Number Tew Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 haha just giving you a hard time bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OW99 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 One day I hope I can make my car as nice as this. Amazing car dude. The extra work you put into it definitely shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) Ok so I don't have much to show for this update that is picture-worthy. I've got almost 3 days of contorting myself and bending backwards inside the car doing wiring behind me now, lol. None of the previous audio wiring that was in the car prior to this winter is in the car anymore. The further along I got the more dissatisfied I got with some wiring I had done as much as 8-9 years ago so I just ripped it all out and started fresh. I'm really picky about how wiring is run so this process took me a while. It's 100% complete now, but there's nothing too visually exciting about showing you the wiring so I'll spare you the boredom, lol.One thing worthy of pictures is that I got the grilles for the kick panel speakers painted, and the kick panels are now installed. I don't have a pic of this because my shop-vac decided to kick the bucket and the inside of the car is littered with stripped wire insulation and such, so I'll get a pic of that once I grab a new shop-vac and clean it up.While scuffing the grilles to repaint them, I noticed I didn't like the pointed design of the spokes, so I rounded them and like it much better. Here's a comparison of how they came and what I changed:Both prepped for paint:Primed:Complete:And a little before/after comparison:When I thought I was ready to button everything up and try out the new speakers, I found that I in fact did not have 3 pairs of RCA pre-outs on the back of my Alpine head unit like I thought (you need 1 pair for the front channel to the amp, 1 pair for the rear channel to the amp, and 1 pair for the sub to the amp), this head unit only has 1 pair for the sub... so that won't do. This has finally pushed me over the edge to convert to the newer-style double din radio bezel so I can run a nice double din setup. Out came the old radio and shifter bezel:And these beauties are on their way from Carbon Driven... full carbon fiber replacements, not factory bezels wrapped with CF, these are the real deal! :pepper:The radio bezel isn't yet available but I pre-ordered one, he said they'll be available in 2-3 weeks. I'll have to figure something out for the button holes at the bottom.Here's the link to their site, Rob is a great guy and his stuff is super nice. It's awesome to see someone making CF parts for pre-05 mustangs FINALLY.http://www.carbondriven.com/Also have this beaut on the way, Pioneer AVH-P4400BH head unit. This thing is sick.Here it is mounted in a guy's car I found on SVTPSo those last 3 purchases illustrate how my projects on this car snowball out of control, lol. I just can't leave any stone unturned, much to the "delight" of my wife Lastly, one thing my car has always needed is louder exhaust (read that with VERY heavy sarcasm, lol), so these showed up a couple days ago, Doug's stainless electric cutouts. I did A LOT of research on e-cutouts to find out which suck and which don't. Most of the companies use a butterfly blade design, like DMH and QTP, but I heard nothing but bad reviews of them leaking, rattling, and burning out the motors. I finally found the Doug's cutouts, which had stellar reviews and are guaranteed not to leak. I got them for a great deal less than most places listed them, if anyone is looking to get some, go to www.marylandspeed.com, they have hands down the best price on them. Go here: http://marylandspeed.com/dougs-electric-cutouts-25-pair-with-ypipes-and-hook-up-kit-dec250ak-p-3920.html and use coupon code facebook5 to knock another $18 off the total. :thumb:As you'll see in these pics, they use a totally different design than a butterfly. The only drawback is they are bigger in size than the butterfly type. I'm gonna have to get creative installing these, but I'm determined to make it happen. Edited April 21, 2013 by 95riosnake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Damn you Dan.... Lol always have the nicest coolest stuff haha... I love those kick panel enclosures, hopefully I can find some of themJeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 aahhh yea man. that bezel is fuckin nice!! love this stuff dude! love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stprorolla49 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Wiring pics, wiring pics, WIRING PICSSSS!!! Looks sick Dan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Wiring pics, wiring pics, WIRING PICSSSS!!! Looks sick Dan!Haha, if you're serious I can take some. It does look pretty nice and sanitary, which is why it took so long lol. The only wiring you can still see is the wiring for the rear components/crossovers, and all the wiring inside the rear seat delete bottom for the 4 channel amp. It's turning into a bit of a wiring center down there, lol. I'll snap some pics of the wiring along with whatever updates I have for everyone next week. I'll say I am so glad the wiring is over with... my fingers are raw and my arms are all sliced up from reaching inside that razor blade factory known as the dashboard lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.greg Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Very nice update! I really like how you sanded down the bezels to be more rounded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Tew Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Dang those bezels look awesome. Interested to see how you like the cut outs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 oh man those cut outs are going to be badass! Very very interested to see what you end up doing with these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 oh and what are you doing with that old under radio bezel..... :look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 You mean the gauge panel for the lower radio slot? I won't be able to use it, I'm guessing you're interested in it, lol. I made that way back in the day, it installs without any mods to the radio bezel too :thumb: I never ended up using the switches, I had aspirations of nitrous and other stuff, but ended up going the blower route. They just have wire leads coming off them with crimp connectors ready to connect to whatever. I'm still deciding where I'll relocate the gauges to, I'm thinking of making a pod to replace the ash tray door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 If Bryan doesn't snag up that piece from you, I'd deff be interested... Fa shoJeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 sounds legit! how hard was it to see the gauges while driving? was it awkward to look down at them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I spent a summer fighting rising water temps when I had the stroker and the stock radiator setup, I found it quite easy to see the water temp gauge down there, lol... especially since every time I hit traffic I was nervously watching it climb and climb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 that's a sick group of parts right there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Right on! I'll text yah Dan! Stop clouding up your thread =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Love the AVH unit! Going to look real nice and at home thereSent from Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve@CJPP Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 awesome, let me know what you think of the headunit as I am in the market for a new one myself as my Kenwood is dying a slow agonizing death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted April 22, 2013 Moderators Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Really dumb question... how do you install a shifter boot on the new bezel? I've been trying to figure out a better method than melting it on like Ford did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I have a Redline Goods boot which I'll be transferring over to the new one (hopefully, provided I can get it off my old one, along with the billet trim ring). It is just epoxied to the bottom side, I just did it a couple inches at a time with clamps. I've never tried fitting a new factory shifter boot so I'm not sure on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted April 22, 2013 Moderators Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I have a Redline Goods boot which I'll be transferring over to the new one (hopefully, provided I can get it off my old one, along with the billet trim ring). It is just epoxied to the bottom side, I just did it a couple inches at a time with clamps. I've never tried fitting a new factory shifter boot so I'm not sure on that.I'll probably end up getting the Redline stuff myself. Those carbon fiber bezels looks so good. I wish they wouldn't look goofy in a saddle interior car because I want them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 There's an "easy" solution for that... convert it all to black! haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted April 22, 2013 Moderators Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 There's an "easy" solution for that... convert it all to black! haha.I was going to until my wife got me a new saddle top for the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 well that just ruined my monday. i thought i was making good progress on mine then i see some of the details you did last year with that blower that i didn't even notice. and now the sound system getting done. i need a garage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Sorry for ruining your Monday Ryan, lol. If I didn't have a garage close by to work on this car you can bet it wouldn't be anywhere near what it is today, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) Here are some pictures of the wiring since some people seemed interested, lol. These show the wiring for the rear speakers, the component amp and the sub amp, as well as the crossovers mounted and wired.As much as I wanted to just be done with the kick panels finally, I found myself thinking all week about how much I hated the way they fit. The problem is they don't mount very securely, and fit poorly. They eliminate the hole for the push pin that holds the rear half of the kick panel against the side, so they flop around (they came with a bunch of long screws, but I'm not sure I'm down with blindly running screws through that area since there's a ton of wiring there. The one on the driver's side stick out so far into the foot well that my foot rubbed the speaker grill if I pushed the clutch in. They also don't cover the pinch weld in the door jamb like the factory panels do. So I decided that will not do. Here you can see how the speaker pod isn't designed to cover the door jamb pinch weld. This picture shows the first cut line I drew, of many lol. I basically kept cutting and cutting until I was able to get the Q-Logic to fit over the factory kick panel. The plan was to attach the Q-Logic panels to the stock panels so they would mount securely and neatly just like the factory panels did.Another showing the difference in Q-Logic vs. stockOnce I had the trimming done to allow it to fit the stock panel just right, I riveted them together.The driver's side had to be trimmed a bit different but I still think it looks pretty clean. I thought about leaving them this way but the look of the rivets reminded me too much of Harley saddlebags, so I set about making them blend in. Masked them off and sprayed them with the textured flat black paint I had left over from the sub enclosure. Much better:Installed, I think they look pretty nice really. I obviously wouldn't have chosen the rivets rather than a panel that just fit right from the beginning, but I think this is a good compromise. It actually has a kind of badass look to it. When there's a normal amount of light inside the car, you can barely even see the rivets. A lot of extra work, but I at least now have speaker pods that fit exactly like factory :thumb:Next step is getting the Carbon Driven radio bezel in (should hit the market in a couple more weeks) and installing the Pioneer AVH unit (hasn't come in yet) to fill that void in the middle of the dash, and I can finally try out all the new speakers.Speaking of Carbon Driven, the shifter bezel showed up this week. This thing is absolutely beautiful. By far the highest quality carbon fiber part I've ever had.And look a this, they actually designed a CF part that snaps in just like the factory piece! (This is a rare thing in CF parts, you're usually on your own when it comes to mounting them)Also, my business cards for Mustang Week (and beyond, considering I got 500 of them, lol) showed up from Napalm Inc./Eazel Printing. They look sick, hopefully they'll bring us a few more members too!I'm hoping I'll get some more garage time today and tomorrow, so I might have another update this weekend :thumb: Edited April 28, 2013 by 95riosnake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnyxCobra Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 what's the point of those kick panel speakers, do they just sound better than in the door or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Tew Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Your a poop smith mc fart face. I feel insignificant. Go away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 The sound imaging from them is supposed to be awesome (because they point up at you, and are supposed to make the front soundstage much fuller), plus more speakers would help the stereo be heard over my exhaust lol. There aren't any other places up front to add more speakers unless you make your own enclosures in the door panels like Scott is doing. And I'm not down for doing all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.greg Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Those business cards are sick! Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted April 27, 2013 Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 Wow Dan, I really like what u did with the panels being mounted together, I never would have thought to do thatJeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 hmmmm, the rivets...idk man. can you see them with the door shut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted April 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Everything is black down there and the door panels cover them when the door is shut, so no. The rivets were a necessary evil, I'll probably fiberglass over it all sometime and make them one piece but I've about had enough of this interior/stereo shit. I'm ready to move onto other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Everything is black down there and the door panels cover them when the door is shut, so no. The rivets were a necessary evil, I'll probably fiberglass over it all sometime and make them one piece but I've about had enough of this interior/stereo shit. I'm ready to move onto other things.lmao. i feel ya. i'm making sub enclosures from fn paint buckets so i need to stfu honestly, lol. you're cars so sick rivets dont even matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokiller Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 not feeling the rivets Dan. should have been allen bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy95GT Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Why does everyone hate rivets, they're so useful... Just because a few ricers have used them for body kit hardware, its ruined rivets for everyoneJeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Yah just like weaves and roca-wear, just cuz hood rats abuse them, doesn't mean errrybody else should stay away from them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 i never thought of rivets as ricey, lol. i just thought there were alot of them. dont matter though. i mean it's kind of a cool look and it's all about the sound anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schiffy Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Yah just like weaves and roca-wear, just cuz hood rats abuse them, doesn't mean errrybody else should stay away from them!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sent from my secretary!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
