Brandon Clement
EF4
It is a 2004 Nissan Titan that I bought almost two years ago. I have been working on it bit by bit and finally have a finished product.
Here is a list of everything I have inside the vehicle:
Pioneer Avic N2, This is my pride and joy, it has the in dash LCD screen that folds in when the vehicle is turned off. It has GPS, a TV tuner (where I can watch local TV), xm radio and xm traffic, I have a camera mounted under the rear bumber that comes on when I put it in reverse or I can leave it on when needed. I also have a Playstation 2 hooked up to it so I can watch DVD's and leave the navigation disk in the head unit. I have a pioneer 6 disk cd changer installed under the driver seat that is easy to access. The radar detector is a whistler pro and is hard wired in.
For the audio I installed Cerwin Vega competition series 6.5" components in the front, Vega competition series 6x9 in the rear with planet audio 1" tweeters. The amp I have running on mids and highs is a Punch 100x4 RMS @ 4 ohm. I also installed to 10" HE2 subs under the rear seats in a custom box. Those are powered by a Fosgate 400x2 amp with a 2.4 farad capacitor. I used 2 guage wiring with a distribution block and have it fused at the battery and in the rear.
I have a 2400 watt power invertor that runs directly off the battery with 4 guage wire. The power invertor comes in handy for just about everything imaginable. I have a surge strip that I use to plug everything into. Right now I have my Sportcat scanner, laptop, sony hi 8 camcorder, Panasonic 3 ccd mini dv camcorder, two 3 walkie talkies with a 5 mile range, Playstation and a spare battery charger hooked up to it. The invertor runs all of these with no problems at all. I am running a 880 cold cranking amp battery and the stock altenator since the Titans come from the factory with a huge altenator. I have all my toys were they are easy to get to and hard to see.
The laptop is a dell inspiron 1100. It is an older laptop that was purchased almost 4 years ago but I just upgraded the ram to 1gb and the hard drive to 100 GB 7200rpm Travelstar. The procesor is a celeron 2.0 but that is now on the list for an upgrade. I have mobile threat net, Sony Erickson GC83 wireless PC card (through Cingular) hooked up to it with a 3 watt dual band amp and the mag mount antenna. I can surf the web a good 10-15 miles after I lose cell reception and it is suprisingly fast. The laptop stand was purchased off ebay and I installed it myself. I did have to add an additional piece of piping from Home Depot but it was a deal since it only cost about $35 after shipping. I also have a dash mount for my Sony hi 8 but I only use it when actually chasing and didn't put it in for the pics.
On the top of the car the antenna's are for the wx worx xm and navigation, scanner, xm radio, in dash GPS, and a wilson cell antenna. I take the scanner antenna off when I am not chasing so it is not as tacky.
The titan has 18" off all terrain tires, a K&N cold air induction, vent visors and tinted windows. Basically everything else is stock. When I bought the truck gas prices where about $1.40 a gallon and that is now my biggest complaint. After adding the K&N induction I get just under 20mpg on the interstate and a lot less highway. It is very powerfull and since it is a 4 door it has more room than most sedans. It is a very comfortable ride and has been extremely reliable. It also handles wet roads, gravel and light mud very well. It has a couple of scars from South Plains last year. I got most of the hail dents fixed but one couldn't get fixed on the hood and I didn't worry about a couple on the roof.
To protect my investment I have a car alarm that will sound to touch, glass breakage, electrical charge, etc. It also pages me when the alarm is sounded. This makes me feel better about some of the crap hotels I find myself at during trips to the plains.
The picture in the middle is the back wall of the truck when the seats are folded down. The next few pics show what the back looks like with the seats in the normal position and the other is with the back seat folded up showing the speaker box and power invertor. I also included a shot of the roof.
Here is a list of everything I have inside the vehicle:
Pioneer Avic N2, This is my pride and joy, it has the in dash LCD screen that folds in when the vehicle is turned off. It has GPS, a TV tuner (where I can watch local TV), xm radio and xm traffic, I have a camera mounted under the rear bumber that comes on when I put it in reverse or I can leave it on when needed. I also have a Playstation 2 hooked up to it so I can watch DVD's and leave the navigation disk in the head unit. I have a pioneer 6 disk cd changer installed under the driver seat that is easy to access. The radar detector is a whistler pro and is hard wired in.
For the audio I installed Cerwin Vega competition series 6.5" components in the front, Vega competition series 6x9 in the rear with planet audio 1" tweeters. The amp I have running on mids and highs is a Punch 100x4 RMS @ 4 ohm. I also installed to 10" HE2 subs under the rear seats in a custom box. Those are powered by a Fosgate 400x2 amp with a 2.4 farad capacitor. I used 2 guage wiring with a distribution block and have it fused at the battery and in the rear.
I have a 2400 watt power invertor that runs directly off the battery with 4 guage wire. The power invertor comes in handy for just about everything imaginable. I have a surge strip that I use to plug everything into. Right now I have my Sportcat scanner, laptop, sony hi 8 camcorder, Panasonic 3 ccd mini dv camcorder, two 3 walkie talkies with a 5 mile range, Playstation and a spare battery charger hooked up to it. The invertor runs all of these with no problems at all. I am running a 880 cold cranking amp battery and the stock altenator since the Titans come from the factory with a huge altenator. I have all my toys were they are easy to get to and hard to see.
The laptop is a dell inspiron 1100. It is an older laptop that was purchased almost 4 years ago but I just upgraded the ram to 1gb and the hard drive to 100 GB 7200rpm Travelstar. The procesor is a celeron 2.0 but that is now on the list for an upgrade. I have mobile threat net, Sony Erickson GC83 wireless PC card (through Cingular) hooked up to it with a 3 watt dual band amp and the mag mount antenna. I can surf the web a good 10-15 miles after I lose cell reception and it is suprisingly fast. The laptop stand was purchased off ebay and I installed it myself. I did have to add an additional piece of piping from Home Depot but it was a deal since it only cost about $35 after shipping. I also have a dash mount for my Sony hi 8 but I only use it when actually chasing and didn't put it in for the pics.
On the top of the car the antenna's are for the wx worx xm and navigation, scanner, xm radio, in dash GPS, and a wilson cell antenna. I take the scanner antenna off when I am not chasing so it is not as tacky.
The titan has 18" off all terrain tires, a K&N cold air induction, vent visors and tinted windows. Basically everything else is stock. When I bought the truck gas prices where about $1.40 a gallon and that is now my biggest complaint. After adding the K&N induction I get just under 20mpg on the interstate and a lot less highway. It is very powerfull and since it is a 4 door it has more room than most sedans. It is a very comfortable ride and has been extremely reliable. It also handles wet roads, gravel and light mud very well. It has a couple of scars from South Plains last year. I got most of the hail dents fixed but one couldn't get fixed on the hood and I didn't worry about a couple on the roof.
To protect my investment I have a car alarm that will sound to touch, glass breakage, electrical charge, etc. It also pages me when the alarm is sounded. This makes me feel better about some of the crap hotels I find myself at during trips to the plains.
The picture in the middle is the back wall of the truck when the seats are folded down. The next few pics show what the back looks like with the seats in the normal position and the other is with the back seat folded up showing the speaker box and power invertor. I also included a shot of the roof.
. During that time frame I had an earthmate and internet card using radar. The card and radar is a great combination but it is not reliable in bad terrain or with a lack of cellular service and I was running 300 watt invertor from Wal-Mart.
