The Black I.C.E Project

[Hikaru Sorano]

Hi everyone

As I commented some time ago, I´m used to travel all around the country on holidays. I can tell that I´ve driven more than 200000km with only two of the cars that I had: the Silver Arrow (silver gray Corona d-Turbo 98) and the Black Pearl (Black Corolla Seg ´07). We went together from North to the extreme South, in Tierra del Fuego (the city of the end of the world, literally), crossing rivers, deserts, mountains, snow, gravel, floodings, etc.

A couple of days ago going to Iguazu falls, the Pearl achieved the first 100000kms of passion, so I´ve decided to give back some of the care the cars have given to us in those long trips and many hours away from home.

So this is how Black I.C.E Project is born, and I divided it in 4 stages:

Stage 1)

Factory 6 cd charger HU replacement for a double din DVD placer with the following specs:

- 5.8" (16:9) Wide QVGA Fully Motorised LCD Colour Display

- Built-in Bluetooth Handsfree

- MOS-FET 50W x 4 Max Power Output

- Selectable screen color (Blue/Red/Amber/Green/White)

- AG (Anti-Glare) coated LCD color screen

- Video/Audio connection for iPod and iPhone (Requires CD-IU200V)

- DivX®/MP3/WMA/AAC/JPEG playback on DVD/CD/SD/USB

- Front USB direct connection: USB 2.0 (full speed)

- SD Memory Card Slot

- Dolby Digital/DTS decoder

- Advanced Sound Retriever

- 8-band graphic equaliser with 7 presets

- IP-Bus input

- 3 RCA pre-outs (3v): selectable (front + rear/front + subwoofer)

- AM/FM Tuner (24 pre-set stations)

- Wired Remote control input (Works with PAC SWI-PS)

- Automatic rear view monitoring in reverse gear (Requires ND-BC4)

This is the HU I choose

It is a Pioneer AVH-P3350bt

I doesn´t have a GPS, because Pioneer maps are not available in Argentina, so I continue to use my beloved Garmin 205w that routed me EVERYWHERE

You can add sat-tv, a GPS using the AV in and a OBDII module, which is for now, on stand-by in the “may be” list.

Stage 2)

I’m so interested in this stage because is the reverse camera for the Pearl we are talking about. I saw it in other member and I looked for it in deal extreme. The funny thing is that in Argentina this bit is as much as 150usd aprox:

Specs:

- Model: ZH810CM

- Color: Black

- Built-in 2 IR LEDs

- Night vision range: 3 meters

- PAL video system

- 300KP image sensor

- Wide angle: 120 degree

- Frequency: 2.4GHz

- Working range: 50 meters

- Waterproof level: IP65

- Transmitter voltage: DC 12V

- Receiver voltage: DC 5V

There are some adaptations to make for the installation, but is not big deal.

Stage 3)

Today Im running with the piece of #$#$% factory speakers. So, the replacement will be Pioneer 120w 6.5" for front doors, just like these ones:

For the rear, well, I don´t like to cut the car, so I´ll install a MDF shelf behind the rear seats with 2 6x9 Pioneer 180w + 2 12" tubes:

Stage 4)

So, what I´m looking for is to use the Dual Zone feature of the HU. I have to get a 10” display for the passenger or rear seats. I still don´t know, but there´s time…

This is an idea

Well, this is all about Black I.C.E Project

AND I ALREADY STARTED TO DISMOUNT!!!.

I¨ll keep you posted

Cheers

AB

Edited October 22, 2011 by Hikaru Sorano

[Hikaru Sorano]

Stage 2===>>> 100%

Look who arrived from Honk Kong?

As I couldnt wait, that same night I started to install it

These are the tools I used

10mm socket

Plane screwdriver with tape on the tip

Vinyl tape

Velcro

Zip ties

Pliers

1mm red wire to connect the reverse gear sensor

Double sided adhesive tape

First I had to find one of the wires for the reverse light, and the best place to look for it was under the drivers side door cover:

Removed the cover and looked for two red wires with a black strip. Some models prior 04 one of them is for rear fog light, but in this case I have two. Also removed the rear

door cover to be able to place the video wire.

Also I had to liff the back seat cushion to remove one of the sides of the seatback. For this I used the 10mm socket and the pulled to the top to remove the side

There are the channels were the electrical wires and the cable for trunk lock are conducted. So I used that one to pass my video wire. There is a hole that communicates the

cabin with the trunk and I used it. This is from the trunk side:

Then I fixed the wire with zip ties to the trunk arm:

To replace the licence plate assy. I removed the trunk trim. There I found it has two 10mm nuts.

Now, the new licence plate light and camera assy is veeeeeery similar to the original, but not identical. So I used the double sided tape to perfect fitting and sealing. THis

way I avoided vibrations and a loose assy.

Then I connected the 12v power to the reverse lighr and connected the video signal wires.

I put in place the wires and used the velcro to put them firmly to the interior trunk pannel.

And voila:

Then I put everything back in place and ready to go!

The results:

When I select reverse gear, the HU shows this:

Even if the unit is OFF, the camera is always available

Then I measured the following:

1st green line: 60cm

2nd green line: 50cm

Yellow line: 15cm

Red line: Bumper! (touching).

It works fine with extreme low light as well as sunny days. The picture was taken in complete darkness in my garage

Now, lets go for the stage 3...

Cheers

AB

Edited February 3, 2012 by Hikaru Sorano

[Hikaru Sorano]

Stage 1===>>> 100% (I know! I posted it backwards!! , sorry....)

This the detail of what I did.

Tools:

10mm socket

Plane screwdriver with tape on the tip

Vinyl tape

cutter

Zip ties

Pliers

I removed the gear box cover

Then I pulled off the front with air con functions

To have more space to work, I put the lever in L, so as soon as I finished removing the front, I put the lever in Park to be able to remove the key and to cut off power.

The stereo had 4 screws that I removed using the 10mm socket and 4 brackets.

I took off the original HU and I got access to the harness. I had also to look for the description of the wires, so I used the repair manual to write the conversion table.

Then I connected everything and shielded the connections to avoid any problem

This is the conversion table of wire colors:

(If you wanted it in english, I can translate it for you)

I also bought the toyota fillers as the new HU is a shorter than the original

Screw the fillers to the HU brackets

Assemble the Fascia to the HU and brackets

Nice, uh? Look at the fillers, are the same color than the new HU

The part number of the fillers are

86221-02050

86221-02060

Screw again and thats it

These units have a wire to be connected to the hand brake, just to enable the DVD reproduction. Its a safety feature.

This is the place for the mic.

And this is how it looks.

Cheers

AB

Edited February 3, 2012 by Hikaru Sorano