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Eddie's 2014 Cruze slow build

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Bought this car about a month ago with 48k miles. 2014 2LT 1.4T...leather, no back up cam or sensors...thought it was odd for a 2LT.


PO had the windows and markers tinted, plastidip'd the front cross bar thing on the grille and put in a amp/sub. First mod was Weathertechs, got a sweet deal on ebay for a mint set. Next up was an AEM intake and a tune. I come from the truck world where my built motor is tuned by Black Bear Performance, so I asked Justin to handle the tuning on the Cruze as well. His tune woke up the lil 1.4 and it actually spins the tires now.

So with that out of the way, I looked into a trunk release button and picked up this lil guy


Just waiting on my 2 shot relay to come in and it will be installed.

Since this thing didn't come with a backup cam, I found a kit on Amazon by Rosen/EchoMaster FC-GMLN


Its no longer made but Im hoping it works....will go in as soon as the relay shows up.
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old single shot relay


New 2 shot



cant even tell its not the original




took me 5 minutes to swap relays, 4 of those was trying to wiggle the old one out. Had to pry it out with my knife.
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The trunk switch? It doesn't reprogram, you tap into the same wires as if you were making your own. I personally see no disadvantage of not having the airbag indicator, my wife sits in the back with our daughter and since its just an indicator, I saw no real need for it.

The backup cam kit doesn't reprogram MyLink either, it just interrupts the screen when the camera is activated and displays the camera feed.
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did a lil weight reduction

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Here is the downpipe installed at 50,800 miles....bought it used, supposed to be ZZP but it didn't have their logo


debadged as well



Dirty engine bay
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trunk release is in...usb port charges pretty quick too.
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Blasirl said:
Is the back-up cam installed yet? If not, can you document how you will be doing it?
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not in yet, but I will make sure to document the process
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did you get the same kit I got?
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got the FC-GMLN wired to try it out and it works! The backup lines even turn as I turn the steering wheel. I cant use the camera included in the kit, but that's ok because I had ordered this one.


Kit is pretty much plug and play other than power/ground/obd2 port pin 1 tapping. Pics to come
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Installed my Rosen/Echomaster backup cam and it works perfectly. I had originally bought a cam that replaces a license plate light but I liked the image on the Echomaster camera that I decided to use that instead.

Ebay lic plate cam



Echomaster


The Echo has selectable parking lines which the Rosen box already provides, another reason I went with that cam....couldn't turn them off on the ebay cam.

Cam installed on the trunk trim piece



Drilled a hole to run my wires across



Drilled through the trunk and added a grommet



Hook ups couldn't be easier...power, ground, Pin1 on obd2 port. Used fuse #2 inside the cab



Testing before tucking it all away. The Rosen box plugs in between the MyLink screen and the oem video cable. This way it kills the oem feed when in R.



Turning wheel




Centered
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Previous owner had stated that the driver heated seat didn't work. When I'd press the button, it would flash and then turn off. I ordered a new element and went to try it out before having my upholstery shop install it. Turns out that the element was just unplugged. Plugged in the new one and it warmed up FAST...unplugged it and plugged in the original and the seat was warm within seconds. Oh well, guess I have a spare element now.

Next up are fog lamps...already have the oem fog light switch installed and the dash does indicate when I turn them on.
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Just paid for a BNR boost accumulator, LS7 coils, bigger injectors and BNR handheld. Once it all gets here, I'll contact Jerry and have him tune it. Plan is to eventually make this E85 capable. With gas prices going up 12 cents per gallon in California, I'm hoping I can take advantage of cheaper fuel.
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deck lid install has begun
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and done





Paint match was very close and install was a breeze. Its not taped down because I want to silicone the 4 holes on the lid...just bolted down for now but the tape is on the spoiler side
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scored a like new BNR boost accumulator, used BNR handheld, used BNR LS7 coil kit, used AEM wide band..autometer boost gauge and a trans temp sensor, flow matched 10cc+ injectors (Were used on e85). Looks like I'm going with BNR tuning now and more than likely will get the missing pieces to run e85. 2.09/gal for e85 vs 3.50/gal for 91. Paid less than what the coil kit costs new for all of this stuff, awesome deal.
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battery died today and yesterday...picked up an AGM 94R from sears for $158.
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Placed an order with Evolution Autowerks...time to light up the night :cool:
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Ordered and received my flex fuel sensor ACDelco 13577429, ordered and received my Bosch green giants 0280155968 from BNR.



now im just waiting on sensor pigtail 13352241 and Molex MX64 pins to connect the sensor to the ECM.
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gotta get new pics up but I am now running e85, lowered the car on eibachs and have a zzp pod with aem boost and wideband gauges. Got my rear whiteline swaybar and front moog links
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txcruze26 said:
I know it's a tough question but how much would you say you spent on your whole reverse camera installation? I really want to add the exact setup to my 14'.
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I think I paid like $100 and it came with everything needed. My car came with Mylink already, so it was pretty easy to do. I got real lucky as the seller was closing his shop and I got a killer deal, similar kits sell for $500+
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