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  1. Lexus IS-F Sound System install - Custom SMD VM-1/OM-1/TM-1f Dash Piece (update page 71)

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

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    I thought you were burning the ends of the colored wires with that lighter and I couldn't figure out why the hell they were making all those sparks. Then I realized you were lighting up some sparklers like a kid on the 4th of July. Yes we want to see that smoke test!

    For a second I thought the same thing, then I realized it was a FOJ type Fuse. If used in the right way they can enhance car audio builds. lol

  2. Lexus IS-F Sound System install - Custom SMD VM-1/OM-1/TM-1f Dash Piece (update page 71)

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

    Posted · Edited by Mike Whitenton

    anyone wanna see the "smoke test" video? You can see just how well the air system works :D I will upload after i eat a sammich. Just got home.

    Damn Steve, now I'm hungry. Thank you for not posting pix of the sandwich build. If you had I'd have been on my way to Sub Way and not finished typing this. lol

    Yes lets see some smoke in a rainbow of colors. :)

  3. Lexus IS-F Sound System install - Custom SMD VM-1/OM-1/TM-1f Dash Piece (update page 71)

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

    Posted · Edited by Mike Whitenton

    Hey Steve, you sure are an inspiration. Love all the build pix and vids. I gotta make me some of those corner templates! Inners & outers on the same peice. I have some clear drafting templates but they are too light duty for shop work. Looks like I'll be picking up some 1/8 or 1/4 inch plexi.

    Also, I had a small problem soldering on one of my eyelets on my 1/0 power cable. The local supplier only had crimp on eyelets but I soldered them anyway. I used 1/0 welding cable. I picked up a little hand torch like I'd seen you use on your ends. Worked great btw! Anyway, The crimp on ends were the closed end type. So I had to solder them upside down, cable in from the top. I was putting an end on an 8 inch cable between the bat and the fuse. So I'm heating the end and the solder wouldn't melt. Seemed to take forever to heat up. Then when it started to melt the eyelet wouldn't fill up. Finally it did. When I was finished I was checking all the ends and only that one was solid several inches up the cable. It was wicking up the cable without filling the eyelet. The copper wire was getting hot without the eyelet heating properly. Is that why you use the open end eyelets and clamp the cable instead? That was my first time soldering 1/0.

    Any advice would be much appreciated.

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