Final CarPC project for my 3000GT

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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.

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I decided to work on a custom cup holder to replace the ashtray. I had an old ashtray that I bought from the "piece of junk" Ebay auction. Even the damn ashtray was so brittle it broke when I removed it. Oh well, it served it's purpose to show scale in the picture.



I decided to try something new and instead of using tin foil, I wanted to see how Saran Wrap would work.



BIG mistake! LOL! Hurried and wiped off the mess and did it right. Taped off the area and used Dynatron to fill in the side hole I made and to make the "square lip" of the outside ash tray area.




Popped it out after it dried and gave it a test fit...perfect!

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Applied a couple layers of Automix to smooth things out.



Now I took the Monitor bezel and painted it with textured rust-oleum paint. I also painted the cup holder with truck bed liner and secured a couple loose spots on the console vinyl with pipe goop which held really good.



Everyone knows hot hot Liliputs can get and how it causes random shutdowns so I Dynatroned a 3.5" hard drive fans to the back.



Put everything together and viola, everything worked great...the buttons, remote, etc.



That's it for this weekend. I still need to fabricated some switches in the area where the cruise control switch was and will be fiberglassing a custom console area to my back seat replacement project that will house the amp and the computer.

Everything looks fantastic but the pictures are too bright. I'll post some better "finished" pictures next weekend.