Kenny's 1996 Chrysler LHS Worklog

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

I pick it up in 2 hours (5 'o clock). Anyone know what I can/can't do with it? Can I start driving it? It was painted 24 hours ago...

No clue here sorry, Just wanted to wish ya luck. Hope it turns out great.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

Thanks dude

... and thanks again for the solid amps, still working great!

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

SO NICE! I'm running out the door, but: http://www.kennypollock.com/black_car

Maaco will always be my choice for paint and bodywork.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Dont wash it.

Get a california car duster, it will be your best friend with that paint.

Take off that grandpa door trim. Makes it look super tacky

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

pics r too big too see a hole car shot, but now take it to a good body shop(not maaco) and have it color sanded, and a deep buff and that paint will look 1000times better,

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

wow that looks fantastico!!!!

i'm now glad you painted it...besides with your intellegence im sure that 1500 aint ish.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

Thanks! $1,500 is a weekends work, if I cut the social-life for a weekend, haha.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

colour sand with deep polish will remove all the imperfections in the paint.

orange peel spefically

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

I'm enjoying the car, EVERYONE who sees it makes a comment. I pulled up at Radioshack today looking for replacement tweeters (blew my driver-side tweeter) and an employee went "nice car!" - my neighbor asked "when did you get the new car?" and some lady offered to buy the car, although I don't want to sell it

Radioshack didn't have tweeters, so I went to Best Buy and picked up Rockford Fosgate Punch 3" Coaxial Car Speakers with Polypropylene Cone- sound a lot better than the Phoenix Gold Xenon tweeters that were in the front //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I bought 15 feet of velcro and stapled it to the subwoofer box and placed the box in the trunk. With the weight of that box and the amount of velcro, it ain't ever moving again!

The rear deck speakers were very static-y and messing up, distorting- I figured I blew them but luckily my dad noticed metal from the trunk was touching the speaker and grounding it. He bent the metal and bam, the system was pounding again!

If you blast the system, people outside are like hey, that's pretty loud. You open the trunk and it BLOWS YOU AWAY. I was thinking of how I can get the outside to hear the music too... my only idea is to put a hole in the trunk and wire something to open the trunk when I hold a switch, like the sunroof does. This will let all the soundwaves of the trunk escape from that vent... but I'm too much of a scaredy cat to put a hole in my trunk. I wish there was some other way...

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Do that and you are offically a dumbass on this forum

 

[Race 10+ year member]

Please do not put a hole in your trunk so people outside your car can hear your sub.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Car looks good Kenny! I did notice a little orange peel in the pic. Might want to do what a couple peeps already said and get it color sanded and then buffed. Will look alot better.

Also I am surprised that those rockford fosgate 3" highs sound better then your xenon speakers did. Might have had them hooked up wrong hence the reason you blew them.

Also just some frinedly advice here. Whatever you do dont put a hole in your trunk so others can hear you. I am with supa c on this one. Also sound is supposed to stay inside the car hence why alot of people sound deaden there car. I am sure som peeps can here you so just leave it at that. Do what I did to my old competition car and sound deaden it to hell and hit a 156dbs of the ac190 and watch peeps mouths drop to the ground wondering why they cant hear nothing but see the good number. I used to love that.

Again great job on car mang! I think macco or at least that one is starting to turn things around. Peace!

 

[Spr0ket 10+ year member]

If you blast the system, people outside are like hey, that's pretty loud. You open the trunk and it BLOWS YOU AWAY. I was thinking of how I can get the outside to hear the music too... my only idea is to put a hole in the trunk and wire something to open the trunk when I hold a switch, like the sunroof does. This will let all the soundwaves of the trunk escape from that vent... but I'm too much of a scaredy cat to put a hole in my trunk. I wish there was some other way...

That's a dumb idea. I say deaden the trunk and doors more so you can't hear a thing until the doors open. It will be a bigger shock/awe factor.

Oh yeah, lose the LHS KP badges on the back and the chrysler badges on the side. If you can figure it out, remove the nose piece as well. Should look much better without those pieces.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

It was more of a joke than a real idea. A bit sarcastic. I just like attention, and a car like this doesn't bring much of it.

The sound deadening sounds like a good idea, can you tell me what I need to buy and how to do it?

I always wondered why people removed the car badges, any reason? The Chrysler on side I don't like, but it's embed into the car, so the badges are the same height as the car door... not sure I can do anything about those.

What about Sirius reception? I get bad signal in Hollywood, FL (where I live) and was thinking of getting a better antenna... do they make them? I saw one from Monster, don't know if it's any better signal-wise.

Also, what's orange peel? Maaco is getting better, but I've noticed some things: they painted my grill, but only the visible part. I took the grill off to change the headlights and the whole back and top of grill was not painted. Overspray. I got a little overspray on my new window tint, not sure what to do. I can't remove it with anything because I'm not supposed to use any chemicals on the tint I was told... any ideas?

 

[Spr0ket 10+ year member]

The sound deadening sounds like a good idea, can you tell me what I need to buy and how to do it?
I always wondered why people removed the car badges, any reason? The Chrysler on side I don't like, but it's embed into the car, so the badges are the same height as the car door... not sure I can do anything about those.

What about Sirius reception? I get bad signal in Hollywood, FL (where I live) and was thinking of getting a better antenna... do they make them? I saw one from Monster, don't know if it's any better signal-wise.

Also, what's orange peel? Maaco is getting better, but I've noticed some things: they painted my grill, but only the visible part. I took the grill off to change the headlights and the whole back and top of grill was not painted. Overspray. I got a little overspray on my new window tint, not sure what to do. I can't remove it with anything because I'm not supposed to use any chemicals on the tint I was told... any ideas?

For sound deadening, talk with Ant from second skin for the best suggestions and what to purchase. Removing badges from your car gives it a mysterious look it, a sort of double-take. Have a look at this:

That's a quick and dirty patch of the back of the car. It keeps people guessing as to what kind of car it is. Most of those letters are held on there with a simple "glue-back" that can be removed easily. Any left over residue from the glue can be removed with WD-40 and newspaper.

For reception of Sirius, you may want to check the placement of your external antenna. Instead of placing it on the trunk lid, mount it up on top of the car for better reception.

For overspray on the tint, go back to maco and demand they pay for the tint to be replaced. If you still have a receipt to your tint-shop, show them the price of the tint job and an estimate to "repair" the damages. If they offer to handle the window tint themselves, tell them it must be done at the exact same shop and you won't accept any comprimize. Be extremely firm about this part... otherwise they will use someone who tints with the really cheap dyed film rather than the metalic film. Not only that, but you want the light transmittance and color to be the same so it doesn't look goofy or fade differently over time. Essentially what will need to happen is the entire window with overspray will need to be redone.

GL