03 infiniti fx35 w/all the toys, add a carpc too? oh yeah... :) - Page 10

turbocad6 · 09-26-2007, 12:20 AM

right now it's mounted but not molded, I have to decide what I'm doing up there, may eliminate the rear view mirror all togeather & have another rear camera for driving, the factory rear camera now points down & it's a fisheye lens, really wide but no distance abilties really, good for parking but not as primary rear view. if I eliminate the mirror then I have no need for a rear wiper, so the second camera would go thru the wiper hole & the wiper eliminated, then I gotta see if I'm going to mount the display of the driverack up there too... that console may take a little while to finalize really.

tonight I was able to mount the radio & align it with a slot that I made above the clock in the console., I was able to fit it all in there, clock & ashtray even intact... the cd's load & eject nicely, & are guided in by the bottom edge of the upper dash, works pefectly with no jambs or missalignments, smooth

you don't even see this slot unless you bend down to look for it, I still need to put a flap inside so it looks finished 100%, but it looks pretty good really, not ugly at all & not even seen mostly.

I still need to relocate the *slot occupied* sensing switch from the upper orig slot down to the lower, this tells the radio theres a disc waiting to be loaded, but that shouldn't be a problem really, I'll do that when I put the pc slot load drive in the upper opening, so this part is pretty much done too, it's getting there, plates on this thing any day now

JasonWW · 09-26-2007, 08:39 PM

Doesn't NY require there be a rear view mirror installed?

sporty_drew · 09-26-2007, 08:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWW

Doesn't NY require there be a rear view mirror installed?

wouldn't a camera count?

JasonWW · 09-26-2007, 08:48 PM

They don't in TX. Even if the back window is completely blocked, like a wall of subs or something, you still have to have the mirror. It sounds dumb, but it's the law here.

A simple workaround would be for Turbo to have a friend do his vehicle inspections and hope the cops don't notice or have a simple mirror he can prop over the video screen on certain occassions. I don't know, I was just asking. Maybe the laws are different there.

sporty_drew · 09-26-2007, 08:56 PM

hmm, i understand now. we don't have inspections of any sorts here, so i guess I'd only have to sorry about cops (since i wanted a VFD in the mirror)

I'm sure Turbo already has it all figured out lol

turbocad6 · 09-26-2007, 09:04 PM

they don't bother me, what are they going to do? give me a ticket? hasn't happened yet, if I get a ticket then I'll just add it to the cost of the project

I'd have to get multiple tickets, & have some severe harassment to even consider removing tint's or worrying about a video rearview mirror, again, hasn't happened yet.

the minivan was a lot less conspiquous(yeah right, I can spell that

) though, so I don't know.... there was a cop shot around here a few months ago & now the cops are on the warpath about tints, I just avoid the checkpoints

monkeyracer · 09-26-2007, 10:36 PM

I was under the understanding that if you have deep tint, the cops just want you to put all your windows down so they can assess the situation and prevent entering a dangerous one by being able to see all the occupants and potential threats. I'm not sure what the law is on it, but the point of the law is for the safety of the officer right?

Now, the whole thing with the rear mirror in blocked vehicles (example box vans, etc) is pretty darn stupid; the mirror will show the back wall... and how is that supposed to make it safer to drive? Sometimes you gotta wonder the real motives to the laws that are passed.

mrbean_phillip · 09-27-2007, 05:35 AM

I can only admire your work, nothing to say that wasn't said already

Great job, Turbo6, the rest of us can only learn from you.....

Thanx.

turbocad6 · 09-28-2007, 11:02 AM

well, i put plates on her last night, drove it for the first time... man, these trucks are nice... I love the way it drives...

just about ready for the mp3car meet tommorow

not 100% finished, but I just can't hold out any longer..., this is one of the fastest builds I've done in a while, 7 weeks total interior & exterior... maybe not all details completed, but pretty much there, I'd say over 90% done

....

2k1Toaster · 09-29-2007, 06:05 PM

Great job!

FC3S · 09-29-2007, 08:23 PM

hey turbo, since u seem to be the plastic guru around here

do you know of any easy way to melt ABS pieces into flat sheets? if im not mistaken, ABS melts at around 110 celsius.., but i dont wanna throw it in my oven, lol

monkeyracer · 09-30-2007, 08:48 AM

you can buy flat sheets if you want, it's probably easier than melting it flat...

turbocad6 · 09-30-2007, 09:36 AM

yea, I would try to find something to start with rather than trying to make my own sheet, never tried that really, you may be able to melt scraps in an oven on a cookie sheet, but the smell would be crazy

FC3S · 09-30-2007, 03:12 PM

yeah, thats what i was thinking..

the reason i want to know.., is that i have access to well over 100lbs of ABS (in the form of Projection TV cabinets), and i dont wanna just throw it away. Granted i could just keep the cabinets, btu they take up a lot of room, so i though about melting them flat..

or into cubes or some other manageable shape

Sidewalksalvage · 10-02-2007, 11:23 PM

Most mirror and tint laws are in place to make visibility for the driver optimal and safer for everyone. They usually dont take into account exceptions and so you have so weird issues (like a useless rearview etc)

As long as you can drive the vehicle safely and the cops dont bother you (much) pretty much anything goes. The only issue on top of all that is inspection (if your state has it) but for the most part you can pay a gas station to "inspect" the car and just get a new sticker...

As for the ABS, if you can find yourself an electric kiln, you could do it outside... (so the smell dosen't kill you) but i think getting it out of whatever pan it is in might be a pain...