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Love me some led's...I have a cheaper chines on in my front bumper...bright as hell though..Although I know the more expensive ridgid ones you have a far better/brighter, I have a set of small ones wich are really bright as well... so much light for so little power! Love it! Looking great!

Looking good man glad to see it getting more finished up... trying to get my system finished this weekend. ....race you!

well not related to my 5.0 k's but I got my center console done with the 4 smd guages vm-1 tm-1 and 2 om-1's so here's a money shot of those! mids and highs are playing on om-1 to the mids and the other to the tweeters for now...once subs are in I'll switch out my mids for the subs for the om-1's Also I dont think I'll stay with these switches...probably get different style one that light up blue

Yay! Tercel is getting some love again!! Good to see its back on track!

Oh I get yeah...yeah I will be well under that haha, probably going to need like a 2-3 amp fuse max lol!

I am running 6 fans 3 pushing 3 pulling...they are tiny thin profile 40mm fans that are not as power hungry as your average 80mm-120mm computer fans. Pretty sure the manual says it can power 4 fans, if you go more than that you will need a relay but I didnt want to run more wires and stuff so when I tested it it the fans seem to have as much power running all 6 full spead as it does when I hook them up individually to a battery....meaning they dont seem to be underpowered. as for running multiple smd devices on the same fuse fans included(I think thats what you are asking?) I dont see why I shouldnt be able to run the three gauges and 6 fans off of a single fuse....how big I dont know yet I will hook up my fuse tested and turn everything on and get the fans going full blast and see how many amps it pulls and fuse accordingly. Hope thats what you mean.

Alright so today I shaved off the amp mounting feet...really happy with it....just used a sawsal lol worked great! Then desoldered these guys apart so I could use them in the amp Like so Even have covers for them My dremel cutoff wheel supply is empty so had to do the second one like this lol...cleaned it up with a grinding bit looks fine 5.0k all stripped now I have an external fuse for all the guages and fans

Thanks buddy! Cant wait to get it in.... haha! Haha I think the price just went up a bit lol! Side not I'm not sure the duals are going to work...the back wall that these will mount on puts them reeeal close which is going to be hard to get all that wire squeezed inbetween them...didnt realize I dont have the space....So on that note if I cant I'll make sure To send um' back to you ...the inputs not the amps haha!

Alright well got my other 5k now done so heres some pics of them both! and here is a video demoing the fans and showing the meters sweeping Hope you enjoyed. Should have this system up and playing in the next two weeks, hope to be eligible for SOTM! Sweet prize DC Audio!

3872watts Excited to see this one! Used to have this series amp, would love to know how it performs! Yeah AMP TEST TUESDAY!!

wrap is definitely going to make it look that much more awesome...now back to the tercel!

I think you and Steve and Brent should get together and do something like this because with the three pro's like you guys...you could make something really cool....just saying!

The dash piece came out Awesome! Great work getting to look like it belongs there! Is the paint glossy or more matte black? Guy looks like he does a great job...I probably would have cheated and just used bedliner on them like you did the kicks...but thats because I haz no painting skills....................................yet! Again nice work...lets see more of the Tercel lol!

Damn thats clean man...curious to see how it gets fastened because you made that look really clean! Great work! Is this the last piece of the puzzle?

Damn that came out amazing! The fit is unreal how it looks like it belongs there! All the trim work, plexi, bedliner, and the lift handles make it look amazing man! Great work!

Nice vid man! That's allot of work that looks like its paying off! Looks awesome, bet some people wish that was something you can buy as a prefab haha! btw I've never noticed how you lay tape then plastic before fiberglass...that looks like the plastic comes off allot easier I always just fiber glassed right off the tape and that shit doesn't usually come off easy at all..PITA..will be stealing this for my c-pillars I gotta make...thanks for the tutorial! Like I said I'm sure you've shown it before I just didn't notice haha!

the trim work is looking siiiick! Keep it up man!

damn dude 6th order...wasnt expecting that! sick work fitting it in there so clean! as always work is classy not half assey!

BTW forgot to post this up in the log but here's a demo of the fans kicking on and off, not the best quality but I wanted to test it before I put it in just to make sure it was wired and set properly...figured showing it in action wasn't a bad idea iirc the instructions state if you run more than 4 fans to use a relay and I'm running 6 with out one...these are very thin profile small 40mm fans that should be just fine to run off the TM-1..at least in testing they did just fine.

Thanks bro! Yeah i know people make amp back covers which look sweet, but nice know its kind of original But this idea catches on, Im cool with that there are some very talented artists out there who definitely do better work than i so would not apprise me if more were to show up!

/\/\/\/\ I agree from underneath the feet arent that attractive, and yes will also have plenty of fans throughout so theres also will be a tm-1 in my dash that controls fans on the amp rack's got limited space in my crew cab so I'll have amps under the box along the back wall and possibly mounted behind the back seat close to the port we will see Thank you sir, I think it looks pretty swell myself!

I doubt they will I mean you would tap into these inputs anyway from the outside of the amp sooooI doubt they should mess things up...I stated earlier that this will have an external fuse that I can change out incase of a short, so the guages and amp are protected individually, as far as power consumtion...these meters draw probably less than 5 amps..havent hooked them up and checked for sure but I'm using dual inputs so there should be no problem...should but someone more educated could chime in and back me up. Thank you thank you! dude just showing the amps guts is a project in and of it's self!! mounting it upside down makes everything challengin! Soo props to you and everyone else who loves to show amp porn like this lol...mine is slightly R rated..i put some lingerie on mine lol! How are you mounting it upside down? Here's how I did mine: Some semi-flexi water pipe and brass tube from Lowe's. Bolts and then T-nuts on the underside. Also, did you wire a switch in there? Or a relay? I could see a relay with the signal from the remote turn-on from the HU, but I didn't see a switch or relay at all in there. umm no each guage has power ground and remote turn on...so all three ground tied to gether run to ground from amp all three positives tied together ran to positive block and all three remote wires tied together ran and soldered to the remote turn on to the amp...if you are refering to the fans they are completely controlled by the TM-1 to kick on at 100 degrees f...if any one doesn't know about the TM-1...definatly do some research...its a bad ass tool As for mounting the amps..if you notice all the allen head bolts the three middle and three top only srew into the holes I drilled and tapped into the heat heatsink the 4 corner allens go all the way through them amp and will be what hold the amp to the amprack..follow..it will be slightly spaced so it isnt contacting the rack. But damn dude great looking install! Honestly love the wire organization and obviously love the green SHCA wire....wish I could have done that because I love green! The way you spaced it is what most people do and looks fantastic! This is just how I decided..I may shave off the mounting feet entirely for a cleaner look and so its easier to see my gains and such when installing. haha trust me I was drooling slightly when I finished the wrap and started screwing it to the amp...I'll admit kinda excited to have something original

ok I've been asked a few times how this will be internally wired so here's an idea Dont know about all amps like this but this ones comes with holes drilled and tapped into the amp so all you need is some screws to get the remote turn on I'll solder to the internal side of that...same as speaker lead for the OM-1 here's what I mean closer look only wires that will come out of the amp are the rgb led's only because I am doing two amps and will use one controller for both...maybe if this was a 10k I could fit the controller into a bigger amp...this set up..wouldnt be woth that much modifying. also now you can see I've got some progress done on the other 5.0k still allot left but its a start!