BannerBuilt's Build Thread

[jaybird93000]

can't wait to see the write-up and pics of that LED light bar, have been contemplating and trying to figure out an option for this for some time now!

 

[CrimsonCountry]

can't wait to see the write-up and pics of that LED light bar, have been contemplating and trying to figure out an option for this for some time now!

Ask, and ye shall recieve.

 

[BannerBuilt]

Hey BannerBuilt, hows the supreme suspension 2 inch level kit? was it hard to install? i see that you'd have to align the holes at the top and find it with the bolt rather than stick a stud through the hole like the stock top hat of the suspension. how's the ride? sorry to bombard you with all these questions but it seems that hardly anyone uses supreme suspension... Thanks in advance

I actually haven't gotten around to putting the spacers on...but from the research I did, they are no different than the Cornfed spacer...other than the fact that they are a 1/2" less lift, which is what I wanted. It's just an aluminum spacer, and the Supreme kit comes with excellent instructions.

As for install, if you do not have XREAS, it's easy cheese. You just have to unbolt your coilovers and flip them 180 degrees, and bolt them back up with the spacer installed.

If you do have XREAS, you'll need to borrow a spring compressor from your favorite local parts store, so that you can compress the coilovers just enough to spin the hat at the top of the spring 30 degrees to line up with the offset bolt pattern of the spacer.

I plan on getting to my install here is a couple weekends, so I'll keep you updated.

 

[wnelax04sr5]

I actually haven't gotten around to putting the spacers on...but from the research I did, they are no different than the Cornfed spacer...other than the fact that they are a 1/2" less lift, which is what I wanted. It's just an aluminum spacer, and the Supreme kit comes with excellent instructions.

As for install, if you do not have XREAS, it's easy cheese. You just have to unbolt your coilovers and flip them 180 degrees, and bolt them back up with the spacer installed.

If you do have XREAS, you'll need to borrow a spring compressor from your favorite local parts store, so that you can compress the coilovers just enough to spin the hat at the top of the spring 30 degrees to line up with the offset bolt pattern of the spacer.

I plan on getting to my install here is a couple weekends, so I'll keep you updated.

I run the same kit you have from supreme, i would recommend spraying the bolts they provide with the kit with some rustoleum or another rust proofing paint, my bolts are covered in surface rust and i wish i had taken steps to prevent it

 

[Jbblack]

Sub signal

So now that I'm a proud owner of a 1000W Kenwood amp and two 12" Kenwood subs...does anybody have a hint as to how I can run these in parallel with my stock sub? I tried searching the forum, but I didn't see anything that explicitly walked me through it.

The amp has speaker level inputs...can I just piggy back off of the wires between my OEM amp and sub? Or do I need to piggy back on the preamp side?

Or should I just use a line out converter on the preamp side? Any help is appreciated.

I used a line output converter vamp clamped into the wires between the oem amp and sub. I needed RCAs since my amp did not have speaker level inputs. Since you have speaker level inputs, you may consider first trying to tap into the oem speaker wires and running that straight to your amp. My LOC is set at full, which I think is basically no attenuation, so the signal may be of a low enough power for this to work.

As for the preamp option, I don't believe that would be feasible since I've read that the JBL system uses a proprietary bus to link the HU and amp (thus no traditional RCAs as inputs). I can confirm from seeing the amp inputs firsthand that there was nothing traditional there for you to be able to Y-adapter off of.