UBL:Lexus IS-F Sound System install - Featured in Performance Auto & Sound Mag (page 6)

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this is a no talk, all picture build thread......please click here to leave a comment!

http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/141999-lexus-is-f-sound-system-install-door-panel-pods-done-rockford-t5s-pg62-72412/page__st__1220

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UPDATE: the T5's sound AMAZING!!!! The kicks aren't hooked up until tomorrow and i still have the rear doors to do, but that will be easy. Man i LOVE THIS SYSTEM and its not even tuned yet at all, just barely crossed over with "starting point" xover settings.

this is a no talk, all picture build thread......please click here to leave a comment!

http://www.stevemead.../page__st__1220

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Ok you guys know me, i always have my bass knobs in between my seat and center console. It works in the Tahoe, but in the lexus, i wanted it to be a little cleaner. Now i STILL prefer them to be by my leg so that is where i put them. I really wanted to put them somewhere on the carbon fiber but there is ZERO room once you pull it apart and look at the underside. Virtually impossible to do it and keep it clean. Not one square inch on the dash to mount them either. So i really wanted to keep them on the side anyway. Here is what i did.

First knob - Master Volume (plus it changes from main/bluetooth/optical/aux with a click)

Second Knob - Bass "Q"

Third Knob - Kick Panel Bass

Fourth - Bass Boost (to 2 T2500.1 bd's)

I took the silver and grey plastic knobs off the 2nd two and put some matching 3sixty.3 black ones on so they all match. I think it looks good and is very functional.

not a HUGE update, but it was good to get the wires off the floor that were spanning over the carpet in the back. I didn't run them because i didn't know where i wanted them. Also, i have been battling "floor noise" (not alt whine, but more of a hiss) for the last month or two. I got fed up and just rolled with it like that while trying to figure out what it was. Its a complicated setup and i am the first to have a 3sixty.3 in an oem integrated Lexus ISF (with 7.1 stock). Finally i figured it out and now i am loving the system. Since i am happy now, i decided to finally mount these. I am doing a few more things soon too.

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just in case you forgot what is under the covers in the back

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Got my Mechman 270a alternator today Here is just a few pics of it. I might put it in next week and when i do, you know i will take pics and post a video. Right now, my stock alt charges @ 13.1-13.4v and that is weak. It is 180a stock so i will give it credit for that Anyway, this one should charge @ 15.2 cold and 14.9 hot. It benched @ 278a.

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It is installed! The only problem i ran into other then it being a PAIN IN THE ASS, was that the adjustable harness doesn't really work properly. The car is preventing it from changing i believe. I am working closely with Mechman to find out why. I sent them the stock alt and the harness back for some further research. It obviously benched @ 15+v before they shipped it, its just my car is being stubborn. I still got an extra half a volt out of it and of course, 100 extra amps (@ 278). Did i mention it was a BIOTCH? at least its done and i don't have to hear about my huge system and stock alt, even if it was 180a

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The last few days, this is what i have been working on.

Custom pods for the SMD VM-1 (Volt meter), the new OM-1 (Output Meter) and the new TM-1 (Temperature Sensor / Fan output controller).

PasMag (Performance Auto & Sound) is going to shoot my car for December's issue so i had to get this done. Anyway, for those that wanted to see how i did it, here it is.

Made a little "trough" so i could get a flat spot at the bottom of the circle.

Fill it in, scrape it flat. Pop the frame off - and bam, i got what i was looking for.

Now time to sand.