I finally got around to doing my last iteration of my CarPC. This will be the 3rd go around and finally, it will be the way I want.
The last configuration can be seen
here.
I really liked the 10.4" monitor but was very unhappy with the glare from street lights plus, it simply did not look OEM and had too many "flaws" around the edges.
I decided to go with a lilliput 8" 16:9 monitor (widescreen). I chose this model for the outstanding resolution, touchscreen plus, I wanted to retain the buttons.
I bought it on
Ebay here.
Ok, on to the process. First, fabricating the monitor. I tried cutting out the radio bezel to fit around the monitor but it became too thin and flimsy so I decided to cut out the vinyl from the sides of the console and then expand the monitor bezel sides using Dynatron. I did this so I could glue the front monitor bezel to the console to hold it in place.
Cutting out the side vinyl and foam backing.
Next, after removing the monitor bezel, I trimmed it slightly and roughed up the sides so the Dynatron would adhere to it.
Prepping the sides with tin foil and applying the Dynatron mix
After it dried, popped it out, scrapped off the tin foil, rough sanded it, test fit and then put on a few layers of Automix to feather in the edges.
