Another busy week - sorry for the delay in updating but had alot to do over the last 3 days - Saturday I took Big Black to Milton Keynes so that Craig 'cdescort' Dillow could give me a hand doing the wheels as well as fixing my poorly sealed sunroof! - This is a long update so make sure you read right through to the end!
I also got another delivery from the guys at Connects2 - Lots of cabling and midwoofers ;)
This gear was all in prep for the Auto Sound and Style and Mobile Electronics News Expo that happened this weekend - I also needed to get the paint on the wheels so off we went
Craig loaded the wheels up with wonder wheels cleaner and we left them to soak
we where a little bored so ended up building a Hover Shogun
Once rubbed down Craig masked and primed the wheels
Primer dried and then the first coat of Rover Grey Stone goes on
Craig also coated the wheel hubs which came up a treat
Part way through the day we got a visit from Dave 'VD' Wilkins who came bearing gifts from a recent trip to Belgium
Any one who has ever been to the dB Drag Finals in Europe will know this stuff - SPL Fuel of the highest order! that and Relentless
Wheels back on and looking fantastic! just what I wanted
My attempt at sealing the roof failed miserably so Craig came up with a better idea - first up I removed the sunroof glass and added some hammerrite for the black look
A lot of expanding foam on the glass
Board bolted to the glass, sandwiching the foam and weighed down with Craig's old optima
We then cut some angle bar and bolted it to the roof - we then dropped the sunroof glass in from above and bolted the wood to the cross bars
I also prepared the trim of the car for display at the auto sound and style show - Craig got hold of some Autoglym bumper shine as well as some wheel shine
With all the work we did on Saturday we didn't get time to wash the car before Project Big Blacks first official show - the Auto Sound and Style show at Stoneleigh park so i figured I would get up early on Sunday and take it to the local Tescos Jet Wash but i hadn't counted on it being -6 so the foaming brush instantly froze to the car which made for a good look as I pulled into the exhibition hall with lots of other perfectly detailed cars!
On the plus side as the car began to thaw I was able to clean it down pretty well as it stood in the Hall.
The guys at Connect2 had sorted me out with show stand that will be getting updated as the blog progresses Thanks to Mike and Andy for all the help so far its much appreciated chaps!
Im also now fully decal-ed up with the brand stickers too
The bonnet vinyl was printed wrong so will be replaced with a decal to match the door stickers - the black n grey theme will run through out the car as the interior will also be trimmed in that colour
The idea behind me attending the show with Connects2 was 2 fold - 1- people could see the parts of an big install that never get seen and 2-people could see the Ballistic material, Tsunami Cabling and some of the GZ equipment in the flesh
So I set up between Kenwood, Connects2, JKM and Clarion and started installing some cabling - this cabling was just for show - a temporary install as everything will be removed and run under the car for the final build
In between chatting to the public about the build and what a fool i was for taking on this project Wonky Jon Clements and Jim Buju Box as well as my dad we where able to put 2 runs of 14awg speaker cable into each door - and run it along the sills to the back.
I also managed to talk to Jeremy and Nathan from Highdown Audio about their mental Pug 107 build - good luck with that chaps and I look forward to hearing it!
Also toward the end of the day Mike and the guys at Kenwood presented me with an as yet unreleased DDX5026 double din DVD headunit which I was blow away at - so thanks alot for that guys - more on that in day 2 ;)
Day 2 of the show was a little quieter as it was the trade portion of the show so I set up camp early and started putting speakers into the doors - my aim for the day was to have music on for my journey home which meant fitting a pair of 8" mid woofers, a pair of silk dome tweeters, running power cables and installing a double din HU in a single din slot!
Again I set up shop between Connects2 and Clarion, with Ian Pinder to one side providing a nice chilled soundtrack to the day - Ian also provided me with some of his considerable experience especially as he had done an install in a shogun before - Cheers Big Man!
First thing i got done was to install the 8" GZCW8-4F midwoofers in each door. when I got the car from Tej it already came with these builds so i figured I would use them for now
After getting back from Craigs on saturday night I threw together a quick demo 'board' consisting of 1 GWUA4125SQ amp, a fused power block and earth block
I also ran a positive and a -ve power cable through the car to power this as as yet I have no readilty available earth point.
The cables ran through a grommet in the bulkhead and along the sill to the back of the car
fused at the battery with a 200a circuit breaker - not ideal as I was only running around 50a max with the 4 channel amp but for demo purposes it worked well
After running power to the amps I was then finally ready to fit the HU - as me and Buju discovered the day before, the space available in the dash is a little large for the HU so i took some 9mm ply and attached it to the mounting cage so create a snug fit, the HU then mounted well - not a permanent fixture but secure enough for a few days - just so I can have some tunes!
The next step of the project is to get the door and part of the rear amp rack built - The Shogun should be off to see Paul Richardson at A1 Audio Designs at the weekend so we can discuss whats going to happen so eyes peeled for and update to the blog over the weekend - sorry for the massive post but thanks for making it to the end!
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