Well, I haven't yet gotten the kit, nonetheless ordered the kit from Mike yet, but I am doing what anyone should do before making a large purchase - Saving up. no need to rush it..
In the meantime I've been making sketches and playing with control/readout positions in the car while driving. MIMA has been in use for some time now.. What I want to do with it is make MIMA more intuitive, look at all of the possibilities and make the form of the controls and display follow the function a little more attractively.
Mostly right now I am looking at my options for utilizing the unused steering column pass through pin connectors so i can mount some of the controls (ASSIST/REGEN) on the steering wheel. I suppose I haven't ruled out wireless (your help would be appreciated!) just yet... but I've decided if i need to sacrifice having the CVT's D/S buttons on the steering wheel to gain assist/regen/joylock, so be it.. I could route buttons to the shifter for s and d modes.. i think that makes more sense anyway... S mode is used similarly to overdrive on other cars...
I've got 6 lbs of epoxy putty on its way. I'm actually going to be making a custom grip w/ mima controls on the CVT shifter as well as a steering wheel mounted controller, most likely at the 3:30 position of the wheel. I'll be taking pictures and posting all my progress right here.
For now i've hit a brick wall with getting into the steering wheel as i've got a torx t30 bolt with a stripped head preventing me from getting in there. I should be getting that out of there today (bolt extractor bit purchased, borrowing drill shortly).
good times!
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oh.. yeah... STILL can't get into that steering column... bolt extractor bit BROKE OFF in the T30 bolt while extracting. Now I've gotta drill/dremel that sucker out of there... not my primary concern ATM.... I think I've defaulted to going wireless w/ the steering wheel mounted controls anyway.
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