99 Tacoma rebuild RD audio

[01 S 10 10+ year member]

schweeeeeet! i cant wait to see/hear this thing at SBN

 

[jack0409 10+ year member]

Truck with finished paint job. It was raining out so no sun to get the color to change.

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

looks great! Cant wait to see it in person in the sun! also the doors look sweet!

 

[98HOEONSIXEZ 10+ year member]

wow thats poppin and its not even sunny out. .cant wait to see it in person

 

[Revolution 10+ year member]

looks good!

 

[18inchjeepin 10+ year member]

wowzers

 

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Definitely an attention getter

 

[jack0409 10+ year member]

Waiting on wire so not much progress on audio. Decided to put a volt meter where my factory clock was to watch voltage during runs. I pulled apart one of those volt meters that mount on top of batteries for the led readout.

Factory clock housing

Tore apart the housing. I had to glue in the 3 gray parts they are to adjust the factory clock and wouldn't look right with holes

Old clock

Led volt meter. The black wire is ground simple enough. If you look close you will see 2 holes at the top left and right. A piece of wire needs to be soldered to each, one is for the led and the other for the actual voltage read.

Soldered the connections to the factory pins inside the housing so I could use the factory plug. I used the constant power from battery and ground pin since the gauge shuts off after a minute or 2 of no voltage change. The other 2 pins are illumination and accessory and I just bent them out of the way since they are not used.

Finished product. The meter has a set screw on the back to adjust readout so I set with my dmm and now can keep up with my voltage on the fly.

 

[18inchjeepin 10+ year member]

looks awesome

 

[Toomnymods 10+ year member]

wow nice.. i like this might have to pm you on how to do this and what u used when the time comes

 

[98HOEONSIXEZ 10+ year member]

14.8?ive never seen your voltage that high lol

 

[jack0409 10+ year member]

wow nice.. i like this might have to pm you on how to do this and what u used when the time comes

Let me know maybe I can help.

 

[jack0409 10+ year member]

14.8?ive never seen your voltage that high lol

I know that would have been good for another 4000+ watts at finals. Last year I charged my batts maybe a total of 15 hours.

 

[basshedz06 10+ year member]

Truck looks good bro doors are shiny LOL can't wait to see the box in

 

[tigerh4rf 10+ year member]

**** u Kenny u electronics guru but that does look **** sweet bro i like it alot