View Full Version : anybody molded a screen into their dash?
CougarGuy1802
04-18-2008, 06:37 PM
if so i want pics, and any other info you have on this. my goal is a 7" lilliput or xanarc for my car-pc project. im sure this is possible but im curious as to the approach im gonna take with this.
i might take the front cover off of a screen and spray foam insulation it into my dash then carve and fiberglass as needed but im curious if anyone has done this yet. thank you folks!
ScubaSteve!
alanlsmith
04-19-2008, 09:59 AM
This is my first post here, so Hi! to everyone, I've been keeping my head down in the UK.
Yes, I fitted a screen for a VDO sat nav into the upper dash, the computer is where the CD changer was in the trunk, remote controls on the steering wheel with an ambient light sensor for the screen on the steering column & the radio is behind the dummy ashtray/lighter.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x99/alanlsmith/NewDash2.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x99/alanlsmith/NewDash1.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x99/alanlsmith/NewDash3.jpg
CougarGuy1802
04-19-2008, 10:44 AM
very nice.
anybody else interested in a in carpc i highly recommend checking this site out
MP3Car.com - Your source for mobile computing solutions! - Home (http://www.mp3car.com)
kustomcougar
04-19-2008, 03:29 PM
damn you with your right hand drive cougar:disgust:
madcustomz
04-19-2008, 03:37 PM
hey will you ship that here for me. pleeeease
blustreak
04-19-2008, 09:50 PM
very nice.
anybody else interested in a in carpc i highly recommend checking this site out
MP3Car.com - Your source for mobile computing solutions! - Home (http://www.mp3car.com)
A few of us have been on Mp3car for quite some time.
KUGAKRAZY
04-19-2008, 10:57 PM
My bezel is still in the works but I've got some pics of my xenarc touchscreen molded...
waiting for the pics...
Edit: Pictures attached
CodersCougar
07-02-2008, 11:43 PM
This is what my dad and i did last summer. He is the fiberglass guy and i do all the electrical. This is an ok picture. We cut out the vents taped them off underneath. Added a side mirror pivot for the LCD, and Presto. Its not finished we need to find piece of felt or rubber to hide the gaps so it looks nice while it pivits and a few touch ups and sick.
Naturaltal3nt
07-03-2008, 01:34 AM
1999mtx has a tv molded in his dash looks pretty good as well..
Naturaltal3nt
07-03-2008, 01:37 AM
alanlsmith dude there is something really wrong with your car....your steering wheel is on the wrong side...:rofl:
KUGAKRAZY
07-03-2008, 01:42 AM
alanlsmith dude there is something really wrong with your car....your steering wheel is on the wrong side...:rofl:
I assume when he took the pictures it mirrored them:facepalm:
Naturaltal3nt
07-03-2008, 02:28 AM
trickey trickey you son a bit*h :rofl:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj217/cougarpictures/P1010029_3.jpg
ND4SPD
07-03-2008, 12:28 PM
Yeah, I did... ONCE.
Never again though, because a month after being in and working great, the screen started giving horizontal scan lines. It was replaced under warranty, but we had to cut it out with a hot knife. bleh. I never trusted electronics before, and even less so now.
My current headunit has a nice trim plate, and thats just fine by me. I can take it out if i need, and if anything goes wrong, I don't have to hack apart my dash.
1999mtx
07-03-2008, 02:37 PM
This is what my dad and i did last summer. He is the fiberglass guy and i do all the electrical. This is an ok picture. We cut out the fents taped them off underneath. Added a side mirror pivot for the LCD, and Presto. Its not finishsed we need to find a felt or ruber to hide the gaps so it looks nice while it pivits and a few touch ups and sick.
Dude...was this in the car when we met?? I sure didnt see it.
Teebs
07-03-2008, 10:41 PM
alanlsmith dude there is something really wrong with your car....your steering wheel is on the wrong side...:rofl:
I assume when he took the pictures it mirrored them:facepalm:
trickey trickey you son a bit*h :rofl:
Wow.... Just..... Wow...... Look where he's from.... :facepalm: At first I thought it was sarcasm, now i'm not sure. lol
KUGAKRAZY
07-03-2008, 11:27 PM
Wow.... Just..... Wow...... Look where he's from.... :facepalm: At first I thought it was sarcasm, now i'm not sure. lol
100% sarcasm. Theres too much going on in that car for it being a mirrored shot lol. Like that radio stick coming out of hid steering column!? I want one.
CodersCougar
07-04-2008, 12:37 AM
Dude...was this in the car when we met?? I sure didnt see it.
Sorry drawing a blank. If it was at cougarfest 07 then no i added this between Cougarfest 07 and Hamilfest 07.
1999mtx
07-04-2008, 02:30 AM
Sorry drawing a blank. If it was at cougarfest 07 then no i added this between Cougarfest 07 and Hamilfest 07.
Ooops...my bad, i got you confused with someone else...honest mistake. Looks good tho.