I remember someone showing some pics of a lcd they fiberglassed into the radio bezel and had the cd player mounted in the forward section of an explorer console. Who was this? It may have been on GE but thought they might be on here as well.

 

tbird2340 did something like that with his carputer I believe, and gopher18 fiberglassed his LCD into his bezel very well.

 

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

pm me some pics of your stuff you've done.

 

Heck just post em!

 

yeah reallly post em cuz im wanting to do somethin in those lines...

 

ill see if my friends home, whose mercedes i did of his. I fiberglassed to 6x9 boxes flush along the back wall pretty sweet. Im sick today with strep ill swing by once i get better and postem.

 

Im pretty good at fiberglassing stuff. I am working on an explorer console right now. I need to take some picture of the console to soon. What exactly are you looking to do? If you want to mold a screen into the radio bezel just go to http://mp3car.com

advantedge do you have a cardomain site?

 

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/316101

Is my cardomain. It's pretty old I'm going to be updating it soon.

 

Not fiberglassed, but molded:







http://home.kc.rr.com/thoe/03_ranger/video.htm

 

what do you use for a radio?

 

That looks really good! Now, what ^^ he said and where are the controls for your HVAC?

 

He said that he put them in a custom made center console, but can we see the console Sean?

And how do you "mold?"

Brenton

 

I will try to get some pics up tonight of the center console. I'm hoping to post them to that same link as above.

As far as how to mold, I used abs plastic, super glue, epoxy, body filler, and kitty hair (kinda like loose fiberglass and epoxy). :D

 

did u take the platic cut it to the size..then molded it to the shape..then repainted it..dude that looks hella awsome..i might have to get a spair bezel to try it..

looks awsome..great job you did there Sean...

bd

 

dont forget about a cat, you will need one of those too

 

got one..lol..and lemme tell you somethin hes sheding


you think a normal CD player the small rectangle would fit in the A/C Controls?

cuz i could get a screen to up top then CD below, then A/C in console?

yah think that would work?

 

So are the pieces in Red the ABS plastic...

and the rest is the trim is part of the screen that you took a part

now how did yah actually mount he screen...

 

Yeh, what Evan said...

Brenton

 

1st - a regular CD player would fit exactly where I have the DVD player as its a standard DIN size. As far as moving the A/C unit down, you will need to extend the wires and the vacumm tubes. R/C fuel lines work well for this. Also, you will need to trim the corners of the bezel to square them out to get the brace to fit. I used epoxy to keep the brace in place as well.

2nd - Yes, the red area is the extra plastic. These were superglued and then epoxied in place.

3rd - The monitor is actually held in place the same way it was held in originally manufactured. Image the original monitor just without the back. Here is a pic:

 

So the screen basically snapped in from the rear and you used bondo on the front to smooth it out? Think molding in a head unit to the foward portion of an explorer console Would work? I'm going to try to keep the ac controls where they are. Sean, I may have to recruit you to do this since I don't know sh*t!

 

yeah man i think i understand it...im gunna try some junk...sounds like i think i can do it..

awsome Sean looks great..you da man..

 

how big of a screen do you think would fit in that area?

 

i wanna car-puter

 

well he got a 6.5" so maybe a 7" or 7.5" but dunno if they make them sizes i dont know crap bout screens