2001 Mustang Convertible - LOTS of pictures

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 02:48 PM

So here's my organizing thread so that I can keep track of everything I've done along with pictures so that I remember where everything goes

My baby

Dash

Center console area

Modified intakes

Flowmaster dual exhaust/muffler kit

Backseat view

Overhead

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:12 PM

4(3) gauge wire run

Battery to fuse

Fuse to inside of fender wall

From fender to a small unused grommet near the door

From the other side of the grommet to the front of the kickpanel

From above the kickpanel, down around the OBD connector, into the center console

Alongside the shifter into the actual center console storage area

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:12 PM

8 gauge wire run

Dash with wire hanging out

Radio removed, power and audio wire showing

Center console umodified

Center console with inside removed

Distribution block pulled out to show

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:13 PM

Amp installed

Very discreet

And very organized

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:13 PM

Carputer and original bezels

Setup on the desk

Assortment of wires

My custom USB hardware interface -- Fusion brain on steroids for my purposes

Relay switch board -- can be placed anywhere in the car and connected to main board with cable

Overview

Original bezel

Spare bezel from older Mustang

Touchscreen

Touchscreen reassembled [not for long]

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:15 PM

Relocation of HVAC controls and start of bezel

Dash all cut up

My start to a bezel

DVD drive placement

Spare bezel cut up to steal the AC part

Cut the sides off the AC controls to fit them

Added plastic pieces to each side so I can screw them into the dash

AC installed

Fits perfectly

Looks just like new

Gotta make sure it still works though

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:15 PM

Installation of computer

Should be just enough room for a MicroATX

Just a few cuts to the dash required

Turns out I dont need to cut after all

Its tight, but it fits

Theres no room for the DVD drive, so itll have to go underneath the AC

With the screen in, youll never even see it

My test setup, notice the 8-gauge going to the M2-ATX:

She works:

The old radio and the new Visteon unit:

My temporary wiring mess:

The perfect ground in a Mustang:

The half-assed +12 connection:

**colin** · 06-25-2008, 03:16 PM

Reserved 2: Fabrication of bezel.

Did a single edge in epoxy, boy it's a pain in the *** to work with. I'm using the liquid stuff and tape to seal off the edges and I am not having fun with it

I'll have to get a glue bottle or something so that I can squirt the epoxy where I want it like glue... perhaps I'll let it dry a bit longer before I apply it as well. I think I'm going to use less too and rely more on the bondo for the shaping and just the epoxy to hold it together. I'm paranoid about cracking, but might as well try it.

Installed the TEMPORARY bezel today and got 'er up and running:

As promised, epoxy and bondo pictures:

**colin** · 06-30-2008, 08:50 PM

Reserved 3: Installation of additional hardware, perhaps?

I purchased a Visteon Zoom and I'm waiting for it to arrive. Once I find someone with a laser printer, I'll start the process of making the circuit board for it. I'm going to try and write some of the software in the meantime, but If anyone's been following my threads, I get distracted easily from software... very easily. I start it but never finish it...