The Saturn got a wiring and battery upgrade to bring it's electrical up to a more respectable level ...Enjoy
Pair of D3100's and a solid copper bar (.25" x 1.25") for busbars...
Engine bay before upgrade...blah..
Heating up the copper for bending..
Horizontal bandsaw cutting the copper down..
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Had to take out the spare tire tie-down for batt's in the spare tire wheel well..
Starting the power wire runs and fusing upfront..
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(it looks like theyre just sagging and hanging, but theyre more secure now)
Made it to the trunk..
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Hole through the front, passenger side wheel well..
Finishing the busbars..
Ground runs starting..
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Getting the speaker wire ready (yes, that's 4-gauge)
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Got the amp's plate mounted and attaching anchors to mount the amp..
Trim panel back on...goes right over the 4-runs of 1/0 gauge
Has plenty of clearance..
Mounting bracket I made to hold the batteries down..
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Piece of angle iron bolted in front of the batteries...
Bolts for the busbars, have to cut them down..
Cutting them down..
Piece of allthread for the hold-down bracket..
(more later on about the bracket)
ground runs attached to their busbar..
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Prepping the rear fuse holders for the power runs..
Fuse holders cases mounted..
Power runs attached to their busbar..
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Bent the ground runs' ring terminals for a better fit on busbar..
Upfront finished!
Needs more wires
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Super glued the nut on one end to keep it from spinning..
Caulk on the washer and nut to keep it sealed up..
Prepping the fuses and distro I need for the amp..
Fuses mounted (ofcourse I run out of blue kolossus...so I have to make due with silver, ugh)
Power runs for amp and theground run connected and done
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The busbars were a bit higher than I was expecting so I need to make a spacer for the enclosure to clear them and the wires..
Bedlining them so they dont look tacky..
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The 18 inspecting the upgrade...it seemed very pleased, but really just wanted to get back in the freakin trunk..
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Heated up and bent a screwdriver to adjust the amp without pulling it..
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I get everything in and go take a test drive and hear something rolling around and notice my phone's gone...MY FREAKING PHONE WAS INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE...lol, but I was kind of ticked. But I just pulled the port wall and got it..
FINISHED
So far it's proven extremely solid Im happy with it
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whew thats what you call a good job and lots of details
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Thanks man. And she's my daily, so I had to do it right
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Haha thanks, yea...plenty of people were like 'wtf..' wen they saw the wires, but the panels go right over them
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Thanks guys ...and ive been thinking about replacing the front battery to an xs power, but I havent had an issue with the kinetik so it'd be quite some time for me to do that...but i'll keep it in mind
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