Is that your 'Trump Tax' that was meant to be absorbed by the importer costing $36.75?
Oh!, I guess you're the importer. :lol:


honestly that's what I thought but then other folks told me they are accustomed to paying such fees and have been before the recent tariffs, I have not been much of a ...

Alibro wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:10 am Nice looking box.
Too rich for my tastes tho.

I hear you, well it all started with $52 bucks, then the fees, charges and taxes added up

a little sneak peak ahead to Phase III, we will be upgrading to a 6 Killer Whaler battery charger/dc-dc combo unit, and rolling our own contactor/junction box

no Phase II is not completed, you did not miss anything


that gray box looks ridiculous

so my Alibaba 400x300x200mm Electrical Outdoor Metal Waterproof Vented Junction Box With Fan finally arrived

$112 bones


BMW 530e sBox inside for sizematology reference

BMW i3 Safety Box inside for a size reference

having sold a number of wire harnesses now, I figured might as well finally build myself a prototype, and test one out

and she's out for her close ups


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so I believe and correct me if I am wrong, we are not really shifting actual gears with this thing, all this thing does is lock the transmission when in Park and all the other settings unlock it and just send electronic signals to ...

took some pics of the linkage down below


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here I am trying to show how far back and above the transmission the actual shifter sits, it's almost a foot back of the tail of the transmission, I could have sworn it was right above it in the middle, but nope, glad I ...

here's a birds eye view of the center console, I wish I took pics of it after I got it out of the car, I may go back and to that just so you can see the 17 different pieces that make up this abomination


pretty sure a chipmunk owned this car

I was actually surprise how quickly stuff disappeared off of the black one, I was there only 3 days after the car arrived and the inverter was already gone, and looked like someone left a cougar in the cabin


this is how I found the center console

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so my OCD made it put it back ...

time for another Report from the Junkyard

since the Lexus GS450h powerplant seems to be a popular conversion combo for rear wheel drive vehicles and since I live 2 miles away from the world's largest wrecking yard that allows you to pull your own parts I figure I will share with you a mini series ...

sorry I am late to the party as per always, would it be possible to get the SME pinout for power and CAN here please I know there's other peeps interested in using these BMW i3 sBoxes as well

stole this pic from one of my customer's photo albums, nice to see one of my Lexus LS600h harnesses being put to good use, he is converting a 1976 FJ55

and here's what my electric company called Sacramento Municipal Utility District aka SMUD sees

so if it all goes well we get to yank part of the main wire harness that looks like this, and I say part of it because the way it is routed is completely insane, the inverter lives behind the headlight on the driver side, well this stupid harness runs from the inverter to the firewall than across ...

OK, so you saw what the car looked like when I found it, trust me the engine bay was all stock, and here it is 4 hours later, yes we get to remove the hood, among a million other components that are in the way


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yes I had to remove that silly ram horn wrap around plastic intake ...

On this episode of How To Put Yourself Out of Business , I give away all my secrets on how I harvest all them parts for you

the 4th Generation Nissan Altima 2007-2012 has the same inverter plug as our beloved 3rd gen Lexus 2007-2011 (it is pinned differently but the plastic part be the same, if you ...

and she's out, note this pedal uses the same big plug like the 2nd Gen (2004-2009) Toyota Prius - I have not confirmed if the wiring pin out matches exactly but I will


Lexus (left) vs Prius (right)

so pulling this thing was a nightmare, first you can not see the two 10mm bolts that are holding it to the firewall, you can get one with a super long 1/4" extension and a 10 M&M socket on your favorite cordless impact, but the second bolt is buried way up there and you have to manually ratchet it ...

since the Lexus GS450h powerplant seems to be a popular conversion combo for rear wheel drive vehicles and since I live 2 miles away from the world's largest wrecking yard that allows you to pull your own parts I figure I will share with you a mini series I like to call " The Junkyard Report " where ...

so there I was barely keeping up with the harness back orders, when corporate decided it would be a good idea to offer some items à la carte, such as this handsome 3rd Gen Lexus GS450h Oil Pump Controller Power Harness

man I can't wait to start testing

so many inverters, so little time

Getting back to the cost question. What do you think about this?
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Oh Wow! well this is only 100% accurate, and I think this may stem from the Central Heat & Air Conditioning companies mentality (charge what you can get away with) and I wonder how many ...

and here she is in her new home

Mandatory Stare 'n' Compare

Please let me know if any of you are interested in tips on how to repair the severed oil pump wires/cables and what alternative plugs you can use.