Meissen's Project 8" CarPC

[s.reef]

those Car PCs are sweet...didnt know you went through three of them

[meissen]

07-08.

Good catch

did you swap your interior?

Yessir. Over the winter of 07-08 (thanks Kyle) I swapped the 93-96 dash for a 97+ dash.

He has a lot of custom work done to his interior but I believe by looking at the pictures it is all with stock interior parts... I love his seats he had custom seat covers made and he re did his stock seats they look amazing!

Yessir #2, stock parts but entirely swapped over to the newer style dash.

ya some bestock but imo he dont a lot of custom work to his car and it going to one of a kind

Thank you, sir!

Interior modifications include, but not limited to:

97+ Center Console Conversion
Custom Bulb-to-LED Conversion

• Map Lights
• Dome Lights
• Door Handle Lights
• Custom Ambient Lighting [need to reinstall]

Custom Carbon Fiber-wrapped Triangle Mirror Plates
Custom Carbon Fiber-wrapped Auto Shift Panel
Rear Seat Delete
2x 12" Subwoofer Box in Rear Seat location
StockInteriors.com Red Carpet
Custom CarPC

• 8" Touchscreen
• mp3 Multimedia Playback
• GPS
• Wifi
• Games
• Headunit Relocated to Glovebox
• HVAC Relocated to Glovebox

97+ Dash Conversion

• Dyed black

2002 Trans Am Door Panel Conversion

• Custom red vinyl inserts

LeatherSeats.com Leather Seat Reupholster Kit

• 98+ Style
• Black with Red Inserts
• "Red Alert" embroidered on head rests

Switchplate in ashtray with 5 switches (can't remember where I got it)

I think that's it? That's not including the other crazy interior mods I've done over the years. Flame painted dashpad (it was pretty crude), 9 foot faceplate extension on the headunit so the headunit was in the glovebox and the faceplate was mounted in my sunvisor... that was one of my favorite mods... I could control the headunit from my sunvisor.

[98blackbeauty]

I don't think this car will ever be "DONE"

[bigjon88]

not with a pit crew like u!!!

[jderry]

Good catch



Yessir. Over the winter of 07-08 (thanks Kyle) I swapped the 93-96 dash for a 97+ dash.



Yessir #2, stock parts but entirely swapped over to the newer style dash.



Thank you, sir!

Interior modifications include, but not limited to:

97+ Center Console Conversion

Custom Bulb-to-LED Conversion

• Map Lights
• Dome Lights
• Door Handle Lights
• Custom Ambient Lighting [need to reinstall]

Custom Carbon Fiber-wrapped Triangle Mirror Plates
Custom Carbon Fiber-wrapped Auto Shift Panel
Rear Seat Delete
2x 12" Subwoofer Box in Rear Seat location
StockInteriors.com Red Carpet

Custom CarPC

• 8" Touchscreen
• mp3 Multimedia Playback
• GPS
• Wifi
• Games
• Headunit Relocated to Glovebox
• HVAC Relocated to Glovebox

97+ Dash Conversion

• Dyed black

2002 Trans Am Door Panel Conversion

• Custom red vinyl inserts

LeatherSeats.com Leather Seat Reupholster Kit

• 98+ Style
• Black with Red Inserts
• "Red Alert" embroidered on head rests

Switchplate in ashtray with 5 switches (can't remember where I got it)

I think that's it? That's not including the other crazy interior mods I've done over the years. Flame painted dashpad (it was pretty crude), 9 foot faceplate extension on the headunit so the headunit was in the glovebox and the faceplate was mounted in my sunvisor... that was one of my favorite mods... I could control the headunit from my sunvisor.

i like the 97+ dash but i like the 1996 gauges

[SoulTerror]

How do you have the PC hooked to the screen? do you have some sort of an adapter or something?

[meissen]

The screen is a regular VGA monitor.

Also to answer your question you had in the shoutbox (sorry, I had left work at 2:30pm) - the carPC's audio out goes into the Aux-Input into the head unit, which then powers the speakers. I do have the radio set to a certain volume but the main volume control is done via changing the carPC's volume.

[SoulTerror]

Thanks Brian, I'm going to look into seeing if I can get this laptop I have laying around to work for one. Just need to figure out how to power it.

[meissen]

You could always go the pretty low tech way and use a power inveter with a regular laptop power supply.

[SoulTerror]

I was thinking of that, but afraid it would drain the battery.

[meissen]

Hook the inverter up to a switched source that only has power when the car is on.

[98blackbeauty]

There is a power sequencer that will sequence pc up and down with ignition power.

[SoulTerror]

That would be great so that I didn't have to worry about turning it on and off.

[98blackbeauty]

Yeah it sequences up when starting car, and sequences PC off when ignition shut off. We put a kill switch on the sequencer so if your just starting and running few min you don't have to wait for PC to sequence up and down also kills power draw when not using car regularly.

[SoulTerror]

Is it a special part or just a normal part that can be gotten anywhere?