8500 Watts Loaded Up! "Floating" Steel Plate Amp Rack Bedlined, LED's, Amps Mounted

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See my previous video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqGaeH1prM1kr7s for this video to make sense.
I know it's been a while since i had plans to do this build but if you watch the previous video (a couple video's back) i explain why. It's simple. Security. I can't have this thing sitting out front of my house with 2 24" subwoofers and a ton of power just asking for trouble. I got to a point where we have too much nice stuff and too little places to actually park at night. But that has all changed. We moved almost a year ago and now we have a safe place. Now i guess the only thing we really need is time. Since way back then, my shop has gotten 1000% busier. It is hard to find time for this stuff. But i am determined to get this done! Stay tuned, more amp rack work coming soon. Wiring, finishing, bench testing etc. This thing is so heavy!
So far this is what we have:
Headunit: Pionner AVH-W4500NEX double din
DM-810 Processor by Audiocontrol www.audiocontrol.com
Alternator (soon to be) Mechman 370amp elite series www.mechman.com
Titan 8 Lithium Batteries www.4xspower.com
Amplifiers: DC Audio 7.5K and now (2) DC 90.4 www.dcsoundlab.com
Subs: Sundown Audio 24" ZV5 (in the Skelator box) www.sundownaudio.com
2 sets Mids/highs: Skyhigh Car Audio Neo 3 way components www.skyhighcaraudio.com
Power and speaker Wire www.skyhighcaraudio.com
Second Skin Sound Deadner www.secondskinaudio.com
and more (as the build progresses)
#DCaudio #Amprack #Amplifiers

[@meade916]

Please watch the previous video for this one to make more sense! 👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqGaeH1prM1kr7s I have a lot more 2/0, 4ga, 12 and 16ga wire as well as the RCA's to run. This is going to get interesting soon! I have more plans to make it look even better! Thanks for watching if you did!

[@knix8937]

I gotta hand it to you bro. Your work has always looked amazing and sounds so incredible! Keep the videos coming..

[@bebe85t97]

Off topic but, Any idea when the copper flat post lug terminals will be available?

[@mrwright8353]

How do I get in contact with you, would like you to do my system if that is possible?

[@slapdoctor707]

It would be awesome if you can put to get a k9 cage with subwoofer built in for my truck..

[@Stalker-lh5nk]

Out of curiosity, what kind of LEDs are you using to light up the amp rack? They look better than a lot of the cheap stuff I see.

[@kyle3420]

I remember a couple videos ago you said you weren't sure if you were going to order another 90.4 to match the other. But deep down we all knew you would LOL

[@jonathanhensley8655]

That metal rack won’t budge. EVEN if a tree falls on it. 😆

[@2Deep7880]

Can't express enough how much I have appreciated your videos the last 12 years, definitely top shelf content!

[@johnsteger]

We use that same thickness plate to join Beams together on pool cages down in Florida..Always a pleasure to watching a master at work 💪

[@trinidadsanchez3342]

just hanging out with you again tonight dude. learning

[@Basshertz13]

Great work as always , it’s crazy everything you need these days to stay ahead and stay on top in the Audio Game , SMD for the win everytime and you know this !!!

[@EataPeachMike]

Damn looks clean ASF can't wait to see it all together and hooked up👍

[@duo315]

gotta love that milwaukee hydraulic crimping tool

[@FukkenDubben]

Man.. That's so clean. It's so cool to see each project improving upon the last. The power of knowledge and learning is so incredible when applied to your life as a whole! You're an inspiration to so many people, myself included. I hope to be watching and following your builds for many years to come. Thanks for sharing your journey with us and teaching us along the way.

[@750ilbimmer]

Man...it is a real blessing to have skills like that!!

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Man, your craftsmanship is absolutely outstanding

[@MedicalHerbGrower]

Always such clean installations. Can’t wait to see this all done.

[@darrenshelton815]

Steve with the tools man! Damn, as a guy that came from a butter knife, dull scissors and a stripped Phillips screw driver doing my first install at 12 years old I gotta say I love this shit. Steve is what I wish I was going daily. Respect on 200!

[@uik99]

So glad to see you still going strong 🙏🏻 the OG basshead

[@TAM-qq9qi]

Wow this is the most coolest amp rack I ever seen, much love and respect from Mexico

[@Ichabod_Jericho]

Dear god it’s so pretty in real life as opposed to a drawing haha!! So clean and serviceable. Anybody doing work to it in the future will praise you for easy access. Plus my favorite part is the rigidity, that thing is sturdy as fuck

[@robertdelgado5236]

That bedliner came out amazing

[@jasonpiegaro6678]

Dude you need to put this thing on a scale. That's some crazy weight right there!

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Would be cool to see.

[@yung-qn9nt]

Super clean!!

[@jeradroberts220]

Man Steve you do some of the best installs

[@mmateri]

Beauty work Steve!, Thanks for showing it!

[@heavy12inchsub79]

Quality and beauty

[@djkeys415s]

I love wiring my builds as well it's the fun part for me

[@mikeklinger3896]

That looks so badass. Yet again another awesome idea from Steve 👍👍👍

[@rodneyhickman598]

Freaking Clean, will be following this one just as I did the last one. 👍

[@bigdaddy6879]

SIIIICK!! You continue to inspire me, my man. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mutatedgenome]

Nice work Steve. Looks great. That M18 crimping tool is badass.

[@carcass688]

SMD always innovating

[@brandonc5965]

That drill stripper and crimper is fire steave

[@albert.a79]

Looks awesome.... great work....

[@kswis]

That turned out great. The copper terminals is like the cherry on top. Def need a stout rack to be next to the skelator

[@jaredwaldbaum5831]

sick build gives me some great ideas! My OCD caught the holes needed to be drilled and tapped before you welded so you could get the back ones one on the amps too.

[@user-jn4xk8we3z]

Beautiful!!!

[@2008guelo]

Wow what an amp rack 💯 SMD The Best of The Best 🙏🏽😎

[@MrDopey32]

Awesome turnout! Can't wait to see all those sexy wires.

[@LILitaly773]

Steve always comes up with bad ass amp racks. This one is a damn good one!

[@meade916]

thanks Mario!

[@brandonc5965]

Clean and easy to get to wires

[@trollmode3863]

Killer build Steve....

[@shykesehart6217]

Doesn’t get no better than this

[@dwaynemetts8940]

Bro, you have some killer ideas in that head of yours!! Always clean💪

[@rolly4x4]

How good is that Milwaukee crimper, makes it quick and easy to get cables terminated!

[@johnsmith-qz4bv]

looks great ...nice work ..

[@meade916]

thanks!

[@fatshady5714]

God you do THE cleanest work Steve! Kudos bro!

[@JustEnufCustoms]

Word up Steve spraying the amp rack rhino liner was dope to match the box. That damn 2/0 is insane by skyhigh you got the tools for everything 🤪😉. Coming along great bro nice touch with the L.E.D's brings it out more. Have a great weekend bro ✌

[@scrapironfish]

As if I'd expect anything less, but that is clean, and sick and hell!

[@meade916]

thank you!

[@scrapironfish]

@@meade916 You're welcome. Thank you too! Been watching you since the beginning and have learned so much over the past what? 15 years or more. Anyways, can't wait to see this build fisnished.

[@rayd1809]

You blow my mind with the shit you come up with.

[@imjustme4351]

Love ur work bro wish I could get one of ur systems

[@bebe85t97]

Always clean mead916🔥🔥🔥

[@edycalderon1282]

Nice

[@hakanyigit868]

sen bu işi yapıyosun kardeşim

[@russellwilkey390]

Freaking awesome

[@jesusmejia2126]

Nice 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MooresRacingandOff-Roading]

Man I wish you could do some like budget builds for us guys that don’t have thousands to spend or even some testing of some cheaper equipment. Go back to the basics of wiring. Show how to do a cheap system of just swapping out mid range speakers and tweeters. If there is old videos of that please let me know. Iv wired multiple systems but never amps to door speakers or to tweeters. It would really help. Been a long time subscriber for along time now love the work man!

[@meade916]

i've done more than a few "budget" builds over the years. Thanks!

[@MooresRacingandOff-Roading]

@@meade916 thanks for the reply. Been a long time fan and you inspired me to start getting my own systems in cars and you really got me into car audio. About to do a full system in my passat can’t choose between all skar audio with Tara snaps or go ahead and drop a good amount more for all b2 audio. Also in your opinion do you like Taramps?

[@nettneo]

Paint the tabs holding your SMD letters black, for a floating logo. Great work

[@meade916]

nah. That would be even more noticeable. I kinda like the tabs. It's sorta "steely" looking. lol Thanks though!

[@blaizbbs9548]

Love this content Steve keep it pushing I do rebassed music if you need some

[@bucwilde3470]

Good Shit!!

[@ajbeat4871]

Looks real nice, yet.

[@colvilletribe2383]

Hell yeah

[@shawnkarvonen]

Crazy

[@kimoarmstrong3519]

Holes under the amplifiers would have made the rack lighter and promoted Cooling and Air Flow.

[@meade916]

thanks for the sweet advice. Post up some of your amp rack vids on your channel. I wanna see how you do it.

[@kevinkamau9917]

if your giving away the old dc 90.4...well old is gold..i'll be happy to have it haha

[@jimbodabimbo1483]

O SHID...them wire/crimp tools tho...boneriffic, gotdamn dude. Looks great bub, classy af

[@shawnkarvonen]

When you need a cart for your power wire that's extreme.👍

[@mikeodell5915]

Sick

[@poione42]

That’s a crazy build can’t wait to see it all come together.. How much extra weight have you added?

[@stunnertg]

Did you just unbox without the steak knife. 😮

[@jtangen98]

it probably got sent out to get sharpened lol

[@reckingball6242]

I need some advice I have six P3 12s Rockford Fosgate Subs and what would be a good cheap amp to power those

[@michaelmaldonado461]

Hey Steve will you be uploading a video on your wire run for this vehicle?

[@itech1129]

Man what wouldn't i give for a system build by you on my 2 door mini!! no one wants to work on it since its electric and wires are parallel connected and i cant seem to figure it out lol

[@brandonc5965]

Figured the fosgate amps would push it but u went dc

[@jimt5683]

I wonder how much it cost for smd work/labor anyone? I remember gately was 250hr if I recall 😬😬

[@psknoc7831]

whats the drill bit that stripper that wire ???

[@Frankiebonez337]

I used that 3m tape for my RC cars. Shit is no joke!!!!

[@waylonquinones861]

steve bro quick question i have 6 12's 2 ohm dvc . im wired to .7 ohms trying to get to 1 ohm is it possible?

[@jall5139]

What model of your brand are the power and ground my lady likes them and wants them in her build thanks

[@iinstallrva]

🔥 cool 💪🤙

[@MrHarleyreinke]

What kind of LEDs and controller do you use?

[@eduardocapamadjian6031]

To use the dd1+ and set the gains is there any diference if i set gains car running with alt giving 14.4v or car off with 12v any difference setting gains in this 2 options? Thanks

[@meade916]

shouldn't make any difference

[@yougod7253]

Steve are they Harbor Freight tap Bits?

[@MicraHakkinen]

Hey Steve, have you ever used (or considered using) RGBW LED strips? I've found that having RGB plus a dedicated White gives a quality to the light that's impossible to get with just RGB. Some strips will have the white LEDs separate from the RGBs, I don't like those. As far as I'm concerned the good ones have RGBW in each LED. You can get them in different color temperatures as well (cold white, warm white, etc). They are unfortunately much less common though, so you can't get them in many places that do sell the RGB ones.

[@CarlosZ-ik7xn]

Firsttt good job steve its awesome

[@johnhough1467]

What's the 3m tape called he uses to hold it down that tight. Exact name please 🙏

[@chadwallace8198]

Are you going to ground the Rack too with it being all steel?

[@jibperil86]

What was the track at the end... Flexes 😎😎

[@bigkevin20]

Paint the top amp mounts black so they blend in with the amps.

[@meade916]

nah

[@ipso_facto]

GOOD LUCK TRYING TO STEAL ANY OF THIS ONCE ITS IN! GENIUS!

[@TeamTony2023]

What type of LED do you use and where can i purchase?

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Yo?? I'm an electrician. Tell me what those wire strippers please!!!! Freaking amazing

[@leal918]

Almost all his tools are milwaukee

[@petes9861]

Check out the Milwaukee M18 Cable Stripper

[@chopshop2021]

Hey Steve how does the rattle can Raptor liner add up to the gun and bottle kit? Amp rack looks killer by the way!

[@meade916]

the bottle is way better. The rattle can seems to not go very far compared. It was enough for the rack but i damn sure wouldn't want to actually bedline a truck bed with it. Thanks man!

[@chopshop2021]

@@meade916 thank you for the feedback! I use the shit all the time and love the bottle stuff!

[@brani7957]

Nice rack, how heavy is it? and upgrading to RGBIC would be cool.

[@meade916]

nah. Not really into any special blinking or patterns. I just like a simple color to compliment the rack and that is it. I never been into that disco shit on my racks or in my systems. Thats too much going on.

[@omark2423]

What do you charge for a rack like that? I need one for 3 amps

[@WhiteDevil-du8ne]

Why is car audio power wire so much bigger than house wire? 12-14 volts versus 120 volts....

[@ragj1976]

I “think” voltage drop on DC is the reason. Homes are AC. But I’m not an expert.

[@LivinWithSlank]

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MrXella34]

Why bigger cable for small distance ?

[@j.a.r.family2576]

The name of the game is POWER!!!

[@mgthaking4615]

🔥💯🔥

[@mostknownunknown440]

What about cooling where the bottom of the amps have the slits in them? Will that ever be an issue

[@meade916]

these amps have this one thing called a heat sink. A great invention. They will be good.

[@mostknownunknown440]

@@meade916 wasn't trying to come off as a dick. Was legit curious I've been following since you were posting when the Tahoe I believe was goldish

[@meade916]

@@mostknownunknown440 didn't say you were.

[@mostknownunknown440]

@@meade916 ok I thought maybe I being 1 of the dickhead trolls nah brother I support you and your business. Your engineering is unmatched when it comes to this shit

[@jit9925]

@@mostknownunknown440 He is a dick to anyone that doesn't nut hug his work.

[@cristovalmontoya5222]

Sundown amps would of pulled ut all together or dc subs but don't think they make a 24

[@meade916]

so i did all this work and i still didn't get it right...i should have consulted with you first to see what would have pulled it all together. Damn! lol

[@brosot2833]

What tittle song on opening pliissss

[@LivinWithSlank]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾