My Ibiza MK4 Carputer / CarPC

[RichIbizaSport]

I knows its not directly ibiza related but ive put up a worklog of my carputer for my ibiza. If anyones interested:

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/worklogs/106912-2002-seat-ibiza-uk.html

(56K go bake a cake)

 

[UncleFester]

That's some seriously smart work there Rich, really like the detailed photos as you go!

 

[Guinness]

WOW is all I can say, think u got me wanting one now lol

 

[chris285]

looking very nice mate, whats the psu you got in there for it?

 

[air121005]

fantastic job!

looks like you have put quite a few hours into that, how long has it taken & cost to do?

 

[MK8]

Woah, that looks seriously cool to have. Your skills are obviously amazing, i wish i had the ability to do something like that if i wanted to.

 

[cuprakel]

the last few pics didnt load so didnt see the end result but what i saw was very impressive, you clearly have mad skills!!!

personally i like my car to be a car so couldnt see myself doing anything like this (not that i could if i wanted to!) but i think its great what you've done well done mate! i can see a lot of people being interested in this....possible business oppurtunity for you?!

 

[Guinness]

I reckon I could do it, but as u said I have a house 2 watch dvds in and listen 2 lots of music.

 

[cuprakel]

I reckon I could do it, but as u said I have a house 2 watch dvds in and listen 2 lots of music.

i guess if you spend a lot of time in your car it would be useful, i know when i was younger i practically lived in my car 24/7, but now if im driving my car 9 times out of 10 i prefer to listen to the sweet music from the engine rather than from my stereo! and if im stationary you'll find me outside cleanin or admiring it! im such a geek i know! but not to take anythin away from this guys work its just personal opinions and i can really respect the time and effort he's put in

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Cheers guys.

looking very nice mate, whats the psu you got in there for it?

Its a Mini-box M2-ATX, its an "intelligent" car psu. Simply its an ordinary 160W psu but has a startup/shutdown control built in.

This explains it far better than i could:

http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=10917

the last few pics didnt load so didnt see the end result but what i saw was very impressive, you clearly have mad skills!!!

I havent finished yet, hence no completed images

fantastic job!

looks like you have put quite a few hours into that, how long has it taken & cost to do?

I started planning about 6 months ago. Started buying the parts about 2 months ago. 90% of my time with the project was research. I dread to think of the hours ive put into this! Easily more than 300 hours

£47.07 Motherboard
£70.00 Screen
£5.99 Plastic Epoxy
£5.49 Plastic Primer Filler
£0.00 Sand Paper
£5.49 Matt Black Paint
£43.00 M2-ATX
£0.00 Map Software ( Mappoint 2006)
£25.00 GPS Receiver ( BU-353)
£0.00 256MB RAM
£0.00 CD/DVD-ROM
£1.99 VGA joiner
£0.00 5m VGA Cable
£2.50 5m USB Extension (Touch screen)
£15.05 Boot Tray Organiser
£1.98 3.5mm Jack to Phono
£0.00 Hard Drive Caddy
£24.99 Aux in for Standard Alana Head unit
£0.00 Phono Cables
£29.00 IDE 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

Total:

£277.55

The parts with £0.00 means I already had them.



Anyone could do it, i think patience is the key! I do have a slight advantage in that im a computer science student and ive played with computers all my life

 

[chris285]

yeah i am guessing you need to computer knowledge as well a the wiring and electrical to get something like that done

still very good mate, would like to do something like that myself if i had the electrical knowledge

 

[Mikey_H]

all i can say to that is wow, well done mate have seen a few people do this before but not going as far as remoulding the interior to make it look like it was ment to be there last guy i saw do this just had a fold out screen. well done mate if you fancy doing that to mine will give you £350 hehehe!!!

 

[air121005]

I started planning about 6 months ago. Started buying the parts about 2 months ago. 90% of my time with the project was research. I dread to think of the hours ive put into this! Easily more than 300 hours

£47.07 Motherboard
£70.00 Screen
£5.99 Plastic Epoxy
£5.49 Plastic Primer Filler
£0.00 Sand Paper
£5.49 Matt Black Paint
£43.00 M2-ATX
£0.00 Map Software ( Mappoint 2006)
£25.00 GPS Receiver ( BU-353)
£0.00 256MB RAM
£0.00 CD/DVD-ROM
£1.99 VGA joiner
£0.00 5m VGA Cable
£2.50 5m USB Extension (Touch screen)
£15.05 Boot Tray Organiser
£1.98 3.5mm Jack to Phono
£0.00 Hard Drive Caddy
£24.99 Aux in for Standard Alana Head unit
£0.00 Phono Cables
£29.00 IDE 160GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

Total:

£277.55

The parts with £0.00 means I already had them.

Anyone could do it, i think patience is the key! I do have a slight advantage in that im a computer science student and ive played with computers all my life

£278 for bits is impressive and you now have a very unique car!

as said before, it looks very impressive, fair play to you

i can see a lot of people being interested in this....possible business oppurtunity for you?!

i a gree that there could be a lot of interest, but because of the number of hours labour required would bump up the cost quite a bit IMO

 

[cuprakel]

90% of my time with the project was research. I dread to think of the hours ive put into this! Easily more than 300 hours

i a gree that there could be a lot of interest, but because of the number of hours labour required would bump up the cost quite a bit IMO

he said 90% of his time was research, he knows how to do it now so its just a case of assembly now. people pay thousands for in car entertainment so theres no reason why they wouldnt for this kinda thing. it could be a bit of extra cash in his back pocket or he could probably make a living out this coz i reckon there would be enough demand out there and he obviously has the skills and passion for this kinda thing. i dont know as its not something ive looked for, but i cant imagine there is a lot of companys do this professionally? his biggest problem though, is he has just shown everyone (in excellent step by step detail) how to do it themselves and he has competition in the way of laptops!

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Update:

Check back to my mp3car thread for final install pics

 

[Guinness]

Think I may give it a go sometime, not going as far as building a screen in, just get a flip out one, but non the less

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Just thought id give this a bump so more people can see it, its way off the 1st page now Yes im an ASW

 

[dasmith83]

nice work m8...i did a similar thing to my old car (see below). The intelligant psu's are awesome. Nice install too

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install-

 

[RichIbizaSport]

just thought id bump this abit. A few question coming up about it

 

[BigWill]

All I can say is bravo mate! looks almost OEM when off