Soldier
Oh snap (literally).
I guess I need to increase the urgency of my search for front and rear rondel / emblems. I'm actually not seeing a proper black/white one ANYWHERE. Are they really not available as aftermarket items, or am I not looking in the right place? Maybe I should just take the whole car's look back to blue/white "normal" mode?
The rear looks like it's just about to do the same.
Enforcer
Don't most people just buy stickers to put over the blue? http://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-47...ing-wheel.aspx
2004 Silver Grey ZHP Sedan 6 Speed ManualCDV Delete, AUX Input, Clear TMS Lights, Stealth Bulbs, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, Black Grille,
aFe Stage 1 CAI Pro 5r, Dinan Front Strut Brace, CF Splitters, Active Autowerke Headers
Campieri
When I bought my Mini Cooper, both emblems (hood and trunk) were peeling. I used stickers and have been very happy with the results. More than 2 years and they still look new.
Soldier
I'll need to get some sort of new emblems for front and back either way, though. So, sounds like the suggestion is to get a proper OEM rondel for hood and trunk, the the black stickers? The only black/white emblems I see for sale seem to be VERY non-OEM, and often poorly-reviewed (perhaps like the ones on my car currently!).
I'll order Monday
Enforcer
Anyone have any experience with Apple CarPlay? I'm really wanting a new deck and I've been looking at a whole lot of different stuff, my question is, anyone have the alpine ilx-700? How do you like it if so? Also if anyone has any suggestions let me know! I'm an iPhone user (iPhone 6) and I NEED Bluetooth music streaming. Thanks guys!
Boss
It was very easy to mask and paint the mesh grill
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture
Soldier
Originally Posted by Ssparrow
I would also LOVE to hear anyone's experience with any Apply Play product, including whether it sounds good with the existing HK system "as-is," and whether all the steering wheel buttons can be made to work with it.
Capo
I have not seen many here talk about having anything like that. I use a USB Bluetooth adapter via the Aux Jack. Keep us posted (perhaps in the audio section).
Tumbs, fone, TaT. ;-)
Soldier
I'd just add that a direct USB connection to any decent, contemporary car radio will generally produce MUCH better sound quality than an AUX input, and might be significantly better audio than any Bluetooth streaming option.
The BT has to degrade, compress, stream, decode, then play, so it's absolutely lossy. AUX uses the DAC of the iPhone, which SHOULD be worse than a stereo's DAC, even in the lower-priced units.
I'm personally leaning towards one of these newer digital-only units (no CD player), just to do a direct USB link and rely on my iPhone's display. In fact, I'm kinda leaning towards getting an iPad mini as the "screen" of a setup like this, and just keep that iPad sync'd / logged in to all my main accounts. Will post updates whenever I pull the trigger on a plan
Messaggero
To be fair, with how noisy a car's interior gets, the artifacts from lossy compression and/or digital to analog converters are harder to notice.I'd just add that a direct USB connection to any decent, contemporary car radio will generally produce MUCH better sound quality than an AUX input, and might be significantly better audio than any Bluetooth streaming option.
The BT has to degrade, compress, stream, decode, then play, so it's absolutely lossy. AUX uses the DAC of the iPhone, which SHOULD be worse than a stereo's DAC, even in the lower-priced units.
I'm personally leaning towards one of these newer digital-only units (no CD player), just to do a direct USB link and rely on my iPhone's display. In fact, I'm kinda leaning towards getting an iPad mini as the "screen" of a setup like this, and just keep that iPad sync'd / logged in to all my main accounts. Will post updates whenever I pull the trigger on a plan
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