The age and color. I routinely work in old buildings in my area that potentially have asbestos, and so I've tried to learn what types of materials may have it. I ran across something similar to this before in my area that was tested and positive, but it wasn't my problem to deal with then.

Must own a Toyota. The connection for the camera to be powered on already exists on the models listed. It can come pre-installed from the factory or can be added after purchase through the service department. It's not a standard connector (like USB). Every automaker uses their own types of connectors for various components.

Will do once I get the glue up! Not going to risk it with the mastic on there though :/

I can sympathize with that lol, grew up in a very DIY family and that's just how I was raised. Plus we live in a rural area so contractors are expensive and have very little competition.

I've rented a floor sander from Home Depot before, but I'm not sure if it was a true orbital sander or not - wasn't a belt sander though - and it worked very well. I have a few connections, plumbing and electrical. And now that you mention it, maybe even a floor sander. I had forgotten I have a coworker who I think has one he might lend. Thanks!

That’s fair. I remember when I swapped out steering wheels; I was so paranoid I waited like 6 hours after disconnecting the battery.

I recently took a job that has be traveling a good bit, and have been interested in a 'dash cam'. What brand are you referencing?

Drill a hole through the axle at the appropriate place and use cotter pins to hold the wheels on. Much easier than trying to thread the axle.

I’m only saying to stay off of the airbag circuit in general, especially for a DIYer. I’m honestly not sure how the indicator circuit would be tied into the rest of the airbag circuit without seeing a schematic of the specific car, but I wouldn’t risk it. It’s like the number one rule in install bay.

It wasn’t the airbag circuit though. It was just the light that tells you whether the airbag is enabled or not. Or are you saying that’s all part of the same circuit?

Chiming in for anyone who might see this. Please don’t tap power from the airbag circuit. Sending power or ground, even using a test light, on the wrong wire could cause your airbags to go off. Wires in yellow/orange plugs and loom are a no no.

Source: professional installer for 20+ years.

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Dongar is awesome. Great product, easy to use, and awesome customer service.

I got one of his adapters this year, but it didn't fit, even though I bought the "right" one for my car. Turns out that I had a new mirror that hadn't been specced yet. The owner custom made an adapter for me to try, and I got it installed and working perfectly less than a week after my initial order.

You sir are doing God's work.

I’ve looked up the possibility, but I’ve been told that mold or decomposition can happen. I don’t think this happens all the time, I would just rather not take the risk

I installed the same camera on my Jeep. My Jeep has auxiliary buttons so it was a really easy install for me....

The camera on the other hand is pure junk. The app sucks, the picture quality is garbage, ugh. I hope it works better for you

I have a 2020 Legacy GT Limited. Been thinking about a dash cam but was worried about mounting anything in the middle area of the windshield due to the eyesight). Have you noticed any issues with the eyesight since installing the camera? It looks really clean. Would love to do the as well

It's just participating in no nut november

I pulled the headliner out for my install and sent the wiring for the rear hatch through the factory grommet tube.

It's surprising they're not integrated already. I think the problem isn't just providing a cleanly integrated camera, it's the user interface and access to the camera's storage/video footage that's also an engineering headache.

This seems like an obvious feature add for the infotainment system -- a screen that provides a camera UI. The head unit has access to the USB ports (Carplay and USB media playback), so writing to a USB stick for exporting footage shouldn't be a problem.

But I have little faith we'd ever see this on a Subaru unless Harmon decided that dashcam management was something they wanted to get into. Subaru seems to tolerate garbage from Harmon, so asking for more features seems unlikely.

Cameras with their own wifi or bluetooth access probably could bypass this, but there's still issues with getting a mobile device connected that would ultimately require some kind of UI functionality.

Thank you for this info. In the new photo I added, Photo 5, it appears that the rot is on the trim boards where they touch the soil. The risers behind the trim boards appear good.

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Basic question: I was looking on HD for boards to replace the trim board with. The only pretreated option I am getting is pine. Am I looking for pretreated Cedar or Accoya?

This was assuming it gets tested and isn't asbestos.

Haha yeah another good reason to go along the floor. All I had to do by the b pillar was tuck it in at the bottom.

They've worked well for me. Had a 900s for over 2 years before I decided to upgrade.

As someone who has refurbished old hardwood floor (that were hidden under carpet), I can tell you that getting that gunk off the floor will probably be one of the lesser time-intensive parts of the project. Refinishing floors is a huge project. I am a DIY-er to a fault, but we were quoted ~3k for someone to do it for us; that is, sanding and finishing. I would totally do it over though — the hardwood was totally worth it! It may be worth it for you to buy, rent, or borrow a floor orbital buffer. Luckily I had a friend who had an Oreck orbital buffer that he uses to clean the tile in his restaurant. He let me borrow it and after a trip to the Oreck store, I was able to find everything I needed for the entire job. Maybe you have a connection like that?

Best of luck!

Use a fish tape.