bcbrassard Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 out with the old. Baby steps to this... Next level. First set up was around 1K, this will be closer to 2K. Fun to build, wish i could have finished it. Nice to see what i am learning and applying it. Always trying to make it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 I picked up a roll of SoundSkins this week. Also ordered 10 sq ft Second Skin for the rear doors. I would like to have a couple rolls of SoundSkins lying around when build time comes. Rear doors, Trunk Lid, plus lots of interior panels to do to make this as deadened as possible. This is roll 13 i think? I would have to look back for the exact account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 This weeks goodies came in and as always happy with what i bought and excited to put it to use or install. Second skin kit showed up Tuesday. Rear doors need a couple sheets and then the SoundSkin treatment. I truly believe after investing so much time & money i would be nuts not to treat the rear doors. I want this bitch silent as can be. I have choices on materials when it come to trying to silence them rattles, which my ears are hyper tuned in to listen for and i hate it! But i guess it is also the ability to enjoy the music also. 3 different size thickness speaker foam 1/16, 1/8 & 3/16. 3 rolls of Tesa interior tape, plus 2 rolls of high temp exterior tape. I bought a IWiss HX-50BI (8-1/0 awg) Cable Lug Crimping Tool for the 8 awg ferrules need on sub speaker wires. Plus the one i have is in need of repair. This was $25, and the 22-7 awg crimping tool & kit was $23 so it picks up where the other kit doesn't go as low of gauge wire to crimp. This SHCA wire order is a nice sight to see. 8 awg Ferrules and speaker location kit. Spendy order but needed. I still need the big 4 and other stuff! I thought about buying a spool of 1/0 awg but it seemed like more than i needed. Plus with the kit i think you get more bang for buck! Thank You SHCA!!! Plan to work on the speaker wires this weekend and order more shit. Which battery's to get? I want XS but could i get away with a couple good AGM battery's for the local parts store? I don't want to be cheap but this one is expensive, the stock alt is 150 amps but would like a Singer 220 amp H. O. Alt too. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 In order to quiet the interior down you need mlv and some balistic mat. Soundskins doesn't quiet anything down. It's just for panel resonance with ccf which is just a decoupler ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2019 Everything in this drawer i purchased this summer. All for car audio & this install. I used the 8 awg SHCA ferrules and this crimping tool for the sub inputs. Crimped nicely. I was torn between cutting the extra wire off or tinning it. So i soldered the ferrules and then ground them square w/ a dremel. These are crimped solid i just had to solder them though! lol Now to wrap them in Tesa tape, foam wire @ hanger locations. Can't finish enclosure because i don't have a plan yet. All i have been able to do is buy now and decide later exactly how it will turn out. Baby steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 Wrapped 8 awg in Tesa tape. Looking at materials to mount speaker wire and keep it quiet. I will use speaker gasket foam at the hangers & in between to eliminate wire noise. I used some heavy duty heat shrink in the transition from tesa tape to wire. Pretty much finished with the sub wire for now. I like how it turned out. Time to pull the 4 awg out. Looking at XS batterys and plan to pull the trigger by the end of this month. For now clean this mess up and get everything prepped that i can. All out and vacuumed off! RF 4 awg OFC wire will get reused. Lancer in the back ground. Another beauty day, about 6 days of rain in the last 3 months, highest temps i have seen since 1971. Use to be like this when i was young. Nice to have it back. 70-80 degrees daily!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 SHCA 1/0 AWG OFC Big 3 showed up this week. Just another small piece of the puzzle. SHCA Heat shrink label kit. Sub label is a nice touch. And of course enough to do the job and then some. So i have been hunting down a company to sell and ship a XS Power D3400 Battery to ALASKA and fuck has it been tough. Only place i found was SSA Store and i paid a shit ton for shipping but what else was i to do. I really didn't want to run another brand. Anyway hope to get that by the end of the week. I am thinking about limitless lithium cell in the trunk. Ordering this battery was a big one to cross off the list. Just wish we had a dealer up here to have cut the cost down some. Oh well it's done, now to wait for arrival! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Battery update: The XS Power D3400 showed up today. Fedex said it would be delivered at the end of the work day but at 3:40 when i checked the progress it was delivered @ noon. So i asked my boss( my oldest Brother) if i could run home to grab the package( i live 3 minutes from work) and glad i did. I live in a good neighborhood but when i got home the Battery was shipped in its Original XS Box. WTF... This battery cost my $465.!!!!! Shipping was the $165 and the Battery was $300. OUCH !!!!! I would have hoped it could have been put in plain box. My dash pad for the Lancer came in too. Double score . Super excited to have this battery, Lancer has Kenetic Energy battery's and i was never really happy with there performance so glad i got the best in the market IMO. Looking at a LimitLess Lithium Cell. I would like the 45 AH but has a $1000 price tag where the 25 AH was $700. The hole system will be around 2800 watts, but i might upgrade in the future and i want the power to not ever be an issue. Not sure if i can swing a Singer alt this year so the factory 150 amp will have to do but next year for sure! More to shop in the next 2 weeks. for now i need to save up for the 45 AH lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcbrassard Posted August 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 I stacked all the goodies i have and added it up. The trunk is holding $2870.00 worth of equipment & materials. I have never had this many goodies saved up to go into a project. And a couple hundred dollars in tools. Lithium battery , Battery terminals for both battery's is the next big hurdle financially. Probably a grand there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToNasty Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Shit adds up quick as fuck. I think I'm somewhere in the 10k range right now. And when I started I set a budget of 2500 ***Super Sellers List***http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/25829-super-sellers-buyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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