Sorry, I've been consumed by grad school and haven't checked back here or done too much more with the install. The fascia was actually the most time consuming part. I built it while I was away on a travel assignment last summer and had lots of free time, but unfortunately didn't take too many pictures of creating it.
By purchasing a fascia kit made for a double din
head unit, then using epoxy to glue parts that would normally screw or "click" together, I had the initial mold. After this, it was simply a matter of using my dremel to cut down what wasn't needed. As you can see from the pictures, my method of holding it all together is rather rubbish - a bunch of zip ties, though they do work.
After August 17th I'll have a bit more time as I enter my final semester. Plan is to buy another fascia and use the original one as a mockup. This will allow me to cut much more precisely. I'll then spend some time in the
hardware store and build slide rails into the top and bottom, as the charger is on the right. Finally, I'll devise some way to make the tablet fold out of the dash from the left, with hinges on the right. This is essential with the charger being on the right side. Furthermore, I've had to dismantle the dash about four times over the summer due to the tablet overheating while the car has been parked in the sun (I do ten hour clinical days and our parking lot has no cover).
Hopefully I can make this happen by the end of September and I can post pics. All in all I still love the system - the
sound is good, it performs quite well, and the
navigation beats the crap outta the stock head unit.
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