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ejmack1 10-29-04 06:38 PM
Finally done with my LCD install...
 
Well not in the car but this shit was hard enough... I recommend anyone wanting to do this to PAY SOMEONE ELSE :rlaugh:

Finished up Bondo

http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0038.JPG

Finishing Sanding
http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0039.JPG

Texture Spray
http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0040.JPG

Rubber Coating Bumper Spray
http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0041.JPG

Finished :bigthumb:
http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0042.JPG

adam c 10-29-04 06:52 PM
That looks pretty good. I would like to see it in the car.

rx7_lover 10-29-04 06:59 PM
sweet. on the finished picture, it has somewhat different texture from the one before (right after rubberc coating with 'wet' looking). is that because the rubber coating dried completely on the final picture?

AREITU 10-29-04 08:16 PM
Very nice. What brand texturing are you using, by the way?

apneablue 10-29-04 09:15 PM
Nice job dooooood....I want to see it in da dash!

rotoboy661 10-29-04 09:33 PM
wut kida finish is that???

looks light

ejmack1 10-30-04 05:59 AM
Originally Posted by rotoboy661
wut kida finish is that???

looks light
texture and black bumper coating... matched 94-95 panels nearly perfect ;)

ROTORhead93 10-30-04 10:30 AM
looks great man, get it in the car

TwinTurbo93 10-30-04 12:37 PM
Looks good, what's the size?

tinfan82 10-30-04 12:39 PM
wow........looks awesome....I wanna see that in the car....post pix once you get it in there....

ejmack1 10-30-04 02:38 PM
7 inch LCD... i need to pull the dash... so it will be a while
;)

fc3skid 10-31-04 02:31 AM
Yea thats super nice, I like the finish.

2HLNBK 10-31-04 02:58 AM
looks good man post pics when u put it in da dash.

SomeGuy_sg 10-31-04 04:11 AM
Mm...sweet . Hows about a write up how you got it done ;) that would be kick ass man . Whats that LCD gonna be used for ? ICE or engine management ?

gotorx7 10-31-04 07:14 AM
That looks awesome!! Like it came out from the factory...

Nice work, and it'll be great to see it all in the car and finished...

Herblenny 10-31-04 07:33 AM
Beautiful work!! Nice Job.. You don't need to hire someone else to do this.. You did a great job!

ejmack1 10-31-04 11:02 AM
No ones really commented on the area around the knobs... i think it looks great rounded out like that....

jimlab 10-31-04 11:58 AM
Originally Posted by ejmack1
No ones really commented on the area around the knobs... i think it looks great rounded out like that....
No comment. :)

ejmack1 10-31-04 12:13 PM
Originally Posted by jimlab
No comment. :)
2 words and a smiley?

seriously thats like the shortest post you have ever made :confused:

jimlab 10-31-04 12:42 PM
Originally Posted by ejmack1
2 words and a smiley?

seriously thats like the shortest post you have ever made :confused:
No.

Fritz_X 10-31-04 01:20 PM
Originally Posted by jimlab
No.
ha

RX7 RAGE 10-31-04 01:34 PM
damn, that looks great! :)

wingsfan 11-09-04 09:09 AM
Looks awesome. I so want to do that to my car. And the stock radio and cd player has stopped working. Hmmmm :evilgrin:

jon88se 11-09-04 10:24 AM
How come you masked all the buttons and knobs rather than disassembling before painting??

ejmack1 11-09-04 11:29 AM
Originally Posted by jon88se
How come you masked all the buttons and knobs rather than disassembling before painting??
Because i tried having it dissasembled the first time... and when you try to reinstall the buttons, there is too much texture material and the buttons rub.... so this seemed to be the best way, and it turned out to work great.

fastcarfreak 11-09-04 11:43 AM
looks great, also curious what is gonna be the main function of it? (tuning, show, or just watch movies :) )

jon88se 11-09-04 01:43 PM
Originally Posted by ejmack1
Because i tried having it dissasembled the first time... and when you try to reinstall the buttons, there is too much texture material and the buttons rub.... so this seemed to be the best way, and it turned out to work great.
I see...it did come out really nicely!! I guess you could have just slightly trimmed the holes for the buttons as well, but it you got no over-spray then it's a job well done ;)

JaNusSolSumnus 11-09-04 02:44 PM
Originally Posted by ejmack1
No ones really commented on the area around the knobs... i think it looks great rounded out like that....
I'm not a fan of the portion only because now you dont have an indicator of where you are with the A/C settings, otherwise its nice.

I still wanna see a backside pic, even though you said you were fighting with mounting issues.

~Kris

KaiFD3S 11-09-04 02:58 PM
any new pics installed in the car

ejmack1 11-09-04 03:01 PM
Originally Posted by JaNusSolSumnus
I'm not a fan of the portion only because now you dont have an indicator of where you are with the A/C settings, otherwise its nice.

I still wanna see a backside pic, even though you said you were fighting with mounting issues.

~Kris
LOL i dont have a/c ;) so i could careless about that... Plus after 3 years of owning an FD i know where the settings are....

also a small vinyl overlay on that part would be easy if i ever needed it, i just like it rounded out.

JaNusSolSumnus 11-09-04 03:12 PM
Originally Posted by ejmack1
LOL i dont have a/c ;) so i could careless about that... Plus after 3 years of owning an FD i know where the settings are....

also a small vinyl overlay on that part would be easy if i ever needed it, i just like it rounded out.
Why not remove the knobs completely? Put gauges or something else in there instead. Maybe a flux capacitor so you can go back in time ;)

~Kris

ejmack1 11-09-04 05:09 PM
Originally Posted by JaNusSolSumnus
Why not remove the knobs completely? Put gauges or something else in there instead. Maybe a flux capacitor so you can go back in time ;)

~Kris
still need to control the location and temp and the fan setting.

just dont need the a/c button.

TwinTurbo93 11-09-04 09:30 PM
I maybe missed it above but is it a tuch screen monitor or regular?
Also two guys asked before, what are you gonna used in conjuction with?, onboard computer?, or ECU tunning/datalogic? or both???

The reason I'm asking is b/c I gonna do something similar in future, build a small onboard PC for multi purposes, movies, music, GPS navi., datalogic tunning and whole nine yards...



:peace:

HedgeHog 11-09-04 11:11 PM
cripes those mini itx stuff adds up to be quite costly. where will u mount the case for CD/DVD access?

ejmack1 11-10-04 01:41 AM
just wait and see.... and it will be used for Movies, MP3's, navigation, tuning, blah, blah blah, porn, blah, blah... and some other stuff...

apex_sideway 11-10-04 02:08 AM
Poooorn . . . mmmMmmMmmmmMm :D

JaNusSolSumnus 11-10-04 12:52 PM
Yes, I'd like to see your final setup for the sysem as well. I'm building an aluminum chassis with rails to slide into the radio rails -- saying my motherboard will fit, havent measured.

I'm using a iTX 'shuttle' style mobo with a 2.4Ghz P4 + 256mb RAM and onboard vid/aud

I still have to figure out how I'm going to get the computer to interface with the Bose system, any ideas on that one? I have the Schosche adapter still for my current radio so I'm sure I'll need it again for this adventure. Power on for the amps may be tricky though. :(

I'll be using my system for: GPS, music, flicks, wardriving, and tuning (down the road PFC+dataloggit)

~Kris

ejmack1 11-10-04 03:21 PM
Originally Posted by JaNusSolSumnus
Yes, I'd like to see your final setup for the sysem as well. I'm building an aluminum chassis with rails to slide into the radio rails -- saying my motherboard will fit, havent measured.

I'm using a iTX 'shuttle' style mobo with a 2.4Ghz P4 + 256mb RAM and onboard vid/aud

I still have to figure out how I'm going to get the computer to interface with the Bose system, any ideas on that one? I have the Schosche adapter still for my current radio so I'm sure I'll need it again for this adventure. Power on for the amps may be tricky though. :(

I'll be using my system for: GPS, music, flicks, wardriving, and tuning (down the road PFC+dataloggit)

~Kris
I have aftermarket amps and speaks so no bose for me

BlueSprite 11-10-04 09:54 PM
nice job ...

what does it look like when you turn on the LCD ?

thx Sindy

C-westin'FD 11-11-04 02:03 AM
Looks Good!!! Nice work!!!

SomeGuy_sg 11-11-04 09:40 AM
Mmm... hope you get them installed soon so we can see how the whole thing looks finished . Damn nice work ...

ejmack1 11-11-04 12:33 PM
Originally Posted by SomeGuy_sg
Mmm... hope you get them installed soon so we can see how the whole thing looks finished . Damn nice work ...
For those that know me well on this board, I tend to work on a project then get "un" motivated.... my rims that I am getting in today should motivate me to work on it more :rlaugh:

ejmack1 11-15-04 11:58 PM
dont laugh at my dirty ass RX7 parts room....

hahah

and here is a pic of the ac panel in the dash... the dash just doesn't happen to be in my car...

http://www.springfieldmortgage.net/f...s/IMG_0063.JPG

VR4191 11-16-04 12:03 AM
ROTFLMAO... i love it... dash but not in the car good one ejmack... that is the kind of thing i would've done

akiratdk 11-16-04 02:47 AM
That must have been a lot of work.... did you do custom fabrications before?

ejmack1 11-16-04 11:11 AM
Originally Posted by akiratdk
That must have been a lot of work.... did you do custom fabrications before?
no :p:


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