Thread: 97 Jetta LCD Fabrication?

i've seen a couple during recent searches. The MKIII cupholder/storage area just begs for a screen. I love my '96 MKIII. Unfortunately I live in philadelphia and I want my car to be as subtle as possible so i have the screen in the sunvisor.

But anyway, my suggestion is to buy a new front console and do your fabrication on that. Cut the console a little bit to have a footprint for the screen. Take the LCD out of its housing and then you can either fiberglass or use body filler to shape the console

btw, get a DE shift knob/leather boot...best mod i have done to date

I have the 97 GLS jetta, and yea, something has got to be done with the cup holder/storage thing...its practically useless, so the place for the LCD would go good there I think....

Do you know of any junk yards where I could get just the console to mess around with, cheap? I dont want to cut up the factory one, incase down the road i have to give up the car or something....I live in the near Trenton, thats not to far from Philly......

do you have any pics of the mod you did to your car?

anyone?

VW Golf Mk 3 III

btw, when i searched "MKIII jetta" this was the second thing that popped up. Its a golf, but still, same console. Its not my car but it works

Btw, search www.vwvortex.com classifieds...there are a few parts cars there

thanks for the reply Paulm287....that install looks pretty good...

so I went to the U-Pull-It place in PA today and picked up a new console for $15...and i also got some Bondo and Epoxy to mount the monitor....

I decided to get a Touch screen monitor, so I am not going to use the monitor that was pictured.......I am going with this one instead....

I know its a no name brand, but its the cheapest i could find...

I had an idea of puting the monitor pictured, spring loaded somehow in the Glove box, so when you open the glove box the monitor would spring up, for the passenger....so I would have the touch screen for me, and the regular screen for the passenger...

I am going to start a work log when i get the new monitor in the mail...

SciFi,
Keep us up dated... I would like to see how yours comes out.

yup...I will....I am still waiting on the Touch screen monitor..its on back order till the 8th.... :-(

I decided to order a computer today! I got this one off ebay the price and size are right, the only thing about the computer i dont like is, it doesnt have a DVD ROM....so I am going to have to upgrade later...
so once I get the stuff in the mail, ill start a work log......

this stuff better hurry up too! I go back to school on the 18th, and i wont have the time or resources to work on it at school...so its gotta get done before then!

where was the u pull it place???? I'm up in Bethlehem, and I'm looking for parts for my matrix, harder than hell to find anything. To bad your stuffs not comming in till close to the deadline. If I wasn't going back down to school in NC next week I'd offer to help you out with your fabrication work. I finished all my fabrication work for my matrix in 1 day and had it painted the next afternoon.

-Mike

Hey Slightly Stoopi, thanks for the offer on helpin me out! yea, I understand out the school thing too...I am heading out to Marshall University, in WV on the 18th....the carPC is going to come in handy driving back and fourth all the time....Hopefully the fabrication wont be to hard, and I can get it done in a day too...

do you have any pics of your matrix fabrication?

the U-Pull-it place is right over the "Trenton Makes" bridge is Morrisville, PA....I guess thats about an hour and a half from Bethlehem though....have you checked out Harrys U-Pull-it? its in Allentown...I dont know how far that is away from you...here is a link to there site http://www.wegotused.com/