Rx8 Project. Nothing like you've ever seen.. and too much spare time.. lol
03-09-2008, 11:49 AM
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Rx8 Project. Nothing like you've ever seen.. and too much spare time.. lol
Well I've been working on this project for a long time. I think i'm finally finished with it. took me around 6 months. with a TON of fabrications. before that. I had never fabricated a thing before. So, I read up alot on mp3car how people did it. I knew what I wanted to do. just.. not how to do it.
The only problem I had to deal with is all the glowing the inside does at night
and people stairing in.. asking me.. hey, what type of system is that.. lol
first I started with the center dash carputer, running roadrunner and a heavily modified freedom ultimate skin.
this center dash peice folds down when needed.
the carpc has Horm activated so it take about 10 seconds to boot up. using a laptop I removed the battery. so It's a clean bootup every time. Unfortunatly. since that is the case. it thinks that it's been online since the snapshot. hense my runtime being 300 hours
well anyways, back to fabrication..
I then decided to modify a pillar pod with an LCD. and air/fuel/voltage combo gauge and boost gauge.
when the music is off, it displays system stats.
when the music is on it display winamp stats.
and when I click on winamp visualization. it puts a nice little equalizer at the bottom of the lcd which looks sick at night.
.. a few weeks later.. I felt the urge to make somthing else..
so I decided to fabricate a reverse cam into my top tray..
of course It had to be hidable..
and my phone to stream internet radio or google earth. or anything else for that matter..
I think it's finished..
Yes, the carbra is coming off this summer before anyone tells me.. lol
tell me what you think. or if you have any more ideas
-Marc
The only problem I had to deal with is all the glowing the inside does at night
and people stairing in.. asking me.. hey, what type of system is that.. lolfirst I started with the center dash carputer, running roadrunner and a heavily modified freedom ultimate skin.
this center dash peice folds down when needed.
the carpc has Horm activated so it take about 10 seconds to boot up. using a laptop I removed the battery. so It's a clean bootup every time. Unfortunatly. since that is the case. it thinks that it's been online since the snapshot. hense my runtime being 300 hours
well anyways, back to fabrication..
I then decided to modify a pillar pod with an LCD. and air/fuel/voltage combo gauge and boost gauge.
when the music is off, it displays system stats.
when the music is on it display winamp stats.
and when I click on winamp visualization. it puts a nice little equalizer at the bottom of the lcd which looks sick at night.
.. a few weeks later.. I felt the urge to make somthing else..
so I decided to fabricate a reverse cam into my top tray..
of course It had to be hidable..
and my phone to stream internet radio or google earth. or anything else for that matter..
I think it's finished..
Yes, the carbra is coming off this summer before anyone tells me.. lol
tell me what you think. or if you have any more ideas
-Marc
03-09-2008, 12:06 PM
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Entire front end is carbon fiber (bumper, hood, and fenders) Hense the carbra for winter. veilside sideskirts, and tailkit. Need RIMS! lol. also need summer to hurry up so I can take off bra, repaint car (looking for black with blue pearl) and since the front end is grey carbon fiber, I picked up some black carbon fiber vinyl. going to 2 tone it (carbon fiber 2 tone).. will look sick with done.
I was going to motorize the carputer. but. it just ended up being too much work. so I just made it swivel. I had planned on using a cd-rom drive eject mechinism as the screen lift. but, I'll save that for summer after i'm done with the rest. Damn new england winters!
I was going to motorize the carputer. but. it just ended up being too much work. so I just made it swivel. I had planned on using a cd-rom drive eject mechinism as the screen lift. but, I'll save that for summer after i'm done with the rest. Damn new england winters!
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03-09-2008, 12:08 PM
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tell me what you think. or if you have any more ideas
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03-09-2008, 12:12 PM
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03-09-2008, 04:00 PM
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Nice... next step, hard wire the radar detector, http://www.escortradar.com/9500ci.htm.
How do you like it?
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03-09-2008, 07:50 PM
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