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Having done a few cars for him already Albin brought in his new highly modded and beast of a Ford F250 for some further upgrades. Main thing was whatever was to be added needed to have an OEM appearance.
First up was the installation of a Horn Blaster air horn kit. Knowing he has had vast experience with them I had my buddy Chris Lancaster at The Garage Orlando do the install. And he knocked it out of the part. Everything was mounted off of the frame while being tucked up out of the way using aluminum mounts to ensure against rusting and lines ran clean. The horns were hooked up to the steering wheel horn through a relay operated from the dash aux switches. So Albin can switch from the OEM horn to GET OUT OF MY WAY!!! Chris is also my go to for referrals when anyones asks for a good installer in the area. He's the only one in the Central Florida area that I would let touch my car.
Now on the interior. One of Albin's requests was to have a quieter interior. So in true Jeresy style the interior was stripped in preparation of a full sound deadening treatment.
For the roof and most of the truck Focal BAM was used. It's multi layer of deadener and foam offered the best for sound suppression.
While the headliner was out Albin wanted to do the headliner in genuine alcantara, also an Octave specialty. Coming from the BMW world he wanted that little extra touch to the interior. Given the King Ranch interior I think the alcantara gives that nubuck feeling to the interior.
After the headliner was back in I moved on to the audio source tapping. I ordered an aftermarket plug that is a replica of the OEM plug for the pins. The OEM pins for the front speakers were removed and the aftermarket pins were installed. This accomplishes many things at once. First if Albin ever wants to put it back to stock it's just a matter of removing the aftermarket pins and putting the OEM back in. I try my best not to cut any OEM wires if not needed. Another thing is for quick diagnose the wires are color coded so left/right and +/- can be quickly identified.
The aftermarket wires were soldered and heat shrunk to the signal source wiring.
Everything cleaned up.
First up was the installation of a Horn Blaster air horn kit. Knowing he has had vast experience with them I had my buddy Chris Lancaster at The Garage Orlando do the install. And he knocked it out of the part. Everything was mounted off of the frame while being tucked up out of the way using aluminum mounts to ensure against rusting and lines ran clean. The horns were hooked up to the steering wheel horn through a relay operated from the dash aux switches. So Albin can switch from the OEM horn to GET OUT OF MY WAY!!! Chris is also my go to for referrals when anyones asks for a good installer in the area. He's the only one in the Central Florida area that I would let touch my car.
Now on the interior. One of Albin's requests was to have a quieter interior. So in true Jeresy style the interior was stripped in preparation of a full sound deadening treatment.
For the roof and most of the truck Focal BAM was used. It's multi layer of deadener and foam offered the best for sound suppression.
While the headliner was out Albin wanted to do the headliner in genuine alcantara, also an Octave specialty. Coming from the BMW world he wanted that little extra touch to the interior. Given the King Ranch interior I think the alcantara gives that nubuck feeling to the interior.
After the headliner was back in I moved on to the audio source tapping. I ordered an aftermarket plug that is a replica of the OEM plug for the pins. The OEM pins for the front speakers were removed and the aftermarket pins were installed. This accomplishes many things at once. First if Albin ever wants to put it back to stock it's just a matter of removing the aftermarket pins and putting the OEM back in. I try my best not to cut any OEM wires if not needed. Another thing is for quick diagnose the wires are color coded so left/right and +/- can be quickly identified.
The aftermarket wires were soldered and heat shrunk to the signal source wiring.
Everything cleaned up.