I finally got back to town to check the damage.

    Thanks Steve.

    /soppy thank you post.

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  24. how much second skin will I need

    in Second Skin Sound Deadening and Automotive Insulation!

    Posted

    holy deadener sir… props.. I really wish you had a full build log on smd showing all of your deadening and your full build. I seen a couple shots of your enclosure. I guess instead of asking you a billion questions about your cobalt build ill just have to wait and see what happens when i get one. Might take a couple pages out of that deadening book of yours though. Definitely some "waste" but I'm all for knowing something won't rattle.

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