2003 VW GTI 20th AE Work Log - Page 2

trititan · 01-15-2007, 03:06 AM

i just got the wires and USB hub to move everything to the trunk, haveing the computer behind the screen was a bad idea, it made the computer compleatly inaccessable, and it overheats, and when the comp hits 60c the comp freezes, and wont go back to normal untill i restart the car and wait 45 sec

trititan · 01-18-2007, 10:57 PM

i moved everything to the trunk. when it was behind the screen, with a crapy heatsink, the computer was prone to overheating.

i moves the monsoon amp to where the cd changer normaly goes and mounted the computer where the amp normaly goes

here are some pics

this is befor i put any wires on it and befor puting it into the car

ther computer is mounted and redy to go, i still need to do some more wireing, but for the most part the trunk is refnished.

now you see it

now you dont

Perrosky · 01-19-2007, 05:34 PM

Nice install what skin are u using?

stangg172006 · 01-19-2007, 08:33 PM

great install man! i have an 06 black rabbit am looking to do the same thing. thanks for the reference material

Calipso · 01-19-2007, 08:55 PM

Like the install and the little compartment where it's in the trunk. Good job.

trititan · 01-20-2007, 06:02 AM

th compartment is stock, and the skin im useing is the bmw e36 skin that i modifyed so the colors are blue insted of orange, and change it to vw insted of bmw

trititan · 01-25-2007, 12:45 AM

i got a external dvdrw case, dismantled it routed power to the glove box, and plug it in, now i have a dvdrw in the glove box again. i didnt for a while, case well a 15 foot ide cable is way expensive. so i got a usb case, and it works great.

ausgezeichnet7 · 01-29-2007, 04:38 PM

Hey! Looks great! A few questions...

How has the audio sounded going through the Monsoon system? I have an '04 GLI that I'm getting ready to do this to and that's one of my concerns. I've heard that the Monsoon amp is really a crossover and doesn't amplify much. Has your volume been ok? Are you satisfied? I'd really like to not replace the Monsoon system (except for the head unit). Any suggestions for a fellow MKIV owner going through the same ordeal?

Thanks!

Cameron

corsab · 02-02-2007, 06:13 PM

hello where u take th skin....bmw e36 blue????
can post a link???
please

trititan · 02-02-2007, 08:06 PM

ausgezeichnet7 - well i was using a zalman usb sound card, and it was ok, but not great, there was availability for preamp on it, but using it made everything sound like crap. a partial reason i moved the computer to the trunk and im using a X-FI extreme music sound card. i used the method that a few others have developed on this forum to suppl 5v to the neg side of the left channel. and i got the connector, and wires from VW. there are other posts about how to do it specifically, although i changed the design, so i could have surround sound, instead of just stereo. the volume is quite good, using roadrunner the sound it about 50% most of the time, and thats at a good listening volume, and higher then that, i have to start yelling to talk to my friends in the car. as you can see, i don't have any head unit at all, i wanted it clean. like you, i was worried about the volume, and sound quality. over all i like it a lot, and if you already have a monsoon system, this is a good way to do it. i thought about getting an after market amp and hooking it up, but the monsoon does just fine. sound quality wasn't good at first, but i got a ground loop isolator, and it cleared everything up. the only sound related issue i have right now is that you can hear hard drive noise, and engine noise when you start the car, but the noise only lasts until the windows xp screen starts up.

corsab - i used photoshop to change all the colors to blue, insted of orange, although the only thing i can get to work atm is music. if you want i can finish converting it all to blue, and post it on the forums