Day 1175 “No Clearance, Clarence”

So here are the projects i have going:

First, the 98-02 Air lid under my cowl hood.
I tried and I’m missing 3/4″ otherwise it would fit. I can’t removed much of anything to get it to fit without changing the hood. or cutting on the radiator support. I do have a plan to carve out a foam mold to fit under the hood i have and make a fiberglass one. that’s still a ways off. Honestly the only reason I want to do this is to make the filter more accessible. I may throw the old air box on. I’m not sure yet. I hate pulling the fender to clean the filter. I haven’t cleaned it in a year or more. it’s horrible.

This is where the filter hits the hood. I would have to cut out this part of the hood.

Had to drill a hole in my hood to see how much room i had inside the hood. still couldn’t get it down all the way. I wasn’t going to cut up my hood without know for sure it would work. after some modification to the air box i just couldn’t get it to fit the way i wanted. 98+ front ends are much taller on the nose that 93-97s

Second, I’m always unsatisfied with my speaker box. I decided to start over and make another. It simple but i got a few things yet to do. I’m going to conceal them under a piece of tinted plex and maybe some fabric with a little accent lighting just for fun.

First started as a similar setup to the last only flat. i then changed it to completely flat so i could add to it easier. and made the box much simpler

I sprayed a little paint to make it not look like garbage until it’s finished. next step is the tinted plex and lighting

Third, As stated before I’m going to attempt to make my own LED taillight.
Thanks to Elijah i’ve got my housings and all i need is about 2000 leds…. what fun. I’ll probably start with the third brake light and the rear corner markers first then tackle the tails

Last, I’m working on my Keyless Ignition Debug. Small issue revolving my starter. its old and probably needs to be reworked but in short the draw from the starter kills power to my board thus stopping the start. I’ve upgraded the Big 3 and didn’t fix my issue but it did wonders for the amps in the back. the 100 amp fuse had the most impact of the sound. the rest is just for the load to the rest of the car.

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