My 2004 Mazda 3

[gabbygenier]

hey guys. so ive had this battery voltage gauge in my car but never took pics of it. so here it is. it also changes color but i put it red to match the rest of the gauges.

[DumpInfo]

looks pretty cool niice!

[gabbygenier]

thanks.

[gabbygenier]

so i was bored the other night

Now you guys can see what the gauge is used for. oh and be warned to turn down the volume on ur computer

also can anyone guess the song?


can also be seen here on youtube along with other ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rghzVbwCCs

[Dante]

You need a capacitor, Either that or better wiring. I have no idea how your almost reaching 16V and then dropping to 10V , thats some mad strain

[gabbygenier]

haha, already have a 10farad cap. and the wire is a 2 gauge setup. i need to do the "big 3" though, have all the wiring here for it, got it the otehr day. just have to do it now haha

[Whosit]

Where'd you get the gauge and how much?

[gabbygenier]

Where'd you get the gauge and how much?

here
http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/.

they also make the pod for it and u can get different ones and different colors, depends how many u want to put
http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Mazda-3-Gauge-Pods.aspx

this is the one i got
http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/tinte...olt-gauge.aspx

but beware of the tinted ones. VERY hard to see during the day. also changes color. all depends what you want.

i dont remember how much i had paid for everything. but it sure as hell was not 110$ that the site says it used to be haha

[gabbygenier]

allright, so here is what i have been doing so im not so bored haha. i have done the "big 3". all i can say is WOW. for the throttle body one. improves the throttle response by a lot. its almost instant now for the other 2. well if you watch the video posted above of the one i asked to guess the song. well with the same exact settings the voltage only goes down to 13V instead of 11V. BIG difference. also on that song the amp used to turn off due to low voltage at about half way for the bass and now i can put it full and it dont turn off

i would recommend this to anyone with a stereo. hell even if you dont have one id go for it.

total cost was Amp install kit 90$ + some extra connectors 10$. and took about 1 hour in total to make and install the wires. longest part was to make them haha.

i used 4 Gauge wire for all of it. i know its overkill for the throttle body one but i had the wire. i also only used half of the wire that came with the kit but it was cheaper to buy the kit then the length of cable i wanted haha. so if anyone wants to do this pm me nad we can work something out with the wire

also a big thanks to Whosit for all the help much appreciated.

now here are some pics. and ill get some videos tonight since i forgot my camera when i went to test it out to its full potential




I also noticed this when doing it. not sure what place did this but im kind of pissed


random one of the inside.


oh and here are some pics of my current stereo since the ones here are of my old stereo. and yes i need to clean up the wiring but im planning on making a stand for the amps instead of on the back of the seats. but i cant do it where i live so that will have to wait till i go to my parents house in april.
and dont mind the junk un the trunk


Next step http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-e...702#tabsection

too bad it just came out in the states and its ridiculously priced. or maybe just change from panasonic to something else. reason i want to keep panasonic is cause i have the ipod cable, sirius setup and a hub for this one.

[Thrizzl3]

nice buddy!! can't wait to do mine

[Darkfrosty7]

whered you get the interior overlays?

[gabbygenier]

the cf you mean?

[gabbygenier]

allright. so here is my new toy. a jvc KW NX-7000. i love it its awesome. and form the pics you can see its not in the dash properly but ill have to take it back out when i have time to fix a wire in the back so this was a test but i was too anxcious and i left it in. haha

only thing i would change on it is to be able to upload ur own backgrounds to it and for the ipod artwork to show up also. but other then that its all good.

decided that panasonic one was too much $ and too slow to come out in canada haha. also go it for a really good deal.

next is when i go back home ill make a setup in the trunk for the amps to clean that up haha.

pics

[Thrizzl3]

nice install!

[Malcolm991]

Cant you keep your info cluster when you install these type of players?

[gabbygenier]

you can yes. but i have an 04 and its useless other then the clock. there are a few posts about that

[gabbygenier]

just though id add that my baby has passed 10000kms this morning while going to get coffee

[Thrizzl3]

just though id add that my baby has passed 10000kms this morning while going to get coffee

10000kms? your car is still new...

[gabbygenier]

my bad, forgot a 0 haha. its 100000kms

[STeeLy]

that's actually pretty sweet Gab!

[gabbygenier]

figured id add these pics. now just missing the led 3rd brake light pics haha

[gabbygenier]

so i was bored and it was nice so i went to the car wash and took the camera out.

[gabbygenier]

[gabbygenier]

[Thrizzl3]

nice pics..but whats with the pic with the random black rectangle in the middle?