hey jeff looks incredible. cant wait to give you my IS to do some work to man.

 

That looks out of control I think I'm going to see you when I'm ready for my custom trunk setup. Awesome job

-Fernando

 

Thanks Pete, when u are ready we will take good care of u.


Damn thanks a lot bro. Where r u in RI? I am a Bryant grad. Let me know what you want to do. I am doing my trunk as we speak.

 

Jeff, my l-sportline brother !! That looks simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. This is the best install I have seen ! Nice and clean ! Good freakin job !

 

curious, when the car is in park, doesn't it block some of the buttons?

 

I'm sure it does.. But once the car is in drive, you can probably reach the buttons no problem. For this kind of setup, there's no other place to really mount the climate unit.

nice job on the install....

 

veyr true, that big of a screen, that leaves no choice

 

Ken & Henry, oh but there IS an alternative that works well.

Jawnthen had the same issue with how to get a 7 inch monitor flush mounted in the dash and still have a place for a head unit all within reach , while still managing room for the AC controls.

What we did was take the detachable faceplate of his head unit and mount it in the HomeLink location. We then soldered ribbon cable to the connections on the back and installed the chassis in the glove so he could still reach over there to insert a DVD.

 

Here's the glove compartment where the head unit is stashed. You can see a bit of his dash where the monitor is mounted and the A/C located below. He still had room to install an 8" monitor, but no affordable one was available at the time.

Another CL member pushing the envelope !

 

i wouldn't want to lose my homelink though

i know, you can put it on the sun visor like the is3 or the rx3, but a lot more work too

 

C'mon Henry. A LOT more work? Nothing compared to the install of that head unit. Besides, who here doesn't like a challenge? It's all part of the fun of modding right?

Tell ya what, I'll put the Homelink in your visor if there's ever a need. It's not that bad. The electrical is tapped from the vanity mirror.

Go on E-bay there are TON's of Homelink visor units available. You don't need to buy from just an IS3. I got one for my car for like $30.

OK Next problem ?

 

Glen, that has got to be the coolest install of a HU and monitor I have seen! Sorry Lexis11.

How much work did that involve Glen? ( I am referring to the HU faceplate install in the homelink location and then soldering the ribbon wires to it and running those down to the HU itself)? What are ribbon wires anyway?

What kind of mount did you have to fabricate for the HU faceplate to fit in that location?

 

Well when this origianlly unfolded I was dead set from losing my homelink and my heater ducks in the top of the dash, obviously those were the two easiest ways to gain mor room.
Thats when I decided to put the climate controls in the glove box, wrong that sucked. So then we went with the setup I have now and it is awesome.

I am so happy with the install and the sound and everything works now and I didnt lose anything but a change holder(ashtray).
When the car is in park I cans till access all the buttons and when I drive it is simple.

The only thing I did notice was the preouts on this radio are wayyyyyyyyyyyy stronger than the IVA-D300. Holy cow I gotta retune all my mids and highs again, burning my ears.

 

Very clean and after I wanted something like that.

JEFF YOUR KILLING me man.

but all said and done a perfect 11 out of 10 man.

Chaskim

 

awesome, tricked glen into helping me