03 infiniti fx35 w/all the toys, add a carpc too? oh yeah... :) - Page 8

JasonWW · 09-11-2007, 08:27 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

anyone guess what this bracket is made from?

If it's not the "aluminum bracket idea" I'll guess, hmmm, some titanium you had laying around the shop?

Sidewalksalvage · 09-11-2007, 10:04 PM

It does look like aluminum in the picture, i think he means more where the aluminum came from... however, I have no idea from what a stranged shaped piece like that came from.

turbocad6 · 09-12-2007, 12:26 AM

ok, I'll rephrase the question;

"what common, readily available item was this bracket made from?"

there was a clue in the first set of pictures, & theres a much bigger one in this batch

anyway, more bracket work... I had to alter the lower bracket to make room for a slot load drive

sporty_drew · 09-12-2007, 12:45 AM

some type of a aluminum ruler or square?

onidragon · 09-12-2007, 01:18 AM

Yup that was my guess a drywall square.

turbocad6 · 09-12-2007, 01:45 AM

:d

sporty_drew · 09-12-2007, 01:49 AM

woot

mark one up for Drew and onidragon lol

DK888 · 09-12-2007, 02:47 AM

Awesome work Turbo, are you bringing this one out to the next meet?

BiGGy · 09-12-2007, 03:24 AM

I love the chopped up rule bracket, lol.

turbocad6 · 09-13-2007, 10:00 AM

yeah dk, I'll be bringing it to the meet.

biggy man, sorry I haven't dug any portrait skins out for you yet, I've been working on this car so much & never had a chance to drop my pc back into my other car to get them for you.... that pc can really only be used in that car as I have no other way to power it & no other easy way to connect a screen to it, I will soon though, I've lent that car out for a few days & when I get it back I'll drop the pc in it. I didn't forget you man

turbocad6 · 09-13-2007, 10:05 AM

ok, minor update.

I've been working on the a/c vents, if there was any place in this install for a comprimise or a shortcut this would be it, I've got next to nothing to work with, but I don't want anything less than 100%,

blacked out cardboard & ductape won't cut it here, so I need to build these whole vent housings & ductwork attachment pretty much from scratch, I spent a lot of time last night figuring out exactly how to do this, I want the original knob dials that open/close the vents to still function like factory, as well as maintaining all 4 way adjustability.... it would be so much easier to have them stationary or to eliminate the open/close dial, I considered these options but in the end that would feel like failure... I set out with the goal of 100% factory like, & the only way to have that is everything has to be 100%

I started to build the framework of these vents last night, I think I have it under control now, there coming out good so far, this is the last real hurdle, these vents are going to wind up being 10+ hours by themselves, I'm already almost 5 hours into them.... pictures tonight

turbocad6 · 09-14-2007, 02:10 AM

10 hours into these vents so far... the hardest part is over, they work perfect & everything lines up

turbocad6 · 09-14-2007, 02:14 AM

next is slats, pivots & linkages.... man, this takes a lot of patience

turbocad6 · 09-14-2007, 10:46 AM

...the insides of these vents have to look perfect, & have to look like they came that way factory. the vents will be as much of a focal point as the screen really in judging the quality of this mod... I think I even impressed myself on this one, I've never done such a quality install for myself, this one I'm holding back all the stops, most times there will be some comprimises made & some shortcuts taken, but this truck is just so fantastic to me that I don't want any comprimise at all, I'm pretty happy with the results

JasonWW · 09-14-2007, 10:52 AM

You are going over the top with this mod. If it were me, I would have just made fixed vents that blow on me and the passenger. That's what I thought you were going to do when you started this.

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