reedal's '03 Tahoe build

[reedal]

Welllll just pulled the trigger on my first order of sound deadener ever. 72ft^2 of SoundQubed Q-Mat. Also bought two more of their PA's and their soft dome tweeters. Gonna redo the doors. Two 6.5's per door, one AQ and one SQ (two total) tweeters in each A-pillar, drivers side aiming at passenger, and vise-versa, powered by my AQ 90x4, one per channel. Each door will be powered by a AQ 200.2, since I just bought two off of dolarbilz. Mids and highs will have PLENTY of headroom at 4ohm each per channel. Now I just need to buy some more wire, 1/0 to 4ga inputs, some Y-splitters, and wood for a new enclosure at some point. The wife is NOT going to be happy......

 

[reedal]

Eight days underway, and I come home to goodies from soundqubed and dolarbilz pics to come after I take a real shower and enjoy the comfort of not being in uniform again

 

[reedal]

So here we go:



Two boxes of Q-Mat (18 sheets). Looks like it got a little hot during shipping... Note to self: do not order sound deadener in the summer time.


Two tweets


Two 6.5 PA's




And the two 2-channels from dolarbilz


Great buy from him, he shipped it out shortly after payment, and these AudioQue 200.2's are in amazing condition. Thanks again man.

Now, the hard part will be having the time to install/build everything. And the space to work. We'll see how it goes, might be a while before I have it completed. For those tuned in, appreciate the love. It's hard to enjoy a build log with no box build yet in an SUV that isn't going to be walled and only has two 12's. Time to get to work this week though. My free time will be very limited for the next few months for sure.

 

[reedal]

Got started on deadening the doors today after doing some errands. Didn't finish the drivers side door, but this weekend will hopefully finish it off. I realize that 72ft^2 isn't as much as I thought... Doing the doors and the door panels used up almost half.

 

[reedal]

Another little clip.

There isn't anywhere to park and play around me (at least not respectfully) so no full tilt walk around yet. Next time I go to my hometown which is in the middle of nowhere I might whip something up. The best I can do is 45mph+ driving videos for now. I like my little setup, still needs work. I'm lacking on the free time and workspace though. I'll try to update as I go though. Still need to finish laying down the rest of my deadener. I need to finish applying it to the drivers side door, and the rest is going on the roof, and then any left over will go on the rear hatch, then I'll buy more as I need it to cover as much as I can through the entire vehicle. Thanks for looking

 

[reedal]

Haven't done much lately for anyone looking at this. I threw some deadener on the roof (no pics

) it was a bit of a ***** to get the headliner back up. I had a buddy but he's more of a spectator than a helper. but I hope the deadener will help the crazy roof rattle. I can't stand it, so we'll see. My ship is going underway for five weeks, so I won't be on much if at all after next week

 

[reedal]

Still no updates. Still need to buy wiring and a few other items before I start rebuilding. The amp/batt rack and new enclosure will be the first things done before redoing the doors and A-pillars.

But I did buy one thing that I've been waiting to come out for a while



Thanks Steve!! And Antheny, who took over in emailing me, and set me up with an invoice. It'll be a little while before I have it installed though. One step (purchase) at a time (every payday).

 

[reedal]

I like it!! Looks nice!! And I don't think the circuit card will have any issues with moving/becoming dislodged, because that's a really tight fit now I REALLY want to get to work on my "rebuild"

 

[reedal]

I haven't had my DRLs working since I bought it, so I figured it was time to make them work again. I took a look through the lense, and the bulbs had broken filaments. I swapped the passengers side, then when I went to the drivers side, the socket was melted and scorched





And here it is replaced


Also did the 4-high mod (low beams and high beams on when set to high beams for those that don't know) and thought about making it the 4-low/6-high, but decided not to. Not just yet.

Only audio updates I have are I just purchased a cockbox from Scott bowman, and I bought an iPod classic 7th gen 120gb to replace my very broken iPhone 5 that vibrated apart


If I can get a dry day, I'll go out and clean up all of the grounds (factory and aftermarket) and see if that will help to clear the "service brake booster" message I get on my DIC every time I drive

 

[reedal]

Anddddd cockbox



Only a handful more things to buy before I begin my rebuild. Hope to be finished before April, but we'll see.