"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
09/03/2020 at 07:00 • Filed to: entering the matrix, toyota, matrix, flipping cars
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"TysMagic" (twjeffery)
09/03/2020 at 07:00 • Filed to: entering the matrix, toyota, matrix, flipping cars | 4
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Made progress on the new flip project yesterday. Cannot believe how easy this little car is to work on. I can definitely appreciate some proper simple engineering as compared to the daily driver f30.
New door handle installed in 10 minutes. Also, it was a better deal to buy the full set of four door handles over just buying one. I’ve already sold the other three to a guy I met on the instagrams. Minor profit and nice to help the guy out.
Pulled the radio and installed a bluetooth/usb/aux adapter as well. I missed the window of time where this kind of adapter was probably in its prime, so this is new and, really, a cool add to me. More importantly, it adds exactly what this car needs for the next owner; connectivity.
The unit plugs in to the CD changer port on the OEM radio. This is a massive winner because I completely dislike the look of 99% of aftermarket radios out there and they don’t add value to the car.
This unit on the other hand, now looks relatively clean and can be closed away in this little pocket thing on the center stack
The mic for the bluetooth is what it is. There is no way around the fact that it’s cheap. I figured this mounting position would also be problematic. Turns out, it’s not! Did a test call playing around with the fan on high and low, revving the engine and stuff. It picked up my voice at a normal volume really well.
This was an excellent use of $55 in my opinion. All buttoned up, things are looking pretty stock.
Next up: polishing the headlights,cleaning the floor mats, seafoam then a tank of premium, and an alignment. I’m keeping my eyes open for a set of good (and cheap) OEM toyota/scion wheels. Assuming that won’t happen, it’ll be on the market soon I believe.
shop-teacher
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 07:11 |
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Good work. Kinja duplicated the hell out of your photos!
CalzoneGolem
> shop-teacher
09/03/2020 at 07:17 |
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I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or not.
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 07:29 |
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Some good Kinja carnage going on here.
Cool!
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TysMagic
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/03/2020 at 07:37 |
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my god this is OUT OF HAND KINJA
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TysMagic
> CalzoneGolem
09/03/2020 at 07:37 |
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nope, this is Kinja doing what it do
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 07:41 |
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I’m not sure whether to star you or stab you in the face for that repeated picture shit. Deja vu my arse...
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TysMagic
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
09/03/2020 at 07:44 |
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got hit with the kinja, but all should be maybe look less repetitive now
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TysMagic
> shop-teacher
09/03/2020 at 07:45 |
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Kinja loves my work - I think it’s fixed now
avalonian
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 08:04 |
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What can of bluetooth adapter is it? I might add it to my 06 pilot. If they have that option.
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CalzoneGolem
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 08:20 |
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Looks good!
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TysMagic
> avalonian
09/03/2020 at 08:33 |
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Link to the Toyota version. It does exist for Honda as well!
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avalonian
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 09:43 |
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Awesome, thank you. I'll have to go to their website to secure it!
CivicWagonEngineer
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 09:56 |
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I need to look into something like this for my Miata, the stock head unit is subtle (agree about the look of aftermarket head units) so I don’t want to change it. I also just listen to the radio most of the time so I’ll probably never do anything about it.
Also, how do you find a random person on Instagram to buy 3 door handles?? I n eed to do that for all the spare junk I have laying around
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TysMagic
> CivicWagonEngineer
09/03/2020 at 10:07 |
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I am Boring.Cars on instagram so my peoples are car peoples and it is VERY common for these door handles to break so I just offered them to the first guy that messaged me about how he has broken handles too.
What junk you got? We can flip some stuff for sure
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shop-teacher
> CalzoneGolem
09/03/2020 at 13:35 |
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I had kinja do this to me once. Not quite to this extreme, but close.
Kinja really doesn’t appreciate when you copy-paste pictures into a post instead of using its uploader.
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shop-teacher
> TysMagic
09/03/2020 at 13:36 |
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I’ve had this happen to me. Kinja seems to really hate it when you copy-paste pictures in, instead of using their uploader.
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TysMagic
> shop-teacher
09/03/2020 at 13:42 |
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It’s been a while since I’ve done regular posting. It clicked as soon as I saw it posted. If you copy the image link and not the image itself all posts smoothly.