Stereo bezel rework - need some suggestions

[Aleromaster]

OK I will take a picture of it when I pull the bezel off which will be in the next couple days (as soon as I can find my LED's). Be warned though it is very crude. It is just basicly a 1/4" thick piece of plywood painted black with an opening cut to the size of the actualy display area. the wood fits in snug between the 4 snaps that hold the bezel to the dash. I then drilled a small hole in each of the snaps and the lcd and wood are held in by twist ties ( the kind that come with garbage bags) criss crossing each other. I then used more twist ties to hold the rear part of the monitor, case and all, to the bezel by attaching it to the twist ties holding the lcd. Like I said it is very crude but it looks decent for now. I have software on my computer, I beleive its E Machines Shop, that alows you to design parts in a cadd type enviroment then you email the file to a company and they can mill the part out of almost any type of material. Im in the proses of designing a new mount. I'm either going to have it made out of abs or alluminum, haven't decided yet.

did you have to hack the interior plastic (that the HU screws into) in order for the case to clear it?

did you have to move your HVAC at all? what happened to wanting to retain the buttons?

[Aleromaster]

I did have to hack some of the plastic to get the screen in there originally. It was to alow the hvac controls to move down. I had to remove the top 2 screw tabs from the contol unit its self and remove the lower clip sockets for the bezel in the dash it self. In order to keep the buttons on the lilliput you have no choice but to move the hvac controls if your fiberglassing. I mesed up horibly by sanding to much and ended up sanding off the icons for the selector switch. I really would like to retain the buttons. I keep the important ones I needed by rewireing then to the switch panel that I made in the cup holder plus I also relocated the IR sensor so I could use the remote if I needed the other buttons at all. If I can get the front bezel for thelilliput out of the ruined stereo bezel and find an other radio bezel than i'm just going to send it to a guy I know who is a pro just to make sure this one doesn't get messed up.

[Aleromaster]

Man I talk to much

[King Asoka]

looks great guys!!!

soemtimes i just wish we had double DINs. lol.

just waiting for my screen! (and some drive adapters)

Very nice install in the glovebox. That looks sweet!

Yeah that will hide away nicely. Will look good when you get it all done.

[Aleromaster]

you did yours exactly how I had originally done mine. Heres an Idea, since your case is plexi, put some leds bleow the little window you have showing in the front and wire them in to the glove box light switch so when the glove box is open it glows

[sound_xtreme]

for the bezel, i molded it all in one peice, then i cut it where the bottom of the cd player would sit so it was 2 pieces. kinda hard to explain, ill try to get some pics sometime. i did most of mine with plastic welding. my bracket for the tv was plastic welded out of plexiglass, did not have to cut or change any of the dash to fit it in, i actually used the stock holes to screw it in I just used longer screws. i'd take pics of it, but when the poop got stolen they just yanked that out and it broke. i think when i redo it i am going to take the tv apart and mold the casing into the bezel. that way they cant steal it without bunnying it up pretty bad.

I think it's fun that you build this kind of setup.
(Just remember who had the first Aleromod.com carputer, LOL!)

Now I have my mobo mounted to the right of the glovebox. I have the HDD mounted in the glovecompartment. As mentioned before in this post I have the lilliput upsidedown in the HU-hole. Using a program called pivot pro to rotate the picture.

I had as a demand to not cut anything in the car (there are no Aleros in the junkyards in Sweden). But I have a new Idea. I saw that IKEA has a key cabinet http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...productId=11091
This would be perfect as case. I'm thinking of mounting it either under the passanger seat, in the centreconsol or in fron it the centreconsol. Or maybe I will put the case where I now have the mobo.

The reason I will get a case is that I think it will help me get rid of enoying sound during startup.
But I will let this setup get a chance first by grounding everything good.

My setup:
Epia M1000
256Mb ram
120Gb Seagate 8Mb HDD
Bu-303 GPS
DLink Usb radio
Philips Aurilium 5.1 external Usb sound
Lilliput TFT
touchscreen

software:
windows 2000lite
MediaCar (Yes I have the Olds skin)
Destinator (The only navapp I use)
Mappoint 2004
Autoroute 2004

Awesome.... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

i'm tellin you... this project is MUCH more involved than any other thing i've tried doing (that includes a 18' scale lighthouse).

i'm attacking the wiring today. i'm finally gonna get my drive adapters and some power and atx extensions today, so i'll get it all setup and ready for my monitor.

i have 2 LEDS (HDD + power) already next to the button.

and actually, the glove box light comes on and lights it up when its open! just plain yellow, but i'm surely gonna mess w/it just as soon as i get it working right.

still to get installed: GPS unit and lilliput!

[Aleromaster]

I finally got my computer today. All I have left to do is modify the case for my remote panel and to get power for my lilliput and its going in the car. The car is all wired and waiting. I also got my new alarm coming in tomarrow so that another thing I'm going to wire. I'm also going to be useing one of the 3 aux channels as a remote turn on so I can turn it on in the house to download new music or movies.

[niral622]

(Just remember who had the first Aleromod.com carputer, LOL!)

I know I will :thumbsup:

[johny_boy32]

you guys have it going on...i'm really anxious to see the final product.

STORM:

i figured out a problem. lilliput is not (from what i've read) going to turn on when i turn on the car (autostart w/power).

did you mod your lilliput or what did you do since your buttons are hidden? or does your remote still work?

and aleromaster -

where are your pics!?!?


update: computer is running on the desk!


oh, and if anyone knows how to make winamp stop skipping while i'm scrolling web pages or moving windows let me know!

Originally posted by cybermob2@Apr 13 2004, 10:39 AM
and aleromaster -

where are your pics!?!?


update: computer is running on the desk!


oh, and if anyone knows how to make winamp stop skipping while i'm scrolling web pages or moving windows let me know!

get a faster PC

or up winamp's priority so it will take priority over other taks your pc is doing.
however, doing this will cause your scrolls and window changes to slow down.

, its under settings somwhere, i dont use winamp cuz it bogs ur system down.

[Aleromaster]

Originally posted by cybermob2@Apr 13 2004, 10:39 AM
and aleromaster -

where are your pics!?!?


update: computer is running on the desk!


oh, and if anyone knows how to make winamp stop skipping while i'm scrolling web pages or moving windows let me know!

Well I have mine completely installed and running and labeled as version .8. I need to buy a few things and get something milled to replace my temp screen bezsel but i've run out of free time since I started atg teh dealership. I work 8:30a to 9p everyday since i'm new. My Camera phone will not take any good enough of a quality pic to show good detail so I have to finnish off the film in my camera. I have thursday off so I plan on detailing the car so i'll finish off the film then and post pics once developed.