Yeah I sometimes want to do it, but quite honestly I’m lazy and can’t bring myself to buy a partial solution and hack around on it. Mostly I want the grille manufacturers to do it but they don’t seem to have got the memo yet. Blergh.
The only thing stopping me from a grille swap is an easier camera solution. I'm really looking forward to what you guys come up with. I've got the 3D printer all warmed up... ;-)
I ran mine on the outside, pics at my installation thread. It was certainly very easy that way. I bet you could go down the side where my speakers went though too. Good luck!
This seller sent me a couple of pictures of a customer vehicle - I think it looks good. Sorry if I stole somebody's thunder from above in this thread, but I wanted to share the pics in case anybody else is as excited as I am about this.
Let me know how your installs work out so I can buy the...
I've been waiting for aftermarket "grille" replacements forever, it seems like. Did the seller say anything about making a camera friendly one? If your early-adopter approach works out, I'll follow suit, but I'll let you do the experimentation for me... ;-)
No major problems to report. Occasionally I think it takes some time to turn on after being sent first signal, so if I try to get CarPlay to read me a text message sometimes the first bit gets swallowed. Normally music starts up before I do that, though, so it's rarely an actual problem. I do...
I have not tried any of the truck-built-in stuff. I never used it before and I’m not about to start now. CarPlay will let the passenger use the keyboard when the truck is moving now, so that’s all I was looking for.
Got it back at lunchtime today. When I texted to ask what they did, I just got:
The paperwork says:
Nothing else of interest, really:
As far as I can tell they did not replace the battery this time. We'll see what happens going forward....
I've started getting these messages daily again. I had this happen once before and they replaced my 12 V battery. Seems like a chronic problem... I do have a couple of aftermarket add-ons, but nothing heavy load. The messages keep coming once I disconnect that stuff, anyway.
Booooooooooooo...