2005 Subaru Legacy GT
with a few choice upgrades from
AVO Turbo World
Cobb Tuning
Kumho Tires
Osram Gmbh
Perrin Performance
Subaru Tecnica International
Subaru Performance Tuning
TDC Tuning
Toshiba Satellite 3005 laptop w/ bad monitor
Xenarc 700 TSV
Carnetix P-1900 pwr supply
Centrafuse front end
iGuidance v. 3
Hauppauge TV tuner
USB touchpad
Major fabrication hassles.
1) Xenarc is a 7 inch monitor. The size of the Subaru OEM location for navi is just 6.5in. A Pioneer AVIC-N3 or an Alpine unit would be ideal. A single din bezel from Japan is 200 dollars. A double din bezel from Japan is 250 dollars. A self-made, OEM-modified bezel is 110 dollars and weeks of cheap underpaid, overworked labor at nights and week-ends.
2) OEM info center relocation from between the HVAC vents to near the stick shift. Only 200 dollars for a piece of cheap plastic from Japan. i decided to create my own...which is as good (looking) as OEM (in my opinion) but also that of others from the Legacy GT boards
http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51533
3) Opening the 6-CD headunit and attaching an aux-in line from Jazzy MT. Wonderful ideea, wonderful device...pretty damn hard to do.
As for the rest...I will let the pictures do the rest.
My source of inspiration was Stage3Legacy (Prelude) on these boards. Some of the pictures (of the finished product) are from his car. Mine is awaiting installation pending the global warming and meltdown of the white §hit that keeps falling from the skies above Chicago.
Now if any other Subaru folks could pitch in and tell me what did they use for OBD-2 (ya know...we gotta keep an eye for that boost) I would appreciate it. The issue is Centrafuse does not currently support the commmunication protocol on Subarus...and I wanna use my Accessport cable. So I am desperate for a plugin of sorts or...some magical solution that I have not yet seen or heard.
The 2005 Subaru Legacy GT interior - BEFORE
The info center relocation
My command center: touchpad, radar detector remote ctrl and start-up/shut-down
My laptop hack - modding the OEM powerbutton
The screen mods - final pictures with everything assembled
Overcoming hurdles of screen removal once installed
Screen fabrication - intermediary steps
The targeted end result
That's it folks. Oh...maybe I should put a picture with the car...choices choices... Criticism welcome.
amazing install and great writeup! makes me regret not snapping pictures during my setup so that I can help others later...
nice and factory appearing...great work!
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Subaru WRX Wagon
That is a fantastic screen and "control centre" installation (sounds much better than touchpad and power button doesn't it) f1anatic. Is this the first time you have done this sort of fabrication because its first class! BTW I think the $200 you saved on the "piece of plastic" to relocate the OEM info screen was money well saved.
Thank you guys. I am a newbie at this thing. The project is a money pit but it is very hi-tech and me likes that. All the bezels (1,2 din) except the factory one and/or the relocation kit would have to be ordered from Japan (via US vendors). While money would not have been the issue, I really felt this
http://www.rallitek.com/inparebr.html
was not worth the price.
very clean install man, nice job
New System in progress:
M10k
Phaze TD1500 ~> Dynaudio MD130
Phaze TD1500 ~> Seas g18rnx/p
Zapco Ref 500.1 ~ 12" tc-9
Behringer DCX2496 ~ Envision Electronics psu
Transflective Xenarc
My Car Pc Install
My Boat Pc worklog
I just wanted to add one other thing.
Whenever you embark such a project, you set for yourself a few reference points: what other people have done and of course what the manufacturer did. So this is what the OEM Subaru Navi looks like. Of course I have a very humble, modest and unbiasedpoint of view but I think my fabrication work either looks better or at the very least equivalent to what the Subaru /Kenwood folks came up with. Later and thank for your comments.
I'v said it before, I'll say it again.. good job F1
beautiful install my man! where in Chicago are you? Im in morton grove...
well...north side...close to skokie.
Thanks Seb. I hope to put this **** in the car this week-end pending no snow and no cold.
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