Project D.G.A.F - the SMD Tercel - 4 15" LVL 5 Walled - 16v, DC Audio 9.0k's 18v EARLY SPL results pg 28 new Podium Page 33

[n8ball2013]

I've used kenwoods in my last two daily drivers before the genesis. I never had any issues with them and they are both still going in other cars to this day

[ChevyBoy95]

I use a kenwood as well and only have sun issues if i leave the display blue, but instead i go to the options and can do 30+ different colors and find the one the sun doesnt mess with.

[CarAudioFab]

The little fan shrouds with the perforated metal is a great idea, I am jealous of your sheet metal brake! I need one bad! Even if its a little mini guy Looking good sir.

[meade916]

The little fan shrouds with the perforated metal is a great idea, I am jealous of your sheet metal brake! I need one bad! Even if its a little mini guy Looking good sir.

Harbor freight bro haha! It was cheap and easy to put together. I used to work with very large brakes at the roofing company for years so this is just a lil guy to me. But it sure is handy

[CarAudioFab]

The little fan shrouds with the perforated metal is a great idea, I am jealous of your sheet metal brake! I need one bad! Even if its a little mini guy Looking good sir.

Harbor freight bro haha! It was cheap and easy to put together. I used to work with very large brakes at the roofing company for years so this is just a lil guy to me. But it sure is handy

I know what I am getting with my next "coo-pin" hahah

[boometro]

any info on the screws used on page 14? @meade916, you seem to know/think they are the best. i need a bunch of them for a couple different builds i am doing. just looking for some help.

[meade916]

any info on the screws used on page 14? @meade916, you seem to know/think they are the best. i need a bunch of them for a couple different builds i am doing. just looking for some help.

ill have info soon...in fact i am going to start selling them! I will take great care of SMD members on those! hang tight i will announce soon!

[meade916]

So knowing that i probably won't drive this car at all, and being mostly an SPL car, i figured there was no need to put the deck in the dash. I decided on a podium so i can control from the outside of the vehicle.

This empty XS Power D2400 display should work good. I was going to make something more complicated until i remembered that this is the DGAF car! I don't wanna spend too much time on it. But even that said, i still spent a good amount of time on this because that is my nature.

I was going to do this on the side to retain the look of the top of the battery...but it isn't deep enough to do that. So time to carve a hole in the top.

Believe it or not, this part was a BITCH!

SMD TM-1 © on the left will monitor the XS Power step down modules. It will also kick on fans mounted on the heat sinks to cool those down. It also kicks on 4 more fans that bring fresh air into the trunk. The middle is the SMD VM-1 to monitor the 12v side of the car. The right side is an SMD VM-1hv to monitor the 16v battery bank.

[meade916]

Even though i clearly DGAF, we still soldered mostly everything.

my boy CoolAid came by and dropped off a few tickets to the Rittz show coming up. YEEEEE.

Before i can build the Molex plugs, i need to make sure all this stuff works. Man it is UGLY! but temporary

I decided to use a 12 pin Molex plug to make it detachable so i can remove it and store it when not in use. There is a lot more than positive and negative going on inside of this podium so i knew i would need a good sized plug to get it done. The largest i had available in my shop was a 12'er so i used it. 12 male and 12 female "pins" on each side were crimped, soldered and pushed into position.

These pins were individually crimped and soldered.

[meade916]

I decided to use a Pac LC-1 just in case i need to turn the bass down or in case i need to roll in slow. At 18v, @.35 ohms, i might need to roll in.

I also decided i needed a kill switch to shut the bass amps off in case well, they need to be shut off. LOL. It will be nice to have if the 9.0k's go into protect. I can reset them a lot faster this way. I would put it up top but i ran out of room. I could put it next to the knob but the knob is in the center.....which means this thing would have to be to the right or left and make it look crooked. So the side was what i decided on.

good news! i made the tripod work! bad news...i owe the wife a tripod. LOL

that's all for now! With the source unit, 4 channel, electrical, cooling fans, podium and all that stuff finished, i can move forward to the cabin and work on the mids and highs. Then some acoustics...try to gain some DB. This is one milestone i NEEDED to finish to move forward!