Staggs GX

[Staggs]

well here is my GX when i bought it
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010117.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010113.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P10102041.jpg

and then about 6months later i was out driving one night, and well the pics speak for themselves

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010128.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010129.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010121.jpg

i chose to fix the car and this is how it now looks after a complete respray some new rims and lowered

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/dsc_4676.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/dsc_4695.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/DSC_4727-800x600.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/mariongood.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/sub-final.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/amp-final.jpg

[Baz Sta]

I Cry with the pics, but Well done you brought it back to life looks fantastic!

[XXXR]

those recent pics are tops!

clean car dude!

[Staggs]

just thought id put this one little pic up to show what ive been upto recently

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/P1010030.jpg

ohh and btw that is also touch screen :P

[timmo]

paint looks nice man and that screen looks pretty smooth!

well done

[killerRS]

would that be the 7" monitor dat sells in ebay?? which i was pondering...

[Staggs]

nah its a 8" one, but yer its off ebay

unfortunately i fried one of the connector cables on the back thisarvo so havent got it working yet, but hopefully will have some luck tomorrow sourcing a replacement cable.

but hooked up to it is a carpc that will have gps, bluetooth (for my phone) evetually, 120gig hdd from my mp3's n stuff so should be good

[djc]

WOW great idea. I've always thought that would be a great place for screen to sit behind. :) Can't wait to see it finished.

[Bazza]

Nice ride Staggs, very tidy unit. Wish mine looked that good.

[rs guy]

looking good staggs

glad you got it all sorted after the acko :)

[Staggs]

hehehe, i got it working woot. :D

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/DSC00210.jpg

so far only one casualty, which was a ***ing annoying cable that went between 2 of the pcbs that control the lcd lol. but managed to find a replacement so all was good again :D

[JAD_NOOSE]

looks sweet mate

[all paw]

man that i so tidy

[DiscostU]

nice work mate, car looks like it all coming together

[Marty]

very clean!

LCD install is a nice touch, any particular car pc you used? or did you build yourself?

[dja]

Not bad mate, look forward to the conversion.
Clean paint job

[Akira]

Im with smidge, im keen to hear what you used!

I have a touchscreen (removable) which I hook up to my laptop and run roadrunner software through it, with a fair bit of success!

[Staggs]

ok the carpc i built myself, it comprises of

a jetway m-itx mobo which uses a via c7 1.5ghz cpu
1gig ddr2 ram
120gig sata 2.5" hdd
m2-atx power supply
belkin wireless pci card (modified to fit case)
a carpc enclosure (that will be hidden eventually in the boot)
bu-353 usb gps reciever
ebay spec usb bluetooth adapter

screen is a ebay 8" touch screen running 800x600

software wise im running windows xp with road runner front end.
still working out which gps software to use. so anyone with any hookups that can assist pm me please :P

thats about it

[Marty]

nice one mate! a true nerd-mobile of very clean appearance

my gt-b had an awesome nerd-mobile custom built GSM alarm system that impressed all the chicks

[sleuth]

Staggs, how is the lcd? are you able to see it properly in that location?

[Staggs]

hey, yer the lcd is easily viewable from the drivers seat, that photo above pretty much shows it from the drivers seat angle. my only issue i have found is in direct sunlight its a bitch.

also the screen is very bright at night, almost like having an interior light turned on in your car. i have fixed this by installing a switch in the centre console which turns it off when
ever i want. and the touch screen itself still works with the screen off so i can still adjust the volume and click it to the next song if i want because the volume and track buttons on the screen are along the very bottom.

[leavingentropia]

Wow that looks great! Was that hard to do? If my screen doesn't sell i might do that, although I would have to ditch my headunit.

[leavingentropia]

I couldn't resist, I went out to my car and measured it all up, and yes it does fit perfectly behind the stock dash trim, but you would have to take off the back of the screen, and maybe remove the mounts for the metal case that usually holds the head unit (i have no idea whats its called)

[Staggs]

yer its not an easy fit, but if your brave enough to cut the crap outa your dash it does fit...just. i think i spent about 3hrs sitting there with a hacksaw, sharp blade and some side cutters to remove enough plastic to make it fit, then had to make some custom brakets and modify the old headunit bracket to hold all the circutry for the screen. and i lost teh buttons that from the front of the screen. they are now in a little jaycar hobby box thingo in the glovebox.

if i wanted to put a headunit back in the car i would need a whole new centre section of the dash. as there is now way its goin back to factory now.

but im sorta over the carpc now, and am saving up for a conversion, which if i can save enough should be about january next year.

[leavingentropia]

Damn i dont want to cut into my dash so I can take it out again to sell the car. What software do you use on your car pc?

[Staggs]

i just use windows xp with roadrunner front end software, works well enough i find

[leavingentropia]

That looks pretty cool. I may use that untill I finish programming my custom one. So far it only plays music but its getting there.

[Staggs]

the car in its current state
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/Staggs/DSC00761.jpg

currently pulling all the stereo, amps, carpc, screen, dash and crap out and sticking my old cd player back in with a new dash carved up dash and then selling the car off in the near future to get something newer and faster.

reason im pulling the dash out, was because in order to fit the screen i had in there i had to do alot of cutting and removing of plastic to make it fit. and now im trying to return the car to a more normal state i couldnt use the old dash. plus the old dash was faded like buggery and my brother had carved his name in it one fateful night. so its getting replaced.

[RSwagz]

oh damn i got all excited thinking it was another conversion in the making haha :P

[Staggs]

i was gonna convert it, that was the plan for the last 3 years. but now ive started to realise the money i would spend converting it and then modifying it further could be spent on a much newer car that would go just aswell but be alot newer, less km's, and have less issues.