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To be installed in the Q45: Alpine CDE-9582 (with iPod support). To be basically just set in place: IC-2100H 2m (VHF) Amateur Transceiver.

Obstacle: Premium Sound. Start the tour..

Front and back photos, showing bamboo supports.

OK, so I got a hopefully srl-proof case, an IceFrame from Extreme Mac for my nano. Problem: the dock connector is recessed. I picked up a Belkin TuneBase for Mini which is almost perfect except for the connector.. so, I pulled the connector out a bit. Works great.. also, I glued some bamboo skewers to the back of it to make a support (less stress for the connector). I’m going to make some kind of foam rubber ring around the connector also, so that un-iceboxed iPods (mini and nano) can also work in the car. more photos here

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WHAT IF TOMORROW

THIS MESS COULD BE OVER

We are running four wires: 8 gauge power (red), USB 2.0 (silver), and two STP cat 5e (gray) . it’s running underneath the carpet along the passenger’s side of the car.

Here you can see the wires running under the front passenger’s side.

and then between the front and back it will run under the center beam

my car looking like it is being vandalized.. no, just a midnight wiring job..


back seat – minus seat.

wires coming out underneath the right rear passenger. blueish wire (dark) is the CD changer – it was my guide and example.

seatbelt mechanism behind the passenger

wire installed in split loom

going into the split loom


the view behind the right rear passenger’s seat. loom entering the grommet

and the view between the seats and the trunk. Yes.. that is the fuel fill.

trying to strap the loom to the wall. I ended up running the loom behind this wall (to the right) , between the FM antenna and the outer body wall. I also may have shorted something to that bundle of wires you see with the spiral tape on it. Unplugged everything, will check it in the morning.

the Q turns 200k..

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Ben has his new hustler antenna mounted in the truck .. just needs tuning. (clicky)

Also: I’ve added photo links to many of the ‘old’ articles. You might want to check them out.

this past weekend we tried out the Gtech Pro Performance Meter which the Manufacturer says can measure:
0-60 time ±1/10th/sec, 60-0 braking distance ±2ft, 1/4 mile ET ± 1/10 second, 1/4 mile speed ± 1 mph, Horsepower ±3HP, Instantaneous G’s ± 2/100th of G, Continuous G’s ± 2/100th G. Pretty accurate little box.

current thinking on the car is to run armored liquid-tight conduit from the trunk to the dash area, underneath the car. Want to get something large enough to pass a USB cable, cat-5, and a ICOM 306 remote cable through. Power will probably go separate- maybe not, though.