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Originally Posted by el_duderino
Various gauges of wire for the same line will not cause noise problems, and smack of equipment being removed.But that's amatuer hour. You don't splice different guages inline on an install
I don't solder much of anything. In fact, in the pics of janix's X5 install ( a pretty high-end install) there are no solders visible.Call me old school but I (and my buddies at UA) solder connections on all the whips we work on
Did any of the crimps come apart when you pulled on them? Was there any exposed wire? Those are the determining criteria for good crimp connections.YES, YES, I know (and that does cause noise)
If a crimp connector comes with a nylon insulator I don't shrink-wrap it. I don't shrink-wrap ground connectors either.I do.
As far as a "tin-snipped" pice of sheet metal" being used as a mounting bracket, I guess that's a value-free statement. That's how most brackets get made.That's sad. I would do like the SIM guys and either build a box or properly secure the unit with pieces that are cut and the ends at least filed.
I still think that this system was modified before the car was sold, and that some components were swapped out - and that swap may or may not have been done by the folks that did the original install. The system was absolutely not modified and all of the components are as describe on the invoice from Marin.
Have you talked to them about this car?
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Of course. The bottom line is that this was a piss poor install. If this was done at Best Buy, so be it. But this was done at high end custom shop on a $70K automobile. Feel free to go to Marin is this is acceptable to you... as for me NEVER AGAIN. I will go to Car Toys or do it myself...RSZ
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I see you did not comment on "The kicker is he paid these guys $1,700 in parts and $1,700 in labor, they did not return his OEM DSP amp or his cargo cover and the system still has engine whine, shuts down at high volume and sounds like sh*^" - but I assume that this is acceptable to you also.