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Nov 2, 2007 | 03:17 PM

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Splitz

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Originally Posted by CETA_TransAm

this kinda what mine looks like but in a t/a

it's blocking the air conditioning vents, does it really do anything to effect those?

It gets hot here in Texas and not sure if that's the best way to go down h ere.

Nov 2, 2007 | 03:20 PM

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here mine i was going to take a pic of it fliped up but the battery dead right now

Nov 2, 2007 | 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Splitz

it's blocking the air conditioning vents, does it really do anything to effect those?

It gets hot here in Texas and not sure if that's the best way to go down h ere.

mine blocks them a bit, but it doesn't effect the screen or the temp of the car.
when the ac on it helps keep the screen cold, also the heat doesn't seem to effect the screen ether

Nov 3, 2007 | 09:39 PM

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DirtyBird222

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that was the main reasoning behind me not getting a flip out unit! blocks the AC vents and the unit has to stick out like how CETA has his!

Nov 4, 2007 | 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by phantomzer0

Here is my finished product!!!! Just finished it this morning. The actual unti has been wrapped in leather to match the dash. It still needs a tiiiiiny bit of work, but no biggie.

That looks amazing. Not to threadjack, but would you mind giving a brief write up on how you did that. I think I speak for numerous people on here when I say that!

Nov 8, 2007 | 07:20 PM

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firestarter....awesome work, even if its not too practical, it looks badass plus its personalized, not factory and plain, so props for that, i dunno if it was mine would i let anyone ride in the pass seat, you know how somebody with a big *** foot can tear some **** up getting in and out. as a matter of fact, i would prolly take the other seats out, it would be a solo bird.

Nov 8, 2007 | 07:22 PM

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spdkilz great work on yours too, looks factory, clean, but way better, looks like the color on the leather matches pretty well also.

Nov 8, 2007 | 08:54 PM

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That looks amazing. Not to threadjack, but would you mind giving a brief write up on how you did that. I think I speak for numerous people on here when I say that!

Yeah I'm putting something together for everyone this weekend. I'm going to be re-wrapping my bezel because the glue I used sucked, so I'll have some nice shots! I'll do the best I can to help you all out!

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Nov 8, 2007 | 09:34 PM

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use 3 M it sticks great.

Nov 11, 2007 | 03:12 AM

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Firestarter, your system looks good. Personally I would of minimized the amount of work by going the carpc route, but what you are doing works well too. I really like the dash LCD- you obviously have a good bit of fabbing talent. As was said earlier, a carpc's parts only run around 1K and you wouldn't need to replace it like a home computer- If it does audio and video well, then what's the point of upgrading? I am using the VIA SP13000, it is a mini-ITX motherboard with integrated 1.3Ghz CPU, I have 512Mb RAM installed, and it does everything quite well. With a single LCD in the dash like yours, you could do:
-GPS navigation
-CD audio
-MP3/AAC/WMV audio off hard disk
-DVD video/.AVI video off hard disk
-satellite radio (XM)
-FM radio

you wouldn't need the two units in front of the passenger, just the single big display.
If your'e interested, I would head on over to http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/ and do some reading/research. Again, that screen in the dash is just awesome and I wish I had the nuts to carve up my dash like that. Good luck!

Nov 13, 2007 | 01:45 AM

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I wanna know how Phantomzers setup looks in a firebird. I want something like that real clean and damn near factory looking.

Nov 15, 2007 | 11:59 AM

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I just ordered one of those 7" flip out screens for my trans am... I will post it up what it looks like later...

I just hope I can do something about it not sticking out that far...

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