Friggin Idiot
Senior Member
I stopped off today to ask the installed some questions that I thought I overlooked on the SC install. Turns out I probably want some gauges to better monitor the engine than the one useless idiot light. He showed me some digital displays instead of analog gauges like I had expected. I recalled something about a data-link that could display the same info obtained from the ECU. Of course I just spent 6 hours reading up on the iDataLink Maestro-RR connection that I think I'm going to use.
Twist my arm this also means replacing the loathsome EnTune head unit, which I was going to do eventually anyway. I was waiting on Wireless AndroidAuto which rolled out a few months back. Unfortunately Alpine doesn't seem to have anything I like available, so it's back to a high end Kenwood DNX995S. I'm on the fence about a DIY install which I can probably handle, or paying a reputed pro shop (more $$$ and a rental car).
Of course this is more than I was planning on doing at once. Being as I'm in the truck for the work commute 6 days a week, at least I'll get to enjoy it while going to/from the overtime shifts to pay for it.
Twist my arm this also means replacing the loathsome EnTune head unit, which I was going to do eventually anyway. I was waiting on Wireless AndroidAuto which rolled out a few months back. Unfortunately Alpine doesn't seem to have anything I like available, so it's back to a high end Kenwood DNX995S. I'm on the fence about a DIY install which I can probably handle, or paying a reputed pro shop (more $$$ and a rental car).
Of course this is more than I was planning on doing at once. Being as I'm in the truck for the work commute 6 days a week, at least I'll get to enjoy it while going to/from the overtime shifts to pay for it.