Ford Focus 2000 finished at last!!!

**shuggyboy** · 08-03-2006, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by stClem

1. What is the red "thing" around the screen?

2. How do i take the dash of the car?

The red thing,,, is kust fibreglass, I think its called isopon p-40 fibreglass filler.

I roughly mounn=ted the screen where i wanted it to go with some masking tape, then from the rear, i filled it up with some fibreglass, and let it set, when i pulled the masking tape off, thats what you left with.

To get the facia off, you have to pull the radio out first using a set of "pins" or a couple of thin nails or whatever you can use, there are 4 screws behind it which hold the facia in place, take these out, then im pretty sure the only thing holding the facia in place are 3 clips which just pop out if you lever the face off.

if you need any more help, give me a shout..

**stClem** · 08-03-2006, 09:19 AM

Did you have fiberglass in the fornt over the buttons etc... to?

How do i make the fiberglas to the dash? whit some kind of glue????

**stClem** · 08-03-2006, 09:23 AM

Or is fiberglass filler some kind of stoffer, some like this?

**stClem** · 08-03-2006, 10:55 AM

And please tell me what dvd player you have...

**shuggyboy** · 08-03-2006, 11:31 AM

the fibreglass, is a mixture of firbreglass particles and resin, you add hardener to it, it comes out like a sticky goo,,,, then you mould it to the shape you want, then it sets hard like plastic..

I sugest you visit this section,

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/fabrication/

the dvd i am using is a slot loading laptop dvd combo, i think its a panasonic CW-8121-B I bought it off ebay, but it seems to work fine.

**shuggyboy** · 08-03-2006, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by stClem

Or is fiberglass filler some kind of stoffer, some like this?

yep like that!

**drewbad** · 08-03-2006, 11:41 AM

Since your DVD drive is not USB, what kind of cable do you run back to your Motherboard? Isnt that too long of a stretch for IDE?

**stClem** · 08-03-2006, 12:20 PM

what is done between this two images?

**shuggyboy** · 08-03-2006, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by drewbad

Since your DVD drive is not USB, what kind of cable do you run back to your Motherboard? Isnt that too long of a stretch for IDE?

In order to connect the laptop dvd rom to the computer in the boot (or the "trunk" for you yanks...lol

) I had to use a convertor to convert the laptop drive to ide, then another convertor ide to usb, then i just ran a long usb lead into the "trunk"

ebay to the rescue again!

**shuggyboy** · 08-03-2006, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by stClem

what is done between this two images?

ahhhh,,, well in the 2nd picture i had covered the fibreglass with some body filler (cataloy) ispon p38 then sanded it down smooth to the shape i wanted!

:-)