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<blockquote data-quote="Blown 89" data-source="post: 16398112" data-attributes="member: 45161"><p>It is. It was either XP or ME back then and I wanted my OS to work so..... Eventually technology caught up to what the car-pc community had been doing for years. That cobra had a bananas Focal system that looked factory. I tore apart the dash assembly supports apart to move the AC controls down to the bottom so the screen was closer to eye level. It had internet, a fully functioning navigation system, played movies via either disc or the hard drive, and had the capability to run car diagnostics if you had the appropriate licensing. I molded a small computer into the trunk that converted power off the car battery and ran everything. If I parked the car for more than a week I had to have it plugged in or it would drain the battery because small low power PC's didn't exist.. Back then that was a major PITA, now tons of modern cars require plugs lol.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind this was pre-iPhone 1. Once the iPhone came out and smart phones took off they rendered all of that useless. Up to that point you had to have a CD changer and a standalone GPS unit mounted to your windshield to accomplish any of that. I had thousands of CD's in lossless format at my disposal on that hard drive. Integrating the CD/DVD/HD drive into that panel was the hardest part.</p><p></p><p>I did the interface artwork in a collaboration with a programmer in Germany. If you look it even had a Ford logo in the software. I made a power button from an existing interior switch and put it where the cigarette lighter was but it booted directly into this interface when the car was started and was controlled via touch screen. The switch was only there because I made it before someone figured out how to boot off of the ignition:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1632962[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I did that particular install using semi-flexible 3M Duramix (used for bumper repair) and a sander. You have to use something with give or it will crack as the temperature changes. I wanted that install to look factory so sanding each curve and surface to look factory perfect took a while. If you can find something close to the shape you want you could use the same process to integrate the mold/mount rings for those gauges very easily since Duramix is like a glue when prepped properly. If you can get your hands on some existing pods you could pour your own mold and do it out of carbon fiber. It's probably easier to build it using a cheap 3D printer. The last time I looked you can get basic printers for relatively cheap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blown 89, post: 16398112, member: 45161"] It is. It was either XP or ME back then and I wanted my OS to work so..... Eventually technology caught up to what the car-pc community had been doing for years. That cobra had a bananas Focal system that looked factory. I tore apart the dash assembly supports apart to move the AC controls down to the bottom so the screen was closer to eye level. It had internet, a fully functioning navigation system, played movies via either disc or the hard drive, and had the capability to run car diagnostics if you had the appropriate licensing. I molded a small computer into the trunk that converted power off the car battery and ran everything. If I parked the car for more than a week I had to have it plugged in or it would drain the battery because small low power PC's didn't exist.. Back then that was a major PITA, now tons of modern cars require plugs lol. Keep in mind this was pre-iPhone 1. Once the iPhone came out and smart phones took off they rendered all of that useless. Up to that point you had to have a CD changer and a standalone GPS unit mounted to your windshield to accomplish any of that. I had thousands of CD's in lossless format at my disposal on that hard drive. Integrating the CD/DVD/HD drive into that panel was the hardest part. I did the interface artwork in a collaboration with a programmer in Germany. If you look it even had a Ford logo in the software. I made a power button from an existing interior switch and put it where the cigarette lighter was but it booted directly into this interface when the car was started and was controlled via touch screen. The switch was only there because I made it before someone figured out how to boot off of the ignition: [ATTACH=full]1632962[/ATTACH] I did that particular install using semi-flexible 3M Duramix (used for bumper repair) and a sander. You have to use something with give or it will crack as the temperature changes. I wanted that install to look factory so sanding each curve and surface to look factory perfect took a while. If you can find something close to the shape you want you could use the same process to integrate the mold/mount rings for those gauges very easily since Duramix is like a glue when prepped properly. If you can get your hands on some existing pods you could pour your own mold and do it out of carbon fiber. It's probably easier to build it using a cheap 3D printer. The last time I looked you can get basic printers for relatively cheap. [/QUOTE]
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