What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[SatchiThaStagea]

Finally I got something worth posting in this section.Today I installed my cat-back, BOV and smoked fender indicators, sounds nice now! Tomorrow the center dash comes out and I'm gonna make up a single din plate to mount up the 52mm gauges i got and maybe a switch panel to go in the ashtray nice and stealth like. Lovin the satisfaction you get from DIY

Edited June 4, 2011 by SatchiThaStagea

[Commsman]

Good one Glenn . DIY isn't always easy but is always satisfying. I'm hooked on it

[bigkevracer]

Well not so much something I did, but some little punk ass vandal bitch threw a rock at my car last night and smashed the right fog light. NOT HAPPY!!!

Too dark to catch him, and I didn't realise that it was actually smashed until I got to my gfs place. Bulb is intact, just need the glass. Betting replacing it will cost enough to give me the irrits, but not enough to put through insurance, unless the paint is marked in the light of day.

In happier news, going round to Brad's shortly to get my stereo stuff done. Should take my mind off the fog light...

Glenn, sounds like good stuff, did you get your Nistune sorted too?

[RubyRS4]

Washed and detailed the Stagea on friday, and she's looking show worthy.

Going outside to swap the sway bars over ... now!

[bigkevracer]

You heading to Kadina next weekend Ruby?

[RubyRS4]

You heading to Kadina next weekend Ruby?

Sure am! Most likely heading up Saturday evening (after a kids birthday party) for the sunday show. Stag is in it. Its Ford country up there, so I'm thinking of sticking some Ford badges on it

[SatchiThaStagea]

Glenn, sounds like good stuff, did you get your Nistune sorted too?

The one I was looking at ended up not being compatable on account mine isn't a rs4, so the nistune will have to wait till I got the coin for the chip + tune.

Luckily I got plenty of other bits and pieces I can mess around with in the meantime. Didnt get anything done today, we'll see if I get round to it tomorrow

[zei20l]

FINALLY installed the new head unit. has an extra feature i didnt realise. the music kept playing when i unplugged the ipod cable. yes, music over BlueTooth!

just gotta put the AUX cable in and run all the crap to the rear tv tuner, and finally mount that properly. maybe i wont show up to work tomorrow..........

[bigkevracer]

Brad and I (well, mostly Brad ) got the new head unit, HDTV tuner and English conversion installed.

Immaculate job, comes up looking almost factory with the head unit screen folded in. English translation unleashes some extra goodies too.

Couple of annoying quirks with the Clarion head unit, it doesn't allow AV IN while connected to the iPod (needs the USB cord disconnected) and we couldn't get around the video block. Should be able to sort the second one out in time.

Huge job, but everything went back perfectly and I'm very happy with the result. Thanks Brad!

[Sunkist]

FINALLY installed the new head unit. has an extra feature i didnt realise. the music kept playing when i unplugged the ipod cable. yes, music over BlueTooth!

just gotta put the AUX cable in and run all the crap to the rear tv tuner, and finally mount that properly. maybe i wont show up to work tomorrow..........

nice work but does the blue tooth connection quality drop from cable??

always wondered!

[zei20l]

Couple of annoying quirks with the Clarion head unit, it doesn't allow AV IN while connected to the iPod (needs the USB cord disconnected) and we couldn't get around the video block. Should be able to sort the second one out in time.

ohh damn, i bet mine will do that too! might mean BT streaming for me........... i dont like the idea of unplugging the USB cable all the time as i want it plugged in permanantly and the video lead to the TV tuner AV input.

Aaron, quality didnt appear to change. but i couldnt get it up very lound due to neighbours. BT has enough bandwidth for a 128k/sec music stream AFAIK.

[Sunkist]

That's awesome but let me know

[ironpaw]

Hmm I'm thinking of getting one of these....

http://alpine.com.au/showItem.php?item_id=188

Just gotta get the double DIN conversion done...

[zei20l]

ouch thats a lot of coin. could put a car PC in for that price and do even more

[ironpaw]

ouch thats a lot of coin. could put a car PC in for that price and do even more

Yeah I know...but I don't wanna deal with the windoze crashing or BSODing or some other shit that comes along with PC's...

Plus I get mates rate for this stuff anyway...

[zei20l]

i havent had a crash or BSOD since windows 7 came out. people just have no idea how to configure machines

[ironpaw]

i havent had a crash or BSOD since windows 7 came out. people just have no idea how to configure machines

LOL...lucky you.

I'm sure BSOD's are always a layer 8 issue..never Redmond's fault right?

[Dunc]

LOL...lucky you.

I'm sure BSOD's are always a layer 8 issue..never Redmond's fault right?

Mostly, yes

Its like if you put Mazda 121 brakes on your Stagea, is it Nissans fault if you cant stop?

[ironpaw]

Mostly, yes

Its like if you put Mazda 121 brakes on your Stagea, is it Nissans fault if you cant stop?

LOL...

Don't get me wrong, I love Win7, I run it on my HTPC and users have nothing but good thing to say after we've rolled out 500 new Dell's with Win7 on them.

I just can't be stuffed having to deal with a BSOD if, say, I developed a bad sector on the HDD where the MBR sits. Yes, running a SSD will minimise shit like that from happening...but I deal with enough of that crap daily. The Stag's my place of "zen"!!

I know a carputer is more flexible and whatnot but by the time I get all the parts the price is pretty close to what I can get one of these Alpine HU's anyway...

[JayM35]

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