2007 Grand Marquis Ultimate - Build Log

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

x2 lol and yea that prob was me, on carstereo.org back in 06 with the old setup,

Cant lie, sometimes I miss the SQ out the old setup and got pretty loud as well.

Yup it was on carstereo.org. Talking about getting a CV or MGM and then decided on a Marauder... (i think it was your video of your 12's that pushed me in the panther direction again (I miss my 75 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif) but I be ****ed fi i can find a marauder anywhere near me for sale (and the ones I do find that are far away are just as much as my 2007 I bought //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif)

and besides... few engines mods (swap head for DOHC, bigger intake... ect) I will basically havea marauder minus the cool looking center console/floor shift. Meh my GF can sit in the middle of this car next to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

If you guys dont mind putting up with my crappy phone vid's... I will try and find a deserted area later to go do it in (relatively small city... dont want to advertise my system anywhere)

EDIT:

Also thinking of getting something like this http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/24-volt/gel-cell/GU2607A.html and mounting it under my hood to maintain my batteries.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

Yup it was on carstereo.org. Talking about getting a CV or MGM and then decided on a Marauder... (i think it was your video of your 12's that pushed me in the panther direction again (I miss my 75 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif) but I be ****ed fi i can find a marauder anywhere near me for sale (and the ones I do find that are far away are just as much as my 2007 I bought //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif)
and besides... few engines mods (swap head for DOHC, bigger intake... ect) I will basically havea marauder minus the cool looking center console/floor shift. Meh my GF can sit in the middle of this car next to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

If you guys dont mind putting up with my crappy phone vid's... I will try and find a deserted area later to go do it in (relatively small city... dont want to advertise my system anywhere)

EDIT:

Also thinking of getting something like this http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/24-volt/gel-cell/GU2607A.html and mounting it under my hood to maintain my batteries.

very true. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

i like the Marauder. but for the stuff i wanted to do to the Marquis like 24's and stuff ( yes i like big rims) it wasn't worth it. my 01 Marquis was $9000 and had 48000 miles. baby blue with blue leather int. i don't see many like this around here.

get videos asap.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

where are my videos? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[86yota 10+ year member]

Get some pics of that box in the trunk...GREAT LOOKING BOX!!!!

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

where are my videos? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

Comeing! the one day I tried my cell went into low power and wouldn't let me take a video... and I was in a hurry so didn't have time to charge it up in the car and do it. But I forgot I actually have a video cam in my living that I am supposed to fix or something that I could use lol

Get some pics of that box in the trunk...GREAT LOOKING BOX!!!!

I have them just been so **** busy/sick lately I havent had a chance to upload them and post! (and my driver side speaker blew and have been pissed about it)

EDIT: and thanks =D

 

[nda03vic 10+ year member]

Any vids yet? Hella lookin box.

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

Holy !@#$ i can't beleive its been a month... sorry guys. I don't have all the pics here at work (nor a vid yet //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif) but I do have some pics of what I did this weekend.

There some pics of my car and the isolator I installed on the weekend. That officially signifies the end of my build for now.

Sorry for the dirty engine bay... havent had a chance to clean it...

And you can see where I tapped into the stock harness with the blue wire for true ignition on for the isolator. I got the relay number for it from my manual, opened up the main fuse box there by the battery and got scared away by the rats nest (the wires i mean). However I used that to trace the ignition wire through the harness where I melted the insolation on the wired and soldered my new wire to it there. Worked out well actually. As it stands now on idle I have a .06v drop between the front battery and the back battery.

More pics tonight or tomorow... I promise!

 

[splferrell 10+ year member]

nice work

 

[DDSC 10+ year member]

well i got a DD 9500 motor and 18" basket if you ever change ur mind, 275 for the motor 300 with basket

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

is that Spyro the dragon protecting your car??

very nice car. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

Thanks =D

And it is actually a Purple Shoyru from neopets. Got it from mcdonalds back in highschool and it has been on my dash ever since (through 3 cars). Same as my dice.

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Beautiful car man, this thread has been alot of motivation for myself to get mine finished at some point.

Cleaned her up this weekend and took some pics,

Sadly, no audio for the time being, Pioneer HU is being serviced, my cheap JVC is powering my stock 5x7s just to give me something to listen too. Soundsplinter RL-p and box are in my house for the moment. Got my active setup just looking at me everyday since I dont have the bread for my kick panels //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif.

Really looking foward to those final pics with the enclosure installed, trying to get a few ideas.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

Beautiful car man, this thread has been alot of motivation for myself to get mine finished at some point.

That's funny as your old setup was my inspiration to buy this car and do this build lol.

As promised here are some more pics...

Alt to front and rear batt pos and alt to rear batt neg.

I run the cables underneath the car and tucked them up next to the frame (secured with some heavy zip ties) and then brought them up into the trunk through a body plug shown below.

Running speaker wire...

Installing Speakers...

Made a baffle out of plexi.

Can't even tell they are there...

6x9 baffles...

Here you can see the stock sub hole in the rear deck

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

Can't even tell they are there...

Driver side speaker tweeter went after a couple weeks (was only getting 20wrms so I have absolutely no idea wtf went on there)

Dont fit as nicely behind my doors but they work. Crossover's look much nicer on these pioneers then the memphis and I think its the crappy crossover on them that is the culprit to the blowing tweeter.

Also I want to go components but not sure where to put the tweeter... am currently thinking of modding the sail panels and putting them there. I already have the bi-wire in the doors so might as well take advantage of it there isntead of pulling the wire back out for the a-pillar...

 

[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

STOCK!

You can see the two way speaker in the corner kinda... 4" mid and a 1" tweet... descent... kinda...

Shoved it all in a box...

Hehe... glad its out of my car...