Some updates...
I’m no where near done, but thought I'd post some additional pics up. I finished the monitor install and painted the frame, but still have to paint the rest of the dash, I wasn’t able to find the correct color anywhere to color match my tan dash, so I had to order it.
I relocated my HVAC controls to the overhead console and that’s currently in a rough fill stage and needs quite a bit more sanding/filling. It was definetely an adventure getting all of those wires extended. Had to run them from behind the dash, up through the A pillar, and under the headliner,not fun.
I’m using a Creative X-Fi 5.1 USB external sound card, so I had to find a place to mount that. I decided to go with the small square cubby hole to the right of the screen. It was hell getting the solder off of the board to disconnect the volume knob. But after an hour or so I was able to un-solder it and add 8" of wire to the 7 contacts. That portion is still in the "slap it on real quick so that I can listen to music on my drive in to work tomorrow" stage, and will get filled and sanded tonight. I'm actually going to move the knob up and to the right and add my bass knob next to it.
Dash in semi-final prime stage:
Monitor all in and painted:
Creative X-Fi board:
This is the sucker that took me forever to get off the board:
HVAC control bezel:
HVAC control rough mount:
Back of HVAC:
Some of the HVAC control extended wiring:
Another group of extended HVAC control wires:
The HVAC control's new home:
Gettin' there:
Testing the HVAC wiring:
Test fit:
"Slap it in real quick" test fit of X-Fi knob:
That’s all for now, stay tuned for more pics. Any comments or advice is definitely welcome, this is my first time with any of this stuff and all of my ideas have come straight out of this forum, so to the veterans out there, I'm all ears (or eyes I guess) Thanks!