Had a customer come in with an 83 Mustang Foxbody.
Basic stock turn knob radio....my favorite!

This wasn't too bad...just had to get the radio out of the dash....worse shaft radio one yet.
It's like the manufacturer puts in the radio first...then builds the car.  In order to get this bad boy out you have to dismantle the enture center console, then start undoing the dash.....79.5 screws and bolts later, you're able to strong arm that radio outta there.

The other issue with this car is that it's got a common ground speaker system...which is usually fun.  This one was easy, sometimes they can be a realy pain.

Made a simple trim piece to match the existing trim piece and we're good to go now.

Cheers!

Finished these up for a customer in Brazil.
His overall goal was to get these to look one-off, and unique...as well as have them look like an 'eye' at night......I think we accomplished that.

I'll throw all these photos over to the new 2012 projects page!!

Cheers

So, customer LOVED the system....says it's exactly what he wanted.....although he wasn't happy with the box.
He has an older dog that has trouble getting around as it is.....and he takes it in his Jeep from time to time....so he was afraid the box might make it even harder for the dog to get over the center console.....so back to the drawing board....

First thing's first, chop off the top portion and speakers.

Now that that is done, I can start glassin'
This is kind of what I would have done originally had I had enough time to fiberglass and prep it...but didn't have enough time.

So here we are.......now for filler and paint!

Had a client come in with a gnarly Jeep CJ5 rock crawler…..he wants a system to go with the brute force this thing has

Memphis Audio just seemed to fit the bill.

He had an existing Panasonic deck with some rear wake board tower cannons and some
MTX speakers up front.

I pulled everything out and started fresh.

Front stage got some MemphisAudio Power Reference 5.25” Components speakers.  The Mid Bass speakers went in a custom made pod behind the shifter and the tweeters when where the old MTX speakers had been cut out.

Rear stage was a bit more involved.  Customer wanted some subs added as well as rear fill speakers that weren’t in the way when he’s driving/crawling.  I custom built a rear box to house the two 10” Memphis Power Reference subwoofers, as well as the 6.5” Memphis Power Reference Component speakers.  This was all molded for a seamless look, and then received a few layers of rhino lining to protect the box, make it water proof and make it overall solid. This was then bolted through the rear side walls so that it doesn’t move when this jeep is sideways.

To power all of this is Memphis Audio’s 5 channel Marine Audio amplifier.  It’s putting out around 80 watts x 4 channels for the components speakers, as well as 350 watts for the subwoofers….just what the jeep needed.

A Pioneer 5300UB deck was placed in the existing cutout to provide UBS, iPod and
Auxiliary inputs…as well as MUCH improved and needed controls over how the music sounds. 

All in all, this was a fun project.  It’s different to build something strong enough and install everything KNOWING that this vehicle will be flexing in different directions than 99% of vehicles out there. 

Till next time

It's all in a days work...as they say.
Got about 6 hours into these......if I were to do them again, i'd do them differently, but for what they are, I didn't want to spend any more time.

They actually sound pretty damned close to what they sounded like in the tuned boxes....which was saweeet!!!

Next year I'll have a giant pumpkin to put a subwoofer in and then we'll be golden.

For now....that'll do pig....that'll do!

Been working on this one on-and-off where I have time.
Local client wanted a bunch of lighting put into his stock headlights while his car was down for service.
Thought we'd do as much as we've ever done.

Single Bi-Xenon Projector Retrofitted into the Stock Halogen Low Beam Reflector Area.
Fake Projector Lens and Shroud Retrofitted into Stock High Beam Reflector Area.
Both Backing Shields were painted Red to give off a Demon Eye look when lights are off.
Both Projectors have 6 Red LEDs to give off a BRIGHT Demon Eye look when turned on.
Main Gatlin Shroud has the Iron-Man halo mod behind it....white.
Everything was painted Matte Black, while the stock reflector shroud got a coat of white to match the car.

I'll have more pics of these when we get them installed and wired up.

So I've been slowly collecting parts for this, and a new product came out and I had to give them a try.  Mini-MINI projectors, smaller than the blazer fogs....which was the smallest available.  Coolest thing about these is that they are Bi-Xenon as well...so when I flick my highs on, instead of shutting off, they'll just get brighter....WIN!!!

So far I've retrofitted them in and they are currently curing in the seal phase.  Next up will be to determine the best way to keep my turn signals and what not.

The only bad thing with these is that the fogs are DEEP, in order to keep them from blocking the lense....so I had to cut some brackets on the stock bumper supports...so that means these won't necessarily be reproduceable for the masses....unless they want to cut their frames like I did....oh well.....things we do to stand out!!

After a 2 year rest, Project Spike was ressurected and then ship off to a new home.
In order to complete the sale, we needed to get the trike up and running again.  Problem.
Bad gas (2 years old), bad carb, bad fuel pump, bad block venting....bad lots of stuff.

Weekend Project...woot woot!

So we swapped some parts off of RL's bug (carb and oil stand), replaced all the parts that seized up due to bad liquids.

Minor tuning and she was on the road.

Cheers!!!

Owner didn't like the look of actually seeing the source of the light in the headlight bucket.
Problem.........

Answer........remove and replace with LEDs.....DUH!
Stock bulb is in there until owner replaces with a smaller, low profile bulb that is clear and not so huge.  Light perfectly fills headlight bucket, isn't too bright and is exactly what the owner was wanting.

These lights are only on when he pulls the 'light stick' out one click.....and they shut off when the headlights are turned on.  His turn signals are the little cones above the headlight bucket...so purely ICE lights....

Looked sick driving away at night.  Last pic is with lights on...camera made the others fairly brighter than they actually are.

On to the next one!!