I found out awhile back from dropping in at a buddies profession interior shop, that is it is not a catzskin interior kit made spasifucally for the car, that it is not worth purchasing.
Sorry you had to deal with that

 

At least it wasn't expensive. I've praised Katzkin before and I'll praise them again. I wouldn't install anything any less. At the auto restyler shop I used to work at, the factory GM/Chevrolet leather straight from the New Car side of dealership, were being swapped out to Katzkin leather from loyal GM/Chevrolet owners (including the package with their final invoice.) That's because Katzkin's leather have truly better quality than even OEM leather for many vehicles.

Just shows the quality of their leathers to be even better quality than OEM leather on some new vehicles. Yes, it's hundreds of dollars more than what you paid for this kit, but you get what you pay for, and as much as you've done to your new car, I'm surprised you went as cheap as you did when it came to the interior.

Good luck with the next purchase!

 

I accidentally got a few pictures of how the headlights really look like at night while out and about with friends. This is the fiber optic effect I've been trying to show you guys this entire time.

 

Yeah, that's pretty awesome. Nice job!

Can you post some pics of the bulb you used? I believe it was a directional "spot" light style one with a "projector" lens/optic of some sort over the LED, but with eBay products changing by the minute it would be nice to have a specific design to reference.

 

The 8 bulb 5k one

 

Finally added a quick connect coupler that I've been dreaming of for years along with a dozen attachments


Also finally figured out how to add all the sports I want to play spontaneously.





The wiffle bat is too long to put on the floor so I took 2 zipties and just put it on my grocery bag hooks. The bat easily slides in and out.

 

Spare tire ball storage. That's awesome.



Why not put a quick connect coupler on the other end of the hose and the tank, so that you can take that coiled hose off the air tank and maybe put it in a small bag with the accessories and stash it under one of the front seats out of sight? Would clean up the back area & the tank install, and still keep it easily accessible when needed.

 

Good idea! I was wondering why they gave me a second quick connect lol, but for that to work, the coupler would have to be attached to the tank's port to keep the air from escaping, and for the male end of the quick connect to be connected to the coil hose would be a real pain, because it takes a good amount of force to push in the quick connect into the coupler. Especially if you have a small attachment without much to hold onto.

 

Yes, just like a normal air compressor the female coupler would need to be on the tank. If you pull the collar back while pushing the male end in you really shouldn't have too big of an issue attaching the hose. Not to mention, you can just push down pretty hard into the tank, and unless you are pushing on an angle or from the side I highly doubt you're going to damage the threads or anything.

Alternatively, if you are really that concerned about it, you could install a ball valve (rated for the PSI the tank holds) on the tank, and then add the male coupler to that.

 

But personally, I really think you'd be fine just putting the female coupler on the tank, and the male on the hose.

It would only take a few seconds to test fit them... Just drain the tank, unscrew the hose, hand tighten the fittings, and see how difficult it is to attach them. It's not like you're going to be putting the hose on & off every day, so if it's doable, seal the threads and tighten them to spec. Or, if you're really that unhappy with the result, then we'll figure out a different solution.

 

After several hours, I finally figured out how to install the damn backup camera correctly. The red wire that comes out of each end of the RCA cable is actually the wire you use to connect to your headunit's reverse wire and your reverse light wire. The other red wire is for the actual power to your camera, so you can wire that to an accessory lead or your back up lights if you only want your camera to come on during reversing, but I found an accessory wire so I can watch my hitch when I'm carrying bikes.

The easiest part was actually running the wires to the headunit. I didn't even have to remove any weather stripping. Just pull back on the headliner a little bit and tuck in the wire. When it got a little stubborn, I just pushed my plastic trim removal tool to push the wire in.


This was the TOUGHEST part of the whole install. Lost track of how freaking long it took me to remove my dash kit. I recommend starting at one of the bottom corners and working your way around and don't be afraid to use a lot of force.



There's a white harness that goes into a green plug on the hatch right near the wiper motor by the metal plate. The purple wire is an accessory wire so I tapped into that for power. You can remove the plug and take out the wire clip with a needle for a clean install.


Only thing I don't like about this camera is that you can't see the center of the bumper, but the cut off is only an inch away from your bumper so you know when something touches the bottom of your screen, there's no more room left.

 

Good work man. I just wish the AVIC-D3 had the split view with the rear camera and navi on the split screen. The AVIC-D2 does, as well as the AVIC-Z140BH. Both our DSM's have blind spot mirrors and use them religiously even with the AVIC-D2 having the split screen but not the AVIC-D3. I REALLY didn't want to put blind-spot mirrors on the Outlander Sport, so luckily the AVIC-Z140BH has the split view that can cover both blind spots flawless.

I wish I would have known you were looking for the OEM style camera, because I can't stand them aimed downwards. I don't ever plan on towing anything or ever putting a hitch on, so I could have just sold you ours for less, not to mention the camera in the rear-view is tiny compared to one on the 7" screen. It's worth having the additional rear-view mirror that covers the blind spots so it's a well worth investment.

I'm waiting to see what else you can cram in the trunk of your Sport. Man, you've got a lot going on back there. I'm still baffled how much room your air compressor takes up just for a set of air horns. I guess if I go with air ride, I'll have to find a place for the compressors too. One major negative factor into that idea.

 

Are you talking about blind spot REARVIEW mirror or blind spot SIDE mirrors? I have blind spot SIDE mirrors, because I got so use to having the factory ones on my Mustang and I keep forgetting to post them on this thread. 90% of my parking in NYC is parallel, so you need the camera to be facing your bumper. It's sole purpose for me is parking so I don't back into anything.

With the blind spot side mirrors, I never have to look over my shoulder anymore. I've never tried the ultra wide blind spot rearview mirrors before though. They look pretty cool in Nascar.

I also don't feel that the tank & compressor take up that much room since it's mass is vertical or maybe I'm just so use to it. I still fill up my entire trunk with tons of bags with the tank in there. The bag of ***** are always stowed to the side and can be easily moved out of the way if I need to use more hooks since they weigh like nothing. When winter comes though, all these sports stuff will be swapped out with blankets, clothing, gloves, shovel, de-icer brush, and tow straps.

 

ha, my trunk looks kinda like yours only its all tactical gear, MRE's in the tire well, 1st aid gear, full med bag, ect. looks good though!

 

I had been wanting to mess with the stereo since the beginning but had held off for the longest time because I didn't know exactly where the clips were located on the back of these odd vent+stereo covers, nor the orientation of the tabs.
(Personally I hated those sparse line-drawings and/or fax-quality photos they have for showing the backs of our covers, absolutely no help. If I had snapped a tab during or after re-installation it would have bugged me to no end...)

So, THANK YOU Wes for taking these hi-res pics! They really help.
Now I think I'm ready to start on the stereo equipment.

And, Great job on getting your rearview camera up and running.
Having the ability to switch on that camera WITHOUT shifting to reverse is very cool.
I like that feature a lot!

I'm in the process of getting a dual camera mobile DVR setup, so we'll see how well that works.