Day 1040 “Misplaced”

Small change in plans for the tablet. I’m not using the Tablet. 7″ is just too much space for the 93-96 dash. I use my radio a lot more than I would the Tablet, so it was returned. But here are some pics of the mock up. It was just a mock up btw. I also hated the location of the radio. You couldn’t see it because of the shifter and you had to dodge the shifter to change the volume. Putting anything in front of the shifter is pointless.

It looks extremely cool at night.

A couple other things that axed the tablet idea for me was powering and the visibility in bright conditions. you really need a screen made to be seen in the sun. Tabs and phone just aren’t powered that way.

On a more productive note. I got my wiper switch in and rewired my power to my subs with 4 gauge (by a suggestion from nismo). I can tell a little better sound quality. Also got my fuse a little closer to the battery. I think that was also hindering my performance as well.

I also took my LCA roto-joints apart and greased them up and tightened them down a little more and i have finally gotten rid of the “Klunk” that I’ve been having.

Now that I’m back to my Droid X as my start button for the ignition, I can start figuring out the details of power and placement..

First my battery is shot. I’m trying to figure out how to wire the phone directly to the car. I could get another battery but heat and lack of 100% charge all the time I think is going to be a problem.

Placement I think i’m going to do something like this. I’ll need to look at the newer console when it comes in to place it on that.

There’s only a month until the gathering. That’s not much time to install and test the system for reliability.

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