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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:18 pm 
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Breif description of audio setup: (not all details can be filled as i dont have all the parts yet)
Stock ICC
2 x Alpine 850RMS mono amps
1 x 4 channel amp
2 x 12" pioneer subs
Stock door speakers
**looking into boot battery install**

So this is the audio accessories i will be looking into installing, if you can add to the list please let me know.

POWER SUPPLY from battery in engine bay - 0 gauge wire - inline fuse - 0 gauge wire - Distribution block w/ fuses 1-in-3-out - 2 gauge to each of the amplifiers.

SPEAKER FEED from stock ICC - 12 gauge wire - line converter - REAR SPEAKER FEED to amps for SUBS/FRONT SPEAKER FEED to amps - 12 gauge wire - speakers

unsure of what to do for amp to sub... and i feel im missing something else, but i dont know... im probably missing A LOT! lol

On the boot install front, I will be making a mock up from cardboard (photos should be up by the weekend) just to see how it fits and how much room I'll have to spare... Plus when I have it finalized, I will be able to use them all as templates... Should make it easier.

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:11 pm 
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right, well spent the afternoon in very awkward positions trying to figure out how best to put in this boot setup... this is what i came up with...

at first i was looking for a hole in the boot floor to bring through the power cable from the engine bay.
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found this... under the foil cap is a drilled hole that goes through to the hollow of the chassis. i thought i had struck gold, a hole that was already in the car... but then i realised it just wont fit the amount of wiring that will need to come through... so i think i will just need to drill and prime my own hole. finding a suitable gromit to try and seal up it once i have put the cables through. otherwise in the rain i will end up with a boot full of electrical accessories and water :?

secondly i got to the real business for the afternoon, the boot setup... i tried to get a few photos a long the way, but all you can see is lots of cardboard clippings from where i had to make slight adjustments... very frustrating when combined with a windy afternoon with no shelter... :x
anywho, this is the final product...
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and installed...
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hmm still not too sure im and 100% happy with it, but thats pretty what it will look like...
anyway, let me know what you think...

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:18 pm 
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No matter what I use from my collection... I can't seem to get the badge marks out of the boot... :/

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:46 pm 
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eucalyptus oil is what my mate used to get the marks from the glue out.

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:47 pm 
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I've tried paint cleaner, scratch x2.0, polish and meth'o... But not that. Cheers, I'll give it a crack...

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:05 pm 
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Like a silhouette sorta thing, plus still a tiny bit of a glue outline...

Started cleaning at 1pm this afternoon, and just ran out of day light/started light rain. Didn't even get to do all the sills or anything more then a wash on the outside... Don't know how it took so long, wasn't that dirty... :/
Big job when you try do it right...

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:50 pm 
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Hey mate, go to an automotive paint shop and get a rubber eraser wheel that you put in a drill and once you've got the badges off just hit it with that. It will take all the glue and s**t off. Then just give it a good polish and you're done. Just make sure you don't stay in one spot to long so it doesn't get hot. Costs about $10 and no fkin around.

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:02 pm 
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I should say only use it on the boot... Dont use it on the body kit... Don't think the plastic would like it much.
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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:01 pm 
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Should be safe there, no badges on the body kit...
Cheers for the idea though, should save me a lot of hassle for not much money...
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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:51 am 
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Don't use a caramel wheel. Clay Bar and a polish will do it.

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:09 pm 
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Well that's easy done, pretty sure I have a clay bar downstairs somewhere. Cheers...

So annoyed with this rain, detailed it yesterday... Filthy today :/ oh well... Nothing another wash won't fix.

Hmm plan of attack...
-cousin's making the boot setup for me
-wire it all up and get it working... Will be a big job I think, not hard just fiddly and annoying.
-wheels (either buy second hand set or get my au xr rims painted and ready to fit)
-catback exhaust
-then maybe body kit, if I can get FG mkII XR front bar... Or go more deeply into the engine bay to start prep'ing for potential turbo install if I ever get around to it lol

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:24 pm 
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I say leave it with the XT design, that way people see stock and then ziiiiip, you fly past them ^.^

 

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:45 pm 
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Well I was thinking about that... Sleeper style with stock everything Cept height and rims... Should just gutter rash it up with chopped springs, and a massive intercooler hanging out front :p

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:15 pm 
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ROFL No no no, no gutter rashing! Make sure that intercooler goes black for mad stealth :P

 

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 Post subject: Re: My new 'blank canvas'
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:46 pm 
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Why not? gutter rash is all the rage with keeping to the super stealth unloved Unmodified look, might even take out a tail light bulb just for the finishing touch lol just top mount or water cooled intercooler for SUPER stealth....

Still dropping around this arvo? If so, shot me a message...

 

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