Buck's Exploder build log

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

First off, big shout out to 12 Gauge Audio in East Nashville for helping me out with some great prices and big shout out to Bumpin' Goalie for helping me install my 4 runs of 0 gauge and he pretty much installed my rca's and remote wire by himself. Sorry for the crappy pics, all of these installs were spur of the moment. This will just be a few pics of the progression of my build for now, then more later as the amps and subs and speakers go in. As of right now I have my 3 sets of rca's, remote wire, and 4 runs of 0 gauge Audiopipe wire ran.

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[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Glad to help. If you're swinging back by there again tomorrow we can work some more. Need to work on my vehicle a bit, too. New beauty panel for inside the glove box is in the works. Relocation of meters, toggles, remote. Hoping to run some 1/0 gauge myself if we can work that out.

Another shout out to 12 Gauge.

Off to ice my hands and back haha.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Glad to help. If you're swinging back by there again tomorrow we can work some more. Need to work on my vehicle a bit' date=' too. New beauty panel for inside the glove box is in the works. Relocation of meters, toggles, remote. Hoping to run some 1/0 gauge myself if we can work that out.
Another shout out to 12 Gauge.

Off to ice my hands and back haha.[/quote']

Ya man we did a lot of work. That pizza was a life saver for me.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Here are some better pics. 4 runs are coming out from under my driver's seat and my RCA's/remote wires are coming out from my passenger's seat.

 

[46panel 10+ year member]

Nice, yea I have 2 runs right now and have the wire to add 4 more for a total of 6, just lazy and expecting it to be a pain trying to route all that wire so putting it off.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Looks good.. Whats the sub/amp set up going to be? We need DETAILS! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Nice, yea I have 2 runs right now and have the wire to add 4 more for a total of 6, just lazy and expecting it to be a pain trying to route all that wire so putting it off.

Yes it was such a pain.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Yes it was such a pain.

It'll be worth it.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

It'll be worth it.

Wait why are you on the computer? You should be over here.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

More pics coming tonight.

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

looks good so far... def subscribed

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Let me know if you finished up under the hood tonight. You know my morning plans, and Pred's game tomorrow night. Hoping to run by 12 Gauge and see Dave around noon or 2 til whenever.

P.s.

Well I spent a couple minutes getting the EQ in a good "start position". Now I just need to get the rest of all that small wiring done and tweeters in a suitable place. Might end up hiding the crossovers after all. Heck, might even tunnel into the doors...You'll see what I have planned.

Good progress today.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Let me know if you finished up under the hood tonight. You know my morning plans' date=' and Pred's game tomorrow night. Hoping to run by 12 Gauge and see Dave around noon or 2 til whenever.
P.s.

Well I spent a couple minutes getting the EQ in a good "start position". Now I just need to get the rest of all that small wiring done and tweeters in a suitable place. Might end up hiding the crossovers after all. Heck, might even tunnel into the doors...You'll see what I have planned.

Good progress today.[/quote']

Yep good progress I'm happy. I got quite a bit done (doesn't look like it but took quite a bit of time). Pics in next post.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Here's Bumpin' struggling to work on his car, it was a hard night for his vehicle:

 

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Fuse holders epoxied on the stock fuse box:

 

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Here's Bumpin' trying to cut off the factory ring terminals, had to use what tools were available:

 

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The 2 pos runs are cut, ready to go in fuse holder, factory wires have terminals on. Got those batt. terminals at Wal-Mart for 4 bucks a piece, I love them.

 

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With those ring terminals, I put my stock wire on the tension screw that holds it on the post and put my 0 gauge on the 2 extras.

 

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Final pics of night of work:

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Nice, nice. Good work. Almost done under the hood! Interior should be a piece of cake, too!

Here's Bumpin' struggling to work on his car, it was a hard night for his vehicle

Probably the hardest night I've had. Such a time-consuming, confusing ordeal when you have to go step-by-step through someone else's wiring job. PHEW! Glad it's almost over! Then I can get to the fun stuff!

I let my mind relax a bit and I think I've solved my wiring nightmare. Nothing better than taking a step back to analyze. So I should be good to go! I need a few odds and ends though, so I'll be at 12 Gauge in a bit. Hoping to get everything up and running today/tomorrow depending on my schedule. And then cosmetic touches for the glove box soon to follow.