Great advice. It fits like a glove. I put a arb twin inside of it. Now I’m thinking I need a 90 degree fitting to run an air line somewhere. Great product. Thank you
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What gauge wire are you running from the battery to the QPM?
I got a secondary battery in the trunk. 2 gauge wires running from the engine bay under the carpet and the 2 batteries connected with an isolated. The compressor comes with its own wiring harness.
Why did you go with the battery in the rear vs in the engine bay?
I bought the car with an aftermarket sound system. Initially I thought I would remove it all but there’s like $10k of sound system in there and professionally done. 3 amps, 3 JL subs, etc. whoever built the system has a battery installed in the back. No sense in changing it for me.
Any pics? Stereo geek here
100% accurate I felt like an idiot but had a couple more beers and used this method. Couple love taps and patience got it in.
Was surprised it was so tight coming from an old guy lmfao.
Here's the latest that I have going on back there.
Looks really good. What Midland unit is that?
Thanks!
It's the MXT575. Just turned it on for the first time today, no time to play with it yet.
Here's where I ran the cable for it.
I was looking at that same unit but the price point isn't bad, why did you choose that model? I like the fact it has the higher power meaning a farther reach.
Yes, the price point is up there for sure.
For the higher power and remotely mounting it with all controls on the microphone. No need for any upgrade for a long time as well, hopefully.
Love you attention to detail with the wiring.
Thank you!
The panel mounts, switches, etc look very clean. Nice work. My QPM is inn layout phase on a table in the garage. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you and you're welcome!
Another great job, the wiring is very tight, nice attention to detail! I'm curious, as I see a lot of inverter installs, what do you use your 1000W inverter for? I have a 350W installed in the old CD changer location and I've used exactly twice, once to charge my AA batteries for the rear lights for the kids, and the 2nd to charge an old Nokia cell phone.
Thank you!
Options, that's what it really comes down to for me. If I could have fit a quality 2000W or 2500W in that space behind the panel I would have but I wasn't able to find one the size I was wanting for my setup. I rarely say "I've just got too much power here" so having some extra is a plus for me. I can run my Iceco 60, I prefer to run that off 120v when possible but I've got options, and still run an extension cord out to camp for the kids for something if needed. I'm not running a microwave or hair dryer but you never know, I may need to do that for the wife in the future and I will have to figure out an upgrade for sure. With my Lensun solar panel going on the hood tomorrow, I can keep the Iceco in the 80 full-time and not worry too much about battery drain, especially here in south Texas.
My wife’s saying is “Rice is life”, so our inverter runs a rice cooker in camp, which pulls a max of 700w of power. Happy wife, happy life. 
