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A little background first: I have a ‘16 GT with Adaptive Cruise. For those unaware, that means my car came with a collision avoidance system that includes a HUD. Pretty much it lights up a series of LEDs in the dash, that reflect off the windshield to catch your attention. It’s a pretty smart idea, but also a missed opportunity. And the way Car and Driver reports it, I’m not the only one who thinks so:
I've spent the past couple of weeks working off and on with this and I now have a working prototype. All that's left is to clean everything up and install it full-time into the car. And while my final solution isn’t quite as clean as I wanted, it’ll all be hidden under the dash anyways, so who cares? The important thing is: it works. Even more, it's completely customizable through an iOS app. Colors, engine redlines, shift points, etc.
Rather than making one extremely long post, or having several posts spread throughout the thread, I’m reserving the next 3 posts for myself to document it. I'm not selling this, but I will provide enough detail that you should be able to recreate it yourself. If you want to do this yourself, and don't have an ACC car, you can buy the new defroster grille and HUD module for less than $200. Don't think there's anything else needed, but I've been wrong before.
Defroster Grille
HR3Z-63044E82-AA
HUD Module
FR3Z-19G468-A
For those of you who just want the code to do it yourself, here's the GitHub repository for it. https://github.com/JMPhotos/OBDII-HUD/
If you want the iOS app, well...I'm not paying Apple $100 a year for it, so you'll have to get your own Mac, download XCode, get the code, and install it yourself.
Now, I’m not great when it comes to electrical engineering, but I do know a thing or two, and I’m halfway decent when it comes to computers and software. So, I felt like I could modify the existing hardware into working for both the Collision Avoidance system and as a Shelby styled shift light.Shelby electrical engineer Mike Makled was inspired to design the system after triggering the forward-collision warning light in his personal Taurus SHO a few years back. “I thought, ‘Wait a minute, why don’t we use that technology for our shift light on the GT350?’ ” said Makled.
You can read the full story here.
I've spent the past couple of weeks working off and on with this and I now have a working prototype. All that's left is to clean everything up and install it full-time into the car. And while my final solution isn’t quite as clean as I wanted, it’ll all be hidden under the dash anyways, so who cares? The important thing is: it works. Even more, it's completely customizable through an iOS app. Colors, engine redlines, shift points, etc.
Rather than making one extremely long post, or having several posts spread throughout the thread, I’m reserving the next 3 posts for myself to document it. I'm not selling this, but I will provide enough detail that you should be able to recreate it yourself. If you want to do this yourself, and don't have an ACC car, you can buy the new defroster grille and HUD module for less than $200. Don't think there's anything else needed, but I've been wrong before.
Defroster Grille
HR3Z-63044E82-AA
HUD Module
FR3Z-19G468-A
For those of you who just want the code to do it yourself, here's the GitHub repository for it. https://github.com/JMPhotos/OBDII-HUD/
If you want the iOS app, well...I'm not paying Apple $100 a year for it, so you'll have to get your own Mac, download XCode, get the code, and install it yourself.
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