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!
Finally found time to complete these bad boys.
This was a budget build, so it didn't turn out 'completely stock' looking like I wanted it to, but I've already got a few orders in on these, so THEY will at least look like they should.
Lights turned out great and are super cool looking when they light up.
Got to Project Liberty today.
2003 Jeep Liberty
Pioneer Deck Install with Steering wheel controls retained and Bluetooth
Arc Audio XXD 5 channel amplifier
Infinity 6.5" Component Speakers up front
Arc Audio 6.5" XXD Coaxial Speakers in the rear
Arch Audio 10" XXD Subwoofer in a sealed carpeted box
4 gauge amp kit to make sure everything has enough power
Jeep sounded good once everything was tuned and the customers left with a smile on their faces...so a success!
Cheers!
So, instead of bypassing the Pioneer DVD players you most people do (by adding a switch on their dash somewhere) you can simple add a relay to it...and BAM...you're done!
So this way, the Pioneer will automagically bypass the stock DVD playback setting everytime instead of having to flick a swtich!
Cheers
Previous Client called, was moving down to Arizona and needed some tunes in his van!
Deck install with new speakers...all used equipment but everything worked perfectly, sounded good and customer was more than happy. I forgot to snap pics of speakers installed, but I got a pic of the old equipment
Cheers!
Forwarded this to our graphic design/screen printing guru....haha, I don't even know if she knows that's what we're calling her yet!
I'll hopefullly have this printing out in a few days...pretty cool design for about 10 minutes on Photochop!!
So I guess all I needed to do was actually open the door to the Evo last night to get some ideas rolling again. I've been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to think about Project Evo....just see it everyday I head off to work...that's about it. So last night, I poked my head inside the cabin for about 30 seconds and BOOM.....I already had ideas that needed to go on paper and other ideas to work out in my mind. Custom fiberglass door pods; front and back, with backlit LED/Plexi windows showing off brands and logos. That's about as far as I got, but the trunk is a whole other monster. I know what needs to be done, just need to figure out where to put everything...small trunk, too many stock access panels, and not enough room to put everything....we'll figure it out. Stay tuned for more updates!
My canvas:
Front Doors Rear Doors
Was sick this weekend, so I didn't get much done. Hooked up a customer on his old Alpine deck. He wanted an Aux input on his Alpine, and had been using an FM Modulator. He didn't know about the Ai-net port that's on the backside of the deck, so I hooked it up for him and he was happy as a clam. Yet, this also describes how I dislike Apple so much. Everything is iPod based (which is nice if you're one of the billion iPod fans) but for everyone else, all you can do in this market is to plug in your mini-jack headphone plug into an aux input port and JUST play music. With iPod specific decks, it will charge your iPod and display the music tracks over the deck's display.....pretty nice, if you like iPod. What about Blackberry or Droid owners? They have cool phones too, with plenty of music on them. Oh well, Apple is doing their job at cornering the market. At least there is still satellite radio and bluetooth out there for all other phone owners. Oh, and Pioneer is starting to introduce Pandora integration into their new decks...so all other music fans that love Pandora will not be able to access their playlists/channels IN their cars......take that Apple!
Finished up Arc Yoda last night. Swapped out the old Hifonic amp to a new XXD Digital Mono amp, and wired the subs (which we put in a new, bigger box) to 1 ohm, so they are both seeing the full potential. System sounds great, footprint of the amps are way smaller than what he had before, and they look great too. All in all, the customer is happy, and I'm sure we'll be seeing him back for more.
Arc Amps Installed Arc Amps Lit up
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