I remember a little bit back you said you were doing a custom headunit replacement in the TSX I was wondering you could post some pictures of this.

 

Can't wait to see it! Should be the first documented!

 

Will be finishing it this Saturday, I'll post plenty of pics

 

Can't wait!

 

Hurry Hurry Hurry!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see this. I am way to inpatient so I have to do this to my own thread.

 

Saturday now seems so so far away. Better not have to wait till monday for pics.

 

Ok Ok, maybe a "sneak peak"?

 

Please Please post some in progress pics I want to see. I feel like a little kid in a candy store waiting to see these pics.

 

post them post them post them!!!!!!!

 

where are my pics come on the faster I see pics the faster you may have some more business.

 

Ok ok, LITTLE preview - this is only HALF of the install though - the other part is even better

www.streeteffectz.com/tsxd1dashbuildup1

 

very nice i expected that none the less though. now my question is how do you seperate the two units from each other. i thought that the ac controls are conneceted to the same circuit board as the headunit.

work faster i want to see the finished product take ubber lots of pictures of it and of the ac control unit.

 

Cool, can't wait to see the rest. You wouldn't mind divulging what you use to weld the two plastic pieces, would you? I'm trying to fill the gap between the trim ring of the tsx mp3 player and an aftermarket HU. I have a piece of ABS cut to fit, but the plastic epoxy I tried (Loctite) doesn't really hold-up, but I figured that it wouldn't really be up to the task... I'm looking for something that can bind, fill, be sanded and painted, obviously. Any recommendations?

 

We actually use a type of crazy glue (not crazy glue, but similar) with an activator to bond it quickly - after that, we use body filler to fill in the gaps and seams and make it all seamless - you'll see in the next round of pics.

Yes, the circuit board for the factory radio an A/C are all one piece - you'll see what I did in the next set of pics on Saturday, that's the "cool" part of the whole install

 

any hint on how much this would cost

 

Bondo bonds to plastic and doesn't crack over time?

 

not if you use the right mixture

 

ok its saturday where are the pics. haha just playin. cant wait to see them.

 

so how did the rest of the install go

 

Coming coming - I'm uploading a "preview" VIDEO as we speak.

 

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i cant take the suspense!

 

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me neither

 

and the supposed video

 

i think streeteffectz went to sleep

 

unfortunatly I think you are right.

 

Oops, sorry - ok, pics to follow, but here's a a video.
RIGHT CLICK, save target as:

www.streeteffectz.com/wilsontsx.AVI

 

wow i am absolutely speechless about that. I would have never though of that. That also does not look very easy either. I need a price quote on that too cause I may be paying you guys a visit very soon.

 

Pretty cool. But the circuit board? That will be interesting as there are only so many things you can do if it really is one board. Bend it (nah), cut it (likely), mount upside down (prolly not), mount elsewhere and run new wire/buttons for the HVAC controls...what will it be...

 

holy hell thas crazyyyy

 

they just took the lcd and control off the avic d1 and mount it right infront of the factory head unt.

 

I had to go back and look at pics posted earlier, I didn't realize that the white mounting ring elevates the AVIC above the plane of the stereo face leaving room for the factory board (sans buttons and shit). Looks great, but a little anticlimactic being that you can only mount a screen in that location.

 

that is absolutely insane!

 

Thanks guys - the circuit board is slightly modified, but if we were ever to put the factory radio back in, all we would need is the front plastic piece that we modified. The screen on the factory board has been modified a little - it stick about an inch off the circuit board and almost sits flush with the trim. That white piece we molded into the factory trim is only 1/8" thick so we left the factory LCD display in tact but removed it's mounting point and folded it down and out of the way. It's a lot more complicated than it looks

Plus, we contracted a company to make us the flexible flat so we can mount the units that far away from each other - the factory cable is only about 6 inches long, our cable is 28" long.

 

Sort of, things on the factory circuit board were modified so it could sink in there like that.

 

No, no cuts - we try to modify everthing so it can be returned back to stock

 

So that last question for you StreetEffectz is how much does it cost for an install like that including the unit it self. The reason I am asking is a I may be coming to visit you my self for that.

 

About $3000 for that install w/the unit included and the custom cable I had made.

 

correction I will be down after I graduate college. I would assume if someone had that done that you probably installed a custom system can we get pics of it and the pics of the screen install too.