UPS delivered my kit yesterday (Thursday Night). Turns out I could have picked it up at work wednesday night, seeing as I work there at the hub, but oh well, I had to get to sleep anyway.
So, now my Camry is cooler than ever. As if the 5000 watt stereo, or the 1,000,000 candelpower spotlight weren’t enough to make my presense know, now I have shockers in my car!
Here is my progress so far:
Shocker 228DX!
2 gallon 145psi. Mounted down through the frame with two 3-1/2" stainless steel bolts, washers and nuts. This compressor tank unit was alot more silent than I expected, maybe its all my sound deadening and the solid mechanical atachment to the frame…
This threw me for a loop, the toyota had two stock horns. The one under the driver side headlight is high pitched and shrill. The one by the radiator is lower pitched and more melow. The power flows from one into the other in series, so I wired the relay to the first in line, the shrill one.
Here you can see where I tapped into the horn wiring and ran it up to the relay, the little grey box just above the headlight. When I flip my switch from inside by the dash, the stock horns are bypassed and their current is used to activate the solenoid for the shockers which I have yet to instal.
No zip ties here. Don’t be decieved, these suckers are in there pretty solid!
Pretty symetric. I’ll snap a photo tomorow of the front bumber on. They are well hidden, unobstructed, and above the ground clearance of the front mud skirt.
You wanna know what I do to make my hours at work? I draw borring electric diagrams and use the company photocopier to make them look better. Yes, the fuse ratings can use some tweaking. But so far, so good.
Red light on = stock horns on bypass mode and hitting the stock horn button on the steering wheel will unleash the beast.
Blue light on = blue LED floor lighting, one tube under each of the front seats.
Red light on (hidden horn kill swith in center storage unit) = allows previous red switch to work. If this is off, the previous red switch does nothing, not even light up, and my stock horns continue to operate. This is so if I get pulled over, I kill the horn system from my hidden spot, and if he asks what my dash switches do, I tell him “Oficer, this blue one is for my floor lighting, and this red one does nothing!”
Blue light on (hidden compressor kill swith in center storage unit) = Turns my compressor/tank unit on or off, if need be.
Thanks Pete! All I got left is the plumbing, and the solenoid. I may not get it done though, I plan on replacing all the quick fittings with compression fittings and using locktite on the threads. After all the threads I have read, I definately want a sealed system with minimal pressure loss.
I’ll get more pics tommorow, and a vid to come too
Lol, this doesn’t include my stereo sytem wiring either. I love wiring though, me and my crimp tool are great friends. Oh, I don’t want the police systematically asking me to flip switches and honk my horn until the shockers go off:eek:!
*Worked some more today. Got the main 1/2 line ran from the trunk to the engine compartment. Tommorow I go shopping for compression fittings, and it should be go time. Almost ready guys.
Ehh, in the mean time until I get the shockers in, my stereo for those who care… Enjoy
Infinity Kapa Perfects, Audiopulse Epic 12’s
1.5 cubes per sub, with polyfill
MTX 1004 at 125W RMS X 4
MTX 1501D at 750W RMS X 2
Stinger 5 Farad Capacitor
Stinger 1/0 Gauge Wiring for Big 3, throughout
Optima Yellow Top (Not Shown)
Pioneer Premier DEH-P980BT (With 13 band auto E.Q., and Time Alignment)
160gig iPod (Music I own saved in AIFF lossless so I needed the space)
All was going well, was connecting the fittings and wiring up the solenoid, ect. Then I ran into a problem.
The threaded pipes coming off each of the two horns were 10mm, 1.0
The 90 degree connectors with the quick connect for the DOT tubing were 3/8" 24 thread count.
I contacted the toll-free hornblasters # and told them the problem. Apparently they changed the threading on the horns for the two horn kit, and I got the wrong go-between piece to connect the horns to the air tubing.
They sent out replacement parts with the correct threads- all 10mm 1.0, so I should get them by friday. Just a small hickup, easily fixed, but in the mean time, I have to wait
No problem, in the mean time I’ll tidy up everything with wire loom. I’m going to see about intercepting the package when I’m at work thursday night so I don’t have to wait all day for it to arive friday afternoon
Here you can see where I tapped into the horn wiring and ran it up to the relay, the little grey box just above the headlight. When I flip my switch from inside by the dash, the stock horns are bypassed and their current is used to activate the solenoid for the shockers which I have yet to instal.
