flip down monitor, 2001 honda civic
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Topic: flip down monitor, 2001 honda civic
Posted By: adix5689
Subject: flip down monitor, 2001 honda civic
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 4:58 PM
This weekend I am going to install a 7inch alpine tmx-r700 monitor in my 2001 honda civic . My question is where do I put the mouniting plate. The monitor does not come with one first of all. I did some research online and found two different ways of doing it. One way was to glue a piece of 3/4 inch plywood to the cars roof and screw the monitor to the plywood. The other way was to sandwhich a piece of plywood between the headliner and the monitor. I want to do it the right way with out putting holes in the cars roof.
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Posted By: blufab
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 6:10 PM
Mount it to the headliner. If you want it to be secure you are probaly gonna have to use screws, just like if you wanted to mount a ceiling console.
Posted By: adix5689
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 7:20 PM
I can't screw it directly to the headliner since the alpine monitor will have a gap betwwenn the monitor and the headliner.
Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 8:33 PM
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 8:57 PM
Do you have a sun/moon roof?
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Posted By: adix5689
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 9:34 PM
I do not have a sunroof. There is a universal trim ring for it. The only one I can find is on ebay and is tan.
Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 10:07 PM
It may be tan, but you can modify it, paint it, use your imagination. If you scratch one up you can create some good stuff, but just don't do what my uncle does a lot and mickey mouse stuff. Make it look nice.
Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: February 01, 2006 at 10:08 PM
o0o one more thing I know a place near me that they sell wholesale and used mobile electronic stuff and might go down there this weekend, I could take a look and see if they have one cheap if you want, let me know before Friday.
Posted By: thugpac445
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 5:22 PM
i have the same problem but my problem is installing the tmx-r680a to cadillac deville 96 please tellme how you fix the problem thank you i thin to cut and then put it in whit no base
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Posted By: adix5689
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 7:47 PM
You could put it in with no base. The headliner area that you mount the monitor to would have to be perfectly flat. In my car the headliner is not perfectly flat.
Posted By: psychographic
Date Posted: February 09, 2006 at 9:09 PM
If you don't want to put plywood in your headliner I would suggest you bend a peice of steel sheet metal in the shape you need to hold what you want. make sure you have at least a stip 1/2" on each end that will lay flat against the roof. Go to an Auto Body Supply House and get some "Panel Adhesive" and use that to glue the panel to your roof. These adhesives are replacing welding for body panels, so it extremely strong. Panels bonded properly with this stuff will tear before the glue joint fails. They are designed to be used with a special cartridge gun to dispense them, but you can get away with using a socket and extinsionsion to pushhh out onto a mixing board, use equal amounts and mix thoroughly lika a 2 part epoxy. you can buy this adhesive in anywhere from 1 minute to 2 hour working times. I hope this helps you out.
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