03 infiniti fx35 w/all the toys, add a carpc too? oh yeah... :) - Page 3

Sidewalksalvage · 08-27-2007, 11:24 PM

I looks AMAZING.

I have a couple of those swirlly scratches as well, i left it in my friends garage and he thought moving boxes over the car would be okay, as well as adding a few fender dents :/

Does the HVAC control screen get in the way of the rearview mirror at all?
its hard to see in the pics.

The screen looks like it fits perfect, i cant wait so see the finished project!

DK888 · 08-28-2007, 12:49 AM

TurboCad.... another well thought of and executed project! Looks great so far!

turbocad6 · 08-28-2007, 02:42 PM

this screen is a really tight fit, I mean everything just sitting in the opening fits, but when it comes to building a bezel to hold it all theres not even a few milimeters extra to spare. I managed to come up with a way to mount everything, the screen has to be slightly recessed.

Afew shots...

turbocad6 · 08-28-2007, 02:47 PM

if this wasn't a reflective screen I'd be glad it's recessed, but this screen really takes advantage of the sun & would have been nice to flush mount, but it just don't fit... I guess it'll look more factory being recessed anyway...

now this may be the first screen here that get's a front light upgrade

test fit in the dash:

turbocad6 · 08-28-2007, 02:54 PM

this is what the new syle bezel looked like before I chopped the hell out of it

turbocad6 · 08-28-2007, 03:18 PM

& yeah, the overhead screen does partially block the rear view mirror, that screen does more than just climate control, it does navigation, climate control, rear view camera, radio & satillite radio, controls the 6 disc changer & all vehicle functions, there are a lot of vehicle functions that can be controlled from that screen

I will either move the mirror down an inch or so, or get a module that lets me feed an aux video input to the stock screen, then I can get a good rearview camera & just eliminate the mirror all togeather, that'll give me room for the dbx display if/when I do that part of the install. the factory rear view camera is more for just parking as it's pointed down at the bumper...

Dennis5587 · 08-28-2007, 08:00 PM

...wow, didn't you go through like 3 or 4 cars in the past year?

But this one is looking amazing, so far things are going to be amazing

turbocad6 · 08-29-2007, 12:35 AM

this ones a keeper

a few more shots:

sporty_drew · 08-29-2007, 04:43 AM

Very nice. I really like your dash since it's almost perfectly symmetrical.

monkeyracer · 08-29-2007, 12:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

this ones a keeper

That's what you said about the DTS... see:

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

yeah, the last honda was just not right for me... I'm a bit surprised I actually did like that car though... I think cause it was pretty wide & didn't feel like a tiny car, & the leather & everything it didn't feel like a cheap plastic car either.... either way, I like this one much better & don't worry, this ones a keeper for sure

so what cars do you have right now?

The original turbocad, the dts, the fx, and the montana... right?

Anything I am missing?

BTW: That paint is amazing, I really love your installs, you and biggy (and a few others) are inspiring me to try and go tall screen, i figure if I can install 4 dins (or more) in the space I'm using (two for screen, one for hu, one for hvac controls), a big tall screen would fit, but for now the 8.4 widescreen will do just fine. I'm interested to see what you do with the vents. I was going to do something like this on my galant, but the car died before the carputer was planned.

Subscribed, as well as glued to the screen to see what you come up with next.

turbocad6 · 08-29-2007, 03:30 PM

awe man, never realized anyone was actually keeping track

I have a few other cars around too, guess I kinda like cars, can't you tell

did I say that dts was a keeper too?, well I still have it, but I think I'm gonna dump it, it's not a bad car but I just have no use for it really.

drew, the dash is pretty symetrical, but not 100%, actually I'm having an issue centering the screen as the right side of the bezel is straight but the left side is not, it goes up at an angle & gets wider at the top on that side... kinda strange the way they designed this really, when I center the screen perfect over the climate controls it's off center for the vents & even the center channel speaker, been driving me a bit nutz trying to get it perfect as it's not possible to have it perfect,

even the factory screen is a bit off center but not noticable cause it's smaller, now with the space maximized it's more obvious of centering... still screwing with that a bit, I think I may leave it centered over the climate controls & when it's all done it'll look good, but then again, I'm thinking of moving it slightly to the left so it's centered with the vents..., this part has been driving me nuts really cause I really try to make it perfect, but theres no such thing here...

I'm really happy with the paint, thanks all for the compliments, when it's final assembled & polished I put up a picture of it complete... it really looks nice

sporty_drew · 08-29-2007, 03:36 PM

sounds like your having plenty of fun with the screen, i'd center it with the climate controls, because thats what i had to do in my car also lol. It's always the little things that bug the hell out of you when your trying to make a decision.

Also i'm wondering how big your factory screen is, because i'm trying to find a way to incorporate a screen up in the general area that your relocating yours to.

turbocad6 · 08-30-2007, 12:29 AM

drew, the stock screen is close to a 7", just a bit smaller, but not much

ok, I got everything symetrical & centered, not really centered, but centered.

there is no way to center it with the dash & center channel speaker, I centered it within the bezel & got exactly the same opening on each side for the ac vents, they are mirror imaged & both exactly the same, both have the same size lip too, it's as straight as it's gonna get

starting to look like a bezel, tonights progress:

turbocad6 · 08-30-2007, 12:58 AM

so far that is all just plastic welding & sanded, no fillers at all. I may use no filler or at least next to none on this piece as I'll do all of my shaping in just plastic. plastic welding is so cool, with enough patience you can build anything from just cheap plastic trays or in this case drawer organizers,

a lot of guys screw with the abs sludge method but plastic welding allows you to do similar manipulation but much faster, when the plastic is melted it can be manipulated like sludge kinda, you can manipulate the consitancy by varying the amount of heat applied, with the benifit of like 30 seconds later it's hard again & you can continue to work the piece...

BarryWoods · 08-30-2007, 02:14 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

so far that is all just plastic welding & sanded, no fillers at all. I may use no filler or at least next to none on this piece as I'll do all of my shaping in just plastic. plastic welding is so cool, with enough patience you can build anything from just cheap plastic trays or in this case drawer organizers,

a lot of guys screw with the abs sludge method but plastic welding allows you to do similar manipulation but much faster, when the plastic is melted it can be manipulated like sludge kinda, you can manipulate the consitancy by varying the amount of heat applied, with the benifit of like 30 seconds later it's hard again & you can continue to work the piece...

Okay, you probably said in one of your other threads, but how are you doing the plastic welding?

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