I have a 07 TL type S with nav, I did some quick searching around and couldn't find anyone attempting this yet, has anyone tried installing a large like 9" or 10" screen tablet vertically in the center console? With a similar concept to the Tesla Model 3 but flush? Are there any issues caused by removing the lower buttons?

 

like.. get rid of the radio completely? Do you not plan on using radio at all? How about climate control?

 

I'm hoping to leave the side buttons intact for a/c, then doing what ever the other tablet installs did to keep functionality and install a 1 din radio below the tablet.

 

That sounds like a TON of fabricating in my opinion, but feel free to be a pioneer. You would have to drop the radio significantly to make room for a tablet to rest in a vertical position. If you have a Navi, you would also need to relocate the Navi controls that normally rest at the bottom of the screen. Then you would need a new radio (or relocate OEM radio) to where the compartments are located...unless you don't plan to have a radio at all.

Is there any reason that you against installing a Nexus tablet instead? There are a lot of DIYs on this for 3gs. It's still not an easy task, but would probably be more feasible.

Here is a link to a vertical tablet on the 4g TL
https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-p.../#post16221386

 

I would even give up on the tablet idea, and instead use a rasberry pi and a 7" screen. then use OpenAuto as a form of AndroidAuto.

this would be even EASIER to install than a nexus 7 tablet because of space and clearance issues...and will give you the top of the line hardware...instead of a six year old tablet.

 

I just created some rough cut outs of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and S4, and I see what you mean by having to drop the radio. Im against a nexus tablet as its extremely out dated, I would prefer a larger screen and was hoping to make the tablet sort of removable (but with a semi permanent mount and some sort of lock for the tablet). My plan I was hoping would work was that I could install a 2 din aftermarket radio kit, a 1 din pioneer radio, a base model A/C head and cut the bottom off the A/C head and the top off the aftermarket mounting bracket and squeeze a tablet in vertically.

After looking at the cut outs, I either need to find a slightly shorter tablet or mount the tablet on some sort of gimbal mount above the plane of the head unit and partially obscure the vents.

 

So what I have been thinking of doing in my 3G/Nav is this. I plan on ordering a Xtrons TE706PL Android Double Din Head unit where the stock stereo goes. I was then going to install a newer tablet to replace the Nav Screen and then using an app or figure out how to link the 2 screens together. This would give me the 2 screen functionality that I want in my system. With the Xtrons head unit i could add a Sim card to it and it would have its own dedicated Network access, so no need to tether my phone to it. This is just something that I have been thinking about doing. It might be something to consider. But i do like your idea of doing one big screen like in the Tesla's.