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you know I'll be all over this thread lol

 

Push Start, 7" Audio Display and maybe Power Tailgate

 

You can get the push start now aftermarket in your matching color. I think someone here installed it.

For example:

http://www.amazon.com/EasyGO-AM-CRV-NH737M-Polished-Metallic-Drivers/dp/B00BYV4H12

 

Hi Wolf or anyone

Any word or ideas on installing this kit? Complexity, time required or cost estimate?

I am not really a DIY'er, but am planning on a 14 EX L purchase as soon as we can get our personal finances straight and would like to add this capability.

Just had a thought--Would installing this feature have any impact on the new car warranty?

Dave O

 

luan has push to start

 

Added:
-2015 third stop light (red instead of clear) conversion.

 

Usually people look to change the colored lenses for clear.

Myself, I prefere colored lenses.

 

Looking forward to this! Exciting!

 

This is for the US CR-V - No access to any other versions.

Bad news for the mods - I got to touch a 2015 EX-L Navi while it was undergoing the PDI at the dealer. It had Bridgestone Dueller tires with the new wheel design.

The front grill H is not enclosed as some have suggested - it is just like the 2013 H just higher up - it might be on the Touring as I have not see a Touring yet

Headlight is different shape than my 2013 - you would have to put the new front grille on with new headlights

The mounting for the new front end grille is different from the 2013 - the grille mounts behind the bumper extends about 2.5 inches farther out each side from the center of the vehicle and the front brace extend out to allow a 5 star front offset crash.

The tail light is not interchangeable as the 2013 have a sharp V pattern and the 2015 is a curved pattern - the rear glass is different too - the rear chrome for a 2015 cannot be used on the 2013 - the 3rd brake light in red form the 2015 can be used on the 2013.

The plastic over the spark plugs is larger on the Earth Dreams engine and says Earth Dreams - other than that the EX-L looks the same under the hood.

You lose a lot of space in the console to the rear A/C vent - but there is room for a square tissue box in the console armrest - It is deep but not as useful - there is an HDMI port in the EX-L console armrest.

The cheapest way to make your 2013 / 2014 look like a 2015 is to trade it in for a 2015.

 

^ the easiest thing to do is to swap the front fascia, the electronic stuff is really not worth doing, but I am not trading my 2014 for a 2015 no way, that would raise up my payments I am content with my basemodel, especially after getting an iphone 6 which puts pandora in accessory mode, I get album art in the mid... NOT to mention while it is docked I can have my phone in the cupholder and say "hey siri, do this do that etc..."

 

Thanks Larry, very good insight into what is possible and what is not. I had intentionally paired some of the mods together figuring out that some of these things had to be done in tandem. The grill mounting points is a definite let down.

 

I believe Pandora has shown album art over USB soon as the very start with my iPhone five. Over Bluetooth however, no album art is shown for regular music or Pandora.

 

Separate issue and I digress if i am docked, why the hell does bluetooth bypass usb? sorry I am coming over from android since gingerbread, lol

 

Because bluetooth is the primary service for the hands free link and has priority over the radio. you have to tell the phone not to start playing music when connected or the phone will start the music program. Your phone is just a dumb computer doing what it was programmed to do - just like the car is a computer doing what it was programmed to do. USB is just another radio function.

All other functions are afterthoughts and were not well though out.

 

How about the outside LED mirrors? Will it fit?

 

they are not on the EX-L - the passenger mirror has a camera under it - Since there is no door differences other than the Touring power seat memory buttons, I don't see why not - but the wiring needed for the led is not on the older CR-V's and probably not on any model except the Touring.

 

I think we will be able to just buy the mirror housings and replace. Probably $120 total.

 

Thanks Larry. I hope it becomes standard a year later.

 

Honda parts catalog has still not been updated for 2015 CRV models. Keeping a close eye on this.

 

Member here by the name of Luan had it installed at a shop I believe. Don't recall labor costs. Warranty is a good question which I don't know the answer to. I wouldn't think so but I could also see a dealer using that as their "out" for not doing warranty work and charging you for something.

 

CollegeHillsHonda is already showing the Projector Headlight assemblies for sale. Not too bad at $485 for the pair!

http://www.collegehillshonda.com/product/33T1W.html

EDIT: Installation instructions here: http://www.collegehillshonda.com/instructions/crv/2015/projector_upgrade.pdf

 

If it really is for the pair an no other mods needed that would be a steal. If no mods are needed it would be one hell of a deal. Better lighting from a projector and LED DRL. I might take the chance on this really really interested.

 

2015 touring model 18" rims now available: $244 each.
Interestingly, they list the 17" alloy wheels for the 2015 at $300! So, 18" is cheaper.

http://www.collegehillshonda.com/product/42700-T1W-KIT.html

 

I'm thinking we can use our current TPMS sensors in those touring wheels?

 

2014 and newer wheels do not contain TPMS sending units and have no room for other than regular valve stems - TPMS on newer CR-V is done by difference in time detected by the anti-lock brake sensors - the same crappy way that Toyota does it. Advantage - no need to learn TPMS id's any more - disadvantage - very sensitive to dirt on the anti-lock sensors - to see the problems just follow the TPMS thread for 2014. All the software fix does is allow for up to 3 bad spots on the Anti-lock brake sensors to be mapped out of the timing loops.

 

I realized the 2014's don't have a physical sensor but there's no room for a sensor at all on 2014+ wheels? That's a bummer.

 

I would not be surprised if Discount Tire ( or the like ) would not have stems that could be fitted into the valve stem hole to mate to the earlier TPMS sensors. It is sort of like the steel wheels vs the alloy wheels - they have different stems for the same TPMS sensor. I know the Honda ones do not thread in correctly.

 

]2014 and newer wheels do not contain TPMS sending units and have no room for other than regular valve stems [/B]- TPMS on newer CR-V is done by difference in time detected by the anti-lock brake sensors - the same crappy way that Toyota does it. Advantage - no need to learn TPMS id's any more - disadvantage - very sensitive to dirt on the anti-lock sensors - to see the problems just follow the TPMS thread for 2014. All the software fix does is allow for up to 3 bad spots on the Anti-lock brake sensors to be mapped out of the timing loops.

Have you actually tried to mount a sensor on a 2015 rim?

The only difference between a "TPMS" rim and a normal is the rim for TPMS equipped models that it is counterbalanced to offset the weight of the sensor.

You can still mount sensors on non TPMS rims.

 

Sort of correct - the Alloy have a square (ok, rectangle shaped) area behind the Valve stem hole to accommodate the TPMS device - without it the TPMS valve stem is too short, the missing metal balances the wheel. All Honda rims will still accommodate a regular valve stem insert even when designed to be used with a TPMS sending unit.

 

I have some very BAD NEWS:
I contacted College Hills Honda, and had them look into the possibility of swapping 2015 headlight assemblies with the 2012/24. Their response is definitive:

"We are well aware of the interest level on the 2015 headlamps. We’ve had people asking very similar questions to yours the past week. The best we have been able to tell thus far is the entire front end of the vehicle would need to be swapped (if that is possible). The distance between the edge of the hood to the bumper is different between both vehicles indicating that a 2015 grille will not simply drop in to a 2012-2014 model. Due to cost factors we do not have plans to test a full front end conversion. However, if we learn of any new details we will be sure to pass along that information."

 

Well will just have to upgrade to the 2015 CRV then!!!!!!

 

I was one of those people who asked CHH. How unfortunately sad!

 

^ yeah once high res pictures of the 2015 released I added those to my watch list on eBay, I know Luan has them and they look great