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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by Exclusivs View Post
    Nice updates Ian!

    Looking forward to hearing your take on the retro-fit, VS real GT kit
    I was driving on them last year. They're... 90% as good as the Brembo GT kit was. Better than stoptech or stock, and actually easier pad swaps than the brembos, but the pedal feedback isn't quite as good.

    Also, they're a not insignificantly heavier setup.

    But, FCP sells the wear items, sooo....

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  • Exclusivs
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    Nice updates Ian!

    Looking forward to hearing your take on the retro-fit, VS real GT kit

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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by S14 View Post
    Looking good, I like your brake caliper stickers!

    Can you explain a bit more how you leveled your scales? Mainly, how did you shim to adjust the height and how did you set up the graduated cylinders?
    Ha. The stickers have double purpose-- hide the Porsche logo and tell me the caliper temperatures :P

    I have two graduated cylinders, connected by a tube at the bottom with 1/2" rubber fish tank line. I put water with food coloring (to make it easier to see) in there, and fill them both ~3/4 full. I shim under till both cylinders read the same, at which point I know they're level. I try to figure out which scale is the highest, and then use all the others to compare to that (shimming the others up). Once everything is shimmed up, I zero the scales so they don't contribute to corner weights.

    As shims, I use whatever the cheapest vinyl floor tiles I could find at Home Depot were (IIRC it was like $30 for 100 of them). They're ~1mm thick, so I can get reasonable leveling, and they're slippery-- so when I raise/lower the car, it doesn't get stuck high with the camber curve, and if I, say, adjust camber, I'm not fighting the friction of the tire on the scale-- the floor tiles just slide against each other.

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  • S14
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    Looking good, I like your brake caliper stickers!

    Can you explain a bit more how you leveled your scales? Mainly, how did you shim to adjust the height and how did you set up the graduated cylinders?

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  • Obioban
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    Good progress recently (later than I hoped, but... big undertakings this winter)...

    Leveled the scales:

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    Installed the Fat Cats suspension, much primary colors:

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    Installed the final tube of the brake ducting, and confirm it fits without issue in all positions:

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    Confirmed I can fit a 275 Hoosier slick up front without rubbing on an et35 wheel (as that's about worst case):

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    Aligned and corner balanced the car:

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    At this point I just need to finish a wiring harness I'm setting up, set the end links on the sways, and she's ready for the year



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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by Icecream View Post

    Bruh, pick up a new main board for like $15 bucks on amazon.
    They’re in the trash and not coming out. It was time to move on to not junk.

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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by Icecream View Post

    How do you like this? Is it a significant upgrade to the 3 and did you get the DSP option? I have the 3 now but BT and sound quality are not where I want them to be but I really like the OEM look.
    I’m not the person to ask about sound quality. My speakers are connected directly to the amp inside the Avin, and all the factory wiring harness/modules/mounting brackets have been weight saved. The remaining speakers in my car were chosen by weight, not sound quality.

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  • Icecream
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    Originally posted by Obioban View Post

    Sadly at this point all 3 of my dremels had let out the magic smoke, so I'm on hold till a new rotary tool arrives. This time a made in Germany Proxxon tool. Can't last a shorter life than the dremel brand dremels...
    Bruh, pick up a new main board for like $15 bucks on amazon.

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  • Icecream
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    Originally posted by Obioban View Post
    Larger screen Avin installed:

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    How do you like this? Is it a significant upgrade to the 3 and did you get the DSP option? I have the 3 now but BT and sound quality are not where I want them to be but I really like the OEM look.

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  • Slideways
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    No more AVIN 4? The widescreen one looks pretty good and a few retailers have that version.

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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by Bgexpress View Post

    Does this version still have the wireless CarPlay?
    Yes— that’s in use in that photo.

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  • Bgexpress
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    Originally posted by Obioban View Post
    Larger screen Avin installed:

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    Does this version still have the wireless CarPlay?

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  • Obioban
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    Originally posted by SteelGreyM View Post

    Nice pants
    Ha. I woke up early this morning, so snuck off to work on the car, still in pajamas... and the Avin seemed like a clean project to do, while not wearing car work clothes.

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  • SteelGreyM
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    Originally posted by Obioban View Post
    Larger screen Avin installed:

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    Nice pants

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  • Obioban
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    Larger screen Avin installed:

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