Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Singer 220A H/O altI did the recone, I think it turned out very nicelythis is one beefy bastardI cleaned up my lights with toothpaste and it made a BIG differenceThen back to the recone!!! there was white paint on the gluing surface so the dust cap popped off and failed at the paint. to fix it I sanded the gluing surface and used some shoe goop to put it on again. It's looking super sexy nowThis is where I am at now, I still need to seal off the trunk but I'll just wait until I am un-butthurt and I have more money to throw around I also got bored the other day and bought some plastidip to do certain parts of the car. It doesn't look bad, but it isn't good.... if that makes any sense lol My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I was able to get a couple vids up showing the excursion and a little flex Another video nothing big lately. I get my alt soon. I wrapped the back side of my box today, it turned out great IMO for my first time wrapping Lookie what I got today...He included quite a few "Ginger Alternator" stickers too This big lip on the HO alt is obstructing the alt from going on and in turn causing the pulley to seize up due to pressure on its insides or torsion. So I need to grind it down and try again.And my sub... My shitty solder job came off so I went to get direct leads done instead of push terminals. Well we tested the impedance of both sides which should have been 1ohm but one side said .2ohms. The coil was a nice honey gold color except for one spot close to the coil to tinsel lead connection where it was black. My guess is that when we did the recone one of the terminals broke so we had to solder it back on. We soldered it or a long time and applied a lot of heat. We think that the heating caused the resin stuff in the coil to become more brittle and yada yada. It's hard to tell what happened because it's only that one spot where it's bad. Gains were set right and I never took it above where gains were set. And some demos... My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Some more progress!!! TRUNK BATTERY!!!It's a rats nest. I don't care now. I'll clean it up and make a proper system of keeping the battery in place as well as wire organization Also I got my trophy in the mail I'm having issues either with my RCA connection at the amp or RCA connections internally in the amp. I'm going to investigate before I invest in a new set of RCAs. blue illuminated cup holders!!! It turns out that the sub reaches it's mechanical limits when playing 45hz test tone for competition so I can't go until clipping stops on the HU In recent updates I switched out the positive 4 ga with 1/0 that I got for $20 and rounded over the port exit to eliminate port noise so nothing really photo worthy My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 ooh what is this? there will be some fiberglassing right here A few ideas thrown around...All wrapped upResined and test fit to prove that it worksSkipped fiberglass photos because my fiberglassing sucks so here is fiberglass and filler goddamn. started applying filler primer and I messed up so I had to fix it and I'm still in the process of fixing it... moral of the story is don't touch wet paintand a little mock up My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Final coatloaded and last coat of paintAlso just started tweeter pods Tweeter pods resined. Next is fiberglass Some more progress. I need speaker wire still so they aren't wired up. I put them in the door and fastened them in with a few screws. Excuse the dirty car My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 got into a little accident on snowy roads before accident little accident fixed!!! BLUE It's not done yet, I still need to make trim rings to go around the crossovers Fiberglassing sucks dick, what a mess to work with just for teh lulz... My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 snow has been shitty, so I haven't had a lot of motivation to get a lot of work done in the car tweeters filled in with filler and sanded down nice and smooth primer filler test fit both done test fit black tweeters in INSTALLED!!! couldn't be happier with how the tweeter pods turned out I got the drive door pod filled in and sanded. this one was a huge bitch because I had a lot of fiberglass bubbles..... oops primered My girlfriend got me the PAC-LC1 for Christmas and I just go around to installing it. the sundown remote gain knob was freaking out and sending the amp weird signals and it scared me every time I adjusted the gain with the knob I have the drive pod painted and all, I just haven't had the time to install it with this week being so busy. I'll have it installed hopefully during spring break My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Just bought an older RF amp off of one of the members here, I forget what their screen name is though I just took the end caps off lol. they take up too much space under my seat everything I need to install the new amp removed driver seat and first thing I did was grind down a good ground everything in and wired up, except for left speakers of course so far they sound good, I want to wait until I can get an O-scope on the amp so I know where I can turn it up to not pretty but it works this was very helpful for cutting the tweeter hole and some video for you video whores I still need to upload more, this video was just on stock HU power. I can't wait to hear them scream when the amp is tuned properly. I love how the highs sound already and how they sound in general with live music My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 so spring break was this past week. Instead of going out and raging I decided to go home and work on my car first of all I got the mids/highs amp mounted above the ground with some UHMW plastic strips that I found laying around the house I got wires cleaned up too and hidden I dreaded doing this, but I got up the courage to get my shit together and work on the beauty panel for the trunk wall got a paper template made up and with taped sheets of paper after 2 tries I finally got a whole sheet of 1/4" birch ply cut in one piece lol BINGO!!! what could this be? My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I picked up some strong spray adhesive, black carbon fiber vinyl, and got to work my first piece came out looking very nicely I got the other piece done and holy shit did it look good lol My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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