Today's efforts towards the boot....

[Dizzie]

[Blue MK2]

Tidy

You do all the install work yourself?

[Dizzie]

yep. I borrow next door's jigsaw and get to work

I still need to hide those wires by the cap and get some perspex windows in there and neons to light it up. There's also a little gap between the boxes that could do with filling.

I think my alternator is about to kark it though. the amps are complaining there's 11v of juice instead of the usual 14v there should be   Will investigate in the light

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

yep. I borrow next door's jigsaw and get to work

I still need to hide those wires by the cap and get some perspex windows in there and neons to light it up. There's also a little gap between the boxes that could do with filling.

I think my alternator is about to kark it though. the amps are complaining there's 11v of juice instead of the usual 14v there should be   Will investigate in the light

Looking good mate. Maybe time for new alternator. How many farad cap is that?  It maybe that the cap needs time to charge and then start pumping out the 14v.   Not sure.

[dubslug]

dizzie can u show me the top bit above the cap where it meets the parcel support shelfs as i still cant work away of doing that and making it look good

[Blue MK2]

a mate of mine powered his huge install but attaching a seperate alternator. It was basically 2 alternators stuck together, one for the car and the other for the audio.

He used an electric motor referb company (where i used to work) to make him a seperate alternator.

Anyone else tried this?

[Dizzie]

I've gotta see what voltage is across the battery first. It's a 1 farad cap. but the amp can suck 51AMPS on peak   I think I'll just have to keep it moderate unless I need to drive through town or something

[Helios_Blue_Valver]

Optima red top battery may help out. They are more of a deep cycle battery.  Never heard of a dual alternator setup but i can see how it would work. Might be able to use A/C brackets and pulleys to make it fit on. Probably better off just getting an alternator re-wound to pump out a few more amps.   One of the people I work with was having a similar problem with the system in his car. He has 2 kicker solo-baric L7's running off of an audiofonix 2400watt amp. Too much bass for me. Makes the whole car rattle. lol

[jedi16v]

nice install mate . got an idea for you why not go for a diesel alternator and battery . mate of mine done it and worked a treat

[Dizzie]

unfortunally I'm hoping never to have a flat....