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So here is the new Carnetix loom Made up and measurement made on where to run the cables as with 90% of my work i braided the cables and heat shrunk the ends
Here is the new pc Location
there is a gap under neath here which was ideal to store the PSU and any other ancillary items in
so with that in place time to mount the camera
So onto the checklist
Rear Camera - DOne
Sat Nav -Done
AUX input on headunit - Done
OBD Reader - Outstanding
Fit New screen in cubby hole -Done
Power New screen of same psu as PC - Done
Automatic switching of rear Camera -Done
Sort out poor audio quality - Done
So with the above list 99% completed here is the finished article
NOw the screen
Now for a few videos
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OK so let the fun begin
So i have started on the CAR PC
Spec as follows
Acer Aspire Revo
Carnetix P1900
LIlliput 7" Screen
Logitiec Mini Keyboard/Joypad
Joycon EX
Rear Camera
OBD Reader
C200 Video Camera Input
Onto the fitting the standard housing that comes in the non nav modules doesn't allow enough space to fit a screen in the cubby as you can see below
So i had to order a different unit
once order it was time to get on with the fitting of the screen, no real pics of this as it kinda just fits in and gets glued in place....
but once fitted allows it to look like this
So with the screen in place it was time to modify the computer to work with the PSU
In order for it to work we have to make an additional switch input on the main board
So computer before
Computer with its top off
Locate power switch board this is top left of the computer case
Once removed it looks like this
the contacts themselves are just a standard short to make connection effectively a normally open shorted to normally closed
once connected to i then ran a cable through the case onto a connection on the rear.
that's as far as i got tonight but here are the finished pics today
the screen is being blurred out by my down lighter in the front room doesn't look like this when in natural light
Rabs
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ok so the mods have started
today i finally fitted the factory blue tooth module once i made sure this all worked i then cleaned the whole car and polished it including the Nismo exhaust, sealed the alloys with alloy wheel sealer and then treated the tires with meguiers tyre dressing....
once i had finished playing with the outside 5hours later lol
i decided to start with the car PC front
1st up modify the Bose system to have an AUX input fairly easy to do i didnt take any pics but will copy form elsewhere to show how i did it.....
car pc so far comprises off
Liliput 619gl touchscreen
Acer Aspire Revo
Wireless keyboard and mouse
OBD Reader
Video input
Reverse Camera
Sat Nav
Centrafuse 3.5
Joycon ex Controller (more to come on this later)
Relay board isnt on order yet got to work out what ill use it for......
kinda thinking the following
Relay 1 - Pace Car strobes
Relay 2 - Drivers heated seat
Relay 3 - Passenger Heated seat
Relay 5 - Front grill Lights
Relay 6 - Front Camera
Relay 7 -
Relay 8 -
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Ok so as you all know i sold much loved lexus in favour of a new challenge, i had only been hunting for about 3- 4weeks and kept coming back to the same car
the baby is a 2005 (05 plate) limited edition Nissan 350Z GT4 number 112/176 The car has covered 34,500 miles and has full service history. During the winter the car has been sorn and stored away.
The GT4 model was a limited run of 176 cars (100 in kuro black and 76 in ultra yellow). It has the more powerful rev up engine and also limited edition GT4 18†alloy wheels. It has the GT pack which includes full leather interior, heated electric seats, upgraded Bose stereo and cruise control.
The car is Immaculate both inside and out. It has received a full detail by hand every 3 months and is washed and waxed on a weekly basis using high quality products. The alloys are in brand new condition having been replaced by Nissan in 2010 under warranty due to some slight corrosion. The new alloys have been waxed and sealed to prevent this from occurring again. The car runs on Falken 452 tyres all round, the rears were replaced in 2010
In terms of modifications,
The car has a Nismo aero kit which was professionally fitted. The aero kit consists of a Nismo V2 front bumper with carbon lip, Nismo side skirts and rear spats and a carbon Nismo rear spoiler.
Also fitted is a Mastergrade carbon roof
carbon Nismo B-pillars,
carbon wing mirror covers,
MYO6 LED rear lights,
JWT cold air intake,
plenum spacer
Ferodo DS2500 brake pads.
Eibach wheel spacers all round
Lowered on Eibach pro lowering springs
Also fitted to the car is the much rare and sought after Nismo exhaust system. This is a full, 3 piece stainless cat back system which sounds absolutely stunning.
so without further adoo here she is
Stay Tuned for future work.......
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cheers tony its been a long process and she is still not ready yet....
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Scarlatti Red Is200 sport With Full Factory Body kit
(bumper and kit re-sprayed in 2007)
Colour Coded Sport Grill
Suspension and Wheels
TTE Anti Roll Bars
TTE Coil over’s 45mm
19" vermiri Wheels
Engine/Turbo
Bigger intercooler
Uprated Earthing kit
HKS Camp 2
Boost sensor
OIL Temp Sensor
EGT Sensor
OBD Reading
IKE engineering Turbo Manifold
Ike Engineering Down Pipe 3â€
IKE Engineering Centre Pipe
AEM FIC (fuel and Ignition Controller)
550cc Injectors
Supra Fuel Pump
Stainless stel fuel Lines with Aeroquip fittings
GT30 Roller bearing Turbo
Tial Waste gate 50mm
100mm Custom Induction with Apexi Filter
Custom Intercooler Piping 60mm
UPrated Helix Clutch
Apexi Back Box
Iridium 7 Spark Plugs
Standard Fuel Regulator
Cosmetic Inside / Outside
blue Silicone Hoses
Red Cable Tubing
Painted Callipers
Stainless Steel Radiator Panel
Stainless Steel Suspension Tops
Relocated Front Horns
Stainless Steel Aircon Rings
Smoked Rear Lights
Arches Rolled
Stainless Steel Lexus badge
Stainless steel Kanji badge
Lighting Internal/External
6000k HID Dipped Beam
6400k Main Beam
8000k Fog lights
LED Eye brow Side lights
PACE car strobes
Intercooler Lights
Blue foot well Lights
Blue Ignition Ring
Fog to Brake Conversion
In Car Toys
Reverse Camera
Reverse Dip mirror
Front mounted camera
Custom Dash Pc system (full Touchscreen)
7" touch screen in Nav Housing (HKS Camp 2)
Auto Window roll up on arming
One Touch on all Windows
Clifford Avant Guard 5.5
Clifford Call Guard
Push Start Ignition
Blue Instrument Cluster
remote start
Leather Arm rest
Full Leather Interior
Custom Touchscreen Radio system
HD radio
Carnetix PSU2410
Acer Aspire Revo
Car Pc/sat Nav
USb Video Input
Proximity lock/unlock
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Here we go i picked up a Push button and proximity entrance kit there will be a group buy for the complete system or parts of it
OK so we start of with the System i removed all the wires that i didnt need from the proximity circuit that left me with a total of 7 Cables to terminate as shown below
i then moved on to narrowing these down for install purpose due to the fcat i have a after-market alarm on the car it makes it interesting to install.
With a after-market alarm i need to be able to activate and de active the alarm in doing so this will unlock the doors and turn off the immobiliser.
so my way of doing this was to mimic the operation of the lock and unlock on a G5 remote i disabled all other buttons PERMANENTLY and here is the result of that
so once i had tested this by shorting the 2 wires together the car locked and unlocked accordingly.
now with this in mind i worked out the best way to take the lock and unlock signals from the proximity unit and have them bboth trigger the clifford alarm.
THis was done by taking a relay adding 2 diodes to one side of the coil
then the lock wire went to one diode the Unlock wire went to the other give a constant 12v to the other side of the coil on the relay.
in doing this it stopped the circuit getting any feedback into the main Brain whilst allowing both Lock and unlock to trigger the same switch.
i then made this a little neater and dressed the cables
so now onto the fitting of the unit
Rear mounted antenna position
Front mounted antenna Position
I also put the by pass unit in here as well so everything is nice and hidden
i ran the cables from the front to the rear of the car under the carpet as shown here
Once all the cables were routed through it was time to connect up all the connections you need are located by the steering column
Constant 12v (red) 18AWG
ACC 12v (Small Red) 18AWG
Ground (Black) 22AWG
to trigger the lock and unlock
Lock (Green) 18AWG
unlock (Blue) 18AWG
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OK well this is following on from the group buy here
As discussed a lot of you would like to see this system in the flesh and know how easy it is to install, so i went ahead and got 2 kits, to be experimented on 2 different types of set ups
So here is the good news
they are here in my flat ready to rock and roll
If i get a chance this weekend i will get the push start part of the system installed so you can all see that running the proximity bit needs a bit of research as i have an after market alarm.
If i can however Fit this into mine then all those with After market alarms on any vehicle will be able to do the same.
I will do a full write up and picture install thread on this kit once it has been evaluated.
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ok so we now have another section of my project completed see details below, there are not alot of pictures of the production stage but mainly the finished article.
so anyway 1st things 1st i had to but another screen, after having a liliput screen in my nav housing which seemed to perform wonderfully i hunted for the smae model again.
i then attacked this to make it fit inside the standard IS200 Fascia adaptor alot of you are familiar with The walk through HERE
the same principal applies except i cut the existing screen housing apart to make it fit inside the hole
i then used Hurricane & plastic filler to smooth it all followed by primer and paint
So yeah umm here is the finished article in the car
shortly after this i took the pc back out the car to do some work mainly software based but as its been slow due to weather lately
Main thing was to: -
install a Relay board Driver
Windows Updates
Adjust PSU boot times etc (carnetix PSU2410) adjusted by pc software
Customize background of software
attempt to fix satnav problem...
well out of all the above the Sat nav is still outstanding, don't think that's to bad considering lol
Lets start with the background this is done via a Hack in centrafuse once installed you can place pictures into the images directory and either have them rotate through each time it boost or lock it to a image.
i chose a pic of my car which has been customized
So here is before
pic after
so with this installed i then moved onto the Realy board, the whole reason for this is im running out of places to install switches lol , this particular board runs on USB with a 12v input and can switch 12v via relays so i have assigned 4 circuits to start with
Circuit 1 - Inter cooler
Circuit 2 - Strobe Lights
Circuit 3 - Front Camera
Circuit 4 - Audio Amps.
the software has been developed to work as a hack so once installed will automaticly install the relevant task area and buttons on the Centrafuse front End
Labelled up circuits ok only 2 labelled but you get the idea
here is the board in test status on my Living room floor
as you can see LED2 is illuminated this means that the Relay is now in the Normally open position closing the circuit thus giving me a 12v output on that switch
when you press a button on the touch screen the button illuminates green to indicate its operation
the board can be set with 2 system
syetem one to allow toggle press (so it flashes the output upon being pressed non latching)
or
System two Latched output (a single press on the circuit will latch the output and stays latched until pressed again)
Hope you like what you see
Rabs
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My Update
Well as some of you will have seen i sold my supercharger and a few other bits from beloved car this was to fund a new project. As i am sure some of you have seen now Bandit has got his old car back this is because i bought the car for the turbo kit that was on there and did chris a deal for his old car to which he has started a new thread :thumbup::thumbup::w00t::w00t:
So to sum up i have a turbo kit fitted to my car producing 282bhp
So parts on the car are
Big intercooler
IKE engineering Turbo Manifold
Ike Enginering Down Pipe 3â€
IKE Engineering Centre Pipe
AEM FIC (fuel and Ignition Controller)
550cc Injectors
Supra Fuel Pump
Stainless stel fuel Lines with Aeroquip fittings
GT30 Roller bearing Turbo
Tial Waste gate 50mm
100mm Custom Induction with Apexi Filter
Custom Intercooler Piping 60mm
UPrated Helix Clutch
Apexi Back Box
Iridium 7 Spark Plugs
Standard Fuel Regulator
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Also spent the weekend washing and detailing mine and a mates car
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As you read above I had temporary car PC using my sony Vaio so now is time for a proper job
One pc
One GRS Receiver
One Cd Player
One OBD2 Reader
One Ipod
One AV Input
The pc uses a program Called Centrafuse here is the front end
You will have also read a bit further back in this thread about my arches being rolled well that was in preparation for the new wheels so we went from these
To These
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Now make the circuit to control the car
Circuit mk 1
Circuit Mk2
So now we have the Switch In the console and we have the circuit so time to join the 2
I don’t really agree with taping cables if it’s a install so I use heatshrink and braid
Here is the finished article
Security system active
As you see the car wont start
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Since then I have also fitted TTE Coilovers and TTE ARBS but no pics of these im afraid as the weather was a bit dodgy once fitted I took the car to Wheels In Motion and Dr Bones did a full Geo set up car handles perfectly now and no inner tire wear yippee
whilst it was there I also got the arches rolled so I can now fit a Nice set of 18's on or 19s if I really wanted but then it might sit a tad to low in the wheel arch will have to see....
So this now sees up until about December 09 I now started to feel the car was lacking some bling!!
So I invested in the following
Stainless Steel Radiator Panel
Stainless Steel Suspension Tops
TTE Supercharger Badges
Chrome Lexus Steering wheel Badge is shown above
Now I have done some cosmetic things back to the fun stuff
LED Dash Lights.
Now lets take something from a late spec car and make it work in mine…
PUSH START BABY…
Take one standard centre section
Beat it with a dremel
Test Fit switch
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I was happy until I tried driving and looking at the gauges then realised they were to low down so time for a rethink
Now the is200 comes in a navigator model as well but the sat nav is out of the arc luckily I didn’t have it in mine I so I thought why I don’t put a touch screen in the standard housing so I got to work
Part a
Part b
Take them all apart have a juggle with the wiring and you get
So on to Fitting in the car
Here we have it working
Did I mention it was toucscreen so I also have an INCAR pc well my laptop in the glove box at meets lol!!!
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Whilst the bumper was off I fitted some LED's to the grill to light the intercooler at some of our car meets (only at meets)
Whilst in the process I changed my side lights to LED sidelight strips
I also Fitted 6400k HID I did wire these in non standard they basicly take a trigger from the normal light circuit to activate a relay which draws power direct from the battery this = no dips when cranking.
You can buy these relay kits buy my thoughts why buy when you can make!!
So now that I had the bigger cooler the bigger exhaust I then realised I had no way of telling what it was doing pressure wise etc, now most people have gauges on the A pillar in the Is200 or then have them mounted in the centre console. Now me being me wanted to be different I wanted the best of both worlds gauges in the middle but stealthy, so I hunted until I came across the HKS Camp 2 System very cool
It arrived like this
Doesn’t look like much but a pain to wire in but how wrong was I…
So all working and here is the kiddy
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I then had an accident when parking and kerbed the passenger Rear wheel not happy, then had a brain wave my mates BMW had reverse dip mirrors I wonder if I can get that on mine of course Lexus were no help so off I went and found my own way
So here we have a box of tricks Universal as long as they have the up down function lol
Fitting was not easy
Now as you read above I fitted a rear camera so why not a front one I thought so I did
By this time I was starting to run out of little things to do, so had a long hard think and realised a bigger intercooler was needed
This big
As you can see the standard TTE one is the baby thing underneath
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Then for a little bit of time I didn’t do anything was not to well etc
JAE came and went where we fitted a supercharger to a friend’s car made me want 1 like crazy, so 2k later I had one
Standard engine bay
Full engine Bay
Car didn’t seem to have enough noise and grunt so I upgraded the filter to a K&N and gave it a full on service and it found its balls once again
But there was something holding it back………………………
ahh yes the exhaust plain standard nothing special so a friend sold me his Blue flame
it arrived like this
Went on the car like this
So old exhaust off
New exhaust Ready NO expense spared even on the bubble wrap lol
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then I noticed that only the drivers window had 1 touch I couldn’t be doing with this time for total closure and one touch system I had a few DEI 530 box's left over from a few previous cars so these were redesigned and put to use however Lexus wiring is a pain so had to put wires into each door LONG so anyway these box's also offering a venting system via a remote or button in the car etc very good in hot weather...
This now gets us to a few more bits of fun we all hate little bollards when parking or finding some one has got right up close behind the car so I thought its time for a rear view camera but stealthy
I then needed some new tyres so whilst the wheels were off the car and it was jacked up (thought id get them refurbed at the same time I painted the callipers
So from this
To this
Spare wheel was dirty im ashamed to say lol
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Hey everyone thought I would share my car with everyone else see what people think
Ok here is the progress so far, I got the car in late 06 and said that I would not touch it I liked it just the way it was I mean it was the IS200 Sport in Scarlatti red with the Lexus styling kit standard Lexus alloys premium sound system etc.
Alas this didn’t last long 1st thing I had to change the radio so after much hunting around I chose the Kenwood DDX-6029 and got to fitting as some of you might know the sport comes with its own amp and runs a digital system in the car so no left and right feed to the amp but digital signals very annoying
So after much playing about I made a bypass lead (there wasn’t one on the market when I got the car but there is now )
However I missed the bass that I had in my old car so out came the standard speakers and Infinity's went in along with an Alpine V12 and Lanzer Vibe Amp
As you can guess it didn’t stop there, I found my self addicted to putting bits on, so the fun and games started
Mirror closing module was created and fitted
Then Hands free Kit ck3200
Then LED Foot well lights Varad RGB
Rabsters New Toy Nissan 350z GT4 Ultra Yellow
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Ok ao here is a little update i managed to finally get all the features running so we now have full OBD access