CSB69: Acadia Debates Trading In Lemon For More Expensive Lemon

[Acadia18]

This tempts me but I am going to keep telling myself the original shifter is fine...

Do it.

Shifter - $33
Boot & Trim - $9

Also, I started the disassembly of the trim around the display and vents so that I will be able to swap the new 9.2" display in... what a massive pain. Hope it goes better for you, @Acadia18. All the videos that I saw got the trim out in like 10 minutes. Of course, that was not the case for me .

Somewhere in these 400 pages, I've swapped out the screen multiple times on multiple cars, so I've gotten fairly good at it

 

[Cuzoe]

Also, I started the disassembly of the trim around the display and vents so that I will be able to swap the new 9.2" display in... what a massive pain. Hope it goes better for you, @Acadia18. All the videos that I saw got the trim out in like 10 minutes. Of course, that was not the case for me .

It gets easier. I cannot imagine the amount of times I've had all of my trim out. At this point. I can strip all of it (passenger vent, dashboard strip, entire center console/vents and shift area, gauge cluster and driver vent) in about 10 minutes. Call it 15 minutes if I can't use any trim tools .

 

[messrock]

Don't do this.

Too late. Goes with the puddle lights.

 

[Acadia18]

Too late. Goes with the puddle lights.

holy n00b. That was one car ago.

I liked the puddle lights fine, but decided they weren't worth hassle of taking the door card off.

 

[toothofwar]

This is true. I am the new owner of said puddle lights. Love every minute of them.

 

[Acadia18]

This is true. I am the new owner of said puddle lights. Love every minute of them. View attachment 283707

 

[Salami]

This is true. I am the new owner of said puddle lights. Love every minute of them. View attachment 283707

Hard to tell from the rough surface but how crisp is the R symbol? My wife's Atlas OEM lights are super sharp and I am wondering if I can find the same for the R.

 

[toothofwar]

On dark asphalt it's very crisp and defined. It diminishes in brighter light or non paved surfaces, but I would still recommend them.

 

[Salami]

Which kit did you buy?

 

[Acadia18]

He has my old ones. They're some $6 AliExpress specials. Original listing for them is no longer up, but they're probably all the same.

 

[rOcKoN92]

This is true. I am the new owner of said puddle lights. Love every minute of them. View attachment 283707

I've got these too and can confirm, on smooth surfaces, it looks really crisp

 

[Cuzoe]

Hard to tell from the rough surface but how crisp is the R symbol? My wife's Atlas OEM lights are super sharp and I am wondering if I can find the same for the R.

At $180 MSRP (PN 000052120F) those OEM lights on the Atlas better be sharp... I will get them one day.
https://parts.vw.com/p/Volkswagen__...or-LED-Puddle-Light/103758248/000052120F.html

But my $10 Ali ones (blue and white VW logo) were sharp too. And if you have Ali LEDs that die or give you errors...
https://www.drive2.ru/l/507639846693503133 (use translate)

 

[riceburner]

tldr wtf are you doing to your head/MIB unit now?

 

[Acadia18]

tldr wtf are you doing to your head/MIB unit now?

Ordered the 9.2" screen and what appears to be a hacked Delphi MIB2 unit flashed to be a MIB2.5 unit. Gonna try getting that to work in my car.

 

[riceburner]

ah nice (hot bbw^ btw)

i was waiting for you to say holy n00b read the thread and ready to reply with 'thanks for your reply thats exactly the reaponse I was looking for'