Jumping in the deep end.. my VIP BUILD

[bmccann101]

btw i run Mopar springs on stock shocks.. so thats a 2 in drop all around..

does anyone have experience w Airbags?


I know they drop frame, and i know they lift well.. but can you drive at the level my cars at now ( middle to low) pretty easily? Anyone? just thought id throw that in there...

[PTCSRT8]

How hard was it to install your rear roof wing? I just got the same one but in Silver. Fisch gave me some great tips, how was your experience with the install. Looks real nice!

[bmccann101]

thanks, u need to clean the bejesus out of the glass and all the rubber in that area w alcohol.. need to use a heat gun pretty heavily on it.. it really wasnt the cleanest install ive ever done sadly.. but it works.
Its hard to tell how much of the gap its supposed to cover up, but its certainly not adhering to a perfectly flat surface.. most cars where the eing sticks to just glass, it should be fine, but ours goes up over the rubber too.. makes it tricky.

[PTCSRT8]

Excellent. Thanks. Love your ride. Great transformation in such a short time

[Bull]

Bags are the only way to go in my opinion. Not only do they look great but they ride and handle great also. I have accuair so my car auto levels and has preset heights. My normal ride height is about 2 inches under stock and it's amazing. Very similar to my old BCracing coilovers.

[bmccann101]

awesome thank you.. ive decided to do it...anyone have experience w lotek brand shocks? i figured id replace shocks and sways n some poly bushings while im at it..curious if anyone had any input.

[Fisch]

Well done man. Looks great.

And I know it's been said, but I love the wheels. When I saw the post of them in the garage after they arrived, I actually wasn't sure if I'd like them. But they look sweet mounted.

Wanted to mention to you that I noticed you ran into the same issue I did when mounting the same enclosure. I ended up using some JB Weld to mount a small metal plate to the back of the enclosure so that I had an eyehole sticking out on top. Then drilled a hole in the side wall and fed a bolt through the back, pointing inwards to the trunk. Then I just put a bunch of industrial velcro on the bottom and used a barrel nut and washer to secure the top to the bolt sticking out. And it's in there rock solid.

If I need to remove it, I simply remove the barrel nut and the whole thing comes right out in seconds. Just an option I thought I'd throw out there to you if you wanted to avoid removing the sub everytime you wanted to remove the enclosure.

Keep up the good work!

Here are a couple of pics of what I did to show what I'm talking about...

[bmccann101]

looks pretty cool, thanks for the tips man, this i think will do fer now.



got off my @ss yesterday and did what I have been putting off for a LONG time.. installed my stereo in this thing finally. The amp rack was already built, but had to do the deck, speakers, and all the wiriing etc.. i hate doing this kind of work.. grr.. took me 8 hours w no breaks, but the install is perfectly clean, soldered joints, loom, clean zip ties and proper routing for induced noise rejection. A good install should be done once and last longer than he car does.
I got creative on the dash kit and got it to sit flush mount perfectly, and when it motors out i was able to have it sit flush w the dash w maybe 1-2mm of space. perfect.


The cool part was that i could just stick the amp in the spare tire well... right at the battery.



Not that its a huge amp, but the wires from the amp to the 2 farad capacitor under the amp rack are less than 6 inches long.. lol... and from the cap to the battery its not more than a 2 feet of wire, all 4 gauge..
so needless to say, there is NO VOLTAGE DROP at all lol. The power this thing delivers is incredible for the price... i really thought i was compromising w the level of gear i chose.. but im satisfied plus 100 lol.

I went w SPR Alpine 6x9s and a pair of 8 ohm JL12W1s....thinking theyd at least do the trick for now.. certainly nothing to compare to my 350z.. all Alpine Imprint, Boston Acoustic, tons of power etc etc...

uh..

Holy Balls soup... this car sounds incredible. I have a set of Boston 3.5s on the way for the dash, will run them on a set of XTC 12 db HP crossovers at about 300hz... and will likely run an attenuator ( volume knob) to kick them down a notch when running of the same channels as my front 6x9s.

Likely will wire up a 2nd set of 6x9s to mount under the rear deck opposite of the stock location.. that way they are % and out of the way, but a simple relay circuit will allow them to play only when the trunk is open using the trunk light as a trigger..... ie, car show and parking lot whoring.

Bottom line is that I know electronics and car stereos very well.. so this stuff is easy for me, and i rarely buy new...

I bought the Alpine IVA on ebay " needing light repair" for 80 bucks lol.. flat rate repair is 95 bones.. so its fully refurbed now for 175 tci....bought the pair of subs nearly new from ebay also, 99 bux shipped for the pair.. even the 150 dollar POS wiring adapter this car needs was found nearly new on ebay for 20 bucks shipped from an install shop in CA...boxes, speakers and amp /cap are all new, but in total, i have about 2600 dollars worth of gear and install, totally custom... for about 800 bucks.





Has the TRC box to allow DVDs and settings adjust at any time as well. (Came w the used deck)





not too shabby.

[bmccann101]

updates for yesterday.. more goodies came in. .

POlished billet aluminum knobs and shifter set.. plate and knob.

Also got the trunk liner in and installed and the trunk is now finished.

[PTCSRT8]

Very nice! The modding is as endless as your wallet allows. . Very nice ride. Good luck with bags, they are very nice. I have KW2 coilovers but can't afford bags at this time.