Rabster Car And Toys

[Rabster]

as some of you know i had a Sat nav unit and failed to get mine to power up so i got a nother unit from patrik in sweeden and this showed the same problems i have tried evrything on both screens to get it working, so after spending nearly 4 months on and off trying various options i came to the conclusion it would be more cost efeective to fit a after maret screen that would serve many purposes

• Car-Pc
  Reverse Camera
  Front camera
  HKS Camp2
  DVD Screen

so i decided upon a liliput screen, this was with out its problems i only had a MK1 sat nav (5.25" screen) so i ordered a 7" front plate from Lexus Parts Direct
arrived today.
I thought nothing about it as i figured the lids would be the same as well as all the other parts lid doesnt fit propperly so need to order the 7" screen lid oh well we learn from these things

so anyway on with the fitting
Lilliput screen


7" housing


Screen in the housing



I encountered the problem that the IR reciver is located on the button board this just would not do as i was doing away with the button board so i moved the IR reciver into the factory Nav location





Screen powered up for testing purpose



Unit ready for install sitting in the car



Wires going up and through the dash

[Rabster]

OK so now for the unit shown working







i thought i might as well try the PC input as well whilst i was in the car so i put my little sony vaio in the glove box here is the outcome





I have however encountered a small problem some how in the fitting process i have managed to crack the Touch screen pannel

It all still works but there is a hairline crack but this has been replaced now

Hope you like

[Bobby]

Looks good top job you have done there.

[steviewevie]

That's absolutely awesome work !

[Lexusboy]

Your the man rabstar when it come to electric

[Moley]

I hate seeing this because it just makes me want it even more.

But Rabster you do know your stuff, and well done to this fantastic mod

[FirebirdPhil]

really good job Rabs.

[Saraj]

thats looks top !!!!

and the PC interface tops it off, have you got wireless network at home? you probally can surf the net when you near a hopspot !

what about a custom built computer for the glovebox?

[Sparkystav]

Looks great mate,

Ive nearly finished all the work for my in car pc, just fretting about the power supply at the mo, dont want it over heating and setting on fire, but think it'll be fine where i want it now.

just need a nice day tomorrow.

[Rabster]

fitted the brakes, now don’t bite my head of guys but this was the ummmm bake brake pad honestly it went so quick I had no idea there was still about 5mm left on the other side I don’t have pic of the disc as I forgot



Sunday I washed, SRP, Paint renovator, EGP







Finished article




Now the fun begins

I had the following jobs to be done

• New intercooler
  New intercooler Lights
  Old exhaust off
  New exhaust on
  Reposition front camera, de mist, re seal
  Move horns

Here is the new intercooler Lexus key shows the size

Fitted to the car old intercooler below it to show size


Finished article


It looks like is fallen slightly on one side will rectify this next weekend when I put some nice shiny Jubilee clips on
Also shown are the repositioned horns
Hidden front camera

Looks great from inside the car


So now the exhaust what can I say was a pain for the past few weekends so I had a chat with the local kwick fit and they kindly agreed to cut the bolts of and put new bolts on for me at no charge great guys down thee and they loved the car

So anyway new exhaust going on it arrived like this



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After a short while with some tender TLC

[Rabster]

So now onto fitting
Car jacked up



Cat - centre section ready to be undone thanks to Kwick Fit



All polished ready to go on



Old exhaust off



When I fitted the new one I went to helfrauds and got some loctite exhaust gasket squeegee tube thing worked great no mess squirted around the seals and bolted it back together

Now on the car awaiting alignment



It’s on the car I know it’s not fully straight yet but I will worry about that next weekend, I believe its jut the brackets that need bending



Here is the finished article from last night






Now this next pic just imagine your driving down the road at night well dusk and you see this
Speeding up in your rear view mirror what would you think............................................. .....

[Rabster]

OK so i was looking for some gauges and some one suggested the HKS Camp 2 now i thought about it long and hard, and weighed up the cost of the other brands like Defi etc
Although the Camp 2 came out more expensive on initial outlay the scope for additions is vast

so i placed the order with Mazda Rotary Parts In kent came highly recomended by a few Mazda mates
order was placed at 14.45 on the thusday evening
Order arrived at 8.20 on frioday morning now that is service i cant fault very helpfull and as it was a large order i paid no next day delivery costs very helpful and all parts came direct from HKS Definatly Brand new if you know what im talking about


anyway onto fitting

As some of you know i have a double din DDX-6029 now this only has one AV input so i spen a little while making up a way to change from one input to 2 inputs which you will see at the end of the thread

Anyways here is the process







so here is the wiring going in





wiring through the bulk head



the harness that comes with it doesnt draw all its power from the OBDII like the Scangauge does you have to wire in an aditional ignition feed they do give you a fused wire for this ready for installation so that was easy enough

here is the I/F Unit and boost sensor installed


Here is the boost T-piece

[Rabster]

OK so now on to the setting up the system

Here is it upon 1st power up



Now the strange thing is we have LEXUS cars but to make the HKS camp 2 work with the IS200 OBDII we have to tell the HKS that its a BMW1 sytem dont ask me why a guy from the MY.IS forum helped me out here



So once that was done we have this



Analogue Gauges



Digital Gauges



3 selection gauges for digital




Here is the finished article with alternating screens between front camera and HKS Camp2

[Lexusboy]

Looks great mate i would be scared if that was behind me on a country lane the lights look like there going to eat me

[Rabster]

Older Mods on the car

1st mod was a new radio with a custom harness to existing wiring (the now standard bypass lead didnt exist in late 2006)




2nd Mod was a Kenwood IPOD adapter

3rd Mod Parrot CK3200 into external speaker




4th Mod was LED footwell lights

5th Mod was Boot install MK1 (stupid design took 20min to get to spare wheel)

6th Mod boot install MK2 (much more user friendly but still not good enough)




7th Mod 1touch wiring all round car






the green and red wire in each door is the window UP and down Switch

8th Mod Window Clousure

9th Mod Venting system and Full window roll down from remote Not on Lexus but seperate remote for now i am looking into this

10th Mod Wing mirror Closing circuit

11th Mod Scangauge Unit verry cool not happy with where i have mounted it so it will be moving up the top where the factory sat nav screen normally is



This is the circuit that geoffers Designed it is really easy to build

12th Mod Painted calipers





They did look awfull before





Now they look really good

13th mod Reversing camera








Sorry no during pics as i forgot sorry

14th mod HID 6k headlights

will get the Headlight pics up later on


Future mods i did start fitting a Parking sensor kit to the front of my car it did work well when was on the drive with the big front end up in the air

but back on the road there 2 low down and sensors dont work propperly so need to re think

here is how far i got