NJ B.S. Thread

Your inflator is stupid.

 

Deciding whether or not to pull the trigger on this

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113DDX594/Kenwood-Excelon-DDX594.html

 

$349?! To replace perfectly functioning radio?

Although, I wouldn't mind picking up a head unit with Sat radio myself

 

I like the Pioneer HU I've got in the truck. Had it since almost day one with zero issues. (Knock on wood)

The stock pioneer in the FRS ain't to bad for an oem system either.

 

No my radio has no aux input, touch screen, dvd, Bluetooth, or dual camera input... spotter cam

 

Oh... well, what're you waiting for? Lol

 

Best thing to do for car audio is to go to a brick and mortar shop and play with it in person. Bring your own music on whatever device you plan on using and play with the head units and see how easy it is to navigate your library. If it's a pain in the ass when you're just standing there then it won't be any easier when you're driving! You can also listen to speakers from different brands to see what you might like. Once you've made your decisions, then you can buy the stuff online or wherever the best price is.

The new Kenwood head units are nice - they switched to a Linux-based OS so it's more responsive, but I have my music on USB flash drives and there isn't a way to view a folder hierarchy of the files and so that was a non-starter for me.

 

It's pretty much stopped. Need to get the specific RTV to put it all back together and really not wanting to spend dough till I have gears, so not bothering to split the cases until I can split it, get it welded and put it back together in like two days. Going to start wiring my big three upgrade tonight on the truck and start fucking with the GM alternator as well.

I have an older model DDX and I have been really happy with it so far. Really good bang for the buck. Mine has BT, aux, and just one camera though.

https://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-DDX372BT-Double-Bluetooth-Receiver/dp/B00PV45GXQ

I mostly got it to change my radio button color to match my blue LEDs

 

@stairgod Mitchard what compressor do you have?

 

I expect that to be an expensive test (for the rest of us).

 

ARB twin.

 

Expensive in what regard?
Perhaps the time required to read a long winded post?

 

Where did you get them? I can't find shit on eBay for CVs.

 

I think he means it will be faster and the rest of us will have to buy the same set up as you

 

I'll see what shops are around, thanks!

 

Mitchard... that sound too Frenchy

I think @stairgod is more of a Mitchsky

 

Here are the parts (all from Amazon) that I used to extend the hose on the ARB Inflator. Credit goes to Nick @Crom for the idea, parts list and detailed instructions: I love the lock-on chuck. It's a hundred times better than the original ARB chuck IMO.

• $13 Coilhose Pneumatics CH15A Open Lock-On Chuck, 1/4" FPT
  Coilhose Pneumatics CH15A Open Lock-On Chuck, 1/4-Inch FPT
• Milton 760 1/4" MNPT V Style High Flow fitting.
• Male 1/8" BSP (British Standard Pipe) thread to 1/4" hose barb (ARB mixes both NPT and BSP on the same manifold - inexplicable): Uxcell 8mm OD Hose Barb 9.5mm 1/8BSP Brass fitting

 

What do you do just use a lock on style air chuck on the end of he green hose then? Or is that brass peice the chuck?

 

I removed the original stainless braided hose and horrible chuck and replaced it with the brass lock-on chuck and green hose. You'll need the 1/8 BSP male to 1/4" barb to connect the hose to the main body of the inflator.