Meh, it isn't a traffic hazards thread.

Yesterday I tried out many Linux distroes, among others: Mint, Arch, Fedora (KPE and LXDE), Kubuntu and Easy Peasy on my SSD I found out that my netbook won't start quick enough for my taste. :/

So I put the SSD into my Desktop, returned the 160GB HDD into my netbook and installed XP on it. Voila, starts allmost as quick as the fastest Distro and much easier to configure and use. I'll just put the netbook on standby, with a total of 240Ah it should not be a problem.

I tried out my USB HUB and my soundcard today, and the most difficult thing was trying to find 10 different usb items to hook up to my HUB... hehe

And I adjusted the screen resolution a bit and tweaked the options on the screen, now everything is much clearer and a little bit bigger, so it's quite easy to use. Even going through windows is not a problem.

And I'm quite happy that everything worked on through the HUB, even the touch screen and sound card.

Edited February 17, 201114 yr by Dammed

youre damn smart, very technical and a great craftsman, i respect that. good lookin build, hope it achieves your goals

Started to make the frame for the screen:

Made a hole for the screen:

Removed the box in the glove compartment:

Glued together the frame and fastened it in work bench:

The frame fits perfectly:

The holes in the sides area little to big so that there will be no pressure on the cables:

I cut away a little of the top and bottom on the frame and testet it in the console:

I made a piece of MDF that the volt meters will be mounted on and where there will be a hole for the external dvd drive:

Then I glued the frame with a little glue, to check out how it fits in the car:

Looks pretty good, the frame is a little to thick, so I will sandpaper it down:

I will move the frame a little bit up, because it's to tight for the cd player:

So since I had to move the frame u, I had to remove it from the console, and this glue was really strong. Much better then what I was used to, so it caused this to happen:

So I removed the top from the frame and glued in a new piece, now it's under pressure and I'm taking a break from the work.

Haven't looked at your build in a while, nice to come back and see all the progress

I'm curious to see how the front dash area comes out

The new top piece looks good:

Made the whole frame about as thick as the screen:

Fitted the frame to the console:

And it looks pretty good in the car:

I'll power up the screen tomorrow to see if the angle is good and if's everything looks fine I'll starts with the glassfiber molding.

Bought today some matte black paint and primer, so got everything to finish the console. ^^

Wow,

nice build, you are very creative Sir.

Started up the screen today:

The angle was a bit to big so the screen lost to much sharpness, so I'll change the angle so that the screen will be closer to 90 degrees. But totherwise everything looks very good.

That looks sic!!!

I like it! badass man, good work

It looks good, it's coming along nicely.

Thanks for all the comments.

I'm probably going to change the lights in the speedometer and the AC control box to white so that it matches the computer screen and the cd player.