SiC wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:19 pm
Ime on those bulbs, once one blows others are due to blow soon after. The shock of removing the cluster can kill the other marginal bulbs.
Plus old bulbs are dimmer and it's obvious especially with backlight bulbs when only some have changed.
Yup. The knocks and bumps finished off the last two bulbs in the dash.
Replaced them all.
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It works, and powers the speakers (that don't sound stock) in the doors. 4x50W so not too shabby for the era.
There's wiring for a second amp and a sub. Fair do. I guess that'll be on the wishlist. Probably just stick a 12" on a 400-500W class D and call it done.
Phil
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I suppose you can now say the car has a V12 in it.
I'm always suspicious of quality of electrical installation when I see aftermarket audio installs. At least it's Alpine in there being decent aftermarket audio brand. Nowadays it'd likely be some cheap arse generic Chinese brand from Amazon that lie on its specs.
SiC wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:43 am
I suppose you can now say the car has a V12 in it.
I'm always suspicious of quality of electrical installation when I see aftermarket audio installs. At least it's Alpine in there being decent aftermarket audio brand. Nowadays it'd likely be some cheap arse generic Chinese brand from Amazon that lie on its specs.
I do need to go buy some more connectors. They just screwed the wires down and the condensation got up inside and rusted the wires.
Found my first wiring fault also, left indicator repeater has been rewired. Unsure why. But, it doesn't work.
However, I do now have the full service manual on my computer and it tells me now things should come apart.