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by **steve101** on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:45 +0000

what suspension have you got to make it sit a 800mm???and with what size rim is that on

by **ssdsibes** on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:29 +0000

Pic of my inner boot with Toughdog strut and Snake drop kit. Inner boot ribs are not touching.

by **Quinny34** on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 4:38 +0000

Car PC arrived today... Wasn't expecting it till late this week...

Both me and a mate got the same unit, so now it beigns...

Started with a clean install of
Windows 7 RC1,
Centrafuse,
OziExplorer,
Adobe and other misc apps like Winrar etc.
BT port splitter app,
ETC...

Need to design up the wiring now although I've got a good head start as my mate has already been through it. The PC comes with some really funky extra's such as external power to control monitors, USB hubs, relays to allow for powering amps etc... and shutting them all down when the power drops to low on the battery...

Will start hacking up my dash this weekend hopefully, was going to get a spare from the wreckers to use and keep the original, but at $130 for the centre plastic after its had bullshit all over it and left in a car with a smashed window.... I think I'll just cut carefully...

If anyone knows of a spare centre plastic console from the dash for a few $$'s please let me know...

by **rodw** on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 9:03 +0000

Quinny, not sure how you will go with Windows 7, Vista is no good so people stick with XP. You may be better off with Win XP. After all, for what you do with a car PC does not put much demand on the features of the OS. Ask around, I paid $50 for my radio console at a wrecker.

by **Quinny34** on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 9:29 +0000

Nah.. been running 7 for a week or so now... Its everything Vista was meant to be... runs smooth on the carpc and on my work laptop... will upgrade to the release version early next year when its officially released...

Yeah... I thought it was way to epensive for the console... I reckon a new one is not far of that price..

by **Smithyworld** on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 7:30 +0000

When you say car pc what is it? Model etc? I assume you are building your own system as opposed to an off the shelf system? Does this work out cheaper does it?

Cheers

by **Quinny34** on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 8:11 +0000

Im putting together a bit of a walk through / parts list into a doco and will post up with pics in one hit... all up I reckon less than $1600... so not exactly cheap but will have some great functionality and flexibility to do more as new things come out...

by **lukeSR** on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 7:51 +0000

Quinny23 wrote:Nah.. been running 7 for a week or so now... Its everything Vista was meant to be... runs smooth on the carpc and on my work laptop... will upgrade to the release version early next year when its officially released...

Hey Quinny, nice build up mate, its looking great so far! I am keeping an eye on what you do with the carputa thing, I have a similar project in motion after seeing Rod's rig - it got me all inspired! Windows 7 is definately awesome, even on reasonably low spec hardware.

FYI - Windows 7 comes out to general public Oct 22 this year

Are you going to go for something similar to Rod (RR/ozi explorer) or something different? Are you going use a standard hard drive or solid state?? I know the SSD's are expensive but I like the idea of shock resistant up to 1500G's!!!

Cheers,
Luke

by **davis.16** on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 5:02 +0000

hey quinny just wondering if u ever found out if a factory cruise control can be removed and an after market one fitted... because i was and still am interested in your factory one if u recall

Cheers Sam

by **Quinny34** on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 5:32 +0000

LOL... Sorry mate I havent... but find that thread as I believe someone else confirmed that it would work.. just requiring the stalk...

by **davis.16** on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 8:16 +0000

still interested in upgrading to an after market one and selling me your factory one??? if not i will track one down at a wreckers or something

cheers Sam

by **rodw** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 6:20 +0000

Jeff

After talking about your limp problem I thought I'd list some of the things to tackle.

First, get rid of the crimpon connectors. I have not used any of them in any wires I have joined in my car and especially the Car PC. I have used a soldering iron all the time. Here is a pic of the shrinkwrapped joins I did for my Head unit connector. You can see the red shrink wrap. The black is a bit of insulation tape to keep the wires together.

Some of my better joins on display here mate, I use the hot air gun to shrink it, A hair dryer might do it too. You can get the shrinkwrap from Jaycar, Dick Smith and even Super Cheap.

Second, get a couple of RJ45 Serial port ends and make up a serial cable and eliminate the USB-Serial adapter. Haymans and Ideal Electrical will be cheaper than Jaycar for the cables and fittings. You'll only need about a 5 metre Serial cable that length should be fine, they used to wire terminals with runs of 25 metres. You should be able to google up the Null Modem pinout for the cable. If you really get stuck, I've got a Serial Port monitor here with LED's for all the signals I can send you. You plug it in line with the cable. I might not have the adapters you need any more... eg 9-25 M-F etc.

by **Quinny34** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:13 +0000

I better put these up but I was waiting to get some time to do a write up... in fact... I'll post the pics and then do a seperate thread that we can all use for PC build ups under the tech section somewhere...

The back wall

Power Distro block... will be modified this weekend with a better timer and power splitter
Provides
12V Filtered
12V Raw
5V Filterd
All Fused
Various configs of powered when ACC on and perminant.

by **Quinny34** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:16 +0000

WAP...

Power Radio Antenna

PC Close Up

Screen 8" Wide Screen

by **Quinny34** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:18 +0000

Screen test fitment

by **Quinny34** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:20 +0000

Sorry guys... No pics of the OBD device fitted yet... nor of it in action...

by **rodw** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:30 +0000

Awesome mate. Good to see how well the bigger 8" monitor went in. I like the WAP idea, I have thought of it myself, but I have a PCMCIA Wireless card with an external antenna socket on it. I initially tried a concealed antenna but not working that well, I am planning on fitting this external wireless network antenna on the bullbar:
http://www.austwireless.com/product_inf ... cts_id=353

Oh and glad to see I am not the only one with a rat's nest of cables behind the rear seat. I don't know how those audio guys make such clean installs...

by **Quinny34** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:37 +0000

From inside I get around 80% + power output from the car.... not sure on range but not fussed either... the DHCP in the router helps with connecting other devices etc... I just run WPS on the router to join the home network... but I'll leave most of the tech jargon for another geekier thread.... :lol:

by **dute** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:43 +0000

You GEEK . . . . . . :lol:

by **davis.16** on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 7:53 +0000

ripper setup quinny... you have got me thinking about kitting out my truck to be a nerd mobile...

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