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bigaudiofanatic 04-15-2009 09:47 PM

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Anyone looking for help installing or diagnosing audio, computers and so on let me know. I live in Bridgeton NJ 08302. I will travel up to 3 hours for someone who wants to learn or needs help. Let me know Pm me your aim or yahoo messenger screen name reimermatt.:rofl:

cornd0g 04-15-2009 09:52 PM

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great guy! friendly and very very very helpful!

bigaudiofanatic 04-17-2009 10:20 PM

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Thanks here is one of the cars I am working on right now. Taking my time and doing it right I had to redo mostly everything.
http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=396922

Retell 04-18-2009 01:28 AM

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I'd appreaciate it if you could take a look at this: https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...ml#post4407067

I am in Flemington 08822

cornd0g 05-10-2009 01:42 PM

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woot! bigaudiofan did it again! helped me with sub install and issues! hit him up with questions!!!!

04 Honda Civic 05-15-2009 04:43 AM

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I sent u a pm

Retell 05-15-2009 05:46 PM

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Can you please take another look at my thread?
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...ark-plugs.html

bigaudiofanatic 06-22-2009 11:14 PM

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So last week I did an install on a 2009 Nisan 370Z take a look.

Here he comes
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Start wiring Solder all up
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Heat shrunk
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Dash taken apart
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MMMMMMMMM Wires
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Antennas Sirius and GPS
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Head Unit installed
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Let me know what you think

TRIZ 06-23-2009 12:10 AM

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Nice job man

bigaudiofanatic 06-23-2009 07:51 AM

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Thanks

bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:51 AM

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Bump

bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:53 AM

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This one was a big one I will quote his review so you can read it.
So Matt helped me install a kickass system in my 2008 Accord. It took a couple of days and a lot of driving but it was definitely worth it. Matt is a chill guy and we got along well right from the start.

I pulled into his driveway on Saturday morning a little before 8am and he had all of his tools and supplies laid out and ready to go.

We installed:
JL C5-650 components in front
JL C5-650x coaxials in rear
JL Slash 300/4v2 amp
Infinity 10" Basslink
JL CleanSweep
MTX Re-Q
Dynamat Xtreme on floor, doors, rear deck and under back seat

We started off by stripping the interior of the car:
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Then we jumped right into laying down the Dynamat .. here is the passenger's-side floor:
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Door before Dynamat
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Door after Dynamat
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Fuse holder mounted
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Cleansweep wired up, not yet secured
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Amp being wired up
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One of the rear crossovers mounted
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Finished!!
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Overall it took us about 25 hours spread out over 4 days (with breaks and stuff). Matt made the two and a half hour drive up to my place twice without hesitation. He did great work and I learned a lot along the way .. if you need any car audio stuff done, contact matt (AIM reimermatt), you won't regret it.

bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:54 AM

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Here are a few older installs 97 Volvo 850. It was probably one of the more easier installs I have done. Here are some picks of the install.:cool:

The loot
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The wiring harnesses getting ready to be all soldered
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The hole for usb port
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The usb port
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The sirius radio power plug lets mod it a little
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Open it up
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Solder it up
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Heat shrink it all ready for being wired behind the dash after being wrapped in electrical tape.
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Location of sat radio needs some mounting
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bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:55 AM

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Not many pics but I also did a amp and a sub in this when he gets back from iraq I will finish it.

Here he comes
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The Loot
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Open Her up
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Head unit installed no pics of wiring :(
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He is out until next time
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bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:56 AM

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Not many pics but I also did a amp and a sub in this when he gets back from iraq I will finish it.

Here he comes
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The Loot
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Open Her up
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Head unit installed no pics of wiring :(
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He is out until next time
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bigaudiofanatic 07-08-2009 10:59 AM

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All those were some older builds I have done. I am getting ready to be flown to LA for 2 more 370z installs, on top of that 2 more local Z's in my area.

Erkm4n 07-17-2009 04:05 PM

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This guy is seriously one of the nicest people I've met in a while, after talking via AIM for an hour or two, we met up and got my aftermarket head unit to work. Very friendly and well mannered. Def hit him up if you need help, highly recommended!

bigaudiofanatic 07-17-2009 06:15 PM

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Thanks man, it was good to meet you and see a nice si. I am glad I got everything resolved for you. Hope to hear from you soon for the rest of the system upgrade. As for anyone else that needs help just let me know and I can help out.

pmcondit 07-17-2009 09:22 PM

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I have an Alpine CDA-9805 CD player/radio. Recently the volume of the radio has gotten very low. I can only make out a couple of words occasionally if everything is quiet and the car is not moving. If the car is moving, or if there is any noise, I can barely hear the music and can not make out any words. I live in Seattle. Do you have any suggestions?

bigaudiofanatic 07-17-2009 09:50 PM

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Well it can be a number of things, the first thing that comes to mind is that the internal amp could be going out OR could be shut off "if you are using the internal amp to power the speakers" Look for something in the setting about internal amp on and off. If you are using a external amp it could be that the rca pre out puts are going on it, or the amp could be failing. It also could be but a very slim chance that the speakers are being grounded out on a piece of metal and muting the power that the internal amp is putting out. It is an older unit but not that old, if none of those things work call up alpine and tell them what is going on even though ti is probably out of warranty, they are very good at repairing them for free or at a low price. Let me know what you find out so I can help you more. Good Luck

bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:42 PM

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Here is one I did a while ago, it was a friends car.
Okay so today I started on my friends Honda civic i believe its a 91 but not sure. He installed the system himself and I will give him his props he did a good job. But now loaded with the right knowledge and my help we are going to overhaul the entire system. So enjoy the pics and the work to come.

The ride
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The center counsel
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Torn out
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The small power wire sight and it was running a sony 1200 watt amp
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Can we see the difference?:laugh:
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bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:44 PM

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Interior mostly gone
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Dual speakers
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Old subs
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All the painted parts are going to be repainted black
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After I cleaned the engine
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So all and all not bad he did a good job just didn't know what to get so tomorrow i will get picks of the stuff that's going in.

bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:46 PM

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e got started today by running the wires. Here are some pics.

The factory grommet
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Running of the 4 gauge
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Running the 4 gauge threw the grommet
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All ran threw the fire wall
http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/r...t/100_1156.jpg

Running the wire threw the wall always needs a helper. Just so happened he was there to learn and work. He like to get to work and learn.
"pic in a bit"


Ran threw some holds in the floor braces.
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Me and him just taking a nice shoot of us and our cars.
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bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:47 PM

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Okay did some more work today. This day I re ran the angle eye wires.

The wires as they basically were
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Soldered the + wire
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The wires all hidden the + wire is under the intake and the ground is under that rely bolt on the left. The wire was ran threw expandable tubing and the solider point was covered in head shrink
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The right side all tucked in
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The wire ran to the fire wall before it actually was ran threw
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Put the Kicker L5'sin the trunk as well
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More work done tomorrow!!!!!

bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:48 PM

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Okay yesterday we got back to working on the car. After the 2 days of rain. We fabricated the bracket for the fuse holder, and finished the angle eye power wire and the sub connections.

Measuring the hole locations for the bracket.
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Jerry's first time using a drill press I let him drill the holes.
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Brackets location made some pilot holes for easier install of the taping screws.
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What the bracket will look like mounted
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Bracket installed
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Fuse holder installed going to cover the wire in black expandable mesh tubing
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The wires for the angle eyes installed all soldered to the switch
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Both subs wired up to make out to 2 Ohms
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bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:49 PM

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Were the amp will go I am fabricating a bracket so the wires can tuck underneath it
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One of the panels after sanded and repainted MUCH BETTER THAN RED
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bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:50 PM

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Haven't rely done much these past days. But here are some more panels that have been repainted.
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More work after the rain stops some more real progress can begin again. LOL

bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:51 PM

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Okay today we finished up the spray painting. Also made some gap brackets for the amp to sit up on so the wires can be ran underneath.
Here is Jerry cutting the wood for the gap brackets.
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A look at how it will sit.
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Painting them
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How it looks painted it will set on top of the sub box.
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The final pieces all done painting
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Next pics will be speakers and head unit

bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:52 PM

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Yesterday finished the amp install and installed a temp head unit to test it out. Sounds rely loud to loud for me but for him it's good.

Quick wiring up to test it.
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Wired it up with wires all tucked.
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All finished with that
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Wires all cleaned up will probably clean them up a bit more.
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bigaudiofanatic 07-24-2009 12:52 PM

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Yesterday finished the amp install and installed a temp head unit to test it out. Sounds rely loud to loud for me but for him it's good.

Quick wiring up to test it.
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Wired it up with wires all tucked.
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All finished with that
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Wires all cleaned up will probably clean them up a bit more.
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