Thanks for the info it looks great on the TCM!

John

 

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Looks freakin' beautiful man! Clean as hell - way to go. Very nice.

Scott

 

looks great!!!! you should have goone balla style and done all four like i did hahaha!

 

Well thanks for the update and I have just received my headlights. So I am going to try and get up to my Uncles house this week to install my headligts, wire the grille, and put on my exhaust. I will also be putting down my sound deadner and be begining the creation of my new enclosure.

Thanks for all the comments and almost done with my how-to for the monitors.

Mike

 

any fitment issues with the lights in the grill?

 

I am not sure if you meant the "lights in the grill" or the "lights and the grill" but the lights are in the grill came with it and fit perfectly. They are adjustable for position and seem to be of good quality. I have not yet gotten the headlights in yet so I am not sure what the fitment is like with those but will deff post pictures when in.

Mike

 

There was another post about a CF grill with Halo fog lights. That guy had to cut the housing on the
lights so that they would clear the frame of the car. What brand is the grill that you have?

I did a little searching and found the old post. If you click on his photo's you'll see
what I mean. I don't want to have to do that. If your grill fits better, I want your type grill.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...alo+fog+lights)

 

Looks great man. Congrats on a job well done

 

whoa that c/f grill is awesome.

 

my grill is an abs dynamics grill but it seems to fit perfect for me. I had no problems with it at all. the only thing I can say that was somewhat difficult was the fact that the holes for the clips were slightly smaller and you had to really push them in but that was it. It does look like the cut a portion out of the grill in the back that may have fixed the problem that person had.

I just looked at it and I dont have that problem at all. Looks like they may be using different type of fog lights.

Mike

 

that's good news. It was the ABS Dynamics grill I wanted. I already have their
CF lower lip and I wanted to match.

 

What size monitors did you use?

-cj

 

Well the monitors are the Alpine TME-M580 and they are 5.8" but they are widescreen so they look really nice.

An Update!

I have intalled the headlights with the grill and wired everything up. I have to wire loom the wires and finish up making them look good and hiding them and I am done. I will take pictures tomorrow during the day and some night pics.

I wired all 6 halos and leds from the headlights to a switch. The fogs are wired into the low beam head lights so that when the low beams are on so are the fogs. This way if I turn on the high beams they wont be on as well.

The only problem I ran into is that my low beam projector on the driver side is installed sideways from the manufacturer so I have to take it out and re-mount it correctly. It is sending a light beam vertically instead of horizontally.

Pics to come.

Mike

 

how long did the monitors in the headrests take ?

 

I was told by a car stereo joint here in Phoenix that I (they) could fit 7" monitors in the factory front headrests. After installing the 5.8", do you think it's possible? Is 5.8" big enough to watch video on? Thank you.

-cj

 

Well the headrest monitors to install just into the headrest themselves took about 30 mins and to wire it and clean up the wires / hide them took about 2 hours to in all about 2.5 to 3 hours total.

I am no expert but I had to use my rear headrest in the front cause they are slightly larger. I could have never fit a 7 inch monitor into the factory front headrest without cutting throught the seams on the headrest that connect the center fabric to the sides of the headrest. I did not want to do this that is why I went with the rear headrest.

You can see just by looking at my pics that even with the rears I only have limited space on the sides before I hit the seam. This may be different depending on the TVs you use and remeber mine are widescreen monitors. Yes the are big enough to watch a movie on and I have even played PS2 on them which works as well.

Pics later on grill and headlights.

Mike

 

The grill is lookin good. I think it'd be nice to paint the grill mesh black as well just to have it blend in.