2000 VW Jetta

Asskick · 11-15-2005, 04:04 AM

Ok heres the specs of the CarPC im building.

CarPC Stuff:
- Xenarc 7" TS Display - $380US
- SP13000 - $225US
- 512mb DDR PC3200 - $50US
- Fujitsu 100GB Slim HDD - $130US
- DVD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW Slim drive - $65US
- DVD Slim drive to USB converter - $35US
- 1 self powered USB Hub - $15US
- 1 USB Hub with external power - $15US
- Linksys WUSB54GP - $55US
- Dlink Bluetooth Adapter - $20US
- BU-303 GPS Receiver - $75US
- Mini-USB Keyboard - $25US
- USB Microphone - $20US
- M1-ATX Power Supply - $75US
- C134 Case - $160US
- CNX-P5V +5 regulator - $25US
- Vehicule Point of Load Converter - $35US
- Extra Xenarc 7" Casing - $30 US
- Video/usb cables - $20 US
Total spent: $1355 US (just an estimate, might be a bit more, most of the shipping costs i paid are not included)

Audio stuff:
- Phoenix Gold R5.0:4 (for car speakers)
- Power Acustinc 800w (for bass, will replace it later with a smaller one, used this for powering 2x12" MTX)
- Custom fit Jetta Bass enclusure + 10" MTX

(HUD radio will be removed and replaced by the carpc)

First pics of my car and my testing outside

EsKALad · 11-15-2005, 04:45 AM

wow i like what you did with the screen. my suggestion is paint the face plate of the dvd player. it will look more stealth and alot more stock...post some pics of how you mounted the dvd player please

Asskick · 11-15-2005, 12:22 PM

Here are a couple more pics.. Ill post some more later on today of how am I doing the trunk of my car

Asskick · 11-15-2005, 12:31 PM

Regarding painting the dvd drive, the person who helped me doing the fabric glass told me that there might be a possibility that if we painted the drive it would turn out to another color or that the paint would look ugly because of its surface :/ thats why it was left with the OEM color of the drive

EsKALad · 11-15-2005, 12:51 PM

remove the face of the drive. sand it down slightly. and prime it and paint it. trust me i did it to mine before and it turned out great. it will look alot better!

Asskick · 11-15-2005, 03:16 PM

A couple more of pics...

Heres how the trunk is gonna be

And this is how my dash currently looks (before doing my carpc installation)

mccdeuce · 11-25-2005, 04:02 PM

are you going to be using the monsoon amp?

Cris · 11-25-2005, 05:24 PM

Sweet! What are you going to do with that HU? Is that a Sony?

UM_Fan · 11-25-2005, 07:06 PM

use some fans to vent the amps...I lost an amp that way....
Fat screen install

Asskick · 11-27-2005, 01:09 AM

Go I finally did the installation.. I forgot to take the camera with the guy that helped me installing the equipment... I will post some pics on how it looked finished tomorrow...

Regarding of what HU i had, yes it was a Sony MP3 cd player, got it like 2 years ago... (was one of the first that supported id3 tags)

For amps, no im not using the moonson amp, I added a Phoenix Gold 4 channel amp... I might have to consider adding some cooling.. never thought it could do some harm to it..

For now I'll have to wait till monday when I get my new 90 watt power supply, (the one i received first here from mp3car had a faulty remote pin, so I couldnt "turn on" my amps, screen, usb hub and dvdrom, right now I have it with a switch with positive power off the battery.

Asskick · 11-27-2005, 04:13 PM

Here a couple more pics...

Black00vr63 · 01-18-2006, 06:58 PM

Where did u get the plastic and how did u mount the screen. all custom.

Asskick · 03-18-2006, 02:29 AM

I bought a spare piece of the dash on ebay (was about 40 bucks) I cutted what I didnt need in order to fit the 7" xenarc screen, onces I adjusted I took the peice to a person who fixes motorcycles (they tend to know how to work with bondo) He just glued the screen onto the dash, and added some bondo to make it look like a single piece (I bought a xenarc case so he could work on that, onces finished I just placed the screen + back cover. I added a piece of aluminium adjusted to the plastic of the piece of the dash.

For how to remove the dash, check Vortex VW Forums (if i recall the name correctly) they have a pretty good guide on how to remove everything. Just be patient when removing it for the first time, it took me like 3 hours to remove everything the first time.. onces u get used to it, u can do it in less than 20 mins

Hope thats helps you a bit with your VW project...

GreenBeast · 03-19-2006, 02:04 PM

yeah i can strip the entire dash in about 10-15 mintues now, but i was very careful the first time

i'm just about to flush my screen in just like yours

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