2001 Chevy Impala LS - Unmarked

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:18 pm

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and thought I just put some pics of one of our recent jobs. I know impala's have been done before, but in this case, i think we did some pretty neat stuff here.

To sum it up this car has the following equipment:

-6 Whelen Hide-a-way strobes, 2 front corners, 2 rear taillights, 2 reverse lights
-2 MicoThing Strobe Grill Lights
-Galls Self Contain dual strobe dash light on dash
-2 Galls Self Contained Dual Strobe Lights in the side windows
-2 Whelen LED Mirror Beams
-1 911ep WL28 in the front headliner
-1 Whelen arrow stick in rear window
-2 Whelen Dual Halagen Flashers below the arrow stick in rear window

- FedSig Dyna Mas 100watt Speaker in the grill
- FedSig PA300 siren thats custom remote mounted next to the shifter

- Galls 6 switch, Switch Pannel
- Kenwood TK780 Mobile Radio
- Uniden BearCat 780XLT Mobile Scanner
- Toshiba Laptop computer w/ GPS tracking software, and MDT programs, and Nextel's im240 PC Card to access the internet from anywhere

This car was turned into our own custom police package. We'er very proud of here. There are more pics of this car and others on our website. http://www.evo-usa.com

ESDA20 · Post by **ESDA20** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:43 pm

Nice install. It looks like, mine, sort of. Mine has a new badge of honor. I fought Bambi for it:

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:03 am

ouch, thats a stinker! Its always a shame to see a nice car like that with some damage to it! hows bambi?

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:12 am

i dont wanna sound mean or any thing

but the kenwood and the signal master in the back windo adds a bit a http://www.hamsexy.com ness to it

ESDA20 · Post by **ESDA20** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:14 pm

It wasn't bambi. It was bambi's father. Most of him is still on the side of U.S. Route 150, if you want him.

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:25 pm

I checked out the site, and I do find some of the contect pretty darn funny, however, at least with this car, its all for real and there is no wannabe operating it. This is a first responders car used to respond the MVA's, Medical Emergencies, and other Fire/Rescue call in its "First Due" area. The Kenwood TK780 is a professional use radio, used with emergency fire and rescue freq's.

But really, the site is pretty funny, I know that I have a hoppy and some interests, but now i can tell my friends that if I ever start becoming one of "those guys" they can kick my a$$.

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 3:44 pm

how is your visibility out that back window with that much stuff on the deck?

and...a nice slick custom switchbox would look better than that galls stuff...

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:22 am

had any decence/problesm witht he kenwood at all

Post by Pj » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:53 am

Not that I am doubting you, but are you sure that's a Whelen Arrow stick? Looks like a Federal from outside the glass...

Either way, yeah, I would have seen with something a little thinner for the rear deck, but really a good job on the install.

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:38 pm

You know you're right, what a first impression -- It is a Fed Sig Arrow Stick, and yeah, something thinner would have been nice, I don't know why the owner didn't keep everthing the same, i mean there is flahsers, LEDs and stobes, but thats just me.

ESDA20 · Post by **ESDA20** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:11 pm

KitN1MCC wrote:had any decence/problesm witht he kenwood at all

Why would there be desense issues on the Kenwood?

apco25 · Post by **apco25** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:13 am

Looks good, espeically using the floor shifter console. I wouldn't use those blue switch packs from galls but that's just me.

Only thing I would have done differently in this setup is since the vehicle is a civie model with with the wing and such why not keep it as civilian looking as possible?

Why the 9C1 rims? I'd have left civie rims on it as well to keep the profile low. The LED mirror beams probably aren't even noticed by non public safety people,

Still, quite a good job.

KitN1MCC · Post by **KitN1MCC** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:34 am

ESDA20 wrote:
KitN1MCC wrote:had any decence/problesm witht he kenwood at all
Why would there be desense issues on the Kenwood?

well storied i have heard from guys work for the local power utility have had problems as well as overload issues

Post by **alex** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:45 am

Just a personal thing, and I find this is stuff where some person who is paying the outfitting company says "oh, i want this."

WHY do you run out, buy a nice LED setup for above the rear view mirror and THEN install one of the biggest, ugliest traffic directors?

WHY!!!!!!

Sorry - i know that this is usually not the fault of the installer, but the purchaser. Mainly an observation on my part. You can get TD28's so cheaply, and they are very low profile!

(and my comments echo those as above too!)

-Alex

FFParamedic571 · Post by **FFParamedic571** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:11 pm

my opinion is.. Someone wants to pay for it I will install anyting within reason..

Not a bad install for what you have to work with.

Question.. the car has Wisconsin tags and you are from Mesa Az? long way for a install job..

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:54 pm

Just moved to AZ a few months ago, still have friends back home in wisconsin and still own part of the company http://www.evo-usa.com Still do this stuff as a hobby and my Veh is a never ending battle

jedi_saber · Post by **jedi_saber** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:53 am

What kind of light do you have in the side windows for your intersections? looks nice.

thebigphish · Post by **thebigphish** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:12 pm

did you cut the dash trip to wedge that uniden in there?

wouldn't it have worked the same way if you switched the gallsbox / uniden scanner thingy? or is there som other reason the uni is on top?

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:36 pm

jedi_saber wrote:What kind of light do you have in the side windows for your intersections? looks nice.

Its the galls dual self contained strobe w/ Red/Clear -- its mounted right to the frame, so when someone gets into the back seat, you have to duck below the light -- but with this owner, no one gets into the back, not until he gets a cage, j/k

And the reason the switch box is below the scanner is that the opening in the console gets wider as you move up -- so to put the switchs on to you'd have to cut a wider hole for the scanner on bottom.

apco25 · Post by **apco25** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:46 am

Whenever possible I always suggest a better combination of products if what the customer wants or supplies isn't going to look or work right.

Sometimes you just can't reason with them. Just part of the job.

007 · Post by **007** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:07 pm

At first I thought I was seeing things and my now-sold 2002 Impala LS was haunting me:

That said, mounting stuff in that car sucked. I had a 110w A9 Spectra and a Uniden BCT7. I had a 35w C9 800 county radio (legit, btw) in there also, but due to size constraints I removed it in favor of using a portable.

I had to make a custom bracket for the A9 head, and bolted the scanner to the inside of the cubbyhole.

My rear lights were a pair of SML-2's over a SML-8, and I couldn't see crap out the back window. I took them all out, went to LED's and removed the rear spoiler until I sold it.

apco25 · Post by **apco25** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:50 am

It was a cool car when I saw it several times.

I haven't forgotten about the SDI parts either.

kccjs268 · Post by **kccjs268** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:17 pm

Here is a pic of all the lights in actions -- Pretty sweet if may say so myself!

tvsjr · Post by **tvsjr** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:40 pm

Very cool looking front... shame they gave you all that big-ass halogen crap to put in the rear.