A buff and polish is certainly not a bad idea. That would certainly help in the meantime.
How much are you asking for the grille? What brand is it?
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A buff and polish is certainly not a bad idea. That would certainly help in the meantime.
How much are you asking for the grille? What brand is it?
bigtimeweb
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The grille is from china. Its fairly straight forward install, as with all you will take some parts off your existing for the latching mech. you run the wires through the hood insulator down to driver side firewall. ground off a screw inside there at the kickpanel, attach an add a fuse to the positive and put it in your accessory fuse slot. I have the add a fuse as well. Im asking 150
Finally got around to installing the new headunit. It is an Alpine iLX-W650. We didn't get past just the headunit, so we'll come back soon to install the backup camera, speakers, amps, etc.
We also installed the ProClip bracket and phone mount. Hands free for our teenager is the name of the game here.
We also installed the ProClip bracket and phone mount. Hands free for our teenager is the name of the game here.
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tmhernandez77
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Always happy to see the younger generation wrenching on a vehicle. It's how I was raised and how I will raise my son as well.
Thanks! He is definitely excited. We are kinda back to the drawing board on the wheels. I am looking for something with less offset. It is quite the balance to find something that will clear the UCAs but not stick out so far they cause other rubbing issues. I definitely do not want to buy new wheels just to run wheel spacers as well.
It was important to my wife and I that he is a part of the process. There is certainly a level of pride that comes with the hard work put in, and hopefully a level of respect that accompanies it.
We also have a custom golf cart project in the works. Our 9 year old daughter helps me with that because she is trying to claim her spot as driver
tmhernandez77
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It was important to my wife and I that he is a part of the process. There is certainly a level of pride that comes with the hard work put in, and hopefully a level of respect that accompanies it.
We also have a custom golf cart project in the works. Our 9 year old daughter helps me with that because she is trying to claim her spot as driver
That's adorable. My son is 3 and my daughter is 1. First project for my son is to upgrade his jeep power wheel. He loves tools too, but a little too young for the real thing just yet.
I hear ya. I’m kinda in that same boat. I’m very skeptical on wheel spacers. It was a definite no no in the ford crowd due to possible breakage and losing your wheel.
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This was him in 2008 in "Sarge". I literally modify everything. Everything. Obviously including my wife's grocery getter in the back ground with a 3" lift and mud terrains. lol
I sometimes forget how long ago this was.
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On Saturday we got the rear speakers installed to finish out that portion of the process. We will be back into the doors soon though to run the speaker wires from the amp. I thought about going straight to the wiring harness behind the dash, but I realize that I am a gluten for punishment.
Running just off of the headunit, the speakers sound great. They are definitely a nice upgrade.
We also got the amps mounted. I wasn't sure where to hide them until posting on FB. Everyone said under the front seats. Until I unbolted them, I didn't realize they would fit.
The JL 4channel is under the passenger seat and the Alpine sub amp is under the driver's seat.
On Sunday I ran wires and built the 'temporary' sub enclosure. It will be a minute before I design and build the permanent enclosure, so I wanted to be able to use the sub for now.
I also swapped out the interior dome light and door lights with LEDs. I still have several left from the kit that I have no idea where they go.
Running just off of the headunit, the speakers sound great. They are definitely a nice upgrade.
We also got the amps mounted. I wasn't sure where to hide them until posting on FB. Everyone said under the front seats. Until I unbolted them, I didn't realize they would fit.
The JL 4channel is under the passenger seat and the Alpine sub amp is under the driver's seat.
On Sunday I ran wires and built the 'temporary' sub enclosure. It will be a minute before I design and build the permanent enclosure, so I wanted to be able to use the sub for now.
I also swapped out the interior dome light and door lights with LEDs. I still have several left from the kit that I have no idea where they go.
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I finished putting the temp enclosure together. I have some bedliner material I will roll on next to make it a bit more presentable.
I built it to the JL specs for the 10w3v3.
I went to give it a quick test and the amp didn't turn on. I think I need to improve the ground situation. I grounded each amp between the body and the respective seat mount. I don't think I removed enough paint.
Will give it a go again tomorrow evening.
Edit: I went back to it this evening and got the amp on and the sub thumping. It sounds fantastic. Now I can't wait for the distribution block to arrive so I can get the speaker amp powered up.
I built it to the JL specs for the 10w3v3.
I went to give it a quick test and the amp didn't turn on. I think I need to improve the ground situation. I grounded each amp between the body and the respective seat mount. I don't think I removed enough paint.
Will give it a go again tomorrow evening.
Edit: I went back to it this evening and got the amp on and the sub thumping. It sounds fantastic. Now I can't wait for the distribution block to arrive so I can get the speaker amp powered up.
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We finally decided on a wheel so I got those ordered today. We went with the Mayhem Compass 17x9 -6 offset.
It is pretty tough to commit to an offset without knowing exactly how it will fit. My biggest concern is clearing the UCAs with a 12.50" wide tire. I didn't want to go crazy with the offset and have to deal with extra rubbing issues in other places. I also find it silly to buy an aftermarket wheel just to run spacers with it.
With all that said....fingers crossed they fit well!
We have the close-up plates for the BMC. We will get those welded in when we install the 1" Toytec body lift. Unfortunately the BL has been on backorder, but they are telling me it may ship out next week. We will also hammer down the pinch weld seam. Whatever other trimming is needed, we'll handle as necessary.
It is pretty tough to commit to an offset without knowing exactly how it will fit. My biggest concern is clearing the UCAs with a 12.50" wide tire. I didn't want to go crazy with the offset and have to deal with extra rubbing issues in other places. I also find it silly to buy an aftermarket wheel just to run spacers with it.
With all that said....fingers crossed they fit well!
We have the close-up plates for the BMC. We will get those welded in when we install the 1" Toytec body lift. Unfortunately the BL has been on backorder, but they are telling me it may ship out next week. We will also hammer down the pinch weld seam. Whatever other trimming is needed, we'll handle as necessary.
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Our son turns 16 tomorrow. His godfather sent down some Weathertech floor mats and a bunch of Chemical Guys car wash supplies. He and I regularly washed our trucks when we were in high school and college, so he thought it fitting to set him up with some gear to do the same.
My mother-in-law gave him a set of HID low beams that I picked out. This is certainly a debated item, but I have had great success with HIDs and specifically DDM Tuning.
We got these installed yesterday and they look great. Install was a breeze. Thankfully there is plenty of room to mount the ballasts.
He goes in for his driver's test and appointment at the DMV tomorrow for his license.
Anxious to get the bumpers and rockers ordered!
My mother-in-law gave him a set of HID low beams that I picked out. This is certainly a debated item, but I have had great success with HIDs and specifically DDM Tuning.
We got these installed yesterday and they look great. Install was a breeze. Thankfully there is plenty of room to mount the ballasts.
He goes in for his driver's test and appointment at the DMV tomorrow for his license.
Anxious to get the bumpers and rockers ordered!
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I installed the same speaker set a little while back but I'm not sure if I happened to do the tweeters correctly. Is there any chance you have more pictures of the front door wiring for that? My wiring wasn't entirely stock from a PO's install that I had removed so I want to verify things.
I don't have any close up shots, but I will have the panels off again soon to run the speaker wire to them from the amp. I'll grab a better pic then.
With the crossover that is included, there is a thin wire coming out on one end that plugs into the tweeter. The other end would essentially plug in to the mid-bass; however, you need to connect that end to the factory wiring harness that came off of the factory tweeter. What you end up with is the JL tweeter plugging in to the factory plug. If you don't do that, it will not work.
Not sure if that is your issue, but start there.
