Chrysler 200 Build (Slow)

[BoomTaco64]

nice box build. hope you used tons of glue cause thats what holds it together. Pre-drill before screwing anything into mdf. carpet...check with your local custom shop. they should be able to sell you some. ask where they get theirs...

 

[C1500martin 10+ year member]

For carpet yea ask at shops they should be able to sell you some and if not check home depot and if all that fails ebay.

 

[CheЯRyMan]

Who's wood shop are you working in?

 

[Motokid 10+ year member]

nice box build. hope you used tons of glue cause thats what holds it together. Pre-drill before screwing anything into mdf. carpet...check with your local custom shop. they should be able to sell you some. ask where they get theirs...

Appreciate it! Yeah, I used a **** ton of glue, everything is tacked down every couple inches with 1 1/4 finishing nails, then I went back last night and pre drilled holes every couple inches and put screws in. It shouldn't be going anywhere!

I may check my local shop, those guys hate me up there

 

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Who's wood shop are you working in?

I've got it made mannnn..

Haha, nah I work for a school district soo.. I just use their woodshop.

 

[Motokid 10+ year member]

Getting everything installed!

The stuff

I've been hearing decent things about EA wire, figured for $60 for 50' i'd give it a shot.

Got these way back before @HomeGrown; got his new machine and started selling them like crazy, finally have a chance to use them.

Trunk with old wire

Currently installed LOC due to stock HU

Old wire removal

Sh1tty sound quest 1/0 wire on the left, EA 1/0 on the right.

Decided to try soldering for the first time. Went pretty well! I know it isn't pretty but
Basically.. the 1/0 lugs I have seemed way too small, so stuffing it was
pretty difficult, leaving a lot of excess.. I had to trim it up.

So I didn't order heat shirnk because the friend that had the lugs has shink..
unfortunatelly he ran out.. and couldn't get anymore for a few days.. So.. Electrical tape

I decided I didn't feel like pulling all my seats out for this build.. I just pulled the
trim pieces and stuffed it down under the carpet..

 

[Motokid 10+ year member]

Running wire

Unforunately I have a problem.. This is going to have to work for the time being until I can get some input or figure this out

I have those bars from Homegrown, stupid Chrysler the battery is actually in the wheel well..

Being said it has to terminals that come up what you can see here.

The red plastic is in the way, I cant get my bar on there, same with the negative..

Do I try to get it off.. Or go straight to the battery and try to run my wire down there and get the bars on there..

Im not sure, I need to play with it.

Also my battery. I bought a second battery for my trunk. I've got to make something to extend the post to add my ring terminals on. I bought

a 3 foot piece of aluminum today at Lowes and I plan on cutting that, extending the post and adding the battery in soon.

I'm free to any input on that, pictures etc. I've got some things in mind though!

For the time being I had my port facing the trunk.. Sounded pretty good.

I decided to turn it facing the cab and seemed to like it a bit more, although I'm still

playin gwith it to figure out what I like.

Tomorrow I will get a picture of the space I have left, I need some input on

some ideas for an amp rack/battery bay. I have a little something in mind but

definitely would love suggestions. I'll get that up tomorrow showing my amp placement

and what I have in mind for batteries/amp placement!.

 

[HomeGrown 10+ year member]

kick *** man . yeah you have had them for a while now ! that was my old style and lots have changes since then. build looks like it is coming together nicely

 

[srb 10+ year member]

I had a 2001 chrysler sebring with the battery in the wheel well and I think I ran some 0 gauge up to that post from the battery and then from there to my system.

 

[Motokid 10+ year member]

I had a 2001 chrysler sebring with the battery in the wheel well and I think I ran some 0 gauge up to that post from the battery and then from there to my system.

Yeah it's a bch the way they did that.. Im trying to figure out the best way to mount my bars to my battery/the posts without them being completely in the way.

 

[cj92]

looks man got one of these of as rental once and they are hella nice cars if i could afford it I'd own on lol. Keep up the goodwork

 

[Motokid 10+ year member]

looks man got one of these of as rental once and they are hella nice cars if i could afford it I'd own on lol. Keep up the goodwork

Appreciate it man! Dude I got a hella good deal on mine. It's a 2011 40k Miles. I stole it for 14k and it's completely loaded.

Still trying to find time and get some things together for an amp/battery rack. College/work/money prevents me from life haha.