Author Topic: Kijho's 2016 Crystal White Pearl WRX ~ The End (Read 183455 times)

kijho · « **Reply #1175 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:29:56 am »

Quote from: thedude on October 08, 2019, 10:28:55 am

*puts on tinfoil hat*

*Sells car*

DaDuke99 · « **Reply #1176 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:30:44 am »

Quote from: thedude on October 08, 2019, 10:28:55 am

Dude, mine literally just burnt out last week too.... *puts on tinfoil hat*

Mines been out on the passenger side since I bought the car, but now it works if it's on the lowest setting...

10secdream · « **Reply #1177 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:33:47 am »

Swap it with the passenger side or just always leave it on.

kijho · « **Reply #1178 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:36:27 am »

Quote from: DaDuke99 on October 08, 2019, 10:30:44 am

Mines been out on the passenger side since I bought the car, but now it works if it's on the lowest setting...

This adds to the conspiracy...

Quote from: 10secdream on October 08, 2019, 10:33:47 am

Swap it with the passenger side or just always leave it on.

I'm glad I had the seat warmers these colder mornings at -8°

I wonder how difficult it might be to disassemble and solder a new diode in...

diamondedge · « **Reply #1179 on:** October 08, 2019, 11:17:31 am »

My HVAC cluster LED in the Foz burnt out on the temperature side. The WRX's exterior temperature bulb also burnt out.

Apparently it's contagious?

kijho · « **Reply #1180 on:** October 08, 2019, 11:19:26 am »

What's funny is I don't remember a single bulb anywhere not working on my ol' GC8

I don't think those were LEDs though... (I think all the interior/ instruments etc. were T10 Halogens).

diamondedge · « **Reply #1181 on:** October 08, 2019, 12:47:23 pm »

Quote from: kijho on October 08, 2019, 11:19:26 am

What's funny is I don't remember a single bulb anywhere not working on my ol' GC8 I don't think those were LEDs though... (I think all the interior/ instruments etc. were T10 Halogens).

Yep. Just looked it up. Thank uckfay.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #1182 on:** October 08, 2019, 02:47:54 pm »

There was a guide here a few years ago on replacing the bulbs inside the switches with cheapo replacement LEDs. I think it was specifically on a legacy, but I used it on my heated seat switches for my STi.

kijho · « **Reply #1183 on:** November 18, 2019, 01:34:40 pm »

Fun things happening for Winter mode this year!

Working again with ProLightz + Diode Dynamics, and landed some new marketing work with a company from the US called Rally Innovations that makes these cool rally bar setups for Subaru's... something a little different for the Subie to change things up!

DSC06911 by Spencer, on Flickr

DSC06904 by Spencer, on Flickr

DSC07396 by Spencer, on Flickr

DSC07388 by Spencer, on Flickr

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #1184 on:** November 18, 2019, 02:18:21 pm »

That's where my bar was from...

#smurfdiditfirst

kijho · « **Reply #1185 on:** November 18, 2019, 02:24:13 pm »

Quote from: LilDrunkenSmurf on November 18, 2019, 02:18:21 pm

That's where my bar was from...

#smurfdiditfirst

Truuueee!!!

firebane · « **Reply #1186 on:** November 18, 2019, 02:54:20 pm »

lol the good ole no lift life! Just need some cardboard.

kijho · « **Reply #1187 on:** November 21, 2019, 04:53:30 pm »

Some recent work with ProLightz, published the video now which I'm happy with how it turned out! Installing the Light Bars..

kijho · « **Reply #1188 on:** December 09, 2019, 08:58:58 am »

Installed a 9" Android Headunit in the car. It's pretty cool but feels a little gimmicky. Perhaps there's something to be said about the simplicity of the OEM Headunit. I have to install some Google Play app via. USB (somehow, still can't figure it out to be honest) because the Google Play that came installed is for Asia / Overseas so it literally doesn't work

It supposedly has Apple Carplay but I need to fix the Google app store first before I can download the app required for that. Maybe more hassle than it's worth...

DSC07869 by SHPIXX, on Flickr

DSC07848 by SHPIXX, on Flickr

DSC07803 by SHPIXX, on Flickr

DSC07791 by SHPIXX, on Flickr

10secdream · « **Reply #1189 on:** December 09, 2019, 09:07:31 am »

If you can get Apple Carplay to work then that would be awesome. Otherwise I found that these units are more "standalone" than integration which tend to be more frustrating than its worth.

kijho · « **Reply #1190 on:** December 23, 2019, 07:34:08 pm »

Recent work for Rally Innovations (USA) with this Rally Bar setup... keeping the obnoxious excessive theme going with my WRX

Is it really necessary? Nope. But will I actually find some use for it? Probably.
The cheapo' Chinese ebay light pods I mounted are pretty sh*t haha... But the SS6 Bars from Diode x ProLights are awesome...

I think I might be doing some work with the new Squadron lights soon, we'll see where this goes. Good thing about some of these recent lighting mods is I can transfer then over to the Tacoma

DSC08673 by Spencer, on Flickr

DaDuke99 · « **Reply #1191 on:** December 23, 2019, 09:15:10 pm »

I can't really talk about having too many lights on the front of a car... but for what its worth the lights behind your grille are more than adequate, and actually look better than ones would be mounted on the front I think. Those bars are really only good for lights, you can't really mount anything that would put weight on the bar because of the mounting points.. that's why I went with the bumper beam mount. I'm sure having taken the beam out doesn't make my crash test rating a whole lot better than yours, but you know what I'm saying.

I kinda wish they would have extended the ends out a bit, maybe just to where the fogs are?

That being said, it looks pretty sharp and I'm really interested to see what you put on there

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #1192 on:** December 24, 2019, 08:11:01 am »

Same brand of bar I had on mine. I really liked it.

Copycat.

kijho · « **Reply #1193 on:** December 24, 2019, 01:11:00 pm »

Quote from: DaDuke99 on December 23, 2019, 09:15:10 pm

Those bars are really only good for lights, you can't really mount anything that would put weight on the bar because of the mounting points..

This one mounts into the sub-frame on the bottom but lights are definitely the only thing that I can think of that would fit, haha... I can't think of anything else I'd put onto a bar like this.

Quote from: DaDuke99 on December 23, 2019, 09:15:10 pm

I'm really interested to see what you put on there.

You gotta zoom in the pics dude!

There's already some el'cheapo lights mounted that I got free (same as the ones I got you before I think unless you changed them since)

I'm planning on mounting the SS3's into my Foglights, but then moving them onto the rally bar (I'll need to order the special mounting bracket from Diode). (Subaru: https://www.prolightz.com/stage-series-3-sae-dot-type-a-fog-light-kit.html)
(The SS3's are compatible with a Tacoma, so all my 'good' lighting stuff will be transferable in the future.)

Quote from: LilDrunkenSmurf on December 24, 2019, 08:11:01 am

Same brand of bar I had on mine. I really liked it.
Copycat.

Yours looked awesome! That one rig shot we did behind the old Futureshop has always been my favorite rig shot I've ever done!

bigdark · « **Reply #1194 on:** December 24, 2019, 06:36:52 pm »

Love the look of the rally bar! Always had a thing for that style... I'd rock it with the Hella 500 series where you currently have those "el'cheapo lights" but I guess it also depends on what you use the lights for. Regardless, I dig it and wish I could twin you lol

seat safety switch · « **Reply #1195 on:** January 07, 2020, 07:20:37 am »

Quote from: kijho on December 09, 2019, 08:58:58 am

Installed a 9" Android Headunit in the car. It's pretty cool but feels a little gimmicky. Perhaps there's something to be said about the simplicity of the OEM Headunit. I have to install some Google Play app via. USB (somehow, still can't figure it out to be honest) because the Google Play that came installed is for Asia / Overseas so it literally doesn't work It supposedly has Apple Carplay but I need to fix the Google app store first before I can download the app required for that. Maybe more hassle than it's worth...

It's been a couple years since I messed with Android stuff. Do you sideload the US-market Google Play APK onto it or something?

kijho · « **Reply #1196 on:** January 07, 2020, 08:04:02 am »

Quote from: seat safety switch on January 07, 2020, 07:20:37 am

Do you sideload the US-market Google Play APK onto it or something?

Honestly I think I f*cked mine up initially and accidentally deleted the app right from the start, so that's what I needed to do haha... I just had to download on my PC and insert a USB into the headunit and loaded up the Google Play app.

The H/U is kind of gimmicky, though. Like if I was very serious about audio and such I'd probably want way less of the cluttered touch screen features and a higher quality audio component manufacturer (Pioneer, Alpine, whatever's popular nowadays haha).

seat safety switch · « **Reply #1197 on:** January 09, 2020, 01:18:20 pm »

It would be kind of cool, assuming my time was worthless and I never had to eat again, to make a custom frontend for that thing.

kijho · « **Reply #1198 on:** February 09, 2020, 01:10:12 pm »

Sold today, only 3 days after posting on Facebook. Received 90% of the responses from Facebook, and a few from Kijiji. Lots of lowballs ($10k "cash in hand" lol) and offers for random trades. It's off to someone who I think will really enjoy it very much and have tons of fun ripping around in the snow with it.

frcefed · « **Reply #1199 on:** February 09, 2020, 02:02:31 pm »

Congrats on the quick sale and the new Taco!!