whats up guys, im goose. previous ride was 04 dodge ram, my new TC is my first car in a few years, and its a little weird transition but i dont regret it for a second.
picked up my tc 3 weeks ago, test drove it with 3 miles on the odometer and signed the papers on it that night
so now the mod list!
added fog lights
25% tint on sides, 5% on rear hatch
5k hid heads / fogs arriving tomorrow (had bad luck twice in past, so crossing fingers)
injen CAI is ordered, not sure on arrival date yet
clifford 50.7 alarm/remote start system pre-wired, awaiting free time to do install
bulk pack and door kit of dynamat, 36sq feet of padded dynaliner (1/8 and 1/4 inch) on order for sound deadening on plastic panels ordered, awaiting arrival
kenwood single din head unit temporarily til i get a touch screen
hertz hi energy 3 way components up front, hertz hi energy coax in rear
arc audio 1200.1, and 300.2 amplifiers powering fronts/subs, deck power on rears just for fill
two jl audio 8" w7 subs ported in the hatch
ordering all audio equipment tomorrow. will chill in my bedroom for awhile til i have a few days to spend on the install
future mods planned -
exhaust
drop
body kit and wheels in the not so near future, but will be done
and thats it for now. ive typed too much already, so im gonna go ahead and stop, but ill reply to any comments / questions yall have, lol
Nice...and welcome....people are buying scions left and right these days...the funny part is that there coming from people who had srt-4s,rams,evos,etc....interesting
Scion Canada
03-17-2011, 11:53 AM
Sounds like you are off to an excellent start!
tubbster
03-17-2011, 02:11 PM
congrats! welcome to the forum!
cazman
03-17-2011, 05:35 PM
Nice ride! Welcome!
MightyP
03-17-2011, 09:59 PM
Welcome
crg5990
03-18-2011, 12:14 AM
welcome! just a quick question what HID's have you gotten. i know you said you had bad luck but depending on brands it might just be how they were all made. ddm tuning and mobile hid are pretty good if you have more bad luck.
goose_119
03-18-2011, 02:28 AM
first hid purchase was ddm. they never arrived, and wouldnt refund money. same with another site. went with ddm again this time, ordered heads and fogs. one kit arrived today, but packing slip said 2 were sent, so i gotta figure out why i didnt get my other lights now
hids are in, love em! dynamat came in, system is ordered, and bought a pioneer avhp4300dvd head unit that ill be installing tomorrow
axesd
03-18-2011, 02:55 AM
Buy your HID at http://www.hidextra.com/
goose_119
03-18-2011, 03:00 AM
well ive already bought em, they have my money, i just need them to send me what i bought
MightyP
03-18-2011, 03:06 AM
That's weird you're having trouble with DDM Tuning. Bought 2 sets at the same time (1 for my car and 1 for my wife's) and they shipped everything the next day, all in 1 box.
goose_119
03-18-2011, 03:20 AM
yea thats what everyone tells me. i literally have the worst luck with online ordering out of anyone ive ever met
goose_119
03-18-2011, 06:17 AM
installing my double din screen tomorrow. pioneer avhp4300dvd, with ipod audio/video cable and steering wheel control interface. i hate the double din dash kit they make for em because of gaps, so im gonna try my luck at doing my own. already have an idea, and if it works, ill take pics for anyone else that may want to try it. if my idea works, itll be a quick, painless kit to make
MykeJ
03-18-2011, 01:03 PM
2 JL8w7 nice please post pics of install.
goose_119
03-18-2011, 04:13 PM
this is pretty much turning into a build thread so ill have many more pictures to come. system is gonna be a slower process on the install. screen is going in today, but i just ordered speakers/amps yesterday, so i gotta wait. in about a week or so, i should have everything, then its just finding time to do the install and build out my trunk..
goose_119
03-19-2011, 01:48 AM
alright, so got my indash in and made my own kit because i wasnt too pleased with the one that metra had to offer. put a cpl in with fixed face screens and there were gaps on the sides and i just wasnt happy. sooo...heres my write-up and my own dash kit
alright, first things first, buy your screen! lol.
putting in aftermarket screen, you use the factory radio brackets. i had to modify the factory radio brackets to set the screen back a little further so my trim piece would clear and sit just behind the factory bezel. in the picture, the yellow arrows are pointing to the little dimples on the brackets that hold the piece in place so its screwed on right. i originally just drilled these out, as shown on bracket on the left, but when i got it in the car it put the radio too far back and i had gaps. so what i did was just took out that center part between holes, red dot area so i had a track of sorts to slide radio until i found the sweet spot, which happened to be right in the middle of the two holes for my screen
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496724311.jpg
then on the factory radio bezel, i cut off the little pieces of plastic that are labeled with yellow arrows in order to give me a little play room on my trim piece cuz it sits back behind the dash. that way i had some clearence so i didnt have to cut my trim ring perfect
before
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496724872.jpg
after
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496725843.jpg
now for my trim piece, i didnt get a before shot, but it was a generic double din trim ring that was oversized and made to be trimmed down to size. i mounted the radio and put factory bezel back on to see where it sat in the dash opening so i knew how much to cut. trimmed it down as neccesary, and then double checked the clearence on the backside of the factory bezel to make sure it wasnt too big and hitting anything
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496726173.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496725126.jpg
once i knew it was cut right, i clipped it around my head unit, then put the dash back together, and i had my new kit! radio sits about flush with front of dash, instead of sticking out a bit like factory radio knob, and no gaps on any of the sides. nice and clean :)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496725580.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496726607.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496723949.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300496726941.jpg
goose_119
03-19-2011, 01:55 AM
http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mK_jQfIzClu02kEao90hcRw/140.jpg
thats what the trim ring looked like before. from an old kenwood double din. local stereo shops should have something laying around to use
new stuff came in :)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu264/jjhwick119/PART_1300504450865.jpg
MykeJ
03-19-2011, 01:31 PM
That looks real nice.
MightyP
03-19-2011, 02:35 PM
Looks great! It also looks like you have access to a great garage...
Scion Canada
03-19-2011, 02:43 PM
Very nice!
As MightyP noticed... you have a solid place to work. Please tell me that isn't your personal garage, or I will be seriously jealous. :biggrin:
goose_119
03-20-2011, 12:41 AM
haha. yeah i wish. nah, i work for car toys as an installer. got pretty much anything i need except a lift, but thats not a big deal
speaking of which, i will be posting up some wiring info shortly for all the diy guys. gotta type it all up so itll take me a min, lol. but figured theres a few people that could benefit from it
KidJustin
03-23-2011, 08:24 PM
goose_119,
does your ipod connect to the HU? what did you do about making stock usb connection work with the p43000 ?
goose_119
03-24-2011, 07:14 AM
i didnt use the stock plugs. i ran my cable into the glovebox. i dont like the stock usb being out in open so i had to stare at cables and my ipod all the time
KidJustin
03-25-2011, 06:47 AM
i see, i haven't had time/dont really have a need to open mine up yet and i haven't see the back of the p43000...
by any chance did you notice if the stock would connect to the HU? or if there would have to be some adapter to make it work?
when I do my sound...I like to do it in one install so I'm just wondering about all the parts I need to get before hand
goose_119
03-25-2011, 11:32 AM
the aftermarket head unit is usb / 3.5 plug. the stock ones are just wires so you would have to splice into it to make it work
didnt snap any pictures, but i did everything but the front / back seat floors. went a little more overboard than you cuz of my system though. put an entire bulk pack just in the front doors, inner and outer skin, with 1/2 inch dynaliner on entire outer skin, and 1/8 inch dynaliner on door panels. then 2-3 layers of dynamat on every surface of the back end, more 1/2 inch dynaliner covering entire rear speaker area, and floor of hatch area on top of the dynamat. 2 layers of 12 inch dynaliner where spare tire was to bring the floor level and help out more since i removed the spare tire and floor for my system
EOIO3
03-21-2012, 10:31 AM
yeah, I wanted to ask you about the different types of Dynamats you used. I only used the one type all over and only overlapped in some places where the seams came together. Did you use any of that DynaTape? I didn’t. It would be very cool to compare the two cars side-by-side in a road test...