93-96 to 97+ Dash Conversion Project Thread

[Camaroz2894]

wow

i've been wondering how hard it is to convert to newer dash and al what you have to do... cause i was considering doing it sometime... down the road. as far as taking all the old out and putting in new.. does it line up the same? is there any hard modification you have to do?

[MP81]

Oh, right!

Shhhh....

None of you saw anything...........

[meissen]

Shhh, Kyle, that was suppose to be our secret.

[MP81]

Brian, Brian, Brian. No you don't.

I'm pretty sure your lap is just as good of a passenger seat as it gets...

[meissen]

Haha, no I need room for Angie to sit in the passenger seat.

[MP81]

We'll all squeeze into and around Brian's car.

[BP_Z28]

yes so we can all watch

Cars or something

@ the M&G

[MP81]

Replace the passenger seat with a screen.

[BP_Z28]

why not go 25"

[meissen]

Battery's and cap's. Some of those cars have a small army of battery's Ben. If you plan on running a lot of electronics I would recommend a bigger alt. as well.

True that, my battery is ALWAYS dead. I was actually shocked on the weekend when I reconnected my battery (it was entirely disconnected, both posts) and it still had a charge. Confirmed in my eyes that my problem is not my battery, it's either a short connection somewhere that's causing a constant drain, or my alternator just sucks. I want to get a higher output alternator this year, though. Especially since the screen I'm looking at buying is a 10.4" touchscreen instead of the 7" that I currently have.

[SoulTerror]

I don't know if a v8 alt will work. Can just order a bigger alt for your v6 from just about anywhere. Summit, Advanced Auto, Auto Zone, etc....

Battery's and cap's. Some of those cars have a small army of battery's Ben. If you plan on running a lot of electronics I would recommend a bigger alt. as well.

Would I be looking for a V8 Alternator or something aftermarket?

[SoulTerror]

Battery's and cap's. Some of those cars have a small army of battery's Ben. If you plan on running a lot of electronics I would recommend a bigger alt. as well.

It's literally a full blown computer, so it can do basically whatever I want it to do. It doesn't have built-in wifi, but I can use my USB Wifi to give it wifi. I'm actually contemplating using the software that is made for my Treo so that I can plug the Treo into the carPC and use the Treo's internet connection on the carPC... but I'll need to write a batch file to accomplish this easily while I'm driving.

The real time weather updates are only available while it has an internet connection, but yeah otherwise it's downloaded straight from Weather.com.

The GPS software is very accurate. I use iGuidance, it's my favorite out of the handful that are available. iGuidance is easy to use because the software buttons are larger and it integrates with the frontend software much easier.

Thats awesome. One of these days I'll build a CarPC. We could set up a LAN at the M&G. Until then I'll stick with a nice DVD player, I found one I like but it will have to wait till my next paycheck. Hey bri, how much power are you drawing for the CarPC and your other stereo stuff. Someone mentioned I may need a higher output alternator to run all my car stereo / video stuff. How do all those import guys run 10 monitors, 8 subs, 4 amps+ on such a little car?

[TSTONE]

coming along nicely - that screen is sweet