how to: make a factory bezel

**justintime** · 09-12-2006, 10:00 PM

Turbo, you sonofagun, that looks fantastic. Do my bezel, will ya?

**turbocad6** · 09-12-2006, 10:29 PM

hey jit, if your seriously need help, email me pictures & stuff, I'll see what I can do

**turbocad6** · 09-17-2006, 10:26 PM

final pictures are up.... looks really good I think, & the owner is very pleased

check the last shot to get an idea of the viewing angles of this screen...

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**Siezmik** · 09-17-2006, 11:20 PM

Absolutely gorgeous work and an excellent write-up!

**Yevmeister** · 09-17-2006, 11:59 PM

put of curiouity, is ths just a monitor, or tablet pc as a whole with nothing else

i am pretty interested in such desigh, in my car it means a surgery though.

what brand tablet it that if aaplicable

Yev

**turbocad6** · 09-18-2006, 12:03 AM

that's not a tablet... it's just a screen... more info on this screen for anyone interested, can be found here

these screens are totally insane & blow away most everything else you'll find... I am btw sold out on these screens at the moment, but am working on sourcing them elseware...

**turbocad6** · 09-18-2006, 12:05 AM

this same screen is used in motion tablets with outdoor viewable screens, as well as some fujitsu's with the outdoor sunlight viewable screens as well...

**jrn6264** · 09-18-2006, 09:10 PM

Lot of time in that one...looks real good.

**Playerbeat** · 09-28-2006, 10:42 AM

Very nice work! I have the same car with the same color interior. I'm thinking a doing an install with a 7 or 8" screen in the bottom part of the dash leaving the top compartment. Do you think this method would work well for me?

**turbocad6** · 10-02-2006, 08:46 PM

I think so, I really showed 2 main things here, 1 is the method & technique of making this as an insert, & the other is the use of materials that are compatable with most modern dashboards.. bondo & fiberglass are not the right materials for this type of work, bondo is great for ridgid work & is designed for use on metal.... some guys use it with sucess on wood too, but it's not good for a plastic dash bezel... fiberglass is equaly incompatable really..

even if my insert method doesn't suit your aplication well, the materials & finishing techniques still apply really.....