Subaru WRX TR (WRXTEAR) carputer progress thread

[f1vlad]

Quote: Originally Posted by SnowDrift

Wow, you're famous now. How long ago did you do that? I wish I could do something like that.

I did it in August I think. I was one of three winner of contest at imprezashakedown.com most friends laughed at me when I told them I was playing that. But I think it was worth the prize -- a rally school.

[SHEEZY]

Ill keep this short. I recently purchased a 2006 WRX TR and plan on doing many of the same mods that you have done. Kudos on the WRX Challenge and all the work you have put into your car. So here are a few quick questions:

1. You said the subaru logo on the trunk had bolts so you couldnt remove it, but then i saw photos w/ it gone... did it in fact NOT have bolts, or did you bondo and paint?

2. I want to remove the amber from my headlights... haven't found pics/tutorial for '06 headlamps, but i figure its the roughly the same steps as shown on this NASIOC forum thread:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384488
could you confirm my suspisions.

3. Finally, the reason I am asking you any questions: I had this crazy idea to have some kind of fake stock stereo face to cover my computer screen when its all put in... and BOOM... YOU DID IT:
(http://www.f1vlad.com/wrxtear/foto/c...flage_anim.gif)
AND IT LOOKS AWESOME... EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND.... so how did you do it?

Thank you in advance for any and all info you can provide.

Sean

[f1vlad]

Thanks for kind words man!

1. I have brand new trunk from WRX '05. What happened was I was rear-ended by the bus. So the scrapped trunk lid and bumper. I just had body shop order trunk lid for '05 and not '06, that's how I got it nice and flat.

2. There's actually a tutorial for '06, which I used, this is the link:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ear+headlights

3. yeah many people loved that mod, check this link:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1164900
And this link for many more and some better ideas than mine:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/general-mp3car-discussion/92959-lcd-camouflage-anti-theft-mod.html

The way I did mine is pretty simple. I filled buttons with glue so they become kinda like one piece with the plate. I cut off ribs as much as I could and made it as flat as I could, then I simply removed more and more pieces to make it smooth.

I used something like this to make it as smooth as posssible:


Make sure you are careful with filling glue, ensure it doesn't get to the frontal panel as it'll mess it up. I almost messed mine up but I saved it.

This is all for now, talk to you later,
Vlad

Quote: Originally Posted by SHEEZY

1. You said the subaru logo on the trunk had bolts so you couldnt remove it, but then i saw photos w/ it gone... did it in fact NOT have bolts, or did you bondo and paint?

2. I want to remove the amber from my headlights... haven't found pics/tutorial for '06 headlamps, but i figure its the roughly the same steps as shown on this NASIOC forum thread:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384488
could you confirm my suspisions.

3. Finally, the reason I am asking you any questions: I had this crazy idea to have some kind of fake stock stereo face to cover my computer screen when its all put in... and BOOM... YOU DID IT:
(http://www.f1vlad.com/wrxtear/foto/c...flage_anim.gif)
AND IT LOOKS AWESOME... EXACTLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND.... so how did you do it?

Thank you in advance for any and all info you can provide.

Sean

[cMags]

Hey Vlad!

Quick question for ya (and I'll shoot you an email too but figured it'd be good info for this thread anyway).

The Morex case you pickedu p came with a PSU that you replaced with your M2-ATX, and that PSU was powered from a 12V@5A power brick external (at least this is how my brand new Morex 2699 case came).

What I'm curious about is the wiring that goes from the 12V socket on the back of the case over to where the old PSU was. The connector doesn't match up to the M2, but that's fine I can cut that. What I'm worried about is the wiring gauge. The included PSU is 60 or 80W. The M2 is 160W and I think may pull up to 15A. Did you replace the power wiring inside the PC? I was hoping to re-use the wiring and socket so it would be easy to power (via the external brick) in the house. Let me go take some pics to show what I'm talking about:




You can see in the top pic to the right, there's a standard 12V power socket which I'd like to continue to use both in-car and out of car with the brick (pictured second). However the brick only puts out 12V@5A, so I figure the wiring there may not be up to snuff to be fused at 15A. It looks to be either 16AWG or 18AWG. According to http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm, 18AWG *should* be fine for up to 16A, and with a fuse at 15, I *should* really never pull much more than 11-12A max - though with an M10K, slim CD, and 3.5" drive, I don't really expect to pull more than 80W on average. The math seems to point to "go-for-it" but I was hoping for confirmation. Thanks!

[f1vlad]

I'll be honest with you Chris, it's been so long ago, I cannot remember how I did mine.

I do have to remove it from the car, for some maintenance and new installations. How urgent is this? I can do it tonight or Sunday night. From what I remember I just removed original Morex PSU and put M2 and that's all I did. I reused all wiring.

But once again, this was so long ago, and all winter I didn't touch carputer, that I have trouble remembering exactly how I did it.

[salvi]

Hey, how are you doing?

I have a question for you. I'm trying to use a free OBDII software called Enginuity and I want to embed it into Road Runner. I want for it to open up only the screen that shows the values that are changing. Do you think you can help me out with this? Thanks.

Wil
2005 Forester XT