well, we started at noon, and it was a long day, but a lot of fun - eric, dj, mark (all the way from the bay area), and bill came over with their cars - everybody jumped in and we went to work
we successfully installed units in all 4 cars - this was a good thing to do, and i'm glad we did it - i found a couple of things i can change to make the install better and easier, and we learned some very interesting things about the way these cars were built - they are not all the same!
as expected, it appears that flex causes the chassis to misalign - some of this was fairly easy to accommodate
also, the lower seat belt mounting points appear to be an almost semi random location - that is to say, there is a considerable amount of variance in their locations - we measured this to be sure we weren;t loosing our minds - sure enough - they vary from car to car - this makes a certain amount of sense, since the belt is adjustable, and therefore does not really matter, within reason, where it is put - however, the location varied enough from car to car to make it tought to install on a couple of them
one required 3 guys pushing to get it to line up - one took a little persuasion, one, just a little patience, and one went in like a dream
eric's car took us a while, but i knew that one was going to be the toughest, so we did it first - it fought us, but we got it - eric's was the higest mileage car
dj's car was again an archeology expedition - it appears he had some serious a/v gear in there at one point - the wiring for the stereo was in the way of where the unit wanted to go, so we had to dig in and remove wiring - we found the oddest things in there
the sun went down, but we were on a roll - 2 down and 2 to go - time for bill's car - notice the color combination - wow!!! - i never knew his top was camel - very cool - his went in like butter, and was the lowest mileage car
last but not least, mark's horizon blue (i still love that color)
so, now you've got your new "fuzzy dice hanger" installed - now what are you going to do?
"I'm going to Disneyland!!!"
in the end, they all got installed, and all was good - i will be implementing a couple of minor changes midstream to accommodate the differences, so as to make it easier - there should be no delay as a result
eric and dj had to leave early, but about 7 we finally finished the last car and those who were still here stuck around for a bbq - it was a great time, and i really enjoyed it - everybody, thanks for helping, and enjoy the "fuzzy dice hanger"
