Here I go again

[Zblue8]

thanks

[penning4544]

What kind of bed cover is that and where did you get it?

[David12460]

Its from this company---> http://www.craftecinc.com/

Its a low profile cover. Not a flush mount but gives you a similar appearance of one for much less then a checkmate.

Decent cover IMO



I see you are from MN. We have a meet on Sunday. Check the Minnesota thread for details if your interested.

[David12460]

Here is what I have for my car audio build so far. I still need a few more little things (not including my components and amp).










8 gauge speaker wire bitches!


0 Gauge

[ProTouring2.2]

i love looking at fresh audio parts piles

looks awesome

[David12460]

Quote: Originally Posted by greenflameS10

i love looking at fresh audio parts piles

looks awesome

Yeah, the FI SSD is one nice woofer. It is pretty beefy for a 12''. Im still working on box plans for it. Im trying to design a ported enclosure thats fits in the area I want as well as the specs from FI.

[penning4544]

Thanks for the info on the bed cover. I had a death in the family so I was out of town this past weekend.

[David12460]

Quote: Originally Posted by penning4544

Thanks for the info on the bed cover. I had a death in the family so I was out of town this past weekend.

Not a problem. I'm sorry to hear about your loss.

[coffs03s10]

a reply from my thread:

so u just leave the bowtie on the grille when u paint it right?

[David12460]

Quote: Originally Posted by coffs03s10

a reply from my thread:

so u just leave the bowtie on the grille when u paint it right?

I usually take it completely off when painting them. (Ive painted 3 so far). Since I was spraying the grill shell too for this one I just took the nuts off the back of the grill and pulled the bowtie out about 3/4''. This way I could get good coverage from all angles.



On a side note I finailly flushed the cooling system when I did a oil change tonight to get rid of all the crap GM dex-cool coolant.

[coffs03s10]

david, where did you get your paint?
and what do you recomend?

[David12460]

I just went to checker and picked up some duplicolor. primer, color, clear. Its worked ok for me. I am not a painter so i dont have any real recomendations. All I know is that it worked for me.

[David12460]

I made some progress this weekend on my car audio setup. I got 90% of the wires ran, and my box built.







Flush mounted woofer:


Bed liner drying.


0 gauge ran to battery


soldered crimped and heat shrinked


power distribution block under glove box


All wires ran to rear ready for the amplifier.

[David12460]

Well I got the box in last night and finished the wiring. I barely tuned it yet but, holy shit this thing can pound. The first time it hit my dome light cover popped off. It is ATLEAST twice as loud as my previous setup with my two tens.I was told that it will take 20 hours to fully break in but right now it sounds pretty damn good. I am debating building a smaller sealed enclosure to try it in there to see the difference.

[dawgnutz]

Sic truck man! I remeber your White truck, I dug it alot! I saw you sold it and then I kinda lost track. I was reading the TTTTYPHOON thread and saw a link to your topic and came over. Man! What a Difference! Making all the right moves man! Truck looks great!

[dawgnutz]

Oh and Thanks for the link to the Tonneau cover! I've been looking for something like that!

[David12460]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. I'm happy with this truck for the most part so far. People I know think its stupid for selling a dropped, "modified" S10 which you have a lot of money dumped into. To then sell it and start from scratch and do it all again. I enjoy it however and I hope that I will have this truck for a while and do some major projects once I am done with college.

[penning4544]

Looks good so far. I wish mine looked that good, too many other projects taking up the funds and time. Can't wait to see more.

[Bdydrp02s10]

Quote: Originally Posted by David12460

3* shims. The recomendation is 4* however. JTR conversions did not have any in stock when I ordered them so I took a chance with the 3* shims. I checked my pinion angle after and it was pretty cose to the original measurments.

Not all trucks are the same but thats how I did it.

I just got my jtr driveshaft alignment kit installed with the 4* wedges. If you have the whole kit and want to get the sd carrier bearing you will have to notch a floor crossmember on the bottom of the cab for the driveshaft to clear. I guess the sd carrier bearing raises the carrier bearing a little higher then the stock crossmember.

[David12460]

Thanks for the heads up man, I was actually wondering about this the other day.

[cpolaris502]

i think i heard you testing the sub the other day from my house.

[David12460]

I wouldn't say its that loud lol. I did build a new box this afternoon. Its a sealed downfiring box. It's 1.1ft cubed, which is recomended from FI. I'll probably have it in by the end of the weekend.

[David12460]

Alrighty I built a new box last night and I'm really happy with it. I was not thrilled with quick bass response in some rock songs. The output in the the last box was impressive but I wanted to try a sealed downfiring setup.

So I build a 1.13 cubic foot enclosure (as recomended by FI). Its downfiring and has about 2.5'' of clearance to the floor. I filled it with some polyfill because I used it in my old old setup with 2 10''s and was happy with it. I also built a enclosure for the amplifier which is big enough to allow me to add another one for components in the future. I wrapped it in black vinal (First time wrapping something so its not perfect).

I am really happy with how it sounds. I lost some output which I expected. It The bass response is better now. It also looks better and hides the woofer from potential thiefs.

O yeah my camera is stuck on black and white

[dawgnutz]

Nice! So the amps are secured, just ocvered?

[David12460]

Its just sitting in there for now. I will design some sort of rack once I get another amp for components.

[dawgnutz]

Right on......What head unit do you have? Any ideas about components?

[lowcherrydime]

nice work man.

[David12460]

Not much of a update but owell... Im busy with finals and stuff right now.

Picture of how I connected the 0 gauge to battery


Decided to do the "airbox mod" because I wanted to get away from homework for a second.




And then a couple night shots

[jakethegriff]

looking good man, and Let me say to the rest, the pics don't do much justice for this truck

[GreatWhite00]

Looks good to me!

[David12460]

Thanks guys.

thanks for the comments Jake.

O yeah I hope to get the tails and third brake light cover tinted soon. I'm going to go talk to a body shop near me who did some work on my last truck. I could do them myself however I think that a body shop could make them look a lot better.

[lowcherrydime]

man those night shots really make that blue pop. very very clean.