Baad Odin

02/01/2026

Two of the 10gauge patches installed, the majority of the d ring locations on the passenger side will be covered by the speaker enclosures. At least now hard to get to rattles and rust traps are removed from the equation.

01/31/2026

And with that, all of the d rings have been removed from the truck. Some were very rusty, some just a little bit but they all got the same rust preventative treatment. The audience side will not serve as a wire chase, so making sure I coated the underside of things before I weld them down is key.

01/22/2026

Removing the recessed d rings to eliminate vibration noise uncovered some more rust. Honestly for the year of truck and what’s its life has been it’s pretty minimal rust. Most of the pockets look like the first photo the second photo was the most pitted.

01/22/2026

10 gauge half circle plates installed, now it’s time for some work on the bottom of the boxes then rust preventative and primer on both and back to making visible forward progress.

01/22/2026

I reached a point where if I didn't address the issues below the rack and power cabinet it would either have been 10x the time or just ignored. What I found is that the military d rings, while amazing also make noise when subjected to vibrations… like those created by 8 18” subwoofers. So they were removed, I'm only patching where I can't get access once I place the racks back. I found that the same metal channel the D rings were installed is prime protected wire raceway, so I will clean the openings up and coat in rust preventative paint, and re-install the racks and begin wiring and loading with gear!

01/20/2026

Rack base and sliders are all installed… while the entire rack won't be visible, enough is exposed to make troubleshooting much easier. At first, I was going to mount the rack in line with the truck so you could pull it out to check the front, but since the slider box is just over 20x20, I think I'll make my life easier by facing the front outward. All it really needs are the slide locks since I went with the non-locking style to save money.

01/20/2026

Nothing quite like standing 3 steps from the top of a 12ft ladder to be able to grind the edge of the dj booth floor. It starts at 12ft off the ground but has the option to raise hydraulically 4ft higher so the bottom of the dj platform will actually be 16ft off the ground. Yes it's getting railings.
If you haven't ever used a 7” angle grinder with a 40grit flapwheel while trying to balance and not gouge the edge, can't recommend it enough to work those core (well maybe it's just the clinch muscles) muscles!

01/06/2026

Made a silly video, not time-lapse for a change, may make some more of them, go check it out over on YouTube. Nothing groundbreaking or crazy, in fact, it's a total duh moment, but you DO get a quick glimpse of the bed of BAAD Odin. I have a ton of videos to finally get together about the build... soon... for now, some lighthearted, silly.

Rarely do I record actual video. Today would be an exception, and there were several "gems" in the audio. This is one of the more "well, duh" moments, presen...

01/04/2026

Sometimes I forget to mention things in order of events and often get the same look a dog gives when they believe yiu have lost your mind.

This is a very similar cable chain to what I posted earlier… this one will carry power from its lower-level enclosure to the roof. If you look closely, you may notice the 12/4 and 14/4. No, we aren't running 220 or 3-way switches, we are just carrying the two circuits in 20-amp and two in 15-amp up the part that will move, from the top junction box, it goes back to more standard soil copper wire.

The cable chain set I posted earlier will carry all the low-voltage, which there's a lot more of.

01/03/2026

Best combination of quaiut and price while not being a month plus in transit… the 4 of them were less than a lot of other cable chain available on Amazon. All in all they should help me ensure the wiring will stay safe and last longer on the maximum of 4’ of vertical travel.

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12/19/2025

Final shape of the power, av rack and “bench”. This same box design is a copy of the speaker side, the big difference is the center section on the other side will slide out. Each of these boxes will get some form of led lighting, if I can source cheap enough panels the center section on both sides will be a “screen”

12/11/2025

Big dump of photos as I realized I haven’t been posting much… I’ll try and call out things that don’t make sense from the photos alone…