they can claim to be a professional. i mean...you may have that bird nest of wires all hidden behind there without you really knowing it. when everything is all put back together...you may not notice anything out of the ordinary. scary ain't it?

 

Very scary...

It's why I do my own work, or know my installer very well.

 

wrd...thanks to Kevin for doin it up in my car...my **** was a wreck and its pretty solid now except 4 some Ecrap on the doors.

 

Yes. Rich's installer prior to myself was a train wreck. Cut two auto headlight wires because he looked under the dash and found two wires that were the same color as the LF speaker wires.

 

There was a shop I used to go to back in the day and at one time they did pretty reputable work. I watched them do installs on cars and the work was quality. Unfortunately as people come and go and newbs start the quality seems to go down the drain. Even the assistant manager noticed how shotty things were becoming and eventually left and went next door to the competitor. There is never a doubt in my mind that all the work the new shop has done in my car is of top quality due to the standards and professionallism that their installers possess. You have to be careful with who works on your car cause you never know what type of mess they will leave behind.

 

Nick(95maxrider)'s car is just as bad. I went to install his new Hu for him a few weeks ago and the wiring was so bad that we are ripping it all out and starting again. I will take pics.

The guy who did his "install" is/was a "professional" who has stuff cut and spliced so many times that I don't know what goes where in his car. The guy has 2 20 foot RCAs to run to amps under the front seats. The are just taped up in coils and tied (to each other) with electrical tape.

On top of that, he has an aftermarket (JWT) ECU, nitrous wiring, extra gauges, indiglo dash, etc.

I am just doing the stereo, but I am not looking forward to working with anything back there.

 

damn i think a trained monkey could do better

 

Fixed.

 

my trained monkey is still working on figuring out relays

speaking of noobs, parag, where u at?

 

C'mon relays aren't that bad.

Back in the states yet?

 

If I had a buck for every power line I saw running through a door jamb, I'd be typing this from my permanent vacation home in Fiji.

"I need a bigger fuse. The ones I have keep blowing."

 

Liar.....

 

I'm not talking about me.

Flight arrives about 2:30PM on Saturday.

 

I know who your referring to and its only on occasion that I have a brain fart and reference a sheet of paper. Do you know how many different configurations and uses there are for a relay? ALOT and yes I do stumble upon myself sometimes. So....stick that in your shoe and kick it around a bit.


Thanks for the warning

 

Lol, nice response, but even though I was pullin ya leg, I was somewhat talking about myself too. I know the configurations and always have to reference

Ya ya I know you all missed me. It's 2:30am here. Haven't a clue what I'm doing awake.

 

Haha I should have my springs soon, ready to install'em?

 

I know ya were and wasnt offended at all, just had to get it out for n00bs...

 

LOL! I was about to come in here and talk about the rat's nest under my dash, but you beat me to it. I'm starting to feel bad about asking you to help me with all this mess. I get the feeling it's going to be hell getting the RCAs back there. Hopefully that will be the hardest part of the job. I'm willing to bet the pics of my car will top most of the pics already posted in here.

 

WV isn't THAT far from NJ

 

Give me time, brothaman..in a few weekends.

 

I gotta get it done before I go away on the 18th.

 

Now you've got deadlines?!

You're going to need to somehow acquire an internal spring compressor for the rears.

 

Ya unfortunately.


Really? I heard they were mad easy and can be done without compressors... Let me do some research....

 

Pay him no mind, he's not that important.

 

You didnt already??

 

I talked to 3 peeps, they said they did it without spring compressors.

 

Talk to more, we both know your good at it.

 

I don't mind it at all. I am looking forward to getting it right so that you don't have to worry with it any longer.
Nick is in MD.

 

The rears on my Spec don't require compressors.

 

its a b!tch without spring compressors. plus you can hurt yourself..

 

You did a 3rd gen alti before?

 

No worries, I'll have spring compressor's for the job.

 

negatory, but its gotta be basically the same.

 

The rears are seperate the spring is not on the strut.
The front is basically the same and yea, spring compressors would be helpful/necessary.

 

I've got the clamp style for the front, that's not an issue. The rears, if they required them, which apparently they don't, WOULD have required the internal type.

PS, I'm baaaaaaaaack.

 

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