What up peep to the eeps!!! Guess who's back... back again... Chitty's back... tell a friend...
Anywho, got a new project to play with. And as Sean Connery would say, "No, it'sh not your shister." Picked up a 2005 Subaru Outback 3.0R recently. Pretty cool ride. It's like a Legacy, but taller. Loaded up with quite a few options, especially to be a 12 year old car. And they all work! Heated seats, dual climate control, wiper blade heaters, turn signals in the mirrors, etc...
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But that also leaves our heads scratching on what the frickety frack was Subaru thinking with the radio. It's a one piece unit, with the dual climate controls built into it!!! Apparently a partnership with Kenwood spawned this creation. If you have the three knob setup, then you should probably star in certain movies, know what I mean? :eyebrows: Huh? Huh? Just kidding, seriously though, if you have the manual climate controls, no problem. A $25 kit from Metra and boom, radio swap. With the dual climate controls, you really have one option. Japan sells a double din faceplate for their cars that has the climate control separate. And with the AE64 harness, new hazard switch, shipping, blah blah blah, only about $350!!! BEFORE buying a radio!!! Dafrick, yo.
So of course I am planning what anyone else around here would do... hack up the dash!!! The car has this cubby piece between the upper vents:
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