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Thread: 97 Honda Accord, lots of pix

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    I was considering moving my hazards up to the right of the steering wheel. In the black bezel there, that would leave me room to add the lcd's buttons back into the system above my cdrom. But then I figured I can shorten the button board and put it above the cdrom and leave the hazard switch in place. Still haven't decided to go this route yet. If I do, it will be a later on addition. Fog Lights, so that is what the other button location was for, I was thinking about that the other day, but didn't realize they were even an option on that car.

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    This system parallels my system in many ways. But it looks so much more neater than mine because you made the case entirely yourself, whereas I'm using two single-DIN headunit cases. Now I kinda wish I bought my case from blk02si ... oh well.

    The console's looking great Can't wait to see it when it's done. I also like the location of the CD drive. I'm still deciding where to put mine :S

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    Here are the dimensions of the PC frame I built:

    The bottom piece is 7 3/8 inches wide, 9 inches long, this allows it to go back far enough to hit to bolts that stick out in the back, and use them for support. I left the bottom and inch wider and folded a half of an inch down on each side to add strength.

    The risers come up 2 3/4 inches, could have shortened them but I had the room so left it for air flow.

    The top plate is 7 1/4 inches square.

    Corrected the bottom sheet's width.

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    I think I might go with the hub in the ashtray idea, but I was wondering where you got that specific hub from because it seems to be a pretty good fit?

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    I picked it up at Microcenter, it's a mid-western computer store. It is an Inland 7 port usb hub.

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    Damn, was hoping it would be on ebay since I'm from Australia. Thanks anyway

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    Inland is a known brand. You should be able to get that on newegg.com or any other online dealer.

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    Ok, I have spent the last two days working on doing my actual install in my car. The job is about 80% complete, it is in my car and running, but at the moment, it isn't sitting in place properly. The cables are taking more room than I counted on. I will get pictures of how it sits and all when I do the rest of the work and post it.

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    Hey, just wondering with the ash tray USB install, is there much room for coins underneath the hub if the back is closed back up again?

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    Well, I had one overall goal when I started, and that was too make everything look as "factory" as possible. I don't smoke, and I don't allow smoking in my car, so the ashtray which is useless to me was a good hiding spot. I left cut open the back of the console cover where the ashtray slides in to be able to connect to the three ports on the back for internal stuff, BT, WiFi. The space in the tray there is the same after as it was before. Tomorrow, I should finish the install, and I'll post pics of the rest.

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