meade916 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Windows and windshield tinted - if you didnt know by now, it now has 5% all the way around (over factory tint) and 30% on the windshield. All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 2 All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Shocks arrived this week, i spent the day yesterday installing them. The fronts had to be fabbed up since there isnt a place to put a shock (its bagged). It took a while to make sure that they had the right amount of travel, they dont bind up, and the rim doesnt hit them - but i finally conquered it! The rears were easy, i just had to go to Ace Hardware and get just the right spacers and all new grade 8 bolts to do it properly. anyway, these are double adjustable for rebound and compression....in other words they are really good. So this thing used to have a "death roll" to it. The caddy would only safely drive at full extension, anything lower then that it started to wobble back and forth like you were on a boat in rough seas. Now its perfect! I drove it around and its just the way its supposed to be now! www.Ridetech.com is the company that makes them. All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 anyway, one last vid of it rolling in the Cali sun and off to Chicken Hill it went. FYI: Its flat-bedded, rather then driven, because he lives an hour away and i need to follow it in my car.....so i can get home please click this link if you want to leave a comment:http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/906-chickens-2002-caddy-the-hoopty-8-18-fi-btl-rockford-fosgate-2-t15k-amps-new-rims-on-page-325/page__st__6620thanks!! All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 So after sitting in my shop for about a year or more, Chicken say's he wants his caddy running again. We are good friends so him just leaving it at my shop forever is no big deal, he don't care, i don't mind. So he buys some new batteries for it. They were all dead as a door nail (long story). Anyway, all i have to do is replace them all. That means removing a T15k and every thing in the way to get to the batteries. Major pain. So i did it. But one of the amps started to malfunction so i had to send it in. RF took care of it fast! But while it was gone, i decided his ride was too dangerous to give back till i fixed the suspension. First of all, the first people who ever did the air bags back in 2002 had ripped out all the sway bars. This thing has been hard to drive ever since and even harder to drive after i installed the system. I re-did most of the air ride and relocated shocks back in 2008. All top of the line stuff...but it still rode like crap. When i noticed the sway bars were gone i decided to get one from the wrecking yard, see if that fixes the problem and if so, get him a better one. It made a HUGE difference, so i got him a DJM sway bar and end links. As you can see i already did the brakes, upper/lower control arms and the panhard bar. anyhow, the air system has really been acting up lately. It has probably never been drained which is also a problem. The valves were sticky and the bags have water in them. I decided we should rip it all out and start over. He agree'd. So here are some more new shocks for up front. He damaged the other ones i did by having the wheel fully turned with the ride all the way down. I moved them in this time as far as i could i think there is plenty of clearance. I got Ridetech 10" shocks. 3 Way adjustable...the shit! New DJM Rear Sway Bar - took like 4 weeks to get here....back order FTL. Got the shortened end links for it too. I literally bought this rear sway bar just to test because i knew i would end up getting the fresh one if it solved the problem. I got a front one too but the bags are fully in the way. JUST the rear alone made a big difference though. Man that shit got UGLY over the years!! All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I laid some very hefty beads on this thing and ground them down some to make sure they were solid (and not a false weld). Then i painted the bracket black to keep it from rusting. Came out great!! problem solved! Got a new sheet metal brake (small one) for some little brackets i will be making. New Slam-Bags (RE-7) showed up. Morning selfie with the new selfie stick i got at CES hahah! Now i can finally get started! All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 The original tanks had mounting brackets on each end and they bolted onto a bracket the previous installer had welded in place. The new tanks are 12 years newer and have different mounts. So i had to make this shit happen. You know how we do it! No crying, just make it happen. All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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