Confirmed - Another dash/install kit is coming.
09-13-2008, 02:21 AM
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lol you need to read more of this thread
i dont know if they will have enough to ship out everywhere ie: best buy, frys, for you to just go out and buy it, installers is a site people pre ordered it from, i dont know who else is getting dibs on these kits to sell to consumers, or when you will be able to pick it up at a dealer such as frys or best buy, and if you mean the guy as in installers they are a company in houston texas they are a online based company not a company you can just go to and buy stuff like a frys and best buy
i dont know if they will have enough to ship out everywhere ie: best buy, frys, for you to just go out and buy it, installers is a site people pre ordered it from, i dont know who else is getting dibs on these kits to sell to consumers, or when you will be able to pick it up at a dealer such as frys or best buy, and if you mean the guy as in installers they are a company in houston texas they are a online based company not a company you can just go to and buy stuff like a frys and best buy
I just wanna see the real thing in case I need to buy other stuffs for fitting my in-dash carputer.
09-13-2008, 07:02 AM
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oh ok, yeah you wont be able to see it in person for a while, unless someone on here that lives close to you gets it installs it then you could see it if you drive to them, other then that for seeing it in person before you buy it probably wont be possible for a few months maybe
09-14-2008, 02:39 PM
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all rite... so im getting confused now lol :D, so is this kit better than the corksport 1 now or wat?, cuz i read on 1st page the amb temp and stuff on the oem bar thing doesnt work and controls on the steering wheel doesnt work... then later in the pages they said it works so wats the deal??? :D
09-14-2008, 03:58 PM
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That was just speculation on the first few pages. Read through the entire thread and you would know that they display functionality is kept, you can add your own text to the display, plus the fit should be better than the corksport. Not to mention a cost of possibly 1/3 of the corksport.
09-15-2008, 06:27 PM
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I've had the same thing happen with my corksport... dont really care what the outside temp is since my AP tells me my intake temp and my phone gives me weather
09-15-2008, 08:47 PM
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09-15-2008, 10:21 PM
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Even if you have a cold air intake (which I do) your intake temperature is not the same as the outside temperature. It is normally 2-10 degrees F higher (with a CAI). However the AP should be able to pull the "Ambient Temp." from the ODBII which is the same as the temp. readout on the radio.
09-15-2008, 10:27 PM
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I zoom therefore I am.
my point being that the amb temp doesnt concern me when I'm in a car with AC and heat. The amb temp is only important to me while driving in so far as how it's effecting my intake temp.
09-15-2008, 11:00 PM
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Yeah this morning I was getting cold cold air.. it was NIIICE. But seriously I would want to know the temp outside to laugh at the people here in SoCal that doesn't have AC.. hehehe
09-16-2008, 02:21 AM
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Yes for you it's fine but pple that live in colder area's and I have to worry about frozen roads I like my AMB temp gauge. And AMB has nothing to do with intake or well maybe for most pple that use it anyways.
09-16-2008, 02:33 AM
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09-17-2008, 01:43 AM
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LOOK! I found our friend THOMMINO in this Italian rx forum. 
http://www.rx8tribe.com/showthread.php?p=117619
Ya.. slow news day.
http://www.rx8tribe.com/showthread.php?p=117619
Ya.. slow news day.
09-17-2008, 02:03 AM
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LOOK! I found our friend THOMMINO in this Italian rx forum.
http://www.rx8tribe.com/showthread.php?p=117619
Ya.. slow news day.
http://www.rx8tribe.com/showthread.php?p=117619
Ya.. slow news day.
09-18-2008, 09:21 PM
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They seem completely oblivious to the idea. But honestly if their margins are like 25% they sell the kit for around $400.. At cost it would only be $300. Which is still $100 more than the metra kit. Now if their margins are more like 60% then they can probably sell it for around $250 but I seriously doubt this. -You see the Japanese are pretty greedy people. And with the economy at $1USD to 104JPY it wouldn't make sense for them. Back when $1USD was 140+JPY they would probably consider it. Blame it on globalization and the failing US economy!!!!!