I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get a screen into my 2000 Grand Cherokee. At first I was going to go the quick route by using a motorized unit but after reading all the horror stories I decided against that. Most of the other installs I've seen get rid of the center vents but I don't want to do that. So I decided to try my hand at fabricating the screen in myself with a Liliput EBY701 I picked up off of Ebay.
I cut the case down just enough so the screen would have something around all the sides.
the original trim had woodgrain on it so I removed that and made the cut out to fit the front screen case.
Making sure things lined up, a little sanding and dremel goes a long way.
I used Expoxy to secure the screen to the bezel, it would be really bad to
have the screen fall in or out when you go to touch it.
I had to make sure I didn't put too much epoxy near the touchscreen.
I made sure to have enough epoxy on the outter edges and across the top
where it didn't interfere with the screen.
Once again this is my first attempt at fabrication, I just went with it and covered the whole thing.
Sanding, sanding and more sanding. The only thing I should've done before this stage was remove the vents. They were a pain to get out after the fact.
I had to make sure I left enough of an opening for the buttons. I guess I could've covered it up then trimmed it afterwards.
All primmed up
I finish isn't as glossy as it looks here but I'm still thinking of doing another fabrication to fix things that I found wrong with this one. Everyone says it looks great but It's the minor things that bugs the hell out of me.
Here's the screen installed.
I had to figure out what to do with the circuit board so I came up with the idea of cutting the back cover of the screen down enough for me to mount that to the front. This way the whole thing is one unit. Since I cut the original screw post off I had to make some new ones. I cut these out of a hard drive case I had. I used some plastic epoxy to fasten them to the front.
I didn't have much room to work with on this side so I attached it to the circuit board. There's very little presure from the back so this should be fine.
I had to make a cutout for a the screw to anchor to, I basically trimmed a piece of plastic and used the epoxy to hold it to the back.
Here's the results of all that work. I'm still thinking of doing another one but this time send it out to have a woodgrain finish put on it. I do like this one and best of all I was able to keep my center vents
. The top of the bezel and the front part of the screen enclosure was extremely flexible by themselves but after I epoxied them to the screen face they became very rigid together. Oh I added those pictures above too.
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