06 Civic Build - New Build List on page 60

[scooter99]

Ok so first things first, I had some time to take tonight to do some sanding. Lots of sanding. I decided today that I'd try to take at least 30 minutes a night and get some of this stuff done for the headlights. I did that tonight. Here's the end result.

This is the original one. The passenger side shroud. I took it off the taped projector and did some sanding, and it was ready for the final (what I hope is the final) coat of filler.

Got the premium bondo ready. Can't afford Rage and don't have any. Bondo will have to be it.

After that was done, I set it aside to dry, and that'll sit till tomorrow. I like how it turned out though. After looking at it a bit, I am confident that tomorrow it will be done, I'll put some high build primer on it, and then I should be able to paint it and it should be ready. We'll see. Maybe I'll do a little wet sand and then prime it again. It's going to depend on how it turns out tomorrow night.

Now on to the rough one. This is the driver side shroud. As you can see there's A L O T of work to be done with this one. I noticed that it's off in shape too from the passenger side one. Not a big deal to most and probably not noticeable to some, but I know it, I saw it and yes that's where the OCD problem is. So I'll have to see about fixing that. I'll get to that later. Here we go.

Off of the projector and ready for some sanding.

Got it mostly sanded, still needs some work, but I ran into a little problem. This one didn't build up underneath like the first one. So around the inside where it meets the projector, it's broken off about half of the ring. So that'll have to be fixed now. I can tell, this is going to end up being my problem shroud.

[scooter99]

After I sanded a little more I put some more filler around the outer areas of the hole for the projector. On the upper right of the shroud, you can see where I went over a big spot. That's where it's a different shape. On this one it sunk down there, and on the other one it was up and nice and tight looking. So I'll have to build that up a few times to get it to look right. I think other than just some more work on it, it'll be just fine.

And lastly she went back on the projector and I filled it in again. This time I jammed quite a bit in there. I noticed that on the other one, it was a little tight around the projector. I think when I put the filler in there, it jammed in around the outer housing and in the end it's allowed for a nice tight fit around the projector. I don't think it'll be doing any moving like I was worried about.

Definitely going to have a lot more sanding on this one!

So next I decided to work on the Scan Gauge pod. Since I had the sanding gear out and the filler out as well. Thought I'd get a sand on it and the base coat of filler. I'm going to have to figure out how I'm going to shape this out. I think square will look ok, but there are alot of curves on the dash. I'm considering flaring and curving it out on the bottom a bit. To match the sides sort of. I'll have to look at is as I work on it.

Pictures are pretty self explanatory. Check em out!

Filled roughly.

Now in this picture you can see pretty well what i'm talking about as far as the curves go. You can see on the dash piece itself in the background, that it's got a nice curve or round on it. Then you see the gauge pod and it's sharp around the edges. I have to figure out what I'm going to do about that as I go.

So that's pretty much it. About 45 minutes worth of work. Should be more tomorrow. Thanks for checking in!

[scooter99]

So for everyone here, I've got a question that I think I know the answer to but I want to ask you guys who might know for sure.

As everyone knows I'm using three small batteries in this build. One up front for standard duties, and then two in back for audio duties. I would like to do two Stinger Voltage Meters in the car, so I can monitor the voltage in the batteries. Up front is not an issue, pretty straight forward.

The rear batteries, I want to use one meter to monitor both batteries. Both batteries will be combined so they're running strapped. Here's a little diagram of what I want to do. Then I'll describe it below that, so everyone is clear.

So my battery wiring plan is this. I did not put all the pieces in there. I'm going to be redoing the big 3 when I get the H/O alternator installed. When that happens, I'll be going all 1/0Ga, although it is now. Just could be cleaner.

So I'll be going Alt to battery, or alt to h/o relay (I can't remember.) I think either way will work fine. Anyway, then I'll have the front battery just specifically for the engine, and the other normal car duties. Standard stuff. The meter will go on that battery or on the alternator?

Then there's the rear batteries. I'm going to go ahead and run dual 1/0 lines to them. I'm putting one on each side of the trunk. So I'll be going from the other side of the H/O Relay with two 1/0 Ga cables one going to each battery. Then off the batteries, I'm going to be using an Audison SFD-41C multi distribution block. Half the amps on one, half on the other. I was going to take the positive wire for the meter, and run one from each distribution block and connect them and then go to the meter. Is that going to give me an accurate reading between the two batteries? It should right?

The other option I can do, is these beautiful distribution blocks have a pass through port for the positive cable. I can put on in one end, and then one in the other. So I could, in theory, connect both batteries together in the back like that. Does that make sense? Then I can run my single wire from the meter to the connection.

Anyone care to shed some light on this? Good, bad, other? Thanks!

[scooter99]

Update:

Ok, so last night, I did not get to do any work on my shrouds. When I got home there was this tension in the air, my wife looked frustrated, and my kids were bouncing off the walls (hence her frustration). So I had to play superman when I got home and bring things back down to earth, on top of make dinner (bbq pork chops, rice a roni, and steamed veggies), fix the tv that the kids were upset about not working (got a new cable box this morning), and give my wife a break that she much needed!

So by the time all that was done, showers for the girls were done, and we had some free time to ourselves, we kind of just crashed! Busy night!

Hopefully I'll make up some time lost from last night tonight, as well as tonights work!

[armykyle1]

dude that was an intense 17 pages to go through lol. really nice build you have going! Super clean work, very impressive attention to detail! I like the box setup, should be loud and sound good for sure!

I was thinking about getting one of those rear lower control arm mounts for my car too, but the company who made them went under, and it was a tubular style support instead of a flat bar.

keep the work going, I like projector retro fit, I want to do that as well!

[scooter99]

That sux about the bar. The P2R is nice. I like the looks of it, and it's pretty strong it seems like.

I got them through a dealer in the US. I'll pm you his number and see if he can do anything for you. You're talking about the audison connection blocks right?

[scooter99]

Ok folks, here's the deal! I'm halting everything for now. Only a little bit of time. I'm working on something that you guys are either going to love me or hate me for, but I think it's worth it to do now. Don't worry, it's not going to take me long! Maybe a couple of days, but until then just be patient while I get it done. Then I'll be back to working on the build! Thanks for tuning in!

[scooter99]

Ok, I'm just about done with the project. I'll hopefully be done this afternoon. I'll update later!

[scooter99]

Hey guys, on a different note, I wanna build a set of tower speakers for my home system. All I have is a Sony AV system, and I can never get the sound right out of those little F-ers, and I don't ever use the surround sound anyway. Mostly just the center and the sides. I thought maybe if I built some towers, I could get some better sound out of them. I'm thinking like 4 7" mids and 2 tweeters. I have the sony sub, but I would consider a new sub as well. Then maybe build a new center speaker, like maybe 2 6" or 5" mids and a pair of tweeters. Can someone help, maybe point me in the right direction of some links that would help me understand how to build an enclosure etc.? Thanks!

BTW, I don't need anything as elaborate as Mr. Meade's 8' towers of power! Although I can't wait to get by his shop one day and hear those bad boys! WOW! Impressive even over youtube on my computer. Can't even imagine what they are in person! OK back on track!

[Parentnoia]

x2 on the Elemental Designs. Great stuff there. Not sure about the free shipping. About $17 shipping on $50 of deadener.