Carputer Project

[Fargo]

http://www.is300.net/forums/showthread.php...7&highlight=aux

[Brettster]

looks quite interesting, is the old 99 cars wiring on the IS200 the same as the yank is 300's?

i know the plugs are different on the ends but are the colours the same?

and what are those things i drew on the pictures in red?

they look rather rude to me!!

[Fargo]

dont know is the answer brett,,

And so on too stage 2..

rubbed down with 80 grit and thought i would offer it up for a test fit..

test fit 1

test fit

then i filled in the troughs with soem more liquid plastic and smoothed it a bit more,,

stage 2

stage 2a

gota let that cure then go for a final rub before the painting process.

[Monster-Mat]

looks great Paul..........

where did you get the liquid plastic from....

[SteveAudioX]

:winky: you want a job mate....

[Fargo]

from here look at Misc Projects...

hte products he uses....products

the liquid plastic i found a distributer in the netherlands,, if you want some i'l; give you his email.. i got the Flexable, semi rigid and rigid ones for 50 euros delivered.

so easy to use that stuff. sands well,.,,

[Monster-Mat]

cheers Paul........yep, could you PM his email addy mate

[SteveAudioX]

Let me also see if our vacumm moulding specialist uses any of this stuff .... :winky: As he works with ALL types of plastics. .

[Fargo]

pm'ed ya mat.

steve this stuff is oem approved,, toyota, GM, VW..

[Fargo]

:winky: you want a job mate....

lol if it pays well

[SteveAudioX]

Perhaps you need to PM me the info too with the types of projects done at my place of work , guess you'll need some soft black paint next

[Fargo]

lol i just happen to have some SEM texure paint already..

think thats an undercoat looking at that maties other projects..so yeh lets see what your soft black paint is like mr..

you want the email of the guy in the supplier of the plastic

[Mr Singh]

I TOLD YOU it was easy.. :winky:

[Fargo]

lol yeh you did...

[Fargo]

thought i would splash some texture paint on,, to get an idea of what it would look like.. didnt have time to put the paint in a spray form so just used a paint brush and 1 layer..

here

here

i reckon that might look alright when i get the surface right..

[Mr Singh]

Little tip..

For rough texture spray it from a big distance. Don't spray across. Make sure the item is flat on the floor so the paint sits/lands on the surface. Going in closer makes the texture smoother.

Experiment till you get the texture you desire.. Oh, use primer builder spray for final prep before wet and dry!

[Fargo]

marvelous...just aswell i got me soem high build primer..

[Fargo]

ok and so on to stage 3

here

here

used high build primer.. then a quick blast with 800 grit. then some SEM textyred paint (which once dry is a damn good match for the dark grey dash surround.

then sprayed with satin black then some laquer.

i think its a tad to shiny, any suggestions as to hwo i can tone it down.

also the irregular surface aroun the DIN stereo hole will be hidden by the stereo fasica.

as a comparison look at there

http://www.lexusownersclub.com/gallery/Misc/colour_compare

close up

[necromax]

How about some Matt (or Satin) laquer? I used some when I sprayed various bits in my Impreza with gunmetal grey paint, and the desired effect of a duller finish was much better

[Fargo]

yeh someome else mentioned a satin or mat laquer,, must admit i didnt think of that,, cant say i saw any at Halfords... although i got an idea where i can get some...ta

[necromax]

I got mine from as it happens, so they do sell it. I checked last night, it was Satin I used, gives a satisfactory finish, not too dull as I suspect matt might be. Keep us posted with pics... I am looking forward to seeing the results! I finally got a satnav housing, so I can move forward with my little carpc project now too :)

[Fargo]

ahh so you got a housing now,, good one... think yours will look pretty fly..

[necromax]

Just have to see if I can fit the Lilliput in it now.. may need some modification on viewing area... won't know until I fit it.. which I will have a go at this weekend if not sooner

[Fargo]

Finally finished it today.

Stage 4 here and here

and installed it looks like this and this.

only problem is that A) the screen has gone kaput so gota get a new one, and B) you cna just see the edge of the left hand side of the screen.. but overall not bad for my forst attempt eh..

[necromax]

Are you sure the screen is kaput? If you look on www.mp3car.com a lot of the time its just the ribbon cable. Might be worth getting one of those first. I was thinking of ordering one as a spare for when try to fit my Lilli into the satnav. Fisrt issue I have is with the housing being japanese, it seems to have a smaller viewing area than the ones the guys in the US had. I will either have to do some modification of this one, or maybe try ordering using their part numbers and hope its the same as the ones they have illustrated.

Looks pretty sweet mate, well done!

PS.. Hows the blue dash saga going ? :)