Well this weekend, I did a oil change and lubed the grease points. I also did a bit of cleaning inside the truck. Finally I installed the rear bumper light guards I picked up.

Need to wash it next and I finally got the radio out. Now I need to chop up the dash bezel so I can get that double din radio installed.

 

Took forever but I finally got the dash apart. There are a lot of little hidden screws, and popping the clock out was a pain. So I got the wiring done, and chopped up one of the spare dash surrounds. Need to finish rebuilding that into a double din slot to house this.



For right now it's functional but not pretty lol.




Working on sorting out the android stick computer that hooks in through the hdmi on the head unit. That and I need to wire in a usb power port in there 5v 2.1 amp to run it. With the addition of a app it will turn the headunit into a full android operating system and with the gps etc I will have full google nav/maps, pandora, Torque (OBDII code reader with real time monitoring) anything you can do with your phone I'll have on the radio touch screen.


Also a I wanted to thank Vette427SBC for a couple of helpful texts on how to mount this up.

 

I like it, that is going to look sick when you're done.

 

I hope so, right now the android stick is kicking my butt I can't for the life of me get USB debugging enabled so I can root it. I need root so the app can do its thing to take over the radio

 

What brand/model radio is that? Looks badass.

 

Pioneer AppRadio 3


Turned out the Android Stick was defective, so it's on the way back to amazon. So back to hunting down a good option for the android host. Thinking of picking up a android phone for cheap on ebay with a bad esn. Since I don't need the cell service.

 

Well I sprung a oil cooler leak, so I have taken the cooler out of the equation for now.

2 20mmx1.5 oil pan drain plugs $4.00 from advance Auto a couple of crush washers and the problem is solved. Oh and remember your oil capacity drops a bit so don't over fill it like I did...

I have picked up a old droid razr HD and have the appradio working good on screen. Audio is still a issue, it seems I need to do a firmware update on the radio than change a setting or two and should be good to go with full connectivity.

 

Forgot to add, I have always read how cheap and flimsy the front bumpers are on these but I discounted it a bit.

Well I put a bit of weight on mine while leaning into the engine bay and managed to put a 4-5" crack in the top of the bumper....

 

Way to go kool aid!
And do not try to lie , you were wanting to break it so you could get a new bumper.

 

Yes and no, I would like a new bumper but I don't want to spend the money

I would love a TJM bumper though.

Got the firmware update done on the radio. Now I have full video and audio connection with the stereo and the phone.

Basically I have a full touchscreen mirror of my phone on the radio. All the apps work and display on the phone. Pandora, Torque, and Google Maps/Nav. Nice having a 7" gps screen that has the turn by turn directions over the speakers.

Oh and it can display the PDF workshop manual for the DII lol