Project Lex

[Halon]

So starting to get the misc stuff buttoned up.

I got the rear seats back installed.

Got my new CanBus gauge connected and functioning, I think its going to be perfect for me! Was trying to figure out a nice clean spot to mount it. Another SC guy made a drawing of a gauge holder that would go under a single din stereo. I really like it, so despite really liking my dual din receiver, I decided to ditch it and bought a new single din stereo. So I installed that. And none other than Mr. Sean DoughtCom will be 3D printing the new gauge mount for me.

I also ordered 2 AEM 12 position switches. They will be wired into Infinity and used for adjusting boost, and traction control, from inside the car. Those are included in that 3D gauge cluster and will be mounted on either side of the CanBus gauge.

Decided to try out my Basslink again since its so much simpler than my separate sub\amp setup. I'm not sure if this head unit is better or what, but the Basslink sounds phenomenal now. So Ill be keeping that installed now. Its a Lexus, so gotta have dem beats! Also, it might sound corney, but I had my gauge cluster and HVAC recently redone by Tanin, and chose a hyper white / red accent color scheme that i really like. This receiver has two lighting zones that you can customized. So i got the screens white matched pretty close to the others. And did red accents\buttons. So it matches the rest of the lighting very well, and I'm probably more excited about it then I should be lol. Even the CanBus white matches pretty closely too, ErMaGerd!!!

Got a lot of the dust off the car, cleaned the engine bay and got all the little accessory pieces installed in the engine again.

So car is really starting to come together. I'm still working on getting more logs for Vlad when the roads aren't terrible and full of salt. And I have a small tick list of things I still need to get done as well. But the way it's looking right now is the car will be ready for spring. Much Excite!


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[turbotalon1g]

Pimp that basslink sounds good even from way back there.

Glad to see you getting it together, you were sounding a bit fed up a few months/weeks ago.

Nice work man, badass street car you got there.

[Speedfreak]

I like the matching lights a lot. I kinda don't like when there are a bunch of different color lights/gauges etc in modded cars(my Dsm included).

Basslink is pimp. I've had a couple and are my first choice anytime a car needs some bass to fill out a weak stereo.

[Goat Blower]

Looking good B-man. Funny, I did the same thing switching from double to single din, I think I even have the same deck as you (Kenwood BT), now I need or order a gauge mount under that as well so I can dump the a-pillar mounts and get it looking a bit more stock.

[A//// Guy]

Looks great! Whats the plan with the tan interior? Summer project to get that all black or grey?

[Halon]

Peter,
Interior is undecided. But my old plan was to convert it to black/brown (kinda like the black/brown you'd see in a BMW). I think that's going to be a slow gradual process. Like I already have the black front seats now, I have black floor mats, black e-brake boot. I have two new door panels since mine are shot. They are grey. So maybe I'll get around to dying those this summer and swapped in. Slowly but surely. If you have any ideas of what you think would look good, lemme know cuz I suck at that kind of stuff lol, i lack artistic vision!

Steve,
Yeah it's a Kenwood Bluetooth / HD Radio deck. It's the KMM-BT515HD. It's their multi-media series, so it doesn't have a CD player at all. Which I thought about at first, but then I started to think about the last time I actually played a CD, and I can't remember lol, so decided it's not important.

[Halon]

Well won't be needing these anymore.

[Goat Blower]

Yeah it's a Kenwood Bluetooth / HD Radio deck. It's the KMM-BT515HD. It's their multi-media series, so it doesn't have a CD player at all. Which I thought about at first, but then I started to think about the last time I actually played a CD, and I can't remember lol, so decided it's not important.

Yep, that's the exact same one I have as well. I had the same reasoning about not playing CD's anymore, and I own hundreds of them. I might be old but I've completely gone to Spotify now, bluetooth in every car including the boat. I'm a little jelly about my wife's 15gig HDD in her MDX though, that's pretty cool.

[Halon]

Well we are officially done with the pump gas tuning. I have a little over 1/4 tank of premium I need to burn off so I can start filling it up with Ethanol. I figure with the weather and roads being halfway decent, and the car running so well, why not take it to work today to burn off some of that gas :)

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[A//// Guy]

Nice! Hows she feel? I suppose no traction at all in these temps haha. Makes tuning hard unless you are flyin.