I've had a busy day and a half making little tweaks to my favorite SUV. First I ordered an OEM red keyfob cover, It said it came in factory matched paint, which was almost true as it came in the metallic compotitione (sp?) red not the standard red, but that's ok.
It came in a nice box
inside it was nicely packaged
Installed
Next I installed the silver shifter boot cover (the cover for the climate controls still hasn't arrived)
I also received my red center console tray
Now for the most exciting part, OEM PROJECTOR LIGHTS!
The lights installed easy, except for one little problem. They are wired for the plug to have opposite polarity to the stock lights. Since the plug can only be inserted one way, This can be solved either by cutting the plug off and reconnecting it backwards, or modifying the new lights to allow the plug to get inserted upside down.
I had to disassemble the lights to effectively make the modification, but that only took a screwdriver and a few seconds of time. Once disassembled I was able to cut a piece of the top of the receiving connector off to make room for the plug to get inserted, and made a notch on the bottom to even allow the plug to lock in place. It took about an hour to determine how to do everything, but only about 5 minutes to make the modification.
New projector light (Left) with upside down plug fitting, correct orientation on factory light (Right)
Cut away top of new light and notched bottom visible next to old fitting.
And finally, I put this one in it's own thread as I had a feeling it would have a life of it's own (and I've maxed out the photo limit on this post), but check out the software update thread.
http://www.stelvioforum.com/forum/2...vio-today/4225-software-update.html#post40697
It came in a nice box

inside it was nicely packaged

Installed

Next I installed the silver shifter boot cover (the cover for the climate controls still hasn't arrived)

I also received my red center console tray


Now for the most exciting part, OEM PROJECTOR LIGHTS!


The lights installed easy, except for one little problem. They are wired for the plug to have opposite polarity to the stock lights. Since the plug can only be inserted one way, This can be solved either by cutting the plug off and reconnecting it backwards, or modifying the new lights to allow the plug to get inserted upside down.
I had to disassemble the lights to effectively make the modification, but that only took a screwdriver and a few seconds of time. Once disassembled I was able to cut a piece of the top of the receiving connector off to make room for the plug to get inserted, and made a notch on the bottom to even allow the plug to lock in place. It took about an hour to determine how to do everything, but only about 5 minutes to make the modification.
New projector light (Left) with upside down plug fitting, correct orientation on factory light (Right)

Cut away top of new light and notched bottom visible next to old fitting.

And finally, I put this one in it's own thread as I had a feeling it would have a life of it's own (and I've maxed out the photo limit on this post), but check out the software update thread.
http://www.stelvioforum.com/forum/2...vio-today/4225-software-update.html#post40697