WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FRS TODAY?

[saltywetman]

Originally Posted by Compelica

Any pictures/details of the dashcam install? Was looking at the Viofo A129 Duo as well

Put in a 2 channel dashcam 2 days ago as well Street Guardian sg9663dcpro. Unfortunately didn't take photos of the actual install but I just snapped some shots of the finished job. Disregard the power cord running straight down as it's just a temporary power source using the cigarette plug until my external battery arrives (already routed those wires into glove compartment)















I took it super slow but I am also quite OCD. I chose to tuck all of the cables up in the roof liner rather than have some parts up in the liner while other parts under the rubber trim.

Some pointers for the install:

- For the A-piller, it would be a good idea to pop it off and let it loosely hand from the securing clip that keeps the trim attached to the a piller in the event the curtain airbags deploy. I made sure to route the cables behind all the curtain air bag stuff so there is no chance of the cables interfering with the air bag deployment if the cable somehow went across and over the air bags as the cable ran downwards

- You may find it easier to remove the sun visor on the side you plan on tucking the table to give the roof liner a bit more play. Unscrew the 2 screws. The plastic clip for the visor detaches by inserting a flathead on the gap on either sides of the clip to release the claw. Simply pulling will break this clip

- Running the cables in the headliner across the top of the door frame is straight forward, there is lots of play in the hoodliner to allow you to just tuck the cables in with your fingers

- Across the top of the B piller becomes tricky. if you are lazy, you can tuck a bit of the cable under the B-piller trim and call it a day.

If you are OCD and want everything under the roof liner, the B-piller trim has 2 clips that extend inwards to hold the roof liner in place. You will not be able to tuck everything under the roof liner because of these 2 clips and the roof liner will rip if you try forcing it down to tuck the cables.

What you need to do is partially pop the the quarter panel interior trim below the b-piller trim (this will undo 3 white christmas tree clips). This will give you enough room to stick your hand in with a 10mm socket to remove the 2 bolts holding the b-piller trim to the frame. By removing these 2 bolts, the b-piller trim can be partially popped off and shifted down a bit to allow the roof liner enough play to use a trim tool to tuck the cables under the liner.

-Routing the cable from the b-piller around to the rear windshield you will run into the same inward clips on the c piller that will stop you from shoving the cables in with your fingers. undo the claws at the bottom of the c-piller trim to allow you to partially pop the trim pieces off so you can get it to partially pop off enough for some more play in the head liner.

- You will also want to pop the 3 round clips holding the headliner in place to allow you lots of room tucking the cable above the rear windshield under the roof liner

- Some videos suggest the c-piller has lots of room to tuck in excess wire (and you WILL have TONS of excess! I only used half the length of the included cable to connect the front camera to the rear) I do not recommend blindly shoving excess cable into the c-piller due to the presence of the curtain airbags under the panel. Fortunately, you have tons of room under the roof liner in the rear. once you get past the c-piller you can just tuck all the excess stuff you have under the roof liner.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Morning drive!

Nothing too crazy, just exploring some new roads.

Nice shots, need to add that last one to the "Landmark" thread.

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by squall leonhart

Installed 2019 86 TRD edition exhaust today. Glad I finally found someone selling off this version (I prefer it to the D tips).

Not the best pics, but it went pretty smoothly, and I'm pleased with the tone/sound. Deeper and louder, but not irritating. And pretty quiet if you aren't on the throttle (and least, on mine...no other exhaust mods). And fills up the bumper gap much better than stock. I feel like it looks better than it does in these pictures...they look like they poke way out, which isn't the case. They are pretty even with the bumper.

It definitely looks better than the MY15+ tips that, while bigger than the ones that first came on the US-spec cars, are tucked so far in under the diffuser that it just looks odd. Not as odd as the 13/14 tips, but not as good as what you've got there.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by saltywetman

Put in a 2 channel dashcam 2 days ago as well Street Guardian sg9663dcpro. Unfortunately didn't take photos of the actual install but I just snapped some shots of the finished job. Disregard the power cord running straight down as it's just a temporary power source using the cigarette plug until my external battery arrives (already routed those wires into glove compartment)

I no see pictures -

[saltywetman]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I no see pictures -

Tried fixing the image links, wonder if it works now

[squall leonhart]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Morning drive!

Nothing too crazy, just exploring some new roads.

Just a tad jealous here! 99.5% of the roads here are just straight, flat grid lines surrounded by cornfields.


Very nice

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by squall leonhart

Just a tad jealous here! 99.5% of the roads here are just straight, flat grid lines surrounded by cornfields.


Very nice

Thanks! Yeah definitely lucky to have some nice driving roads around here.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by saltywetman

Put in a 2 channel dashcam 2 days ago as well Street Guardian sg9663dcpro. Unfortunately didn't take photos of the actual install but I just snapped some shots of the finished job. Disregard the power cord running straight down as it's just a temporary power source using the cigarette plug until my external battery arrives (already routed those wires into glove compartment)

Man, Street Guardian look just like Viofo. Are you going to hardwire it?

Blackboxmycar sells a kit that can hardwire, so I'm using those as to hardwire.

[Compelica]

Originally Posted by saltywetman

Put in a 2 channel dashcam 2 days ago as well Street Guardian sg9663dcpro. Unfortunately didn't take photos of the actual install but I just snapped some shots of the finished job. Disregard the power cord running straight down as it's just a temporary power source using the cigarette plug until my external battery arrives (already routed those wires into glove compartment)

Thanks for this - those tips will help when it comes to my installation

I'm OCD too when it comes to these things, which could be a really bad thing at times. I'm thinking of going the hardwire route as well, but that means I would need to get the larger fuse box 3D printed to fit the fuse addon which leads to additional work. And here's hoping those wires don't make any more unwanted sounds that I don't need!

[saltywetman]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Man, Street Guardian look just like Viofo. Are you going to hardwire it?

Blackboxmycar sells a kit that can hardwire, so I'm using those as to hardwire.

My original plans was to hotwire so bought the hardwire kit and 3d printed fuse box cover, but then i'm a bit worried with the 86's battery being pretty small that it would weaken the battery enough that it would be problematic in the cold winters up here in Canada. The choice was either to get an optima yellowtop or one of those external battery packs.

Decided to go the external battery pack as it was only very slightly more than a new yellow top. Went with the Cellink Neo battery as it was a tad cheaper than the blackvue one (apparently the internal cells were the same according to dashcamtalk forum). The external battery packs require a hardwire kit if you want to minimize excess wiring as well. I'm a bit undecided on whether I will use the cigarette lighter in the glove compartment to plug in the battery pack while keeping the pack there (easier install but slower charging) or hardwire the battery pack to the the fuse box.

There was someone in an old post that mentioned someone making an adapter hat utilizes the unused extra plug on the headunit harness that has a 12v constant/12v acc/ and ground wires all in it. This option may also by pass the need to use fuse taps and the non-fitting OEM fusecover problem too. Not sure if that guy still makes these adapters as the post is quite old.

Originally Posted by Compelica

Thanks for this - those tips will help when it comes to my installation

I'm OCD too when it comes to these things, which could be a really bad thing at times. I'm thinking of going the hardwire route as well, but that means I would need to get the larger fuse box 3D printed to fit the fuse addon which leads to additional work. And here's hoping those wires don't make any more unwanted sounds that I don't need!

Yeah the top of the b piller trims and the top edge of the c piller trims are the trickiest as both has 2 claws that extend further under the roof liner so you need to get enough play on both so that you are able to slip the cable over the top of the clips. so that it goes fully under the roof liner.

Doing it the quick and lazy way without partially removal trim, you can tuck some of the cable under the rubber door seals then into the grooves of top of the b-piller but because of those 2 small clips at the top, you will still have tiny bits of the cable showing at the locations of the clips since the grooves are much shallower there. Same goes for the sections of the c-piller trim with those clips

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The repair manual gives you a good idea of where the clips are located under the trim panels to help you with partially removing them to give you more play in the head liner. A lot of those steps will be overkill so you just want to look at the pictures for reference on where the clips are located so you can work certain areas free without risk of breaking them by blindly trying to pop the trim off

[RToyo86]

Ordered some new pads, away bar end links and new brake hardware.

This also arrived and I forgot they use an 86 on the can.

[EndlessAzure]

Wired up the JDM Reverse Light /w Fog Lamp ("fourth brake light") through the cabin and fuse tapped it into the front fog lights for full switching functionality

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by RToyo86

Ordered some new pads, away bar end links and new brake hardware.

This also arrived and I forgot they use an 86 on the can.

That isn't tar behind the wheels though. That is melted rubber from the shear power of the car. Happens to me all the time.

[RToyo86]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

That isn't tar behind the wheels though. That is melted rubber from the shear power of the car. Happens to me all the time.

They should be including a can of this stuff with every purchase of an 86.


Side note, all of my delayed orders have decided to all arrive within two days. Caliper paint took the longest which is odd since they're Canadian based.