View Poll Results: Which screen/placement would you preffer? You can choose more than one.
7" Screen on top of dash above AC vents.
85
55.19%
7" Screen center dash in place of OEM Head Unit w/ AC controls moved to Cig. Tray
32
20.78%
8" Screen center dash in place of OEM Head Unit w/ AC controls moved to Cig. Tray
50
32.47%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 154. You may not vote on this poll
Dash Mold Opinons
01-19-2006, 07:13 PM
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Carputers, Touchscreens..
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Dash Mold Opinons
We need your opinion on what most people would want for an "In-Dash" Monitor as far as a dash mold goes. Please cast your vote and post other ideas.
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01-20-2006, 09:05 AM
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Can you guys do a double DIN where the factory radio is, either moving the AC controls to the cigarette tray, or just keeping them where they are now? That'd be sweet too, as long as we can do away with the headunit completely. Moving it to the trunk really isn't as clean as I would like...
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01-20-2006, 09:17 AM
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One thing we are looking at is detatching the head unit from it's face plate. Then moving the factory head unit back about 1 1/2" - 2" and placing a screen in place. This would involve moving the A/C controls down to the ash tray. We would then use a CarPC with FM tuner rather than an actual head unit.
01-20-2006, 09:20 AM
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There's a PCB inside the HU that you need to keep. I think I've read of some people ditching the bulk of the unit and keeping only the PCB, but I'm not sure.
Anyways, I'd love to have a retractable nav screen replacement (one that includes everything a non-nav 8 would need). Perhaps you could make with manual operation (for the cost conscious), but also have an option to add automatic operation.
Anyways, I'd love to have a retractable nav screen replacement (one that includes everything a non-nav 8 would need). Perhaps you could make with manual operation (for the cost conscious), but also have an option to add automatic operation.
01-20-2006, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Slims8
I would like to note that an 8" screen on top of the dash may be a little more difficult to conceal as well as see over when driving.
you could easily put an 8 inch in there especially if you keep the top of the stock Red LED display low profile instead of bubbled up to align with the rest of the dash (which won't be needed anymore since the screen will be there
)I have stock NAV now and I'll see if I can find an 8 inch LCD to put up against it to prove my point
maybe you could design it for 8 inch with a border for 7 inch or no border at all...just a closed front so customers can cut out the size they want...or have multiple screens or mount guages and a small screen, etc.
01-20-2006, 09:41 AM
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More than likely these molds will already have the screens in them, so there are no fitment issues. There are many shapes and sizes of screens.