My Wifes New Car

I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with it yet, something simple.



What to Do?? What to Do??

I'm gonna add cruise control to it tomorrow.

 

lol:lol: A little more work than what I want to do.

 

Cruise Control is in and working, car is pre-wired for cruise. All I needed was the factory handle and connecting wire. Found it on E-Bay for 12.00 and 17.00 shipping. The dealer wanted 110 for the cruise handle and 30 for the connecting wire.

Simple, thats what I'm thinking

 

First, Yaris is not on the recall list. And the news media always blows things out of proportion. Now, I'm sure there is a problem and Toyota should have responded faster but Toyota is still one of the most reliable cars on the road today.

Also, I will never buy a GM or a Chrysler. They took government money. So the only thing left (for me anyway) is Ford, Honda and Toyota.

 

My wife might settle on a Pioneer FHP 8000BT, she really wants something with Bluetooth.

All the reveiws I've read have been good.

 

Just bought that HU, Maybe I'll install it this weekend.

 

I think I'll bring you up to speed

First, I added tweeters with my own, homemade crossovers





This really helped out the sound, now it seems like its right there in my face. I love it.

Next it was time for the subwoofer. I'm a SQ dude, so a sealed box has awesome transients and really super good overall performance.


PLEASE note the double layer baffle board. Nothing like two pieces of 3/4-inch mdf glued together



Why downfire? it loads the woofer and improves low frequency performance.





This subwoofer has a 200-watt RMS rating. So I figured an amp with a 300-watt RMS Rating is a perfect match.



See I work backwards, it really sounds good with the stock radio. It should really improve with the aftermarket

I chose this radio because it has USB and built in Bluetooth. I have Bluetooth in my truck and its an awesome add on. Hands free phone plus you can stream music from your phone via the bluetooth. Its awesome.

The radio won't go in until next weekend. I was not able to pick up the kit today. I'll pick it up Monday

So Viking, you've been brought up to date.

 

Well, I got the radio in. Its a little complicated and difficult to figure out but I did figure it out.

Bluetooth pairing is seamless. As soon as I figured out how to start it, it worked and worked well. Even the phonebook was downloaded automatically. It went MUCH smoother than my Alpine.



I put the mic next to the remote start antenna and it seems to work well there.



I need to play with the radio a little more but so far I do like it. I connected the Yaris Factory AUX plug to the Pioneer and dropped the USB Cable under the center console for now. I'll put the Ipod in it later.