Toyota Tacoma Build

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

Comments?

 

[TeZ 10+ year member]

Dude this is looking really good!!

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

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my only coomment is why not mount the amp to a piece of 1/2 ply or mdf first and then mount the wood to the metal bracket. my understanding is you never mount the amp directly to the frame of the car which is what you have done.......

 

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

Dude this is looking really good!!

Thank you very much

my only coomment is why not mount the amp to a piece of 1/2 ply or mdf first and then mount the wood to the metal bracket. my understanding is you never mount the amp directly to the frame of the car which is what you have done.......

First of all thank you very much for the input but I don't really understand how this is an issue. If anyone else has any information on this issue please enlighten us.

 

[19992wdtaco 10+ year member]

You basically grounded the chassis of the amp. Maybe put some rubber or something between that metal strip and the amp mounting feet so it's not metal on metal.

 

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

You basically grounded the chassis of the amp. Maybe put some rubber or something between that metal strip and the amp mounting feet so it's not metal on metal.

But wouldn't the current still be passed through the bolt that's holding the amp to the metal strip?

Oh and my lights where dimming last nite //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif so I'll be doing a big 3 upgrade later today with the wire I had leftover!

 

[hohum75 10+ year member]

does grounding the chassis of the amp make a difference?

 

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

does grounding the chassis of the amp make a difference?

X2

 

[WOT]

Not at all, its fine

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

Not at all, its fine

yes and no.......if someone other than him is riding in the truck and drops a cd, cell phone or something small under the seat and they don't know that is where his amp is then the problem with grounding the chassis of the amp to the truck becomes a safety issue when they go blindly reaching under the seat to retrieve what they lost. if they accidentally pull on stuff they can't see then there is a chance of yanking out the power wire which could then fall back on the chassis of the amp where it would cause a dead short.

 

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

yes and no.......if someone other than him is riding in the truck and drops a cd, cell phone or something small under the seat and they don't know that is where his amp is then the problem with grounding the chassis of the amp to the truck becomes a safety issue when they go blindly reaching under the seat to retrieve what they lost. if they accidentally pull on stuff they can see then there is a chance of yanking out the power wire which could then fall back on the chassis of the amp where it would cause a dead short.

Makes sense. I don't see any reason why a passenger would be reaching under the drivers seat though. But I understand your point thanks for the input.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

x2 on real nice build for first time.

 

[Sugary Monkey 10+ year member]

x2 on real nice build for first time.

Thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I completed a big 3 upgrade yesterday with some leftover 4g that I had but it didn't completely solve my dimming light problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif I'm thinking that maybe i should get a newer better battery would this help at all?

 

[WOT]

Or maybe could have went bigger than 4 gauge....

But yes, a nice underhood battery makes a difference, and if the dimming is minimal, itll probly go away completely with a nice Optima or if you have the cash, a Kinetic

 

[David19 10+ year member]

Very nice build bro