2005 Ford Mustang GT - FIRST 05 INSTALL - Page 6

Puleo76 · 04-05-2006, 02:36 PM

this installation is awesome... I have an 05 screaming yellow and I would def like to do this...

But let me get this striaght, u basically have a desktop computer in ur trunk in a custom box... how do u get the motherboard and other components so they dont overheat and stuff. doesnt the fabric of the box do anything ?

great install.... step by step stuff would be awesome btw, lol.

JasonWW · 04-05-2006, 02:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Puleo76

this installation is awesome... I have an 05 screaming yellow and I would def like to do this...

But let me get this striaght, u basically have a desktop computer in ur trunk in a custom box... how do u get the motherboard and other components so they dont overheat and stuff. doesnt the fabric of the box do anything ?

great install.... step by step stuff would be awesome btw, lol.

There's a lot of info in the FAQ section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/faq-emporium/

There's also a fabrication section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/fabrication/

About the heat, just get a PC that doesn't generate any heat. That helps a lot. Note that mbkowns was using a mobile celeron and now has a mobile P4. I have a AMD 3000+. These 3 systems generate very low heat. My CPU fan stays off mostly and when it does turn on, it will turn slowly and then cycle off again. You will get some heat overall, but a single fan to circulate air is usually enough. Certain EPIA motherboard/CPU's don't even need a fan. You just need to read up on these things. A CarPC is made pretty differently.

Puleo76 · 04-05-2006, 03:03 PM

Thanks for the info... I was browsing some sites and came across this and im not used to this kind of forum, i saw this and figured this was it. didnt occur to me there might be stickeys or faq's. im used 2 mustang forums, lol.

I def am gonna read up as much as I can about this stuff because its amazing.

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWW

There's a lot of info in the FAQ section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=106

There's also a fabrication section.
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=46

About the heat, just get a PC that doesn't generate any heat. That helps a lot. Note that mbkowns was using a mobile celeron and now has a mobile P4. I have a AMD 3000+. These 3 systems generate very low heat. My CPU fan stays off mostly and when it does turn on, it will turn slowly and then cycle off again. You will get some heat overall, but a single fan to circulate air is usually enough. Certain EPIA motherboard/CPU's don't even need a fan. You just need to read up on these things. A CarPC is made pretty differently.

JasonWW · 04-05-2006, 10:35 PM

It's a pretty steep learning curve so it takes time to get a good grasp on it. Don't ask neebie questions or else you'll get flamed. Just study the FAQ and believe me, any questions you may have has already been answered somewhere here before.
PM someone if you need a quick answer and haven't found it by searching. You can ask me if you want or if it's Mustang specific, mbkowns.

seanz0rz · 04-06-2006, 12:55 AM

said you live in socal, care to join us in the socal meet on saturday? we would all love to see your car!!!

mbkowns · 04-10-2006, 01:58 PM

I would of liked to go but I have alot of things going on right now and I was unable to. I will get to one of thise meets someday.

antimatter · 04-28-2006, 03:28 PM

Man you really have skills. Almost everything looks really really good.

Everything is pimp except for the texture job and paint on the bezel. Flat on glossy on flat looks really cheesy. Really fine texture and cottage cheese texture on really fine texture looks not so good.

Another 2 hours on that screen bezel and some propper paint matching will make it look OEM. Right now it sticks out like soar thumb

mbkowns · 04-28-2006, 04:57 PM

Thanks

The bezel was actually just a headrest shroud made by xenarc. I have since done a way better job to this but I haven't put pictures of it up yet I will but its not done yet. Slot load dvd drive up front and the screen is mounted into a frame built for aftermarket radios for the mustang. Custom Volume knobs also are built into the dash console piece.

I will get pictures up when I am fully done just got some wiring to clean up and I just moved to a new house so my time is getting owned right now.

thanks again

mbkowns · 06-09-2006, 03:07 AM

Well I made the holes for the volume knobs. The left side is the main volume and the right side is the bass volume. The screen is a xenarc that is fit into a metrakit. I also made a slot load dvd drive fit below that. Almost complete need to clean up the screen and fit the volume knobs in.

COMMING SOON !

Sweet05 · 06-09-2006, 04:06 AM

@mbkowns I also have an '05 Mustang GT.

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I have wanted to do an install from day one I am still in the planning stage but have started getting a few parts. I am very curious about the slot load drive you got. How did it fit? Do you have any pictures of the back of the screen and drive together? Did you just dremal the dash kit? Any info would be great because having an easily accessable drive is important to me.

mbkowns · 06-09-2006, 04:17 AM

Ya I dremmeled it but I am not done cleaning it up and polishing it. I will have more pictures once I get my volume knobs in.

JasonWW · 06-09-2006, 09:04 AM

Just a general question. Do you get any noise from the DVD drive being right up front?
I was going to put a dvd drive in the back where any noise from it would be less noticable.
I'm just thinking of those moments when the car is parked, engine off, windows up and the interior is dead quiet. If you listen to classical music or stuff with quiet passages I've noticed noise from some CD players. That little tracking noise as the lens moves as well as motor noise.
Anyway, just wanted to ask somebody about that and figured you might know.

Jason

mbkowns · 06-09-2006, 12:41 PM

I know what your talking about. Some dvd players make less noise then others. I really don't notice this one making noise. I like the feature of having it upfront.

Let me know if you need more.

moto2000 · 06-30-2006, 02:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by mbkowns

Well I made the holes for the volume knobs. The left side is the main volume and the right side is the bass volume. The screen is a xenarc that is fit into a metrakit. I also made a slot load dvd drive fit below that. Almost complete need to clean up the screen and fit the volume knobs in.

COMMING SOON !

that shroud, or metrakit, where did you get it from? Did you have to do any modifications to the shroud?