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SignUp Now!ya it looks better taking pic of it at night den in da day time...:biggrin:LOL nioce...i almost forgot what your purple mod looked like already
oh u know and im not done... next time u see it u wont think its da same truck...LOLhahaha...your truck...so its ALL you :wink:
xmadcowx: damm bro that's a huge screen...:top:
Family Guy is the sh*t...:biggrin: what's the brand...:dontknow: what are you running in your computer? is the computer to tune your truck? satellite tv?
I built the pc myself. Its a Intel Core 2, 60gb OS/Application drive 500gb Data drive. The pc COULD be used to tune my truck, but the truck runs fine as it is, would just need the CAN adapter. If I ever boost, I will have on the fly tuning defiantly. But mainly the pc is for all my music, internet, and most importanly, when stuck in traffic, watch episodes of Family Guy, Metaloclypse, etc. There has been debate about doing the TRD XRunner guage cluster. Wouldn't be hard at all, just need another screen and some fiberglass work, but...I'm lazy =) Too much money in the truck already.
that's 1 BA pc bro. I build PC on the side...mostly for fun and its addicting taking electronics apart and putting them back together. I thought about building a computer for my 4x4...but just a thought...nothing more:hmmmm2: for now...LOL I have been designing a gauge cluster for my 2008 R6. my idea is to use a touch screen similiar to yours. add a rear view camera and center mount that between tail lights. I would then write a program to do a digital tachometer w/gearing and digital speedometer. with the rear mounted camera I can remove my rear view mirrors(Nevada laws do not allow you to remove rear view mirrors unless you have 180 % view) so with the camera i will be legal...:top: use the camera on the touch screen as my mirrors and place the digital tachometer/speedometer on top...what do you think about this?
First thing, bumps + computer = bad idea. If you plan on going over anything more than a speedbump, your going to have to get creative with a suspension system for your case. My memory foam pillow with better bumpstops is perfect for me and my driving. You not going to want a touch screen for a gauge cluster, its out of the way and not easy to access. Also, if you get pulled over cause you shaved your mirrors but claim that your camera is the workaround, they might hit you for full motion video in view of the driver, which becoming more of a common thing. I was toying around with it, and reading up on sensors, because if I'm going to do it, it will all be digital. Fuel, milage, everything. I thought about including HVAC with the system, but again, too much time, what I have now is plenty. Doing an all digital gauge cluster, is a hell of alot more work than you think, its not just wires and buttons. Thats a direct quote from a good friend of mine with a Masters in microelectronic engineering. That alone, was enough to steer me away from the project...for now.
there is a company out there that makes a carputer, a computer specifically designed to go in a car, but a cant remember the name of the company, but i know if you looked around enough on mp3car.com long enough you would find it, oh, btw, nice systems everyone. :top: