Quick specs:

Fully Upgradable mini desktop PC
DC Power Supply with Auto-On/Off w/delays
7" LCD Touch Screen
In-Dash Slot-Load Slimline DVD/CDR Drive
Globe Box 4 Port USB 2.0 Power Hub
DVD Drive (in trunk)
Orinoco Gold WiFi card with external 7.5dB Omni Antenna
Gryration RF mini keyboard + mouse.
Delorme Earthmate GPS

I'll have more pictures up on my website later.
(more info & pictures throughout the thread)


Modified by Jett@Boy at 8:22 PM 9-24-2005

how much would a setup like this run someone if they were to want to do it?

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nunzo is soooo american history x

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I have been dying to do the whole OEM fetus route. It's all the rage in belgium!

A computer on my dash....

Who needs a ps2, stereo, dvd palyer, and all that, when i have all of that on one system.... Play solitaire or minesweeper when your waiting for your lady to get out of the house from taking too long to get dressed....

What kind of video card will it carry??
How much ram???
How big is the hard drive??
Where would the DVD player be at?? If not i can always move movie files to the car comp right??
Whats the speed of the carcomputer??

USB ports on the front of the dash would be awesome too...

Modified by bumbota111 at 10:17 AM 8-29-2004

Modified by bumbota111 at 10:20 AM 8-29-2004

The material is Bondo. That paint is just black primer. I may redo it sometime soon because the opening isn't completely to my liking.

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Whoa.. That looks pretty sweet. Now get the rest of them pics up asap

Thanks. Here are some more pics:

Surfing the 'net.

Watching DivX

Modified by Jett@Boy at 1:32 PM 8-29-2004

My Flickr

LoL...I'm a self admitted gadget geek. This is true. No pocket protectors though. I don't spend much time in my car at all. But it was a fun project I was able to do. Some people do preformance mods, some do body mods. This is just my type of mod.

Having 1000's of MP3s to listen to is nice! GPS comes in handy when I'm not in a familiar area. Passengers appreciate being able to use it as well (Internet access, Videos, DVDs, etc...) Some future plans are to have the PC interface with the car for real-time stats and diagnostics.

Modified by Jett@Boy at 3:15 PM 8-29-2004

That looks so clean, I absolutely love it.

BUT it is running Windows

UNIX forever baby!

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the_q_jet (12:35 PM 11-30-2006): oh might guru of the mk4 2.0 how art thou!?

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wheres vasillalov when i need him

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Also, I don't caress the plastics on the dashboard so don't really care about how hard they are...

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Sweet indeed. BUT it is running Windows UNIX forever baby!

Linux has its place and it's not in a multimedia car setup.

Yeah... I drive the legendary 4 door Golf with a 1.8t engine... not the 2.0

i'm guessing you just sorta ripped out your h/u, masked up the rest of the dash and went at it... looks nice, from the pics it looks like you got a really nice finish on it, which is what i was really concerned about when i almost did this a couple months ago, but i didn't have the balls and just did about everything else to my stereo, congrats!

btw any reason you chose that screen? from what i've seen hte 'liliput' or w/e screen seems to be the weapon of choice for most carputer people

my audio is better than yours

Thanks. Yes, I ripped out my headunit. Along with the little "cubby hole" thing underneath it and the cup holders. I also ripped out the monsoon system "black box" (it's just a crossover) and replaced it with a aftermaket amps and speakers. This dash finish matchs pretty damn good. I'm going to take it out sometime and smooth out some of rough edges.

The display I'm using the basically a higher quality Lilliput. It's not made out of refurbished parts and has more inputs.

The PC is in the trunk. There isn't much room behind the dash. If I had the money I would have bought a Mirco-ITX mobo and mounted it all in the glovebox. Maybe someday. The computer was free so I worked with what a I had.

The LCDs original front panel was molded into the factory dash. Bondo was used to fill-in the seams and blend it all in and look smooth.

For internet I have a external antenna to receive 802.11 signals. In the city I can usually always pick one up. The networks are usually wide open so I can just hop on the net. When a 802.11 signal isn't near I plug in the cellphone into the USB hub in the glove box and use Sprints unlimited highspeed access.

ahh i see. that is a great idea...man i so am thinking about doing this now. i doubt i ever will, but man it is a great idea-did you just hid all the wires like a stereo system?

I guess so. I took apart most of the lower interior panels to hide all the various cables and wire. Is that what you mean?

wow.

how much would this cost? just guessing?