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bored one night so dwb87 and i installed this :nod::nod:

Hell yea I like that. I've seen some other cars do the same thing. How're making the connection to the speakers from the iPad?

It is not hard I will see if I can find the tutorial I used when I did this to my X-runner. The ipad communicates with this interface box to convert the signal ti multiple speakers so you get the right left for the front and rear. Then you can even add a sub.

I would like to see this done with an ipad mini ;-)

Great job so far. I will see if I find the design i used for mine. It was easy to get in and out and at the same time it was very secure.

This is the iPad mini!!!

Simple... Through an amp. The volume is then controlled with a potentiometer.

I was pretty surprised that the iPad mini fit SO well. It was quite exciting. :icon_tup:

Cool, perfect fits :)

I was going to to the same thing with an HTC Android tablet, but then I decided to go a different route.

https://www.rx7club.com/build-thread.../#post10973928

I was thinking android too...but I got a super good deal on a mini ����

Thats very nice. Looks good built in but id like to use my iPad as a handheld device too. Would be nice to have the ability to take it out but it would look weird.

Yeah..working on making it removable..but I got it for $240..so I could really just buy another one if I needed to use it.

I really wanted to do something like this but ended up buying an appradio. We'll see how that goes. Defintiely post up a parts list and tutorial!

im going to do this with a nexus 7

Ah sweet. It looked bigger lol

Here are some links i was able to find.


iPad Tacoma Install Complete

IPAD INSTALL IN DASH OF TACOMA 2ND GEN - Tacoma World Forums

If I decide to do that I might just do a PC setup. with HKS Camp.

I would love to see a Nexus 7 install. The size of it is more fitting for this type of install, wouldn't look so cramped.

Now tie it into your PowerFC.

thought about that too lol. As far as I know anything with a pfc is all windows based...ill figure something out!!

^ Struggles and I have been discussing this. A laptop with datalogit set-up would be ideal.

This is dooppee!!! haha
How does it stay in place though? Is it secure? Won't be falling in or out or anything? yeah you should give us more insight on how you did this.
So you can hook up the sound from the ipad headphone jack to the subs? And then from subs to speakers? Would music quality be lost or is it as good as a good receiver?

Thunderbolt to audio out I'll write up a DIY in a few days. Pretty packed at work right now

I gotta find someone who can do this to my car. Awesome

I'm currently doing this with a nexus 7...but I'm trying to make it removable and able to charge while in the car. I'm actually getting rid of my drivesoft just so I can have everything synced to android.

I can lol

Now I can play PvZ while driving!!!!!! Sold!

MS Surface Pro should allow for this.

It would. I thought about that too but my job doesn't have the surface...yet

What's thunderbolt to audio mean?.. haha
Yeah I would be real excited for your write-up. This comes in perfect time because I need some audio for the FD and I was going to buy a double din with GPS and stuff, but with the ipad you have better music options, PLUS gps as well!! So thats awesome! I would definitely need to do that.
So how does it charge? It's connected to power and charges whenever the car is on?

I am not usually this rude.

But OP, go die in a fire. You are as stupid as the people that use this platform for a drag car.

can you not afford an ipad or something?

thunderbolt is the new ipad/iphone5 charging plug. that to rca lol

he lives in the bay area, someone would break into our cars real fast to steal it

It's personal taste... Cry about it, troll.

Really cool install

I absolutely HATE anything that has the Apple brand on it. IMHO Apple is the work of the devil and I will never ever own a single (cr)apple product as far as possible.

Having said that though, I do really like the install you did there OP. I debated doing this myself, but I would have used an Android/Windows based tablet.

In the end I went with the Pioneer double DIN touch screen unit, because I was lazy :p

Nice work :)

this is pretty much exactly what I did, magnets and all you can now purchase a pre made mount kit
$249.99 is kinda stupid to pay, if you have decent fiberglass skills, you can easily make one of these yourself


iPad mini Float-Mount? Kit : Soundman Enterprises inc

I know this is an old post and all, but god damn bro I hope you have enrolled yourself in some anger management classes.

dwb87 hit the nail on the head. its the same as the rotary vs swap debate.

if you dont want anyone to put iPad mini's in RX-7's, you're gonna have to either buy every iPad mini, or every RX7.

If you dont want anyone to drag race RX-7's, you're gonna have to buy them all.

if you dont want anyone to motorswap RX-7's, you're gonna have to buy them all.

old post is old, but get over it. its not your car.

-guy who drag races an rx7

Drama aside, Id like to see more about this. Such as how you mounted it. How you hooked up the charger, headphone jack to the amp etc... I use a mini iPad in my work car but is on a clip mount. This is much nicer of an install.

Any updates on this? A write-up and list of parts used, perhaps?

Are there any really cheap windows based tablets out there than can run windows software. So I can load my ECU and Logworks software. Or anyone know of an emulator can emulate the windows environment?

^I had thought about trying to find a Surface that is the right size, around 7", but I haven't found one and I need a something that runs IOS anyway.

here is what i did


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this displays my haltech gauges similar to this (my previous FD):

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...-no/2014-04-12

This is actually inspiring.
I am in the process of planning a new system in the car as the rear Bose snake is not working (I will have to find out what is wrong with it, but I am inclined on to just ripping the entire system off and putting something different in.

I have looked into this a bit today, reading this thread, following the links and doing some extra research.

It is possible to get a HD that works with the iPad and what you can do is to basically stream wirelessly whatever media you have on the HD into the iPad.

So, I can see installing an iPad (I already have one and would get another mini for the car) in the place of the head unit. You'd get music or video out and you'd be able to have your entire music library with you all the time; you can have your home apps (like I have a garage door remote app) and you would have your GPS with traffic if you have it tethered with the phone (or you can go with an LTE iPad in case).

Radio is not a problem for me as I do not really listen to it, besides, there are apps to listen to internet radio and radio stations websites that stream live.

The one thing I can't seem to figure out is how to do hands free from iPhone to iPad. So far I wasn't able to find any way to do it. You can only if they are both attached to a wifi. So, you either install something like an airenabler in the car and then connect all the devices to it, or you have to go with and independent bluetooth system. Any suggestion in regards to this would be greatly appreciated.

I also found a video that spoke about how to send audio out and apparently there is no distortion at any volume level from the earphones out, so all it is needed for sound is a jack to RCA that gets plugged into the amp. Issue would be to control different channels, but I think I will go with just two really good door speakers. This would make it possible to attach the USB to a proper power supply to keep it charged. I don't care much about sound in the car, as long as it is decent, so 2 good speakers in the doors will do for me to cover the 4 cubic feet of volume inside the cabin.

I'll be looking at installing this permanently behind the dash piece, like it was done in the first post of the thread.

One last question: how do you turn it off when you turn the car off, if you do not have access to the sleep/restart button?

I have thought about 3D printing a mask to place in front of it when I get out of the car. It should really not be an issue around here, but that would likely be a good deterrent.

Looks good, Jacob. What type of pad is that, and what size is it? I want to install mine behind the trim piece, but that's pretty cool having it removable like that. I was looking at an iPad Mini at a store yesterday and it looks still too big to fit behind the DIN, like a lot of the screen on the edge would be covered. When compared to a 7" Galaxy Tab anyway.

mine is a Dell Venue 8 Pro. they are super cheap, like 200$ now (i think).

it's an 8".

the best thing is that it runs full windows8 (it has an x86 processor so it will run full windows) so i can run my haltech software on it and use itunes with my little amp and speakers.
it works very well!

Ok cool! I didn't realize Dell had a tablet in their lineup. Not a bad price either. I always wanted Windows on a tablet or something in the dash so I could use it on the PFC to tune or whatever, but since I'm switching ECUs and the company makes an app that will allow adjustment of boost control and traction control, I'll just go with the app. Sounds like yours has everything you need though. Sweet setup!