Pics: Scion TC computer/touchscreen
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Printed Date: April 29, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Topic: Pics: Scion TC computer/touchscreen
Posted By: modena0
Subject: Pics: Scion TC computer/touchscreen
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 5:27 PM
well a friend of mine wanted his touchscreen to be put in the place of his double DIN HU, so i told him i would o it. instead of mounting it behind the dash bezel, i decided to mold the screen's plastic bezel into the dash bezel. after removing the stock unit, i dremeled the top of the empty space to make it slightly bigger, fit the screen bezel to the space, epoxied around it, and ground down the epoxy. after that i put some bondo body filler down to manufacture some curves, wet sanded, added spot filler, wet sanded, primed, wet sanded, primed again, wet sanded, then finally shot matte black to match the dash. after running all the wiring back to the trunk, the mini-itx computer was installed, powered, and connected, and the V12 amp was used to get the audio signal to the speakers.
Here is a link to the pictures:
https://community.webshots.com/album/337811190UueuYK
Replies:
Posted By: modena0
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 5:29 PM
Posted By: dxav
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 6:32 PM
Great job. What filler did you use? Looks kinda brown. I used something similar once, but it never really dried right.
DXAV
Posted By: Rick_h
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 6:42 PM
Looks like glazing putty. Ready to use no mixing very smooth but you can not put is on very thick.
Rick H...
Posted By: bikeboard15
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 8:29 PM
Looks great. I'd love to put together a system like your buddy's and use PyCar. Great job with the molding!
Posted By: rhdAndy
Date Posted: May 03, 2005 at 10:18 PM
looks, good but why didnt he keep the hide away cover, it would have helped with te glare, and to keep thiefs away aswell
Posted By: modena0
Date Posted: May 04, 2005 at 6:44 AM
it was a Xenarc monitor, and it wasnt quite short enough to keep the cover. i had to dremel the top edge of the area to make the screen fit. and also, the screen is tilted out a little bit to cut glare.and yes, it is glazing, or spot putty, i put it over the wetsanded bondo. thanks for the feedback.
Posted By: profuse007
Date Posted: May 04, 2005 at 1:58 PM
nice carputer setup. where did you purchase the carputer?
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Posted By: modena0
Date Posted: May 04, 2005 at 5:22 PM
not sure where the components came from, i just installed it for a friend of mine and did the custom work.
Posted By: Carfreaknyc
Date Posted: July 15, 2005 at 3:44 PM
Nice work!
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Posted By: _Keith_
Date Posted: July 17, 2005 at 9:58 PM
Can you find out where he got the parts from so no radio just carputer only
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