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Ghetto installs....Phone cord.
« on: January 02, 2006, 03:16:15 AM »

So while i was getting the motor work done i asked tony to look at my radio cuz it wasnt working. Blown fuse...no biggie. He replaced the fuse and still nothin. So he started checking the wiring to the speakers. Omg. They were wired with phone cord. Started replacing it with speaker wire and found my sunroof switch shoved under the dash. Also wired with phone cord.  Shocked

I now have sound but if i bump the dash hard enough my sunroof starts to open.  Angry

Anyone else have ghetto install stories?
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« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2006, 03:57:01 AM »

in my old accord i kept having overheating problems with it and so one day i decided to really get down and dirty and find out whats wrong, turns out the radiator fan was wired with an old extension cord Angry
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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2006, 03:11:35 PM »

I've pretty much seen it all ... from fuses wrapped in tinfoil to fuses replaced by bolts with heads cut off ...
We had one einstein make splices by forcing paperclips thru the wire .... that would have worked if he had taped them up afterward  Shocked I've had people use extension cords for amp power wires by running them under the car wrapping them around the axles  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2006, 05:52:47 PM »

my fiance has told me many stories when he was an installer.  Like someone grounding their amp to the trunk lid.  running amp wires under the car, Someone using the cardboard box the sub came in for the actual sub box.
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2006, 12:25:44 AM »

I forgot my favorite guy drilled a grounding screw into his gas tank  Shocked how he didn't blow himself up I'll never know ...
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2006, 09:54:11 AM »

I forgot my favorite guy drilled a grounding screw into his gas tank  Shocked how he didn't blow himself up I'll never know ...

I used to see that at CC all the fricking time.  They'd get a head unit installed, and have a "friend" install an amp and use a damn stinger to put in a ground wire.  Then they'd bring it back to us, and say we did it.  Glad the computer always says what they paid for.

How about a kid that tried hooking up an amp but didn't know what the REM was on the amp, but he figured out that if you hook up the 12+ to it, the amp worked.  But couldn't figure out why his battery was drained overnight.

Or A guy that is actually one of the best install guys I know, and does lots of custom work, but when he first started, he did a Semi truck.  He fitted it with a CD Player, Amp for speakers and speakers.  But he wrapped the wires around the steering column to keep them from hanging down.  When the trucker left the lot, and started up the road, ALL of his electronics came ripping through his dash, No more CB, no more Radio, no more nothing.  The ignition even went out.  I wasn't working there at the time, but it was still funny.
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2006, 04:56:19 PM »

those are great! lol!

a friend of mine shaved his door handles on his blazer and never installed any door poppers. he just used a shoe string that he tied to the inside handle and dropped it out the bottom of the door so he could just grab the shoe string and tug on it to open the door. he said it was his cutom door handle kit powered by nike! lol!!! Smiley

i have a broken coilover we cut in half holding up both my headlights right now. lol!!! its sitting right behind the lights keeping them from falling and pointing down on the ground since the posts to hold em up are broken. god i need some new lights! lol!  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2006, 10:37:56 PM »

Not really a installed problem, but my friend uses computer monitors as his jack stands.
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2006, 10:51:22 PM »

i don't know how i forgot about the ghetto install my fiance did last night on seats in my venge! i ran across some nice comfy leather seats from an 03 or 04 tiburon and he put them in last night. of course they don't bolt in so he had to drill new holes for them and install long bolts to set them in. they were crooked on one side so he put sockets in there holding them up as if they were on small legs on one side. kinda hard to explain. i'll hafta snap a picture and show you guys. Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2006, 11:43:10 PM »

I get what you're saying and laughing.  But pics are still good.
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« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2006, 03:18:18 AM »

we put those seats in my buddy's s10 ...
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« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2006, 06:10:54 AM »

This thread is hilarious.  Cheesy

Im guilty of ghetto fabricating too. Lol. I have a tub full of a few hundred bolts from my sebring. The spots where all those once were are now bound by zip ties and jb weld. My worst was prolly when i used pantyhose for an air filter. Actually im sure thats not the worst, ill have to think about this.
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« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2006, 02:02:42 PM »

My godmother is the queen of "creative engineering".  I can only think of two off hand.... one being we couldn't get the trailer lights on the horse trailer to work so we direct wired the only thing we had on hand, a million candle powered spotlight, into her Jeeps trailer wiring.  Covered it over with a brake lense from the trailer and we had a brake light.  I don't think anyone behind us had a problem knowing we were braking...lol.  She also had the lights go on her truck once while we were at an auction one night.  She followed me home with flashlights taped to her hood.  Every outing with her is quite the adventure...lol.
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« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2006, 08:30:12 PM »

Wow, I just, wow.
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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2006, 07:20:45 PM »

i think about half my car is held together with zip ties Grin
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