Finally starting my Big project.

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Topic: Finally starting my Big project.

Posted By: djdaveoc
Subject: Finally starting my Big project.
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 12:31 AM

I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota club cab and this Saturday is my birthday. Instead of snowboarding for free I'm going to stay home during daylight hours on Saturday and Sunday and get some work done. In my truck right now is a messed up plastic dash and only one door panel, new racing seats custom welded to the OEM brackets, and about $200 worth of Madmat and Dynamat Extreme. I've ripped out all the stereo equipment, a door panel, the headliner, the carpet, the backseat, and all the plastic wall pieces. On Saturday I plan to take out the seats, remaining door panel, and plastic dash pieces. Then I'll clean out the inside and finish the Dynamat. I have a whole 2nd bulk pack of Dynamat Extreme left to install. I'll take pics after I get the stuff out and Dynamat in, so you can see where I'll be starting from. Then, depending on how much time I have left, I will do the mdf frame for the dash and maybe even do the fleece and get some glass on it. That will probably eat up the whole weekend since I don't get up early and I'm going out Friday and Saturday night. I have a 2 megapixel camera and the pics should be good enough to post here. I work Monday to Friday so I'll probably have weekly updates only for this project. Just wanted to let everyone know what I'll be doing and that I'm finally starting after all the talk in the past.

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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 8:08 AM

Excellent man, cant wait to see it.

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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!

Posted By: doc t
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 10:04 AM

Definatly can't wait to see it

Posted By: spl-Hz
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 10:22 AM

Sounds like fun. Always anticipating pictures. I love seeing ideas and installs from different people..

Posted By: bluetruck
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 1:04 PM

nice. i have a 99 CC dakota R/T its a nice truck. what stereo stuff are you putting in there? are you doing custom gauges or anything? i cant wait for pics, but i also wonder what your doing?

Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: January 20, 2005 at 11:13 PM

I am putting in MB Quart 6.5 inch components in the doors (PCE-216 cause the Q series are too expensive). For bass I'm using one JL Audio 12W7 in the custom subzone box which I will probably cover over with my fiberglass amp rack. I'm going to use a 2-channel MTX amp for the speakers and another MTX mono amp for the sub. I already have a high-quality Alpine CD player, but I may replace it with an MP3 player. I also plan to install my PS2 since it acts as a game player and DVD player and I'll connect it to an LCD monitor that I'm going to mold into the dash. I also plan to do a lot of red neon.

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Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: January 21, 2005 at 8:37 AM

Sounds like a lot of work ahead of you. Sounds like fun though. I'm really itching to get another project started now though. My brother wants me to do a sub box for him so as soon as it warms up time to get the glassing flowing again.

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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!

Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: January 21, 2005 at 10:05 PM

I live near Disneyland in Southern Cali. It was in the 70s and 80s the past couple weeks. Woo hoo.

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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: January 29, 2005 at 4:24 AM

It rained Wednesday and today (Friday). If it's clear tomorrow I hope to get some real work done. I just need to go buy the 10" monitor that I will be installing in the dash. Also, my speakers and amp install kits are being shipped right now, so they should arrive soon. Hopefully I'll have pics up by later tonight, as it's 2:17 AM now in Cali and I just got home from a club. I need to sleep then get to work. Updates soon. Adios.

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Posted By: HottAccord
Date Posted: January 31, 2005 at 1:07 PM

Hey Im glad to see you at least have a plan. Good luck with everything! Hope to see some pics real soon! posted_image

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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 01, 2005 at 1:01 AM

I just got my speakers today and I'm waiting on the 3 amp install kits and the 8" monitor I bought. I'm in the middle of looking for work right now too so I'm spending a lot of my time online sending my resume out. I'll try to get the pics up tomorrow. The weather is better this week and I can probably get some work done.

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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 07, 2005 at 1:01 AM

I just wanted to say sorry to everyone who was hoping to see pics. Since I lost my job, I'm going to spend my free time studying for a computer computer certifications that should help me with my career and in getting not only a new job, but a better one. I still plan to do the work, and have the gear stacked up in my room. But since it will take so much time to do, I'm going to wait until I get a job and have some stability again. I'll just start a new post when I have pics to put up. Hopefully, more to come soon.

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Posted By: djdaveoc
Date Posted: February 10, 2005 at 7:02 PM

Ok, I finally started today. I'll try to post pics in a new post since this one is old.

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