how my after market install was done [Archive]

daswrx

11-07-2005, 10:17 PM

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AWDxBOOST

11-07-2005, 10:19 PM

:icon_surp

awesome!

daswrx

11-07-2005, 10:19 PM

yeah just dont try this at home...
took me more then a week.............
just testing to post pics.. well post in audio section later when i get all pic togetter..

AWDxBOOST

11-07-2005, 10:23 PM

my soldering and circuitry skills might be up to that challenge, but i dont think my nerves would be :lol:

fweasel

11-07-2005, 10:26 PM

yeah just dont try this at home...
took me more then a week.............
just testing to post pics.. well post in audio section later when i get all pic togetter..

Excellent work! I'm thinking about buying the JDM bezel as my plastic fabbing skills are no where to be found. The circuit board grafting project, piece of cake, and you are proof that all of the traces can be jumpered as necessary.

I'm also going to try and put my Kenwood Nav up in the cubby and use the 06 OEM NAV bezel to trim it out. Just need to stop by a dealership and get the screen dimensions to make sure the Kenwood will clear. My project doesn't really require that the stock radio be removed, I just can't sleep at night with two radios in the car.

LivNLegacy

11-07-2005, 10:32 PM

damn....that's sick....def needs to be in the int/audio section.... great job!!!!!

mwiener2

11-07-2005, 10:43 PM

Balls dude. Major Balls:icon_mrgr

fzanetti

11-07-2005, 10:44 PM

Dude that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO What I wanna do on mine....

Could you give us some details? Or maybe do a write up? Am I asking too much? I really with we had a two zone climate control unit available to be purchased separatedly!!!!!

Really wish I wantes to use an Eclipse AVN 5495 (http://www.eclipse-web.com/avn5495-index.html)....

Cheers,

Flavio Zanetti
Boston, MA

daswrx

11-07-2005, 10:53 PM

if you welling to drive over to cali i can install that for you..... hehehe oh yeah i have a stereo shop out here inOakland, Ca.
Audiomobile
307 11th street
Oakland, Ca. 94607

LivNLegacy

11-07-2005, 11:00 PM

^ how about servicing my radio/ac unit by deleting radio and leaving double din opening with working climate control...via mail...I'll send it to ya....?

Legasee

11-07-2005, 11:59 PM

OOOOOOmyGOD......that is awesome!!!...if you decide to come down to Los Angeles for a group install.....please contact me! :D

dougc

11-08-2005, 12:10 AM

damn....that is effin nutz. nice work...I wouldn't even think of trying something like that.

daswrx

11-08-2005, 12:31 AM

i'll post some better pics....later.

kaliko22

11-08-2005, 12:32 AM

that is the best post yet....

noam

11-08-2005, 07:04 AM

Awesome work...

TSi+WRX

11-08-2005, 07:14 AM

my soldering and circuitry skills might be up to that challenge, but i dont think my nerves would be :lol:

+1 :lol:

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daswrx, that is simply stellar! Absolutely awesome!

coxx

11-08-2005, 07:43 AM

AWESOME!!!!! It can be done!!! I'm all over it. This is my new project after the new year. I'm not skilled enough to do this myself but I can take this to my audio guy & he should be able to get enough info off of this to do it for me.

JBLU24

11-08-2005, 08:01 AM

^ how about servicing my radio/ac unit by deleting radio and leaving double din opening with working climate control...via mail...I'll send it to ya....?

+1 !!!

emulous

11-08-2005, 08:42 AM

Congratulations, awesome job.

If someone could detail what needs to be done, I'd be willing to pay for the write up, in order to get it done on my car.

SnoDork

11-08-2005, 08:54 AM

I just wet myself!....that is freaking great! I'll be in Vallejo for thanksgiving...ready for another one?!?

mouldman1

11-08-2005, 09:32 AM

I would pay for a write up as well! Very Serious! Nice Work! Would you fly out to the east coast to do this?

inthedeck

11-08-2005, 09:55 AM

^+1 for a write up, or even willing to send my stuff over to ya...hehe! Nice job!

Legasee

11-08-2005, 09:57 AM

how much would you charge to doing something like this?

jazzymt

11-08-2005, 10:12 AM

You are a crazy mon! Nice work though. The end result looks awesome. What did you use to reshape the faceplate? It doesn't look like fiberglass...

For a one-off, custom job it's a fantastic feat of jumpering severed traces, but others might already be underestimating how challenging a task that is...unless you're 100% willing to junk your factory AC/radio, take his advice & don't try this at home eh.

Kudos again to your hard work though. Enjoy your fancy new radio :)

BLACKonBLACK Limited

11-08-2005, 10:15 AM

You are my hero.

Rimfaxe

11-08-2005, 12:40 PM

+1
I'll be glad when there is a modification kit for this integrated OEM radio. Too Balls-ey to do on my own though. Nice Job!

PimpFro

11-08-2005, 02:23 PM

definetly +1 for the write up want some details and i will do this one too it looks clean

RADON

11-08-2005, 02:31 PM

:woowoo:

Very nice.

gibjer

11-08-2005, 02:43 PM

Wowsers, very nice, very clean, I am officially a little jealous.

iuksob03

11-08-2005, 02:50 PM

I am in your debt sir. Killer job.

blitzenwannabe

11-08-2005, 02:58 PM

Kick ass work! Thanks for sharing.

Dean

11-08-2005, 03:39 PM

:icon_surp Very Impressive...Wish it was simpler for those of us without the eloctronics know how

coxx

11-08-2005, 03:49 PM

Dude, you could make alot of $$$$$ doing this for people here. I'd be willing to pay you if you were in NY & not Cali.

mouldman1

11-08-2005, 04:07 PM

I'm with coxx. lets get a group buy and fly him over to NY to get this done.

coxx

11-08-2005, 08:02 PM

I'm with coxx. lets get a group buy and fly him over to NY to get this done.

DOWNNNN. Lets get him out here. Really, it'd prob be easier to send them out to him to do them. Either way, I want this done & I know for sure I'm not the only one. Lets harass him till he agrees to do them for us, lol. Seriously, lets figure out how to get it done. daswrx, what do we gotta do to get you to do this for us?

AKLGT

11-08-2005, 09:52 PM

very nice. :) how does that radio work? is it just the screen and flips out or up?

al-gorithm

11-08-2005, 11:02 PM

How about I ship you my stock radio for this to be done? How much?

daswrx

11-09-2005, 03:53 AM

thanks for all the good feed backs.. i would love to make alots of money doing this for the members here.. but its not that simple... it's not 100% bullet proof yet.. theres alots of modifacations need too be done in order to fit the other half of the face panel & half of the stock radio in there.... and yes all the functions work on the control a/c panel. i cant take the risk of screwing up someone elses stereo.... but thanks agin

mouldman1

11-09-2005, 07:33 AM

We can't accept that!!! We want this!!!! thanks for all the good feed backs.. i would love to make alots of money doing this for the members here.. but its not that simple... it's not 100% bullet proof yet.. theres alots of modifacations need too be done in order to fit the other half of the face panel & half of the stock radio in there.... and yes all the functions work on the control a/c panel. i cant take the risk of screwing up someone elses stereo.... but thanks agin

fzanetti

11-09-2005, 10:23 AM

emulous

11-09-2005, 11:02 AM

I can understand you not wanting to the risks on, but what about helping us out, by doing the write up and putting in a liability warning that those that follow it do so at their own risk. I'm sure we can get folks to follow it that aren't afraid to solder on a circuit board as well as cut it. You can charge for each edition of the write up that you send out and can make some money while doing something for your fellow LGT owners that will make us very happy to have you as one of our own that helped us out of a situation that SOA put us in that we are not happy with?

wingedmoon

11-09-2005, 12:00 PM

I saw this in person! :D His car is PIMP!!! and wait untill he show you the picture of his bomb box in his trunk! :D

Hanger

11-09-2005, 12:35 PM

That is what subaru should've done! you did a great job dude

dralston

11-09-2005, 01:31 PM

Awesome. I just started working on the exact same thing last night. I think I may have already blown up my stereo (fortunately it was an extra). It is definately not an easy job. Amazing.

mulliganvi

11-09-2005, 06:25 PM

if you welling to drive over to cali i can install that for you..... hehehe oh yeah i have a stereo shop out here inOakland, Ca.
Audiomobile
307 11th street
Oakland, Ca. 94607

I may take you up on this... Are you there on the weekends, maybe I can swing by and see what some different options would be?

mlrtime

11-09-2005, 06:48 PM

Hey east coasters, lets buy him a plane ticket up to NYC :D

team23jordan

11-09-2005, 09:25 PM

you are one crazy mofo :lol:
great job mang

coxx

11-10-2005, 07:35 AM

Hey east coasters, lets buy him a plane ticket up to NYC :D

Yep, we need to get this done somehow. I got a guy here in ny that could do it with some kind of a rudementary walkthrough

mouldman1

11-10-2005, 08:12 AM

I'm all over this!!! Let's get him a plane ticket and a cot in a garage and lock him in there untill he does all of our cars!!! But seriously dude, give up a write up we would pay $$$$!

jsalicru

11-10-2005, 04:54 PM

acutally, with so much excitement... you guys are not really asking all the right questions, IMO.

1. Why do you think the climate control is dependent of the HU?

2. Can the HU be bypassed by creating another board that perhaps the stock radio harness can be plugged into?

The idea is this. You know how to make the double DIN hole and what not. And there are people like jazzymt that are quite good at making boards.

What I picture here is this:

Wouldn't it be possible to have a core obtained for exchanges?

Take that core, and jazzymt could possibly design a board that taps all the right areas in the climate control for power, have them go into the board, then have plugs on the board for both the stock radio harness, and speaker wire plugs to tap into from the new aftermarket radio.

Its work, but there seems to be people here ready to shell out the type of cash needed.

Any thoughts?

coxx

11-10-2005, 06:21 PM

jsalicru is actually right on this. That's the way to do it. If someone can create a board that's somewhat of a "plug and play" type thing. I'd buck up the cash for that no problems without a 2nd thought. (reasonably, I'm not paying $2k or something insane like that.) How's does that sound "thread creator"? Let us know. I'd be willing to donate to the cause here.

jsalicru

11-10-2005, 06:51 PM

coxx

11-10-2005, 08:25 PM

I have 2 problems with using the jdm part. 1) I want my temps to be in faheriheit (spelling?) & not celsius. 2) I like the dual zone. I'm all usdm or nothing. I'd rather go with the manual a/c controls than the JDM.

lookslikeanevo

11-16-2005, 02:08 AM

ya, kick ass job, but you should think about selling it so people can just pug it in and go

LivNLegacy

11-16-2005, 06:43 AM

actually, THE very best solution is to get the JDM double din unit to work with a board in between. Im sure it can be done.

Anyone ever thought about checking to see if Australia Subaru has PDF files for the service manual just like SOA?

I have 2 problems with using the jdm part. 1) I want my temps to be in faheriheit (spelling?) & not celsius. 2) I like the dual zone. I'm all usdm or nothing. I'd rather go with the manual a/c controls than the JDM.

I thought the same thing, JDM is the way to go....there's another problem with the JDM unit....read post number 130 by SOCalGT.

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?p=363169#post363169

mikeyd

11-16-2005, 07:55 AM

Outstanding dude. I have a good idea of how much and how tough that work was. I don't think I'm interested in doing that in my car but you never know, maybe when I get over the new car feeling :-) You def get props for that tho, mainly for having the balls to go for it.

mouldman1

11-16-2005, 08:14 AM

This is a pipedream! I gave up on even trying to do this. As a result I am installing a screen in the cubby hole for my navigation, sat. radio and backup camera. Running JL Cleansweep and new BA Speakers. Topped of with a couple of alpine amps and a 10" JL Sub. Personally I think that having a screen where the radio is might be a little low and distracting especially with a MT. I am getting my car back this week and will post some pictures.

ur a bus

11-16-2005, 10:16 AM

<snip>1. Why do you think the climate control is dependent of the HU?<snip>

I have looked enough at Vacation Pictures to know that some of the buttons on the head unit are used for diagnostic functions of the climate control system. Other than that I don't know.

If you separate the two units, you lose the self-diagnostic function of the ACC system.

Steve

bemani

11-16-2005, 11:58 AM

If you want your stereo guy to do it, just show him the pictures.

I assume all that was done was cut the ckt board, and reconnect the traces with wires. Its just lots of traces to solder.

coxx

11-16-2005, 06:22 PM

Yep, I'm gonna bring those pics to him & figure it out since we're gettin no love here from daswrx. Might as well not have even showed me this. I joke, good job, but I really want this done.

aldouse

11-16-2005, 07:02 PM

if you welling to drive over to cali i can install that for you..... hehehe oh yeah i have a stereo shop out here inOakland, Ca.
Audiomobile
307 11th street
Oakland, Ca. 94607

how much would u charge for instaLL?

daswrx

11-17-2005, 02:48 AM

Yep, I'm gonna bring those pics to him & figure it out since we're gettin no love here from daswrx. Might as well not have even showed me this. I joke, good job, but I really want this done.

if you can find a real good installer and good with soldering i can send you some more pics of wher i cut the board... but as for now i'm thinking of hacking up anther stereo and doing it diffently useing the factory bezel and bottons. to control aftermarket stereo. mostliky a pioneer one. will be posted in audio section.

daswrx

11-17-2005, 02:50 AM

how much would u charge for instaLL?

if your in the bay i will consider doning the deck install for $500.00 otd. exclude stereo. and well take 3-6 days

daswrx

11-17-2005, 02:54 AM

aldouse..... you have a 2.5i rite? so you dont have the duo climent control?

aldouse

11-17-2005, 03:43 AM

hmm good point. lol i'm just scared to touch my radio... i tried once.. i heard something in the back snapped... got scared and put everything back together..... everything still works nothing is broken. ... that i know off.....

daswrx

11-17-2005, 03:48 AM

metra makes a kit for that.... it's somewhere in the fourm under audio/int.with pics.

cjk911

11-19-2005, 08:13 PM

Bump for more info for the DIYers

coxx

11-19-2005, 08:33 PM

bump!

mlloydlgt

11-20-2005, 11:26 AM

+1 walkthru!

coxx

11-20-2005, 12:28 PM

+2 walkthru

cjk911

11-20-2005, 06:47 PM

Hell, I'd settle for a description of which lines to retrace from one board to the other. The rest I can figure out.

coxx

11-20-2005, 06:58 PM

bump, & wake up daswrx. we need more!!

mlloydlgt

11-21-2005, 12:43 AM

bump, & wake up daswrx. we need more!!

...give us more info, or we will develope a stutter... pa-pa-pa-please?

daswrx

11-21-2005, 02:09 AM

bump, & wake up daswrx. we need more!!
i'm waiting on you when your done and see if you can give them a walkthu... not going to be ez..

warnoldscu

11-21-2005, 03:05 AM

I live so close to Oakland - as soon as I have money you are hearing from me, sir!!!

So you're telling us that the dual climate controls still work?

Weston

fzanetti

11-21-2005, 08:49 AM

WALKTRHU!!!WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

WALKTRHU!!!

Heheheheeh

Flavio Zanetti
Boston, MA

peterjmc

12-14-2005, 11:01 PM

Where's the walkthrough at?!

fzanetti

12-16-2005, 05:54 PM

waterdish

12-17-2005, 09:01 AM

Where's the walkthrough???
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WE NEED IT HAHAH

WOW Nice job! I had this same thought about separating the boards. I completely understand the line of thought! Im def up for this! It would be nice to know more details before we all start to haxor.

Bicster

12-20-2005, 08:16 PM

For me, hacking up the radio & soldering jumper wires would be the easy part. I've done enough SMT assembly work and I have good soldering tools. I'd have no idea where to begin with regard to making brackets to hold everything, doing the bondo work, and matching the paint...

waterdish

12-27-2005, 11:26 AM

Any updates with this?

Also,why label the thread how my after market install was done

Lolo2805

02-18-2006, 03:31 PM

Unbelievable work, so $%&@#(* jealous

farmerjonbmx

04-22-2006, 02:36 AM

can anyone post or send some pic/s just on the cutting the board part?

I dont care if the factory deck works (or needs to be left intact just dangling in the back) as long as its out of the way so I can flush mount a 7 inch touch screen display for a computer & ps2. I already have the flip out screen pioneer gps/tuner/dvd/cd/mp3 installed in the upper cubby. Here is the link for the kit if anyone is interested http://www.avoturboworld.com/avoshop/product_info.php?cPath=1_58_3_62&products_id=228&osCsid=d8a90090531b682c17182b6b298aeb7c

Irrational Exuberance

04-22-2006, 05:44 AM

I'm thinking about buying the JDM bezel as my plastic fabbing skills are no where to be found.

fiberglass patch kit + bondo = plastic fabbing skillz

mlloydlgt

06-13-2006, 09:34 PM

Walkthru?

subidriver

09-07-2006, 03:52 AM

I'm new to the forums and am considering getting a 05 lgt and am seriously interested in this swap anybody had any more luck with this in the last few months?

cjk911

01-22-2007, 07:53 PM

I'm resurrecting this for more info from ANYONE else who has done this, or at least more info for someone willing to try it themselves.

dralston

01-22-2007, 08:01 PM

I'm resurrecting this for more info from ANYONE else who has done this, or at least more info for someone willing to try it themselves.
I'm working on it. I think I should be able to do it. I've cut the boards up and mounted them in a metal case so that they fit fully behind the dash. Unfortunately I have no time to work on it (I'm an electrical engineer at a startup). I do plan to start working on it again.

mlloydlgt

01-22-2007, 08:20 PM

two words for you: SA WEET

peterjmc

01-22-2007, 11:18 PM

I'm working on it. I think I should be able to do it. I've cut the boards up and mounted them in a metal case so that they fit fully behind the dash. Unfortunately I have no time to work on it (I'm an electrical engineer at a startup). I do plan to start working on it again.

Niiiice... let us know! How easy has it been so far?

dralston

01-23-2007, 12:48 AM

Niiiice... let us know! How easy has it been so far?

It's just a whole lot of soldering.

spectrematrix

03-09-2008, 01:20 AM

thats worth a 16 hour drive and a week vacation

daswrx

03-09-2008, 11:07 PM

maybe if you get this done. you can put up a walkthough. I give you props. and hope it works out for you. so far theres one more person that had done this mod besides me on the fourm. not sure who is it tho. I had mines for 3 1/2 yrs now and so far so good. good luck on it. keep up the good work.