CoastieRon's Progression of Idiocy journal & BS

Are the Rokblokz the standard or the XL version?

 

Great question and I will update that post. They are the standard size.

 

Dash cam (1):




So I ordered a BlackVue DR590-1ch with a Power Magic Pro, as well as a GoPro mount from shapeways.

Today the BV and PMP came in, so I took a look at the wires and decided to solder everything.

I took apart the power jack from the camera and clipped off the receptical from the PMP. Soldered those together, as well as the constant power and acc power add a fuses.

 

All quiet right now over here. I haven't had the opportunity to install my dash cam, or the pile of other things collecting on my workbench. Was at summer camp with my son, then in the middle of that week my uncle passed away. So as soon as I got home from camp, me and a few aunts and uncles rented a van and drove out to Ohio. Even under the sad circumstance of the visit, I had a wonderful time with my family (my dad is one of 11). I partied pretty hard with my cousins. I just got home this past Wednesday and am still trying to recover (it was that good of a visit I guess). Now I'm going camping again tonight....

 

I want to circle back to this for a moment. One day, all of a sudden, all of my non-purchased music wouldn't play any longer. I had been listening to audible on my regular phone for a while and not to the music that I had put on my iPhone (which is on "airplane" mode all the time in the glove box, hooked up to the usb port). I guess apple music app has to hook up to the internet at least once a month to renew the DRM on the downloaded, non-owned music that is on the phone.

 

Cool Progress, Lift and Wheels look great!

 

I have these wheels and painted the center cap as well. Then, I ordered some black raised resin stickers with red "TRD" on them and put in center of that. Also got some silver resin with black TRD in case I get tire of the others. Looks good IMO but my paint was too light. My brother talked me into leaving it for now.

 

I wiped the 8s off with laquer thinner. Picked up some FJ TRD center caps in silver for pretty cheap, but don't have the time to swap them out right now. It seems like I have too much shit going on all at once right now. My dash cam is still sitting on my workbench in the garage, and I need to get that thing installed sooner rather than later honestly.

If I look close enough to those center caps though, I can still see a little shadow of the 8 logo. I may have to do another swipe with the thinner.

 

Dash Cam(2)

Well, at least the power wire has been run. Hasn't been plugged into the fuse box, but it's been run. This one is taking forever to get completed....

 

Dash Cam (3)

And it's finished. All wired up, all plugged in. Tomorrow I'll take a look at the footage from my commutes and see if the camera is angled well enough.

I plugged my ACC into the window washer fuse using an add a fuses, and the BATT into the dome light fuse doing the same. While I was under there I cleaned a few other items up that we're not as tight/clean as they could have been.

 

Today I removed the stock air flow thingy (technical term) to the air box from the wheel well and replaced it with the TRD Intake Flow Accelerator (PTR0335090AC). This is part of the TRD Intake, but I am piecing together my own little deal.

Stock:



TRD:





Pretty simple to install. The bottom section of the air box has 3 bolts that need to be removed. 10 minutes overall. Next is the intake pipe once I decide what to do. Then OV tune.

 

I decided that I am going to do the Lexus Key Card addition as explained in this thread

I made my order today because my local had the best price for the card (202.86, PN 89904-53511), and ordered the key blank with it (37.58 PN 69515-30350). Ordered through the local's website. Parts department emailed me asking for the VIN number, so I gave it. Got this email back:

Hello
By the VIN provided by you, the parts you have ordered is not the correct part for your vehicle.
There is a price difference of $96.99 in your favor. we will credit the difference. The parts should be available tomorrow.
Thanks

I emailed them back asking them to please call me. Had a nice conversation with the parts guy. Said the part he changed it to was not a wallet card. I asked politely to please change the order back to what I asked for, and he responded with "are you absolutely sure that part will work with the truck vin you gave me?" To which I replied "I just read 16 pages worth of testimonials for exactly that part with exactly the same truck as the vin I gave you, so yeah, I'm pretty sure".

Parts will be available for pick up tomorrow. I tried to get the extra 96.99 off anyway, but he wasn't having it. Nothing else really going on right now, boring.....

 

Picked up my order this afternoon and had the card programmed, and the key cut. Took the technician at my local favorite locksmith (Dependable Lock Nashua, NH) about 5 minutes to do after I assured him it would work. The look on his face was priceless when I said "gotta love the internet" after he started the truck with success after the first try.

A pricey convenience mod, but I think this one will be worth it to me....

 

Dash Cam (4)

Quick hit:

So I got one of those surface go tablets that came out today, and don't want to switch from 10s to the full windows 10. That said, there is no blackvue viewer app for 10s. I had to download a different video editor. Uploaded to YouTube for convenience...


At locksmith combined with Leaving BJs - great sky:

 

So I'm a trust but verify kind of guy. I've decided that I love the key card in my wallet. So far it has great range, and I have had little issue with it. However, I have decided to keep an emergency keyfob in a make shift faraday wrap in a secure location in my truck for now, just until I get used to trusting the card.



The aluminum foil works great on it to keep the signal contained.

 

I decided to remove the badges from my truck. I used floss to cut through the adhesive. Once the badges were off, I pealed off the thick adhesive:





There was a thin adhesive film left that I wiped away with Laquer thinner:



I wiped away the remaining shadow and film with Goo Gone, then waxed with Maguire's cleaner wax:



In other news, I'm not quite satisfied with the dashcam mount that uses the GoPro mount, so I have something else coming in tomorrow to reposition the camera.

 

Dash Cam 5

I relocated the dashcam from the GoPro mount to under the rearview mirror. I did this because the TSS is still in the way with the GoPro mount.



The mount is the

$120 Aluminum Dashcam Mount for BlackVue DR750X Plus,DR900X,DR900S,DR750X, DR750S,650S,590W Series - Patented Design Made in USA - Looks Factory Installed,BlendMount BBV-2000R

BlendMount BBV-2000R, Aluminum Dashcam Mount for BlackVue DR900S/750S/650S/590W Series Series. It was kind of a pain in the ass to install, but once I had it dialed in, I found there is minimal interference to the sight line by the TSS module. It is more on the center-line as well.

The BlackVue DS590 is a little on the slim/smaller size, so I had to add the included stick on pads for the mount to get a good snug hold on the cam.

 

Audio 20

So um, I'm bored with my speakers.....

 

Great thread

 

Thanks!

Shit's fixin to get weird though. I'm doing research on DSPs. Shit is like witchcraft for music. In the near term though, my front speakers (and quite possibly my rears) are getting switched out.