Thread: 2006 civic Si Goin' big, 10.2"lcd/300GB hdd/1Gb ram...

ok well some more recent shots, i started by useing a glinding cookie and cleaning up the screen bezel, once it was all clean i glued the glass panel back on...

I took some pink foam from homedepot and used normal elmers school glue to bond the pieces together i taped them together stacked some beer boxed on it and left it for a week to dry, once it was set i used a coaping saw and a large sharp knife to fit the foam to the bezel, once it was pieced together i did a rough cut with rasor bladesa a rasp, knifes and 40 grit sand paper to rough out a shape...

this is what that looked like... the angel is set in place with the epoxy at the botom...


this is a shot my bro got of me sanding...
I'm still in my work scrubs, nice day to wear a black shirt eh?




And smothed up with some 120 grit paper and some rasors, the Final product will look like this, and if your wondering why im spending so much time since i will just be covering it up with epoxy anyway well it only took 30 min to an hour to get to this point...


that void on the right hand side will be filled with a flap the pivots up to reveal 2 USB ports and a audio in port for mp3 players...


I got some plasticene from a craft store to fill in the voids left by the meeting of the vertical and horizontal pieces... then once it was patched i befan mixing and appling the 2 part epoxy, i chose to use Hard plastic epoxt to prevent cracking in winterm as it is the same consistancy as the material that the bezel is made of...



And its all covered...

FYI i was useing a bamboo squire to mix the stuff ans a rasor to apply it, and getting it all over my hands...

But this is only 1/8"-1/16" thick, so i needed to waight for it to set(5 min) and chip the back clean to realy apply the stuff for strength, i used clay shapeing tools for that(like a sharp wire loop on a stick)





And the under coating brining the total thickness to around 1/4"




Remember kids always wear your mask when sanding..., i was coughing up pink foam the next day...




whatcha think so far?

Ok and i have finished little parts to the projects like making a external antenna for my WiFi, by adding a 7Db gain antenna and my gps for external use...


I plan on not touching any part of my cars harnesses as to not void and waranties, i dont want to get screwd over by honda if they get touchy, so i will be useing a seperate amps that i have kicking around my house, may aswell use them...

Wow very impressive. I'll be watching this one for sure. Which night vision cameras are you planning on using?

they are generic cams but their picture quality looks realy good I also ordered 200 IR leds to add to the front and back or of the car.

today when i got home i popped out the fake glass screen -the one that i cut just so that the tiny tiny bezel didn't get deformed- this took over an hour, this is because i had just hot-glued the glass in there about 2 weeks ago and it was still plenty strong. i cut at it with razors and then finally prying on it from the front with a fine metal putty-knife, the screen popped out.

I wasn't in the clear yet i needed to cut the glue away ans strip it out with a tiny pair of needle nose pliers. almost two hours later i was almost done, I say almost because when i test fitted the screen it turns out that i needed to trim some of the epoxy for it to sit right, some had seeped under the glass when i molded it...

I also needed to trim a little plastic piece that formed the bottom of the bezel and the frame, it was sticking out a bit and i trimmed it down with a pair of nippers., that way i could slide the screen from the bottom (the only way possible), when i was forming the side piece that i will later cut vent holes into i noticed that there is no way to install the screen due to the cramped space and my wacky geometry... But it fits well now.


I applied more epoxy to the inside approaching the the front on the top, next with the screen installed i will be able to tell where my CD burner will go, i got a slot load snipper slim drive, it does everything but blue-ray and HD-DVD...

the drive will be removable (just in-case) and when the CD is ejected it will pop straight up with the words facing you.



All i have to do is sand, apply more epoxy, sand, epoxy, sand, filler, sand, cut holes for the cd, make 4 buttons, mount Ir receptors for radio/screen/TV and make them look good, then filler, sand, primer, sand, primer, sand, paint, clear, sand, buff and I'm done... E.T. for compilation is in one month... OK two...


BTW the computer is really stable, i have been using it as my computer for the last year, and I almost love it too much to put it in my car so i might get a faster one and put that in it...


WHERE ARE ALL THE GEN 8 CIVIC OWNERS???, Oh I guess im the only one here now eh?

nice can you upload some more shots.

haha I can see it now... some guy is watching a Caltran camera and sees 200 lights shining from a Civic racing down the freeway =P

Once my PC is in (and funds are more readily available) I would like to put at lease a couple cams in along with a mic.

Ir led's are bairly visable, they are workin in a light spectrum that we cannot see, i plan on putting 150 in the front and 50-100 in the back, I got the strongest ones i could (of course ), the downside to heveing the lights on my car is if cops are useing lidar(lezer radar) the leds give it more acuracy , the plus side is that i can make them pulse useing a varable resistor and a 555timer circut and make them work like a green light device.

Ever notice that there are little black sensors with little hoods ontop of the lights at intercections?, well those are Ir recivers that catch pulses from firetrucks that change the lights green when one comes through the intersection, Its a $50 fine if your cought with a device that messes with the trafic light...


kleicl, the problem with the progress is that i need to wait a day or so fot the epoxy to fully harden, if you like i can put up shots of my antenna mod?