How-To: Recessed Screen and DVD Drive - Page 5

DaveB · 01-28-2006, 05:29 PM

Is it necessary to glaze over the inside the wooden frame before painting it? It seems like that would be hard to do. It would be tough to sand and get clean edges on the inside corner.

Do you leave the back on the Lilli or remove it for ventilation?

When you bond the Lilli into the frame, I assume you do it from the back. If the back cover is on the Lilli when you bond it, then how do you paint the Lilli after its in place given you can't disassemble the Lilli?

Cris · 01-28-2006, 06:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveB

Is it necessary to glaze over the inside the wooden frame before painting it? It seems like that would be hard to do. It would be tough to sand and get clean edges on the inside corner.

Do you leave the back on the Lilli or remove it for ventilation?

When you bond the Lilli into the frame, I assume you do it from the back. If the back cover is on the Lilli when you bond it, then how do you paint the Lilli after its in place given you can't disassemble the Lilli?

This operation requires you disassamble the screen, you can't really do it this way, otherwise.
It's up to you if you want to put the back of the screen on...depds on how much ventilation you have back in your dash. I for one, didn't put it on.
Looks carefully at the pics. You'll now the steps involved.

j03y · 01-29-2006, 02:35 AM

krylon fusion?

Altimat · 01-29-2006, 09:26 AM

You can disassemble the Lilli. Just remove everything from the back of the front bezel but do not mess with the LCD ribbons.

The bare woodgrain does need to be sealed either with a layer of filler or with a good, slow hobby epoxy so the woodgrain doesn't come back through the paint (Learned this the hard way).

DaveB · 01-29-2006, 09:45 AM

When you bond the front bezel of the Lilli in place how do you go about bonding it? In other words, where do you place the glue? If you put glue on the back outer edges of the bezel you would never be able to put the back cover on again, correct? I'm assuming that may be why most people leave the rear cover off.

Cris · 01-29-2006, 03:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveB

When you bond the front bezel of the Lilli in place how do you go about bonding it? In other words, where do you place the glue? If you put glue on the back outer edges of the bezel you would never be able to put the back cover on again, correct? I'm assuming that may be why most people leave the rear cover off.

I put mine on the sides, and a little more on the back. The back can fit with the glue on. It won't look good, but then again, it doesn't have to.

bmbr · 02-24-2006, 12:38 PM

hey guys, i'm looking at trying this out myself over the weekend, but I'm having a hellofatime finding Evercoat Metal Glaze. Are there any substitutes I can look for that you might recommend, or some place I should be trying to find this stuff? I've tried a few auto parts stores, ACE hardware, OSH all to no avail.

Also, when I am looking at paints, do I need anything specialty? (I continue to look for PlastiKote, but so far no luck) I assume that since I'll mostly be painting on the bondo/evercoat at the end that most any automotive paint will work ok. Am I mistaken?

Thanks so much for a great write up on this project, Altimat. I'm very excited!

dfk70 · 02-24-2006, 12:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bmbr

hey guys, i'm looking at trying this out myself over the weekend, but I'm having a hellofatime finding Evercoat Metal Glaze. Are there any substitutes I can look for that you might recommend, or some place I should be trying to find this stuff?

You'll probably have to go to a place that sells automotive paint and supplies to get Evercoat.

bmbr · 02-24-2006, 03:35 PM

well i used local.google.com to look for auto body supplies and after about 5 calls I finally found one that carries evercoat! everything's coming up milhouse!

Altimat · 02-24-2006, 11:07 PM

Your best bet it to get your paint products wherever you found the Evercoat. The commercial paints like SEM are way better than the consumer paints at auo parts, hardware, and home stores.

smartmlp · 11-30-2006, 12:14 AM

Can someone fix these pictures please?

Quattro · 11-30-2006, 12:24 AM

pictures are working fine for me.

smartmlp · 11-30-2006, 12:40 AM

Nevermind, for some reason charter is in my site block list for ads.

houdini · 02-22-2007, 12:03 AM

hello Im new to this web site but I have 12 years of experience in car audio fabrication. building small parts like dash pieces with semi-rigid materials like body filler has a high rate of major or minor cracking and failing.

Altimat · 02-23-2007, 09:25 AM

I restored cars for 20+ years quite a few of which were fiberglass, and not the least of which was the Oldsmobile XP-20 concept car that set a new Barrett-Jackson auction price record a couple years ago. Currently I manufacture aftermarket fiberglass grilles. Nonetheless I used a reinforced epoxy. The filler used here is only for smoothing and is not structural. Perhaps you'd like to share your experience with some pictorial how-tos that we could stickie here also?