speedr73

Finally finished...this was my first attemp at a fiberglass dash...not perfect but I'm still learning.

Comment away!!



I will post progress pics later...don't feel like it right now, but I have them.

Carputer:
512 memory
120gig HD
M2-ATX Power Supply
Panasonic DVD/CD-RW Drive
Lilliput 7" TS
Centrafuse FrontLoad
GPS
WiFi
Bluetooth
Innovate Wideband w/auxbox
Emanage
OBDII Reader
D-Link FM radio

Jonesi

Any better or closer pics? It looks ahhh little weird from that picture..

big mike 13

was it your intent to make it all "wavy"?

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

looks like it needs some rendering along all the edges and to be sanded and smoothed out.

speedr73

Pictures are difficult with this stuff...its all in the camera and flash...it is a little wavy, but you only notice it because of the flash.

Jonesi

Yea, Second picture looks awesome for a first attempt..!!

Now where's pics of the carputer setup and everything working damn it..!!

AsianRage

Good first attempt, I guess. Shows that you need to try again

speedr73

Computer you say? Haha...here you go...still installing the software and buckling everything down...what a mess!

And the case is a Motorola cable box. Skinny enough to fit under the seat and was in my closet so I figured free and usable.



I will post some pics of the Innovate and emanage and all other software as it gets installed...but that will be as I'm installing the turbo which isn't in yet.

Here is the Innovate and Emanage in the glovebox.

speedr73

Here are the progress pics:

speedr73

Hopefully I will have many chances to do this again...It was a great experience, and something that I would love to learn how to perfect.

Bondo definitely take a lot of patience which I don't really have. To perfect it really does take some experience.

blk2001tlon19s

Nice ryan!

NYZGREATST

pictures are dead, i wanna see!

Reach

Pics work here... awesome stuff man.

NYZGREATST

ahhh there they are. real tyte for the first attempt! i wish i had the balls for that!!

Marc S

id like to check it out... pics are dead though

edit: pics showed up after i posted.... nice work

speedr73

Yeah once I get the car exactly where I want it parts wise, I will go back and TRY to perfect everything...make it look professional and not like a just threw it together half ass...right now I'm just trying to work out all the kinks.

Thanks for all the comments though guys!

t0ast

Looks good, can't wait to see it up and running... do you have some websites that you're using as guides?

umcp

looks good for a first try.

i'm on my second custom dash trying to perfect it.

i didn't use fiberglass though, good luck with the rest of your install.

savage

pics???

umcp

i think i have some pics of my first attempt.

i'll email them to you if you'd like.

too lazy to upload.

Titand19

upload dammit

speedr73

or just send them to me and i will upload them to this thread... speedr73@gmail.com

umcp

Pics sent, thanks man.

i'll take more later.

umcp

hey speedr were you able to upload those pics?

thanks.

speedr73

Oh yeah...forgot to upload them...I just looked at them...here they are:

umcp

thanks bro.

dondon

it's really nice

can any of u guys post the steps for creating custom dash? i wanna learn and try. thx

speedr73

You might wanna try www.mp3car.com

They have a fabrication section under community forums that will show you how everyone does theirs...there are different ways to do it for each car, and every car is different as you can see.

UnsanePyro

Yeah, it really depends on what you have to work with and what you need to do.

I did a carputer in my 1G TL and used some pieces of wood to fill the biggest parts, and then used bondo for the rest.



Toughest part is finding a good paint to use that matches the stock black of the other stuff.

AccTL1999

Hello i like hwo ur fibergalss came out, how did u learn to do it.
Id there a book that can help?
i woudl like to know what did you have to change , seeing that you took out your factory sterio.
What are the dissadvantages of removing your Sterio ???

Jonesi

Can anyone translate this?

AccTL1999

Hello i like hwo ur fibergalss came out, how did u learn to do it.
Id there a book that can help?
i woudl like to know what did you have to change , seeing that you took out your factory sterio.
What are the dissadvantages of removing your Sterio ???

AccTL1999

(Sorry for all the errors)

Hello I like how your fiberglass came out, how did u learn to do it.
Is there a book that can help?
I would like to know what you had to change, seeing that you took out your factory stereo.
What are the disadvantages of removing your Stereo???

ninjaturtle420

seexy

AccTL1999

Hello I like what you did, but tell me was there enough space for the 7' screen, I plan on doing the same thing to my TL...is 7’ on all side or just the length of the screen??