Wiring a sub in a BRZ

[Shizuma]

Originally Posted by 2point0

I almost went that route, but couldn't bring myself to splice into the factory wiring. If it wasn't such a new car, I probably wouldn't have cared.

I think this is the longest I went without splicing into factory wiring on a new car, just about a year now, my last car it was a couple months before I had half the interior pulled out of the car and was running new wires, splicing, etc, lol! On that one I even had to go as far as completely cutting a wiring harness in half and soldering in extension wires in between for the rear wiper/washer, hazard light switch and seat belt warning module because I had to relocate it and the existing wires weren't long enough.

I won't be doing near the amount of stuff to this car as my last though since my priorities and thus money expenditures have changed, but I just can't deal with the horrible factory stereo much longer so that's a must.

[2point0]

I hear that. I don't want to shell out for a new HU, so I'll do what I can to make it bearable for now. The real hacking up will be on my other car. No wires are sacred on that thing at this point!

[Shizuma]

The headunit I actually already have since I pulled everything out of my old car before trading it in, however that will be a bit later to get in as i'm going to be doing the same type of setup I had in my old car, which is that the headunit which is just a standard single din unit will get mounted at the bottom of the center console where the little pocket and USB/line in are and I'll be fabricating a dock into the dash for an android tablet, however the tablet I had in my old car is over 2 years old, slow and at this point crappy so i'm waiting for the newer tablets coming out in the summer to buy one, maybe the updated Nexus 7 or Galaxy note 8, or I'm even toying with the idea of get a Galaxy tab 3 10.1, which will fit, it'll just cover up the factory clock and hazard light button when it's docked which isn't really an issue to me.

[2point0]

Neat idea! But, then again...you could use all that space for GAUGES!

That's a bummer with the Limited trim. We get a fancy start button, but the little tiny pocket that's left over is so small that my pack of gum won't even fit without sticking out. Pretty useless.

I suppose it could just be relocated so that space can be used. I'd like the idea of a single-DIN + tablet. Be sure to post up pics when you have that all squared away!

[Shizuma]

I'm not one for putting gauges all over the place, personally I find them pretty useless, especially compared to a nice stereo system setup, lol!

Yeah, I had wanted a Premium for the push button start and key-less entry, and heated seats, but they didn't have any anywhere in the north east in the color I wanted so I just went with a Limited.

Yup, whenever I do get it done I will post some pictures of it

And yeah, that pocket in the premium is tiny, not that limited is that great either, just big enough to fit my work badge, I guess once the stereo setup is done it'll go either in my glove box or purse.

[2point0]

I totally understood what you meant, but FYI you had Premium/Limited backwards. Limited is the one with push-start.

[Shizuma]

Ahh, yup, i'm always doing that cause in my head the word premium sounds like it should be better than limited, but with the BRZ it isn't.

[mezdup]

Originally Posted by Shizuma

Ahh, yup, i'm always doing that cause in my head the word premium sounds like it should be better than limited, but with the BRZ it isn't.

i think that's just subaru in general. but i agree, the words are just too similar haha.

[2point0]

It's like tires. High Perf, Max Perf, Ultra Perf, MEGA SUPER AWESOME PERFORMANCE.