2003 2004 2005 Honda Accord CarPC - Page 2

itrends · 03-07-2006, 10:14 AM

Mind if we stick this info in an upcoming section at dashboardmonkey.com ?

amthar · 03-07-2006, 10:30 AM

can you put a dancing monkey on the post?

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 11:13 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by amthar

Can you provide any details on how to remove the runner panels and the side pieces that cover where the seatbelt goes?

I started pulling on them and they seem to just snap off, but my friend is afraid I'm going to break something.

I see some tabs under the front of the rear seat, what do you do with these in order to release the bottom of the rear seat?

I found that grommet in the firewall you're referring to, I was planning on using that and running the power wires up the drivers side. I was going to run the RCAs up the middle or the passenger side.

Any tips on getting these pieces off would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all.

Ok, I'll try my best. The runner panels on the floorboards:
If you pop the cover off near the trunk and fuel door lever you will notice a brass screw. thats the only screw you need to undo to get the panel off. after that screw its simply a matter of popping it off the tabs. do it forcefully as it wasnt very easy but not to hard that you will snap the tabs. if there is a specific direction to pull it off easy im not aware of it. i was afraid of snapping the tabs as well and thats why i involved alchohol so i wouldnt mind as much if i did snap them off and had to buy new parts.

As far as the back seat... i first removed the 2 pieces that make up the top part of the back seat which involved lowering the back seats and where they meet you will have a metal bracket to the smaller of the 2 sections towards the bottom where the 2 sections meet. unscrew the 2 screws and push the bracket back. this will allow you to life the seat up a bit and pull it away from the side panel where its only held in with a metal rod. once the smaller secion is out you will have to unscrew the one bolt that hold the larger secion in. its also holding the metal bracket. that should allow you to take out the larger section of the seat the same way you did the other one: by pulling away from the side panel and it will slide right out. once thats done you will have to lift up the front of the bottom part of the rear seat and on either side you will fine a black retaining clip holding the seat down. this part was kind of tricky to figure out how to unclip. theres a black plastic piece that you need to pull out towards the front seats and it will release the seat. its kind of hard to pull so dont be afraid to use a little force. before i forget theres one bolt (that i lost

) holding the bottom seat to the frame of the car. its located on the drivers side of the bottom of the rear seat. then the clips and pull oout the bottom of the rear seat.

That should take care of the seats and the runner. i couldnt figure out how to get the side rear panels off so i used a coat hanger to fish the wires through it and into the trunk you can also pull the bottom of the panels up quite a bit to manually pull the wires through quite a ways with just your hands.

thats pretty much all i did to run the wire from the battery to my trunk for the PSU power. i also ran the rcas up the center through the console and up into the dash so i can hook the soundcard of the computer to the soundgate then to the AUX port of the radio. everything is wired and done i just need to finish painting the bezel for the Lilliput and find a good place to mount the computer in the trunk. Should be all done in a couple weeks.

hope this helps if you have any more questions feel free...

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 11:18 AM

I also just noticed someone asked earlier in the thread about fabricating a lower mount for a screen. this is the road i took since i have the dual climate control and cant ditch my stock HU. So far its all done being fiberglassed i just need to sand a bit more fill in some imperfections sand some more paint sand paint sand and it should be all done. I will post some more pictures of the progress when I get home from the office. Its looking exactly as i hoped it would and i wish more people were working on this so we could share some info so you guys need to GET TO WORK!

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 11:52 AM

I'll let the pics explain first

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 11:54 AM

to be honest, we just ripped (without breaking) everything out. THe cars are like legos.....you just have to screw around....with your 8 metric sockets and wrenches

Those are pics from a weekend of fun my buddy and I had...and yes, I did put components in the rear, way better IMHO. Here is a link to almost 50 pics

http://www.bwimports.org/forums/show...light=interior

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 11:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by mnapoles

I also just noticed someone asked earlier in the thread about fabricating a lower mount for a screen. this is the road i took since i have the dual climate control and cant ditch my stock HU. So far its all done being fiberglassed i just need to sand a bit more fill in some imperfections sand some more paint sand paint sand and it should be all done. I will post some more pictures of the progress when I get home from the office. Its looking exactly as i hoped it would and i wish more people were working on this so we could share some info so you guys need to GET TO WORK!

sure you can ditch your factory HU......how much do you kow about soldering? relocate the CC info where the cubby is.....just takes longer, and requires electronic knowledge

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 01:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98EXL

sure you can ditch your factory HU......how much do you kow about soldering? relocate the CC info where the cubby is.....just takes longer, and requires electronic knowledge

sure you can take it out or move the components but i like the fact that i can set the climate to a certain tempreture rather then just guessing what its at. i also enjoy the stock look of the HU.

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 05:08 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mnapoles

sure you can take it out or move the components but i like the fact that i can set the climate to a certain tempreture rather then just guessing what its at. i also enjoy the stock look of the HU.

that is attainable...there is a thread about a maxima or something like that that did the same thing, looked OEM

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 06:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98EXL

that is attainable...there is a thread about a maxima or something like that that did the same thing, looked OEM

Considering i have already seen the stock HU out of the dash I dont think its even remotely possible to move to the bottom opening as it is a huge brick of an HU with only the controls being seperate. you would have to design and build your own custom serial interface that would work with the existing climate control hardware which i believe to be out of the techincal scope of 99.9999% of the people on this thread. In my model of 03' accord as i turn the temperature dial it displays a number on the HU's screen. the only way to fix this would be moving the ENTIRE unit w/ controls.

there is another option though.... mounting the screen in the bottom opening like im doing and problem solved!

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 09:51 PM

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=44783

I could do it, just a little more work than what I need to do

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 11:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98EXL

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=44783

I could do it, just a little more work than what I need to do

if the temperature displays on the screen how are you going to remove the stock HU and still know what temperature you have the CC set to?

98EXL · 03-08-2006, 11:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mnapoles

if the temperature displays on the screen how are you going to remove the stock HU and still know what temperature you have the CC set to?

I dont have that...but if I did, it would be just a matter of extending the leads of the display elsewhere, and making a shroud for it in the cubby hole, not too much more work

mnapoles · 03-08-2006, 11:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98EXL

I dont have that...but if I did, it would be just a matter of extending the leads of the display elsewhere, and making a shroud for it in the cubby hole, not too much more work

i mean i suppose you could but is that really practical?

It just seems to me that if you have dual CC then the easiest way to do it is just mount the screen in the lower portion of the column?

98EXL · 03-09-2006, 12:01 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by mnapoles

i mean i suppose you could but is that really practical?

It just seems to me that if you have dual CC then the easiest way to do it is just mount the screen in the lower portion of the column?

oh but of course it is the easy way....but who wants to do that?

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