2006 Civic Si keep it stock looking? or outrageous

portabuddy · 03-07-2006, 04:01 AM

OK i got delivery of my new Civic Si, it been 3 months of waiting and its finally here... OK lets rip it apart, HA HA HA... here it is all new and untouched with the stock radio...

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I already have the bezel of the USA civic with nav. it cost me $40 cnd. I'm planning on a stock look with a flip in screen to revel some gages(boost and such(soon, I hope)) PTZ(pan tilt zoom) night vision cameras in the front and rear GPS, WiFi ect... . Here is a pic of my old civic that was for sale on ebay sold for $7000

so can some one please give post a pic of how much space is behind the dash and where i can possibly put a carputer, the trunk is out of the question because of the massive subs I'm planning

and the dash looks very long and hollow(well,.. looks hollow) and i need to know if there is a spot big enough for a small full size or do i have to go with a full-fledged carputer, i have a relay strong converter that i got for free i was thinking of putting that in and running it off that, what do you guys think???

UPDATE:

CAPUTER 100%
FAB WORK 60%
SOFTWARE 80%

components

bezel(2 of them)---------------------------$60
plastic epoxy------------------------------$40
SSF Glass and glaze-----------------------$40
10.2" widescreen touch lcd-----------------$440 shipped
epia via sp13000 mobo---------------------$109 shipped
M2-ATX 160 w PS-------------------------$40 w/mobo
300GB Seagate Barracuda 16Mb cach-------$110
1Gb Corsair pc3200 Ram--------------------$70
Panasonic UJ-845-B usb cd/dvd reads/wrights anything-$160 got ***-RAPPED on duties and taxes($80)
radio Xtreme usb fm tuner------------------$80 shipped
ati usb tv tuner----------------------------existing if i can find it, FOUND IT!!!
Holux 213 SiRF III GPS Receiver usb---------$50 shipped
mini usb Keyboard--------------------------$15
2 night vision 2MP web cams----------------$60
OBDII reader a ELM327 can bus usb one-----$152 shipped
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sub total $1411 lol
+ painting---------------------------------$first born
convenince of having up to 300gb of music $1411 dear god I spent about $1400 and i still dont have it in my car.

LUWE SYGABU · 03-07-2006, 05:06 PM

Ah, you finally got it! I see you found a dash piece too. Suprisingly, as big and deep as the dash looks it really doesn't have much room behind it. I can post some pics for you. It is ridiculously easy to pop the whole dash apart (and put back together again). In case you haven't seen how. Remove the two screws on the panel under the steering wheel, pop that piece off. Then there is one screwe in the main dash piece around the steering wheel on the left side take that out, and the rest is pulling it off. Don't be skiddish, it takes some force, you just gotta lay em up there. Then pop the center dash out there are like 7 or 8 clips in all around it. Then you can do some realtime, 3D exploration.

How do you like the car?

romul · 03-07-2006, 05:57 PM

i like the hatch, where did u get the leather upholstry done??

good luck on ur 06si project

portabuddy · 03-08-2006, 12:14 AM

btw I love how your car and how it turned out, it looks a bit acward with the shifter right there but i think that you pulled it off well. If you could please post some inthe guts pics that would be nice.

and the leather was a guy a met throught a friend, if your in the toronto area I'll give you his contact,. he's jamacan good and not cheap.^_^...

oh and i got a GPS/VHF antenna, its like the VW golf's rear antanna but a bit diffrent, I'll post a pic tomarow

JamesCameron1 · 03-08-2006, 11:53 PM

I'm not a big fan of the new 4 door civics.... but I must say, the new SI looks awsome! Good luck with your project!

LeythDC5 · 03-09-2006, 03:01 AM

hahah hell yea boostin a k series join the club =)

BiGGy · 03-09-2006, 09:26 AM

you need atleast 20x20cm gap, and a firm place to mount.

Cris · 03-09-2006, 09:53 AM

That 2 door Civic looks fantastic!

portabuddy · 03-13-2006, 04:38 PM

ok you might thing that im madd but i might be going for a 10" touchscreen, WOOO HOOO HELL YA..., i mean im thinking about it. if i put in a 7" than there will be a rim of about 1/2" on either side and they dont make a good widescreen 8" that i like so i was thinking of the dynamix 10.2" flipdown screen

http://www.dynamixcomputers.com/dyx_102trm.html

LeythDC5 · 03-13-2006, 09:34 PM

did you make that? good grief you did a good job

portabuddy · 03-14-2006, 01:33 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LeythDC5

did you make that? good grief you did a good job

I should have described it better, the pannel on the left is one that i bought from honda for $40, and the one with the cardboard is me doing a to-scale test to see if i can fit it, the last pic is of a GPS/VHF antenna. from a volvo truck, he he he.(the only reason im using it is because it didnt cost me a thing)

i mean yes umm.... i made that... all by me self

... ok no i didn't

LeythDC5 · 03-14-2006, 01:57 AM

oh i see. I wish i could do that for my car. DC5 Type-r's come with a screen so i could use the bezel but the right hand drive would make it backwards =(.

94legend · 03-16-2006, 05:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by portabuddy

Looks like mine...

portabuddy · 03-16-2006, 08:54 PM

its going to look very close only im using a 10.2" screen not a 7" and I'm going to try to elimiate all the buttons. aswell as im going to try to recess the screen so that its facing me flat/dead on.

did you install that pannel into you car, if so dose the screen dim from the angle?

Cris · 03-17-2006, 09:19 PM

Reffering to the title of this thread, I'd say you should keep it outrageously simple...

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