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12-19-2005, 07:37 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Spring Hill, Florida
Posts: 391
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Just when there was some progress! What is your grandfather making the mold out of? Fiberglass?
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2005 Black Chevy Impala
Current Status: Installed in Vehicle/Testing 75%
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12-19-2005, 07:46 PM
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#287
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shelbrain
Just when there was some progress! What is your grandfather making the mold out of? Fiberglass?
Yeh, but the car will drive better. The steering was quite sloppy for a while. This should fix that problem, plus make the car stiffer.
Mold was out of cardboard boxes. He then turned that into thin wood, and we test fit it and cut it some more. So basically we now have a wooden peice that fills the whole driver's side rear quarter panel. The amps are getting mounted at around a 25-30º angle. I'd have the pics, but the camera is in my trunk at the shop 
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12-22-2005, 02:58 AM
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#288
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Progress:
Car definately drives better. Steering wheel returns to normal position. No more bump steer. Steerign wheel stays in place. Overall happy with new handleing.
Now for the pics:
Testing out area.
Cardbox template
Complete wooden template
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12-22-2005, 03:07 AM
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#289
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Stock components
Stock sub
Stock speaker and mystery box
And yeh, you can see the gas tank.
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12-22-2005, 03:15 AM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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CD Changer
Fully assembled.
Closed.
No cover.
Lots of screws.
Gutted or not? 
What's on the inside now? 
DSATX and Maxtor 160gb test fit... 
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12-22-2005, 03:46 AM
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#291
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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First post updated 
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12-22-2005, 04:02 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Los Angeles (Winnetka), CA
Posts: 864
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Nice, where does the CD Changer mounts?
Had it come with the car when you bought it?
Make sure the amp is insulated well... It's surrounded by metal.
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12-22-2005, 02:48 PM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Quote: Originally Posted by DJiK
Nice, where does the CD Changer mounts?
Had it come with the car when you bought it?
Make sure the amp is insulated well... It's surrounded by metal.
The CD Changer was in the trunk on the right side. I've gotta get some pics of the original location. I removed it at the 12v SoCal meet
Yeh, it came with my car. One of the only options besides black interior. The car must've been ordered custom, as it doesn't have a sunroof (which is ultra rare) but has leather interior.
The amps will be on a wooden platforum andgled up and towards rear. The kicker sub amp will be slightly ontop of the phoenix gold one.
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12-22-2005, 03:45 PM
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Phillie
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,275
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I did a mount EXACTLY like that on my brothers car. but I spent alittle more time on it (as it appears) and mine follows the contours on its surrounding perfectly. 
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12-22-2005, 03:48 PM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Quote: Originally Posted by Escalade182
I did a mount EXACTLY like that on my brothers car. but I spent alittle more time on it (as it appears) and mine follows the contours on its surrounding perfectly.
My trunk is too small as it is to follow countours.
Next step with trunk: make case for motherboard.
Then make a hidden compartment ontop of gas tank for extra storage of stuff that has to be in my trunk (paper towels, invisible glass, umbrella).
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12-22-2005, 07:39 PM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Case
My diagram for the case. Badly offscale 
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12-24-2005, 10:38 PM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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No progress on the box, mac_smitty hasn't replied to my PMs
But, we have ordered 5 proto boards for the digital HVAC
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12-24-2005, 10:49 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: On the edge!
Posts: 1,789
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Boris stop being a pussy, and get your Carpc fitted! You are good at coding because of your endless hours in front of a PC Leave the PC alone for a weekend and get some fabbing done Make that Lexus as good as you keep telling everyone it is
Its 2 door like mine... Get the PC hidden in the rear quater panels for ultimate stealth
EDIT: and before you flame me, I was one of the guys who supported you during your ban - Rightly or wongly
EDIT2: And between me and you its a Toyota, not a, ...hahem lexus
Last edited by ShawJohn; 12-24-2005 at 11:00 PM.
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12-24-2005, 10:57 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: On the edge!
Posts: 1,789
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Any old monkey can setup a PC, but it takes some big monkey balls though to butcher your dash and fab in a screen Leave the coding for a few weeks and.... Get it done!
You talk a good install - let see it
Last edited by ShawJohn; 12-24-2005 at 11:00 PM.
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12-24-2005, 11:31 PM
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My Village Called
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
Posts: 10,517
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Quote: Originally Posted by ShawJohn
Boris stop being a pussy, and get your Carpc fitted! You are good at coding because of your endless hours in front of a PC Leave the PC alone for a weekend and get some fabbing done Make that Lexus as good as you keep telling everyone it is
Its 2 door like mine... Get the PC hidden in the rear quater panels for ultimate stealth
EDIT: and before you flame me, I was one of the guys who supported you during your ban - Rightly or wongly
EDIT2: And between me and you its a Toyota, not a, ...hahem lexus
I'm working on it. Or should I say, my uncle is working on it
He said that he should be done by tomorrow with the amps.
Were do you think the PC is going to be hidden?
Thanks for the support. I'm still banned from the noob forum (no clue why), the mac forum (obvious reasons), linux forums (no clue why), suggestions forum, classifieds forum, and OT forum (for uttering republican views  ).
I know its a toyota. Why do you think I put the toyota soarer gryphon in the front of the car? 
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