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...
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? 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: