Obioban's 2005 IR/IR Coupe

[Obioban]

I was replacing my Avin (because, being the high quality Chinese unit it is, it has decided that it won't turn on if it's a little chilly out) with an Xtrons, and was kind of surprised that the two units were seemingly different inside.

Fronts (Identical):




Rear (unrelated, everything in different locations):



Also, the new unit has internal wireless carplay, instead of a dongle.

I'm sure it's pissing into the wind, but I selected this particular unit over Xtrons other offerings (or another Avin) because it supposedly uses automotive grade internals. We will see...

[Obioban]

You are wise to do it now. Our house was built in 79-80, and I must have pulled a mile of ethernet along with a half mile of coax. I got good at using fishtape and patching drywall.

I no longer use the coax, and I am curious as to why you are installing it. The ERV looks good. You in a cold climate?

D-O

It's cold in the winter (below 0) and hot in the summer (above 100) here. We should benefit from it on both ends. Mostly, though, the house is going to be passive house levels of air tight-- so need it to have breathable air 🤣

COAX is for broadcast TV, in the event that the internet goes down for an extended period. By default, it really won't be used. But, for $50 for a nice attic antenna, and $30 of coax cable... seemed like a cost effective fallback.

[D-O]

You are wise to do it now. Our house was built in 79-80, and I must have pulled a mile of ethernet along with a half mile of coax. I got good at using fishtape and patching drywall.

I no longer use the coax, and I am curious as to why you are installing it. The ERV looks good. You in a cold climate?

D-O

[Obioban]

I took last week off from work, and spent 12 hours a day for the last 9 days running Ethernet/fiber/conduit/coax/sensor wire/speaker wire/power shade wire, and installing an ERV, in the house I'm building.

I'm feeling BEAT.... but it's pretty close to done.

[Obioban]

Makes sense, I was concerned about the NVH being solid mounts. I feel as I am getting older I tend to tolerate less from the car as I did when I was younger.

Is there any other things you can recommend while being back there doing the job?

Aftermarket parts? Not really.

If your bushings/ball joints are original, good time to refresh them. Even if they're low mileage, at this point they're probably getting aged out.

[bmw m3 s50]

I didn't notice any difference, which is praise from an NHV perspective. I generally hate solid mounts, but this seems like a place to do it in a pretty pain free manner.

Moving the subframe up, to restore some of the geometry changes from subframe plates pushing it down and the car being lower than stock, can only be better.

Makes sense, I was concerned about the NVH being solid mounts. I feel as I am getting older I tend to tolerate less from the car as I did when I was younger.

Is there any other things you can recommend while being back there doing the job?

[Obioban]

I wanted to ask your impressions on the CMP subframe solid mounts that you have installed, how is the NVH with going with solid mounts? I have stayed away from solid mounts in the past but see many members here use these subframe mounts.

I am mapping out my restoration on my m3, I am going to do the subframe reinforcement with a diff swap and wanted to make sure I take take of everything while I am back there.

I didn't notice any difference, which is praise from an NHV perspective. I generally hate solid mounts, but this seems like a place to do it in a pretty pain free manner.

Moving the subframe up, to restore some of the geometry changes from subframe plates pushing it down and the car being lower than stock, can only be better.

[bmw m3 s50]

I wanted to ask your impressions on the CMP subframe solid mounts that you have installed, how is the NVH with going with solid mounts? I have stayed away from solid mounts in the past but see many members here use these subframe mounts.

I am mapping out my restoration on my m3, I am going to do the subframe reinforcement with a diff swap and wanted to make sure I take take of everything while I am back there.

[Obioban]

e39 M5 rolled over 200,000 miles

[oceansize]

Tapatalk is terrible

Plus one, sucks nuts.

[Obioban]

Tapatalk is terrible

[mrgizmo04]

Unlike the main search box all the way in the top-right, this one searches just the thread.

Thanks. Except that Tapatalk doesn't have a search within a thread feature...
And the main forum search - I can't even find my own posts using exact strings...🤷♂️

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[IamFODI]

Did I miss thoughts on the wave lsd?

Here:

Street review of wavetrac: indistinguishable from stock.

Wavetrac:
Mostly unnoticeable. In good ways and bad—silent, didn’t do anything that threw me off or unexpected, but also didn’t blow me away in any way. It feels instant, predicable, and doesn’t open up when I use curbs (more on that to come). It doesn’t do anything funky under braking, etc. I guess the only “bad” is that I just don’t feel… impressed? I don’t know. Perhaps I was expecting too much of a change. It just feels good, and didn’t do anything that caused me to think about it, good or bad.

I suppose I know what you mean-- you can feel the M clunk in the shifter. I do not, anymore.

FWIW, there's a search box at the top of each page, right next to the page selection tools for the thread:

Unlike the main search box all the way in the top-right, this one searches just the thread.

[mrgizmo04]

Did I miss thoughts on the wave lsd?

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[Mike RT4]

I'd read through it. Especially if it includes some garage stuff

This. Me too!