Offroad Trailblazers and Envoys

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Trailblazer and Envoy related, but not off-road related...

by Rickalicka18 » Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:13 pm

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Rickalicka18 wrote:Not really offroad or tb related, BUT I set my subwoofer on fire today. So that was fun


Looking for new subs? I have a set of 12" Kenwood's in an enclosure I was just about to put up for sale.



It actually still works haha... but I just bought a JL w6 and an alpine PDX-V9 5-channel amp on the way to replace my sub and amps so I can upgrade my whole system. Thanks though!
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by KielTb » Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:07 pm

Well I cleaned out the back end to start pulling up the carpet. Can't decide if I should leave it up front or pull it all out...

I've had the rear quarters exposed for about a month now (it's well known but still...EVERYONE should pull those flimsy plastic panels, mine were torn up from scrapping and working in my ext but there is such a crazy amount of room behind them.) Eventually plan on removing the rear air in the passenger fender and tucking all the wiring along the floors in the corners and relocate the fuse block and bcm from the second row seats. Once I get it further along all the unnecessary electronics will be removed but that's for another much warmer day... 40 degrees is warm for now in NY but still a bit chilly to be out in the wind haha
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by TBYODA » Mon Mar 14, 2016 12:44 am

Started working on MDB bumper kit with LT mod yesterday. Made some good progress today.

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by HARDTRAILZ » Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:06 am

Looking good
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by Jrgunn5150 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:11 pm

I ordered springs front and rear, lower control arms, upper ball joints. The IFS is in it for life now.
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by TheHungriGerman » Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:23 pm

I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms ImageImageImage

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by HawkeyeC25 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:21 pm

Man that's a nice clean install of everything!! I like how you shaped the speaker box!
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by TheHungriGerman » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:24 pm

HawkeyeC25 wrote:Man that's a nice clean install of everything!! I like how you shaped the speaker box!

I can't take credit for that sub thump sells them like that

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by HawkeyeC25 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:39 pm

Put some flare on the TB today...
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by SkiBum » Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:27 pm

TheHungriGerman wrote:I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms

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I did the same exact thing a couple months ago. How did you end up mounting your box to the plastic?
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by Rickalicka18 » Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:06 pm

TheHungriGerman wrote:I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms ImageImageImage

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SO MUCH MORE ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES. Might put my amp in a similar place you did, but make a wooden platform for the amp the sit on and make a wooden cover and put some fans in to keep it cool. My sub will have to stay in the middle of the trunk though, so less room for activities for me.
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by mason10198 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:19 pm

Decided to go for it and get the PCM tune. Shipping 'er off to PCMofNC this weekend :shoot:
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by SnowBlazer » Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:20 pm

Put the OEM flaps where they belong...in the trash. Image
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by Jrgunn5150 » Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:58 pm

Changed the oil, changed the front diff oil, demonstrated to my GF why I need to ditch my carpet.
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by TheHungriGerman » Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:21 pm

SkiBum wrote:
TheHungriGerman wrote:I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms

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I did the same exact thing a couple months ago. How did you end up mounting your box to the plastic?

Take out the cover the the compartment on the passenger side. I took a 7 inch piece of 3/8 all thread put a nut and washer and lock on each side. Then I drilled a hole in the box and secured it with a nut lock washer washer and rubber washer.

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by TheHungriGerman » Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:26 pm

Rickalicka18 wrote:
TheHungriGerman wrote:I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms ImageImageImage

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SO MUCH MORE ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES. Might put my amp in a similar place you did, but make a wooden platform for the amp the sit on and make a wooden cover and put some fans in to keep it cool. My sub will have to stay in the middle of the trunk though, so less room for activities for me.

I used steel spacers on mine so I could tuck the wires underneath. You shouldn't need a fan on your amp mine never gets hot to the touch.

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by TheHungriGerman » Tue Mar 22, 2016 8:28 pm

So i also added blue led strips and removed the stock kicker panel lighting. Also mounted a 20 inch led light bar to my bull bar and instead of drilling into my dash I decided to get a kawell harness with a remote control. ImageImageImage

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by Rickalicka18 » Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:07 am

TheHungriGerman wrote:
Rickalicka18 wrote:
TheHungriGerman wrote:I finally got around to putting my amp and subwoofer in. 1200 watt mono block hifonics Zeus amp with a pioneer 12 inch 4 ohms sub. The amp is 400 watts rms at 4 ohms ImageImageImage

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SO MUCH MORE ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES. Might put my amp in a similar place you did, but make a wooden platform for the amp the sit on and make a wooden cover and put some fans in to keep it cool. My sub will have to stay in the middle of the trunk though, so less room for activities for me.

I used steel spacers on mine so I could tuck the wires underneath. You shouldn't need a fan on your amp mine never gets hot to the touch.

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Its not so much the heating up of the amp that I'm worried about. It's more just airflow. The heat sink won't work as well if theres no air flow. I could even cut slots on either side, but I'd rather have two fans (one pushing air in and one pulling air out) to keep it cool. Just my personal preference
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by Rickalicka18 » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:38 pm

Bought some new switches for my fog lights and lightbar. Made some holes with a 5/8 paddle bit and bam, cleaned right up. Wasn't really that easy, but no longer than an hour to install them and hide all the wires. Here's some pics:
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by Moots1288 » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:26 pm

wire nuts huh.
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