The christmas gift upgrades
The evo got a few xmas gifts
When the CF trunk was put on the torsion bars were ditched and the trunk only opened if you prayed. I'd either need a friend to lift up on it as I pulled the trunk release or prop something under the trunk release to keep it from latching. I got sick of the whole ordeal and ordered Reline tunings Quicklift gas shocks trunk kit.
Twack helped me put one on but then had to shampoo some carpet so I did the other a few days later.
It was extremely simple to do. All you need is a riveter and a drill. It came with very detailed full colored instructions with pictures and all the hardware you need. If anyone is interested you can order them from this link:
http://www.redlinetuning.com/QL-MITS...RUNK-0207.html
My gf was real sweet to me again and ordered the painted vortex generator from rexspeed. She said there where over half a dozen chinese porn mags in the box when she opened it but she threw them away
(prude)
Another super simple install but I think it made a world of difference on the appearance. I'm still torn about whether or not to get a wing but this will hold me over for a while.
I also thought the color was pretty well matched
It's way to clean for december 29th... and I haven't gotten much use out of my snow tires.
And I was completely sick of the stock radio.... If it would have at lest came with a tape deck or auxiliary port I would have been happy enough with it. But I felt like I was back in high school carrying a CD book around.
I really didn't care about having a CD player since all of my music on on digital format or I just stream pandora and I really wanted a full color display. I didn't to mess around with relocating my gauges so the double din wasn't an option. I did a lot of research on the pioneer, alpine, and kenwood digital media receivers and decided that the Kenwood KIV-BT901 was the best option for what I wanted and what was in my price range.
I decided not to let them install it because they wouldn't have done it the way I wanted to and my gauges are wired into the illumination so I didn't them messing anything up...
I removed WAY too much stuff from my interior but In the end it was worth it
Took the armrest compartment out, drilled and dremmeled a nice whole for my rubber grommet
Then I remembered that It was capable of supporting a USB hub so I borrowed the one from my laptop setup. Attached some adhesive velcro and secured it low enough I could have a USB plugged in and still close the lid.
I know the blue is kind of tacky but I didn't want to buy another one...
The wiring harness was straight forward. I used heat shrink couplers on everything and put my zippo to use.
I also picked up a monster Auxiliary cable and kenwood's KCA IP202 Ipod cable so I could stream pandora from an Iphone and watch videos etc.
All of the cables were ran through wire loom to keep it clean under my center console, since the usb was attached to the back of the deck I ran that through later.
The whole process was actually very time consuming, but I wanted everything to be perfect. There are too many wires in this cubby for my liking but I also couldn't think of a media devise you couldn't connect.
There was a lot of debate on where to put the bluetooth mic. I considered the A pillar but It sounded like I was in a tunnel and if I put it where I wanted it by the rear view mirror it was too quiet. It sounded best on the top of the steering wheel shroud but looked stupid so I just positioned it off to the side like a ninja.
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