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hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:58 pm
by StixY
hi guys,
obviously im new to these forums :)

just a few things about me:


Real name is Andrew, Stixy is my nickname. I am a full time window tinter and have been just over a year.
Im 19 years old living in Adelaide. I recently bought a 2008 2.5i liberty from elbens. 55k on the clock, so its pretty new :)

The first week of having the car the kid across the road decided to reverse into my front drivers side bumper,
i wanted to kill him. Was $1400 to fix. but the crash repaires did a really good job
(better then i thought)
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All i wish to do for now is to place a double din stereo and speakers in. Maybe some mags later

just a few quick questions if u guys dont mind or i post somewhere else..?

Is japanparts.com the only place to get a fascia/ac panel from(omg $400! )?

for the double din stereo do u need a wiring harness? or do u need to hard wire it. (guy at autobarn said need to hard wire)
and out of 10 how hard is it to install the stereo (looks easy with a harness on youtube)
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And of course a photo of my new car. this is the only photo i have

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Cheers, Stixy:)

Re: hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:00 pm
by hamish_023
Welcome mate!

Have a look for Phat on here in the vendor section and send him an email for the double din

What tinting company are you from? I want mine done as I have the reflective look and want bleeeeck

Re: hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:05 pm
by StixY
hey cheers:)

I work for North East Tint Centre in Gilles Plains
Our name is changing to Solabloc SA

Re: hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:22 pm
by t.renshaw34
Welcome mate. Always good to have another Team SA, keen to get my windows tinted too :). I'll flick you a pm when I get round to the window tinting.
Happy modding :).

Re: hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:54 pm
by seanmau5
G'day,

The Autobarn bloke is an idiot.. You can buy a harness made by Aerpro from Autobarn, go in and ask for a Subaru one to suit your car. Then it's as simple as soldering the Aerpro Subaru harness to the harness you get with the HU. Colors are at an industry standard these days so it's just a matter of matching colors up. Make sure you insulate each wire seperately with heatshrink.

The advantage with using the Aerpro harness is that it connects straight to your cars harness without the need to chop up the factory harness in your car - makes it simpler to return to stock if ever you want to sell the car without your HU.

The install is fairly simple. I did mine myself and it was the first stereo I had installed. Make sure you have a soldering iron, solder & heatshrink. The hardest part is figuring out the correct order in which to pull off all the trim pieces.

Re: hey

PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:07 pm
by seanmau5

Re: hey

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:24 am
by StixY
Wow thanks guys, gave me more confidence to do it my self :) cheers for the harness link

Re: hey

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:47 am
by Corsair
Welcome StixY
Great choice of car. :good: I hope the guy across the road paid for the repairs!

Re: hey

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:08 pm
by StixY
Haha yes he did, even tho that harness ap2001 says wrx impreza and forester
It fits liberty?

Thanks

Re: hey

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:58 pm
by Ric
Yes, so long as you don't have the McIntosh stereo, it's the same pinout as Forester and Impreza.

Re: hey

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:59 pm
by sbv
Welcome mate and nice ride!

I come down NE rd pretty much every day of the week. I'm either on a bike or in a Charcoal GT (depending on the weather), so I'll yell out if I see you. Possibly have a tinting job for you too down the track...

Good luck!

Re: hey

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:15 pm
by Dropz
Hi, good looking car :)

Another Eblens vehicle hits the forums!

If you need any hook ups let me know, I work at Eblens and have a mate who works at Jarvis on West Terrace.

Re: hey

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:55 am
by StixY
Hey cheers dropz :)

Re: hey

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:21 pm
by teflon
Welcome Andrew. The trim removal is easy - even I can do it! There are a few walk throughs on this forum but post up any questions if you run into any troubles.

Re: hey

PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:41 pm
by Dropz
Most trims nowadays all just pull off, but if it doesn't come off with medium force it's fastened down somewhere.