Shadowdash on a double din Android Auto device
#1
Shadowdash on a double din Android Auto device
I'm driving a '91 VVT swapped Miata with an MS3 brain. I really don't want to have a gauge pod or other showy components, but I actually would like to have a modern Android auto double din touchscreen. I've already bought the JDM center tombstone, but haven't yet purchased a head unit. I was hoping that someone had already blazed this trail and gotten an Android auto enabled head unit and installed Shadowdash. This way, the head unit would be the AFR and (for a future turbo) boost gauge. Has this been done before? Is this sane? It's skipping a dedicated gauge pod, but it will have the information I need and in a clean way which I really like. I really have no experience with Android auto units and which ones are compatible with shadow dash. My fear is that these were made for phones/tablets, and not a dedicated head unit.
Worst case, I find an alternative (go the regular route) for the gauges and still end up with a double din head unit, but is this all-in-one solution a workable idea? Has anyone ever done it before, or am I just asking for trouble?
Worst case, I find an alternative (go the regular route) for the gauges and still end up with a double din head unit, but is this all-in-one solution a workable idea? Has anyone ever done it before, or am I just asking for trouble?
#6
Elite Member
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 1,552
Total Cats: 196
Mine is similar to this one, although I can't find the exact one since it was over a year ago and cost $140
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
#7
Mine is similar to this one, although I can't find the exact one since it was over a year ago and cost $140
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
#8
Mine is similar to this one, although I can't find the exact one since it was over a year ago and cost $140
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-2Din-And...oAAOSwiHFdIqlI
I also had to modify my OE mounting plates. My car is a RHD 90 so it already had the JDM double DIN tombstone and my previous aftermarket unit was a double DIN. In order to get it mounted center I had to remove the locating tab on the inside of the bracket which the unit bolts up to. Then drill a hole above one of the lower holes. Once again that's the area of the plate which mounts the plate to the unit, not the area that the plates bolt to the dash.
For 66 dollars on ebay it is a cheap buy. We'll see how long it lasts.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Saml01
Miata parts for sale/trade
1
11-15-2007 10:13 AM