2k4 Maxima

I've been working on this since probably January or so, and thanks to all the lurking I've done and Altimat's Mighty Fabrication Powers I'm thankful to say that I'm just about done...

But on with what matters... :)

The dash basically looks stock (wich is exactly what I wanted) with the exception of the stock (orange) info screen moved to the bottom pocket, and in its place there's a 7" lilliput.

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04770.JPG

Altimat relocated the IR eye to the casing, and the buttons are relocated to the back of the screen. Clean look but it still works 100%.

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04771.JPG

Being as anxious as I was, I put everything in and discovered the screen had that dreaded discoloration to it... Sure enough, anybody that has a lilli knows it's time to take it apart and mess with the ribbon cable... :)

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04772.JPG

I tried taking a few shots anyway, so here goes frodo and what it's supposed to look like on my laptop... notice the screen is washed with some purple hue...

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04773.JPG

Right colors:

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04774.JPG

The dash as I was working on it... yeah, scary... :)

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04775.JPG

Fixed my problems and mounted it back last night... notice how it says it's 1 AM. :)

Testing before re-assembly, just in case:

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04784.JPG

Put the dash back together:

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04785.JPG

Frodo screens:

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04787.JPG

Media:

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04788.JPG

Map Monkey. F'ers still haven't sent me the email with the download instructions, since FRIDAY, so now I'm stuck with the demo version. I shouldn't have updated... :)

http://www.viguera.net/maxima/thumbnails/DSC04789.JPG

Looks great and good to finally see it in there! We waited waaaaay too long for that part from Nissan. I see a little silver on the left edge of the screen though. There should be enough slop side-to-side that you can slide it over so that is not visible.

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Originally Posted by Altimat

Looks great and good to finally see it in there! We waited waaaaay too long for that part from Nissan. I see a little silver on the left edge of the screen though. There should be enough slop side-to-side that you can slide it over so that is not visible.

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Yeah I think I have to move it down and left a bit... there seems to be contact with the housing on the right side at times, and with it being a touchscreen, that's bad. :)

Thanks for all the help though... when I (finally) get everything finished I'll post some more pictures.

Now let's talk about that fiberglass box in the trunk though... I'm looking at what these guys are doing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW and it's EXACTLY what I want, only on the sides of the trunk around the spare. :)

looks awesome! Is the altima the 2.5 or 3.5?

Hey Viguera..... What resolution and refresh are you running....?

Wow very nice. I love it, looks like it came stock on the car too! :)

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Originally Posted by nappyjim

looks awesome! Is the altima the 2.5 or 3.5?

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Err... that's a Maxima. 3.5 SL.

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Originally Posted by thanatos106

Hey Viguera..... What resolution and refresh are you running....?

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I'm running 800x600... didn't wanna mess with custom resolutions or anything, since this is -- for now -- using the laptop as a source. I'm switching over to probably a mini-ITX setup when I have the time.