FREE Console Space - What Should I Fill A 5" X 7" Space With?
 

In my EF I have removed the lower din panel and the coin tray and its been moulded flat with fiberglass. Last year I had a few gauges and misc ---- down there, this year they are being moved

So I now have a blank space in the middle of my center console that I can make good use of. What would you do to fill a big space like that?

Keep in mind im cheap and I dont care about other peoples opinions
Keep in mind this car has 300+ whp and it aint a comfy ride

One thing I was thinking of was one of those portable navigation systems, but they seem bulky and Id probably have to mould in the back of the console to get it to fit and I guess it would have to be removable, and there pretty expensive.

What would you do?

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Use some fiberglass and put some gauges and misc ---- down there.

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"Last year I had a few gauges and misc ---- down there, this year they are being moved"

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If I had extra space I'd put a nice 5x7 framed picture of my grandma in there. I sure do love my gma.

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rear view camera screen to see the people faces when you woop there assez

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carputer with wifi so you can surf porn and drive at the same time http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/atta...7&d=1130025295

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I'd say a nice 8-10 band EQ for the Sound System....and Maybe some switches for ignition kill and Subwoofer kill.

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The obvious answer would be some sort of LCD but you say its not a comfy ride nor do you want to spend alot on her.
I'd say a cheap navagation would work, but how far do you really go with this car?
I'm out of ideas ???

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I run that RR skin on the computer that slings movies to my TV, good ---- right there.

You can also use a GPS dongle and juarez version of MS Streets and Trips, etc, as a high end navigation system with a carputer.

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Carputer looks a tad wide to fit into an EF center console

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Be a man, start cutting.

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I just kind of skimmed through your original post, but if you don't already have a CD player that would be the obvious thing to put in there.

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notecard dispenser. they come 4x6 and 5x7

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Already have a cd player

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i kind of like the picture idea of ones grandma. maybe one of those pictures that make it look like theres a river moving and stuff. put on of those in it. or maybe a candy dispensor. like make a holder for snakes or candy that you can open up and grab on the go. ooooo a refrigerator

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I have a 7" Innovatek touchscreen in fine condition (not mint, but better than good), no mounting brackets but it's a universal mini-LCD mount so no biggie. I can take exact measurements for you if you're interested.

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then why ask?

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So far its either a tv with regular nintendo hooked up, but i tdont think Id ever use it enough

another good one is a navigation unit, but ---- are they ever expensive

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Old school TV with NES ftw!

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Well theres like 7" flipouts for 200-300 on ebay, but I dont know what it would take to hook it up to an NES, then get it to put out sound, then power up the NES

Worth it?

Then Id have to mount it somewhere

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carputer + porn on the go, u wont be disappointed

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I want a lot less than that for my non-flipout 7" touchscreen, has both composite (TV) and VGA hookups, and you can run NESticle, zSNES, Project N64, etc, to your heart's content.

There are reasonably well-equipped thin clients being eBayed in the $60-80 range that have PCI slots for better video cards, run 800-1000 Mhz processor speeds. I'm surfing the web right now on an 866 Mhz P3 with 256 PC133, it streams movies and music flawlessly (which is what it's supposed to do, it's my poor man's PVR), would run any of the S/NES game emulators flawlessly, surf the web via USB wifi dongle, etc

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I dont know much about these things or how to get them runing

I also seen some LCD picture frame type dealies on ebay for cheap, plays your pictures, some play movies and such and you just load a sc card into them to put your ---- on it

BUT, Id want it to play movies (porn) that I had on my disc

They also may be a big wide for the area I want to fit it in

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TWIZZLER DISPENSER!

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Difficult?

Can you burn an .iso file of Windows to a CD? Can you fit the CD into a computer? Can you walk your way through the install? Can you plug it into the car, and tuck everything where it needs to go out of the way?

Seriously, it'll take you longer figuring out how to tweak a Roadrunner skin the way you like it, or install NESticle, than it will to get one of the thin clients I'd point you toward up and running.

The only reason I mentioned the PCI slot for a decent vid card is that the cheap ones normally raster text on this 7" Innovatek in a place or two, since native reso is a bit wider than the commonly supported ones. No big deal for movies or mp3s, you'd never notice, but it makes surfing the web a bit annoying.

If you really do feel uncomfortable trying this, you should pass it up, but DUDE check out mp3car.com and see what some of those guys are doing. You get pretty plain jane installs like what I'm talking to some hardcore geekery that confuses me. It's a great site.

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/dashpc/

+ xubuntu or some specially compiled linux kernel might take up less processes on the HD

https://www.timekiller.org/carpc/index.php

pretty nice install

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Ill check out mp3car I suppose

but I dont have much room to work with and this wont be used very often as the car isnt quiet nor does it have a giving suspension

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THeres some digital picture frames on ebay for fairly cheap

Some are like a hundred bucks, dont know about the quality or sizing yet of them though. But being able to load a data card into the back, mount it, then look at all my pictures and videos I have loaded on there would be pretty cool

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Projekt Pitchfork fan, anyone?

They + Front 242, best concert EVAR!!!1

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That's sick. How much did it cost to do that? I'd love to have that in my car, but I have a 98 right before they went to the side panel climate controls so I'm not sure how I'd go about rearranging them or can I swap the console?


JP

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Im not looking for anything hardcore like that I dont think

Main purpose of this car is speed, I just have an open space Id like to amuse myself with somehow

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3 LED A/F gauges

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I already have a wideband on the cluster

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going to end up getting a finedrive 400 navigivation