Recent content by Coastiepilot200

iPad setup has been sold. Thanks for all of your help throughout the build process, hope it helped someone along the way. Except Stiffler. Just kidding. But seriously though, everyone except Stiffler.

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Gents, Photos are attached. Please let me know if you're interested...

Bring this thread back to life.. Gents, The reign of the iPad mini in dash is over far too soon. Unfortunately, my wife was in another car accident a couple of weeks back (she's fine, Accord is f'd up - she has been hit 3 times in two years now, none of them her fault (guy ran a red light...

The volume knob (subwoofer/amp type control) was installed a few days after my last post, and it has corrected the one thing I really didn't like about the setup. After having it completed for over a month know, I don't have any issues with it. The music is great, the NAV screen with google...

The mount has held up well to the heat, no issues at all (and seeing as how it's been 100+ here in TX for the last couple of weeks, it's a great testing ground). I do keep the iPad display on all the time, mostly on the music page or IHeartRadio page if I'm listening live. I do take the iPad...

Hawaiian..... thank you. I was thinking I was going to have to dig into wires and "create" some sort of volume, but the problem I'm having is EXACTLY what you described. The iPad defaults to max volume when it connects to the iStreamer due to the iStreamer trying to create that "best sound"...

I'm still happy with it, but the one adjustment I am going to look at is some sort of external volume control. Theoretically I'm going to have to find the wires that go to the amp and see if I can wire up an external volume control. I started with the upgraded JBL system in the 4Runner, then...

Steering wheel control is indeed gone. Don't get me wrong, there are some stiff drawbacks to doing the system the way I did, and right now I'm still happy with it. Give it a month and let's see how I feel then...

The hazard button has been moved down to where "Party Mode" used to be. The switch doesn't work anyway with an aftermarket stereo and it kept the top of the iPad mount from looking COMPLETELY ridiculous, instead of just pretty ridiculous. It requires a bit of dremel work to get the button to...

I knew from the start it wasn't going to be perfect, due especially to the fact that as far as I can tell I'm the first person to do this in a 5th gen. There isn't a whole lot you can do with the size if you want an iPad, other than to relocate the A/C controls somewhere so that you could move...

First off I'd like to thank Stifler for his wisdom, courage, and tact. He's been a driving force throughout this entire project...:deadhorse: Second, it's done! I had the iPad mini dash mount installed this morning, and so far I absolutely love it. It's easy to control, the anti-glare...

I don't have pictures, but the final wet sanding looked great. Unfortunately, the matte paint that he put on wasn't matte... So he's wet sanding again and will try another brand. I have an appointment at 0900 on Thursday to get everything installed, and will have plenty of pictures for you all...

So, after my last post, I still hadn't hear from my guy at Car Toys - 6 days after he said he would call me with a paint quote. I was not happy. I went in on Friday to talk to him, only to find out he was on vacation. Let's just say :censored: got real, and fast. Long story short, I had...

he made quite a bit of progress over the last week, and the mount will be headed to paint next monday or tuesday. As you can see, in order to ensure you can still see the a/c controls, we had to raise the ipad up on the dash, which requires a small modification to the vents. I'll be losing the...