What have you done to your ride lately?

CowboyTaco

CowboyTaco

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Soldered the speaker wire onto my other front door on my lunch break.

Either my soldering skills are garbage, or my soldering gun is....maybe both.

Anyway, it reminded me of that meme that someone posted after @AlienXtx posted pics of the welds on his guy who drives the jeep.

...."I don't always weld (or in this case, solder), but when I do it looks like Ray Charles did it behind his back" or something like that.

The driver's side went just fine and looked professionally done. Not sure what I did differently today.
 
tex

tex

That's Mr Asshole to you
Installed a Pedal Commander a few days ago. First impression is very good. Really helps around town for the little I have driven so far.
Also gave it a good wash in and out for the first time since September now that hunting season is over.
 
PSU Taco85

PSU Taco85

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CowboyTaco said:
Soldered the speaker wire onto my other front door on my lunch break.

Either my soldering skills are garbage, or my soldering gun is....maybe both.

Anyway, it reminded me of that meme that someone posted after @AlienXtx posted pics of the welds on his guy who drives the jeep.

...."I don't always weld (or in this case, solder), but when I do it looks like Ray Charles did it behind his back" or something like that.

The driver's side went just fine and looked professionally done. Not sure what I did differently today.
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PSU Taco85

PSU Taco85

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tex said:
Installed a Pedal Commander a few days ago. First impression is very good. Really helps around town for the little I have driven so far.
Also gave it a good wash in and out for the first time since September now that hunting season is over.
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I’ve read that just changes the engagement point or sensitivity of the gas pedal, is that true or what’s the major difference over stock?
 
MatthewMay1

MatthewMay1

amateur professional
tex said:
Installed a Pedal Commander a few days ago. First impression is very good. Really helps around town for the little I have driven so far.
Also gave it a good wash in and out for the first time since September now that hunting season is over.
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Neighborhood kid put one of those on his Ram. He says it’s cool
 
Oswego

Oswego

n00b
CowboyTaco said:
Soldered the speaker wire onto my other front door on my lunch break.

Either my soldering skills are garbage, or my soldering gun is....maybe both.

Anyway, it reminded me of that meme that someone posted after @AlienXtx posted pics of the welds on his guy who drives the jeep.

...."I don't always weld (or in this case, solder), but when I do it looks like Ray Charles did it behind his back" or something like that.

The driver's side went just fine and looked professionally done. Not sure what I did differently today.
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Pro's don't solder so please watch out using solder in cars/boats/planes/anything that gets hot, vibrates, and you don't want potentially frying from a short.

Ill tin the exposed wire to lessen corrosion prior to me inserting it into a connector just in case moisture got inside my connectors, but thats the extent of soldering I do in that kinda stuff these days. Actually read somewhere that solder creates corrosion.

Everything else is friction or deutsch connectors these days and I really like deutsch connectors. Got the tool for them many years ago + a ton of misc. clamps/pins for them. Pricey but not if you consider you only need to do it once and will not fry whatever you are working on should it get a little wet or hot or vibrate at all.

Back in the day I soldered everything in boats/quads/etc....and then I would have to go back and fix all the wiring when it would fall apart or short out. Now I follow the plane and boat guys so I can buy once/cry once. If you won't do it in a plane or boat - I'm not doing it in my car I want to last 20 years.
 
PSU Taco85

PSU Taco85

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I don’t think it’s the solder itself that causes corrosion, rather the flux because it’s acidic. Cleaning off the connection with alcohol afterwards should lessen that impact.

I always use a crimp and heat shrink connection where possible. Sometimes, when splicing multiple wires you don’t have a choice other than soldering.
 
Silverback

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Brakes are done.. did the rear shoes and drums as well. Yeah I added the springs. I still need to seat the pads, I was too tired afterwards to do it.
 
CowboyTaco

CowboyTaco

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Finished off the audio stuff yesterday.

Sound deadening under the carpet on the passenger side front. Pulled the passenger seat, ran the wires for potential future amp if I decide to do a sub (no power, just RCA and remote turn on), ran wires to cleanly mount the cell booster under the pass seat, ran the speaker wire into the rear door, installed rear door speaker, soldered connections, sound deadener and closed cell foam installed on rear door. Rest of the interior trim reassembled.

After adding all the RCAs, the head unit doesn't rattle around in the cheap Metra mounting kit, which is good! I have not had a chance to crank it up yet to see how it all sounds (son was asleep in the room above the garage).

Also have not had a chance to drive it. Passenger rear tire was down to about 14 psi. So I guess a trip to Discount Tire is in my future.

Still need to do the closed cell foam on the back wall and anywhere else I can access, but I'm hoping it's quiet inside when I go to DT. I figure I probably need to adjust the amp some too, but won't know until I actually get to crank it up.
 
PSU Taco85

PSU Taco85

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CowboyTaco said:
Finished off the audio stuff yesterday.

Sound deadening under the carpet on the passenger side front. Pulled the passenger seat, ran the wires for potential future amp if I decide to do a sub (no power, just RCA and remote turn on), ran wires to cleanly mount the cell booster under the pass seat, ran the speaker wire into the rear door, installed rear door speaker, soldered connections, sound deadener and closed cell foam installed on rear door. Rest of the interior trim reassembled.

After adding all the RCAs, the head unit doesn't rattle around in the cheap Metra mounting kit, which is good! I have not had a chance to crank it up yet to see how it all sounds (son was asleep in the room above the garage).

Also have not had a chance to drive it. Passenger rear tire was down to about 14 psi. So I guess a trip to Discount Tire is in my future.

Still need to do the closed cell foam on the back wall and anywhere else I can access, but I'm hoping it's quiet inside when I go to DT. I figure I probably need to adjust the amp some too, but won't know until I actually get to crank it up.
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how do you normally tune it? I always borrowed an o-scope from work to check speaker outs for distortion because I’m OCD, but I think most just listen for a seat of the pants type tune lol
 
CowboyTaco

CowboyTaco

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I've never tuned one before. Videos I've watched and the few articles that I've read have said to

  1. turn the gain and any other adjustments on the amp all the down/off.
  2. crank up the volume until you hear distortion, then back it off a bit.
  3. turn up the gain until you hear distortion, then back it off a bit.
 
PSU Taco85

PSU Taco85

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CowboyTaco said:
I've never tuned one before. Videos I've watched and the few articles that I've read have said to

  1. turn the gain and any other adjustments on the amp all the down/off.
  2. crank up the volume until you hear distortion, then back it off a bit.
  3. turn up the gain until you hear distortion, then back it off a bit.
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that’s the basic theory. I like to use the scope instead of listening for distortion, you’ll get a much better tune. Key is finding a friend or co-worker with one.
 
Silverback

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Picked up a new ride this past week. EZ-GO 48 TXT. Wife and kid like the rims, I am not a fan. I'd like to replace upholstery with black/dark gray centers and red stitching. Get an extended top in black. Then get some black or dark gray rims. But for now they will do. The incandescent bulbs suck... so for now I just replaced them with LED's. It has an Infiniti/Polk audio stereo and it pretty much sucks. I will be adding some better speakers and an amp to it. Looked into a lighting kit that included turn signals, brake lights (with brake sensor for brake pedal), turn signal stalk and a horn. maybe some underglow "rock lights". :) Just what I need, another hobby.

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