Thread: 2006 Subaru WRX STi CarPC

Have installed Boston 60SL speakers and tweeters. Fabricated brackets for the front door woofers from dowels. removed and modified front dor tweeter mounts. Front doors appear stock. Rear speakers and tweeters mounted on rear deck. Holes already existed in the meal deck, cut the trim to fit. Rear doors will retain original 4" speakers,

I will connect my 9200mki parrot bluetooth through those 4" speakers, I'm thinking this will allow me to hear it and prevent echoes the best. It will also prevent annoying bass sounds from the parrot, which might occur when someone blows on their phone. I intend to run an aux in from the parrot to my computer as well, in case I decide to use the full system and the parrot's bluetooth music capabilities when someone hops in the car.

I have built a rack for the amps, capacitor, and crossovers, and mounted it to the two parallel bars behind the back seat. The rack is made of aluminum and threaded rods. I polished the aluminum. This design allows for spare tire access.

The computer case I have is small, but it should be smaller. I plan to cut the front off and reattach the trim to make it smaller, or I may end up buying another case.

I've started running wires, I love how easy it is to take this car apart. I grounded the capacitor/amp rack to the panel behind the seat... If I hear any ground loops or hums I will likely run a ground wire direct to the battery.

I've acquired some 1/8" stainless to build my monitor bracket... heavy duty!

I've had some difficulty running my peripheral wires into the center console from the back... the whole armrest/console is one piece!

I may cut a small hole in the carpet to run wires underneath and seal it with fabric glue if I cannot get the center console to cooperate.

Windows XP on a modern computer absolutely flies! Less than 5 seconds to shut down. Startup without the windows updates was under 10 seconds, it's a bit more now with programs and updates. I plan to use nlite to trim that back.

I built a subwoofer box, but then I gave it to my sister for Christmas (along with an amp and sub), so now I need to build another.

I am still wondering how best to mount the subwoofer.

Biggest concern now: mounting that 8" touchscreen in a 7" hole. Let's see how much I can do this weekend.

Bluetooth.... 9200Mki (9200 Mki) Parrot is awesome! I played with it some and haven't fully tested the functionality, but everything so far seems top notch.

I decided to mount the 8" touchscreen recessed behind the original stereo location... mounted the keyboard in the fusebox on the left, media controls will go in the flap under the stereo. Photos later.

This is the Keyboard.

Here's my A-pillar control switches (the LEDs have been dimmed with in-line resistors, and only light up when the grounds are connected by a relay that is switched by the acc line.

awesome! i hope you keep it up with the updates. I just got a Saabaru aka saab 9-2x.