1993 Lexus ES300 5 speed Carputer

**maniaxzero** · 05-27-2007, 09:18 PM

Car: 1993 Lexus ES300 5 speed

Carputer:

-Lilliput 7" EBY-701 LCD

-DFI G5M-100 Motherboard
-Pentium M 1.5ghz processor
-Kingston HyperX 512mb DDR Ram
-80gb Maxtor HDD 3.5" 7200rpm
-Panasonic CW-8124B external DVD/CDR combo Drive (not installed yet)
-Qstarz BT-Q818 Bluetooth GPS
-M2-ATX Power Supply
-Cyberpower 4 port battery powered USB hub
-Dreamgear PS2 Mini-keyboard
-Generic bluetooth receiver
-Engenius EUB-362 EXT Wifi USB Adapter
-7dbi magnetic wifi antenna
-Griffin Powermate

Audio:
4 channel Crunch amp with JBL speakers all around (nice setup but with the carputer it sounds like **** right now, gotta tune it)

Software:
TinyXP Rev. 06
Roadrunner
Skin: Digital FX 2.1
Iguidance 3.0

This is my setup so far. Still got lots of tuning and things to add. It took me about a month to do and cost me about $1000 so far.

I have lots of install pics if u wanna see it, LMK

Gotta thank DK888 for the case and the help.

**DK888** · 05-30-2007, 10:36 AM

Your very welcome! Let me know if you need sound tuning. I might know a thing or two.

**breaker021** · 05-30-2007, 03:32 PM

REPPIN' QUEENS TO THE FULLEST! nice setup ;]
- sh00k

**maniaxzero** · 10-28-2007, 10:26 PM

UPDATE:

I took out the CarPC when i wanted to sell the car 2 months ago. Now that i've decided to keep the car, I wanted to put the CarPC back so i just took this weekend to reinstall it. But this time I wanted to put the PC in the trunk instead of under the seat so I had the pleasure of taking out the rear seats and running the damn wires to the trunk.

Didn't take any pics during the process cuz it was raining
Well here's some of the pics i took after the install:

Mounted the USB hub on the side with velcro

Logitech V200, excellent wireless mouse, and my stylus/pen/laser pointer/LED Flashlight

Taking out the rear seat was alot easier than i thought. For the bottom cushion, there's only 3 clips holding it so you just pull straight up. For the back cushion, there's 2 12mm bolt, one on each side and the rest are clips. You just slide the seats straight up.

The 2nd GEN trunk is a nightmare to work in. I had to climb inside to do all the wiring and mounting.

The CarPC is held up by velcro

Took advantage of having the seats out, brought it inside to clean and condition with lexol.

The result....not bad eh?

It was a real pain in the a$$ doing all this on a rainy weekend but what the heck, I'm so happy to have my computer back!

**sunny420** · 02-10-2008, 04:39 PM

nice lexus
i have a 97 es and i am currently installing my carputer now
got some nice ideas from checking out your car and must say its looking pretty nice
quick question:
are you wheels from a 2001-2005 is 300??

**sunny420** · 02-10-2008, 04:41 PM

also
is your car a factory 5 speed?
pretty rare if not do you know of any company that makes a direct swap manual i can put into my car???

**maniaxzero** · 02-10-2008, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by sunny420

nice lexus
i have a 97 es and i am currently installing my carputer now
got some nice ideas from checking out your car and must say its looking pretty nice
quick question:
are you wheels from a 2001-2005 is 300??

Thanks. yes the wheels are from a 01 IS300

Originally Posted by sunny420

also
is your car a factory 5 speed?
pretty rare if not do you know of any company that makes a direct swap manual i can put into my car???

Yea, factory 5 speed. around 1% made from 92-93 i believe.

As for your 97 ES, nobody has done it before but i believe you can drop in the solara E-153 5 speed transmission. Go on clublexus.com or toyotanation.com if you need info on transmission swaps and such