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2K views 19 replies 13 participants last post by  nifty97z 
#1 ·
Hello All :)

My name is Ben from Columbus, Ohio (GO BUCKS :D). I just made the switch from Hondas when I picked up a Black '07 Grand Cherokee Laredo with the 4.7 motor on Sunday. Since I was 16, I've had 10 cars, 7 of which were hondas, most recently a turbo s2000 that I sold just a couple weeks ago. So far I am loving the Jeep and am happy to be up a little higher than I used to be. I am already having an issue, however:

I'm trying to hook up a new deck which I know works but it isn't getting power. I know the fuse is still good. The only thing that seems weird to me is that on the wiring harness I have, there are 2 wires for power and 2 wires for ground but the radio only has one for each. Anybody know what I'm supposed to do here? I searched the Audio section and couldn't find anything.. Please, anybody chime in!

Thanks, hopefully you'll see me around with some updates soon :cool:


Ben
 
#2 ·
Figured I'd ad a few pics and some more history of some of my cars...

The first 2 are of my 4dr. It was just a dd, nothing too crazy.




The green integra was a gsr, fully built the head, all boltons, full coilovers, etc. etc.


The gray hatch had a '00 jdm itr (integra type-r) motor and tranny swap, ran 12.80's on drag radials. fun as shit and loud as hell :D



The black hatch had a b16 swap from a '00 civic si that I full built.. sleeves, pistons, rods, cams, full valvetrain, etc. etc. running a precision 60-1 turbo made 460whp but was stolen in July of '08 :(



Last but certainly not least, my baby the s2000. Was a '00 had 53,000 miles on it when I sold it. Was super minty. Made 450rwhp and sounded like an F1 jet at WOT. Had a catless 3.5" exhaust, running a gt3087r.



Well that's all the cars I have pictures of right now so I've definitely been around the block. Hoping to do a few minor things to the new hwhip... 2" or so lift, 31's, HID's, nav, maybe a few other little things but keeping motor mostly stock. Plan on getting a bike over the Winter when deals are good and hopefully the Jeep will last a long time as a daily. :D
 
#3 ·
Almost forgot! Here are a couple of my newest squeeze and my reason for being here:




Just some teasers from the stealership, should be doing a full shoot with my friend who is a professional photographer after I feel she's worthy of some special attention :)
 
#4 ·
Welcome! Nice Jeep and great color!

I can't help you but I'll bet "Matt" will wake up tomorrow and see this thread and most likely he or someone else will be able to help you.
 
#8 ·
Welcome. Good to have a new Jeeper in the family.
 
#9 ·
welcome......


so....you had all those rides slammed and your gonna lift the WK? Doesnt make sense! Look through the forums a little before ya go too carzy with lifts and shit.....LOL


awesome to have ya by the way! I would help ya on the audio...but thats about the only thing on my WK not modified...LOL
 
#10 ·
welcome Ben! hopefully u can search thru the forum and find out some info
 
#14 ·
Welcome to the Garage Ben!!

Sick S2000, did you ever track it? More details on it!


I'm trying to hook up a new deck which I know works but it isn't getting power. I know the fuse is still good. The only thing that seems weird to me is that on the wiring harness I have, there are 2 wires for power and 2 wires for ground but the radio only has one for each. Anybody know what I'm supposed to do here? I searched the Audio section and couldn't find anything.. Please, anybody chime in!
You've discovered the dreaded CAN B BUS system that Chrysler uses. I had the same issue when I was running an aftermarket deck.

3 important wires when hooking up the deck;

Black - Ground
Yellow - Battery (continuous)
Red - Ignition (switched)

Ground, you'll obviously want to ground. Yellow, you'll want to run a wire from the battery (+) to this wire. Red, you'll want to tap into the red/positive/power wire that is used to power the 12v outlet to the left of the shifter. Fuse this wire with an inline fuse, 3 amp.
 
#15 ·
Thanks for the warm welcomes everybody :)

I actually got it figured out today, going by what Matt posted, ended up needing to just splice the ign wires into the left cigarette lighter harness and it was good to go!

As far as details on the s2000...

was stock motor with a custom (pieced together) turbo kit.

ran:

AEM EMS
tilton cerametallic twin disc clutch
quaife lsd in the rear end with stock gearing
tein flex's with edfc
OEM NSX wheels with 235f/255r bfgoodrich kdw2's.

had a gt35r, switched to 30r
1 off intercooler piping
1 off oil and coolant lines
precision 750hp front mount
1 off exhaust
650cc precision injectors

cusco strut bars in the front and rear
cusco sway in the rear

it made 340rwhp on the 35r @ 8psi, 450rwhp @ 15psi on the gt30.

It was a lot of fun but my girlfriend hated it (only female who seemed to feel that way, figure that one out?) and winter was coming up and instead of having the s2k sit in the garage and rocking a shitty beater for the winter, I sold it to the owner of Humble Performance in Tulsa, Oklahoma who is making it his shop/drag/show car and picked up my Jeep.

Loving it so far and I'm sure it'll be even better in the upcoming months :D
 
#16 ·
Oh, and I did track the s2000 once, ran 15.6 spinning all the way through 1st and 2nd (terrible track, had to adjust lol), then a 13.6, 12.9, 12.8 and finally a 12.5 to finish out the night. Nothing too crazy but definitely fun enough for me :)

And for plans on the jeep:

I plan on blacking out the windows and doing my headlights with a blackhousing and HID's and will probably powdercoat the wheels black so I guess, yes I'll be blacking it out haha

and I'm not going to get into anything too quickly.. I have to wait for my 3 month bumper to bumper warranty from the CPO to wear off before I can touch anything anyway :D
 
#20 ·
Welcome to the Garage! Neat lil collection of slammed cars you've had; seems as though they would all be snow plows in winter though, haha.

And your Jeep will make it so easy for you to do a blackout sonce your trim is already black. It took me about a month to completely black out my SRT8:
 
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