Father and Son Project: 2002 Yukon - Rockford Fosgate Sound System Install - ROUND 2 - NEW Amp Rack installed - FIRED UP! page 23

[meade916]

Steve, I need to clean up the amp rack(read MDF board) in my 04 Escalade. Is his amp rack bolted to those seat rods? I'd like to build an amp rack like this. Thank you guys for sharing. I wouldn't think doable without this post.

your answer is actually right in front of your face in that picture lol - but thanks man!

[meade916]

The LED's are wired up, there will be a video on how the Mercury switch works soon. If you want to see a 15 second instagram clip, visit my channel @ www.instagram.com/meade916 it's just a few days ago. After i post these pics i will work on the latest video.

Today's work....

I was trying to find an easy spot to put his SMD VM-1 and SMD TM-1 by the dash not really knowing what we were going to do. I didn't want to do anything fancy because i think he want's to do an Ipad mini eventually in the dash. So before i pull the trigger and fabricate something, i want to make sure he know's what he wan'ts so we don't do the work twice.


Then i realized....there is 2 prime spots right in front of our face!

I will let the pics do the talking.

So i just started pulling it apart, to see what kind of room i had. To my surprise, there is ENOUGH!

Ok before you ask why one hole was cut with a hole saw and the other was cut with my air tool......it is because the hole saw would have cut into the top of the factory temperature gauge numbers (dashes) a little bit. It would have shown. So i had to do a circle with a flat spot on the bottom so that would not happen. The hole is a LOT more rough but it doesn't really matter as it gets covered by the new gauge. I just thought i would explain that. As you will see i am capable of a clean hole i was just out of options for the VM-1 spot.

[meade916]

It's VERY important these wires be detachable...in case you have to take the cluster out for service. you do NOT want to have to cut it all out later. If i had to do this all over again, and i might for some other vehicle, i will use a molex connector with plenty of pins to do the job. You guys have seen me do that in the past and normally i would. But this was short notice and i am out of one large enough to handle it all. This works fine

























video coming soon! working on it now!

[ToNasty]

ive been wanting to do this to my silverado for the lon gest time but i couldnt figure out how to mount it!

[Wood]

excuse my language but YOU ARE A FUCKING GENIUS!!!

[meade916]

inspired by Brent Leavitt who did a VM-1 in his Tahoe dash cluster about a year ago.....didn't see how he did it, and it's a different year, but he still had me wanting to do it from the first day i saw him do it. But i one-upped him and did a TM-1 also haha. BAM.

[ToNasty]

inspired by Brent Leavitt who did a VM-1 in his Tahoe dash cluster about a year ago.....didn't see how he did it, and it's a different year, but he still had me wanting to do it from the first day i saw him do it. But i one-upped him and did a TM-1 also haha. BAM.

i see you popped the little plastic psrt out and hot glued "i think" it, but how did you mount the main part? Thats the only thing stopping me from doing this

[meade916]

before anyone asks...i did the slight tilt on the VM-1 on purpose. I felt it looked better that way than when it was straight. It kinda follows the bottom flat part of the tach gauge next to it. It could have been fine both ways but my eyes were telling me to turn it just a little bit. Plus, i needed that space to bring the corner of the circuit board out of the way so it wouldn't hang over the edge. I'm happy with it! Thanks!

[meade916]

inspired by Brent Leavitt who did a VM-1 in his Tahoe dash cluster about a year ago.....didn't see how he did it, and it's a different year, but he still had me wanting to do it from the first day i saw him do it. But i one-upped him and did a TM-1 also haha. BAM.

i see you popped the little plastic psrt out and hot glued "i think" it, but how did you mount the main part? Thats the only thing stopping me from doing this

I drilled small holes and screwed them in. They are screwed in AND have some hot glue on them for a little extra holding strength.

[ToNasty]

do you have any pictures of that? i dont have a very good imagination, having trouble seeing it