"Making the switch"

[Ben Bagged]

So some of you know the car.. It's already on air, but decided to redo a bunch of stuff..



No BS, no chatter. Got a killer deal on a Switch Speed setup thanks to Mike over at AccuAir. Obviously they offer a superior system to the cookie cutter autopilot (don't get me started)

So to keep it brief.. The big plan this year it my full interior rewrap (:thumbup::thumbup and to redo my management and run a few little hardlines, but that has changed so here it is..

Less talk, more pics.























































Operation get this heap off the floor

Senders in


Tank sender


All the under hardlines are not in yet


At this point getting these two compressors running... will add the two others at another point once everything is operating as it should.


Playing with some differeent ideas for mounting the dakota


Really starting to like this idea. delete cup holders and set the Dakota in (it currently doesn't fit. Then mold the SS controller in..


Lonely night in the garage


Leader lines are for poosies


Option 1.


Option 2.



Hopefully tomorrow I'll get everything fully operational and button up the last aesthetic bits. :thumbup:

[Average_Jerk]

looking good Ben. And I like the first option on the hardlines. I think they look cleaner that way. the second option looks rushed imo

[Ben Bagged]

Today was kinda rough, came up a bit short of what I thought I had put away for financing some other ideas for the project so I felt the need to really knuckle down on the car.. got a TON done.

I'll let the pics talk :thumbup:

So heres the cluster fck I started with.. Note: there are not wires for the senders yet and all the wires are look like a 5 year olds coloring book..


Cleaned it up a bit, trimmed some wire, and got all the wires colored as they should be (power- red, black -ground ect).


Closeup of the relay


So here you see a few things.. the RIGHT dist. block is all ground and the left is all power, which you can see the fuse along the bottom of the picture


Ran out of black wire so used blue for the sender grounds


Took the armrest apart again for an idea i had




Making a harness for the dakota


Under the carpet.. into the armrest


Snaked it through


Yeah, used a tiger saw to cut it up


Started the wiring..


more...


Getting a bit more cluttered but I'm trimming, tucking, and pinning the rest down


the back...


Winner!


More cutting...


All trimmed down...




Seemed to fit flusher in person:thumbup:


more line


Ran all the lines under the floor and its all peachy... just have to do the two compressor lines and after a quick lint roller and polish of the lines I'll be ready to show :thumbup:


Worked 9am to 2am the next day so 14 hours inthe garage (-a little over an our at my buddies working on his .:R) Can't wait for next weekend to get the seats in and button the rest up!

[mad325is]

man this looks great, cant wait to see this all together!

[OCKlasse]

Great job! I love the cleanliness of your setup. You're doing air proud!

[Kielan]

<3

[benz88]

looks good, Question, For the Dakota Meter, did you Twist or ziptie all those wires together?

[Ben Bagged]

ziptie

[Byron]

All this for a cheater setup


Jk, looks good Ben. How's the fitment of that box to the sides of the trunk? Do you not plan on putting anything back there anymore?

[AccuMike]

Looking killer Ben, keep it up!

[Ben Bagged]

"anything back there anymore" meaning in the hatch? no i do have the small cubby on the left and until I add in the additional compressors I have a good 1' x 1' space on each side of the compressors for small items if need be.

Thanks allot mike!

[Ben Bagged]

New "Bucket seat"


ITS ALIVE!






This has been the first time since... Thanksgiving? that the car has been driven. I drove it around the block and the air is 100% fully operational. Big thanks to Derek and Mike over at Accuair! All thats left to do with the management is to tighten things up, fix a few minor leaks and bend the last two hardlines. Interior wont be reveled until dustoff :

[Kielan]

So good. Cannot wait to see this.

[JSanders]

Nice work!

[AccuMike]

Came out killer man, can't wait to see the final results!