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Happy to say the LS hasn't seen any rust. I've had good luck with shca ofc wire, I'm not sure how good it really is, but I know it isn't that junk cca wire people try to get by with. I never thought of grabbing factory wires, there's a pick a part with about 6 or 7 LS's not far from me.

Also, I can't do anything with the alternator on my X4, but, the Advantage III software might have that functionality.

This is the answer I've been looking for, thank you. I plan on adding 1/0 grounds for everything, would you recommend grounding both alternators directly to the chassis, or even the batteries, or both? I'm planning on doing a couple runs of 1/0 for both power, and grounds from the batteries to...

Oddball, doing a little more reading into your comment (now that I'm not at work) I think you've more/less answered my question. Do you see any sort of issue electrically that I might run into installing a second alternator and battery? There's a guy at work telling me my pcm might see weird...

It's gonna be used for a mix of things, yes a little spl stuff, but also my cooling fan controller, air pump for my d2 coilovers (although I'm not too sure how much amperage that pump draws), and some other things down the road.

Oddball, I appreciate the reply, what I'm trying to do is bypass the factory alt for my aftermarket electronics. I'd leave the factory one in there for all the factory electronics tied into it, but then I'd like to run a second battery/alternator completely seperate from the factory stuff to run...

I've kinda put this aside for now while I work on some other not so daunting things. I think I've decided I'm just going to give it a shot and report back with what I figure out.

I'm going to add another battery, I was more trying to figure out if I could rig up an internally regulated one wire to create a separate charging system. Refer to the starting post for a little more detail on the thought.

Note, I'm replacing the fans either way. Derale shrouds are great, but their fans (or mine at least) aren't the greatest. I've already got a bearing squeaking in one of mine. Mishimoto seem to have very high quality products, so I'll be giving them a shot.

I seen the board oddball released, I probably would've gone that route if it was out before I put mine in. Mine does alright, putting lower amp fans in would be ideal, but my proform controller is pretty sweet as far as adjustment and speed control goes. I found some mishimoto fans that I think...

This has been attempted in the past, usually ends up not working or being limited to working like stock due to the pcm controlling the output. If there was an actual confirmed working drop in replacement, I'd go for it, but from what I can tell, there isn't. As I stated in the beginning, money...

ajv8 have you attempted this swap?

Everywhere I look, it says that the gen 2 alternators are internally regulated whereas the gen 1 is pcm controlled. Could be wrong, but if it is, there's a lot of companies spreading false information.

Good to know they fit! I haven't used them myself, I've just heard that they can kinda limit low end frequencies due to it the speaker being enclosed.

I guess, it's the part that mounts between the speaker and the door.

Mounting depth is 2-3/16", the baffles are 2-1/2. With the risers (definitely not the correct term for that part) I wouldn't think it would be an issue, but definitely can't say for certain without taking the panel off and measuring.

I'm not sure if the window allows for enough room, but I hear speaker baffles work great for "waterproofing" the speakers. You can remedy the loss of low end by cutting out the bottom section of the baffle. I plan on trying this out when I upgrade.

Where did you mount your tweeters? I haven't figured out the best placement for those yet.

I've battled water leaking in my driver door seal for a while, it actually ruined my factory speaker and motivated me to upgrade, but I finally got around to fixing it. I've been running DD audio redlines for a while with their redline 65wrms x4 amplifier, and it's pretty good. I've got a set of...

This car (for me) is all about learning how to do things. I've already got a decent system in it, nothing crazy, but I feel like I'm ready to take on a bigger project with the audio system, and I wanna go all out.