Yeah i finally installed carputer in my car today. I started back in february and was working on it when i had some free time and money. I took some pictures today:

Road Runner

GPS
Gauges

Media Player


Keyboard



Sorry i dont have any good pictures of fabrication and installation. I took some pix with my phone let me know if you are interested. Dash is unpainted as you can see because i'm still undecided about color and i want to get it done professionaly so i have to find a good shop. Here is my system specs: 7' Xenarc touch screen,
2gb ram, chopped hp slimline pc, opus 250w power supply, dinovo mini keyboard, 200 gb 2.5 hard drive, bu353 gps, netgear wireless adapter. Im running Windows XP pro sp3, Road Runner front end and iGuidance 4 for gps. Everything works pretty good and fast. I dropped my HU in my dash behind the screen so i still can use my radio only now i have to use steering wheel controls. Originally i was going to put my computer in the dash and relocate hu in the glove box but wires were too short. My case is pretty small 7x8x4 so im going to put in behind the glove box next to ecu i just need to make a bracket for it. In the future im going to add backup camera, obd-II reader, slim dvd drive in cubby and upgrade my stereo system, add some amps and subs. Let me know what do you think?

 

i don't like the way it looks on the dash w/ no door...but pretty unique think that u did their!!

 

^i hated that door. It was noisy and i wasn't using it anyways.

 

looks pretty good, can't wait to see it with some paint

 

well I hope you tint your window real dark or put some insurance. Looks nice but not the keyboard, also the sides look all beat up.

 

can you hook up a car pc to a existing double din? i have the jensen vm model. and saw some pcs online saying just hook it up the vga. not sure about that. this post really makes me want to have one now. heh.

 

btw, thats looks hot.

 

good job. still got a bit of detailing to do tho.

 

Yeah i have 5% all around and full coverage. Keybord is actually pretty cool, backlight is orange just like tc interior lighting.

 

If you have vga connector on the back then i guess you can, but touch screen wont work because its controlled by usb.

 

oh wow okay, hmm if i really want to do this then i would have to sell my jensen. kinda sucks without the touchscreen. Thanks for information!

 

ive seen a couple of these around. good job but how much did everything run u if u dont mind me asking

 

Lets just say it wasnt cheap close to $1500. I also bought some stuff i didnt use in my setup like usb dvd drive, hard drives, keyboard, wires, fiberglass, adapters. I wish i just went with good indash dvd player sometimes. But hey you can customize the hell out of it if you really get into it.

 

Just remember that none of that is covered under regular full coverage since it wasnt stock. If you havent already, talk to your insurance company about purchasing extra coverage for add on parts.

 

^x2 for sure...

 

looks cool.

 

x2!

 

wow... that's so kool!