My DIYPNP install! Options

[lagos]

I finally found some time to assemble my DIYPNP kit today. :thumbup
The assembly process wasn't too bad. Everything was clearly labeled and the instructions were easy to follow. But if youre reading this and you bought an MSPNP, consider yourself lucky as soldering lots of very tiny components too up most of the day (and I'm still not done!).

I started out with this:


And after a few hours here is where I'm at!



This is the kit I'm using.
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/diypnp-...-kit-p-384.html

Along with the sequential injection mod.
http://www.diyautotune.com/catalog/diypnp-...-kit-p-386.html

[lagos]

I love MS.

Did you get the JimStim?

No. I'm using DIYPNP and it doesn't really work well with jimstim so I'll just have to test it on the car.

Damn do it really really carefully, you won't want to troubleshoot that Did you get this before the MSPNP for the 2nd gen came out?

I got it after the MSPNP was out. I wanted the diy kit to save some money, but in hindsight the additional $300 that they charge is well worth the amount of time and research it takes to assemble one! It also didn't help that I'm one of the first few people to do this kit on a 3sgte, and there is no specific howto for the 3sgte. But I will say, the guys from diyautotune have given me the most amazing customer service and support in getting this setup! They will be posting up my install notes once I verify that everything is working.

Anyway, here it is all completed. Tomorrow I hook it up to the car, load the firmware, and find out if I messed anything up!








This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 12, 2012 - 1:09 AM

[Syaoran]

I love MS.

Did you get the JimStim?

No. I'm using DIYPNP and it doesn't really work well with jimstim so I'll just have to test it on the car.

Damn do it really really carefully, you won't want to troubleshoot that Did you get this before the MSPNP for the 2nd gen came out?

I got it after the MSPNP was out. I wanted the diy kit to save some money, but in hindsight the additional $300 that they charge is well worth the amount of time and research it takes to assemble one! It also didn't help that I'm one of the first few people to do this kit on a 3sgte, and there is no specific howto for the 3sgte. But I will say, the guys from diyautotune have given me the most amazing customer service and support in getting this setup! They will be posting up my install notes once I verify that everything is working.

Anyway, here it is all completed. Tomorrow I hook it up to the car, load the firmware, and find out if I messed anything up!



http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lag...10-12011014.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lag...10-12011020.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lag...10-12011028.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h224/lag...10-12010831.jpg

Yeah, unless you have a friend like I do who'll do the work for you for a couple of bucks, it's much better to get a MS-II or MS-III pre-assembled, let alone the DIYPNP. The MSPNP even comes with a base map for you to build from and fully integrates the OEM stuff perfectly, and has room for upgrades to boot (say you can later open it up and make it a fully-sequential capable with just a couple of bucks for the parts necessary to solder in)

And DIYAutoTune's customer service is, by FAR, the best customer service I've had. I remember talking to 3 different service reps before buying my MS-II and having my friend convincing me to get it pre-assembled so he could get some cash out of it (I still saved some vs if I had bought it pre-assembled), and they were all so kind and complacent... infinite patience? it seemed like they had it haha.

P.S. It's looking kickass and I wish you the best of luck, glad to have somebody else on the board using MS.

This post has been edited by Syaoran: Oct 12, 2012 - 1:53 AM