[J187]

Originally Posted by PopcornPlaya

PRICIVIC. That's very easy. Especially a 7 inch. You can buy the dash piece (if youre worried about fuxoring your stock one) frmo majestic honda for about $65 shipped, if I remember correctly. Easy to fabricate there.

J, Looking good, what you gonna open the hole up for the buttons with? Dremel with fine bit?

Survey says . . . Dremel w/fine bit #1 answer!

[HEBEGEBZ]

Is that your final answer? LOL

[againifall]

<3bondo glass<3 stuff bonds like a champ to plastic
</3sanding bondo glass by hand</3 omfg it takes for ever
<3dremel<3 greatest tool ever

its lookin good cant wait to see it finnished

[J187]

Actually, I'm gonna cut the buttons. 3 reasons:
1. In order to keep the buttons showing through enough, the bondo/glass would have to be so thin that it's starting to jack with the smooth contours of how I want the dash to look.
2. If I move the screen forward any more, it won't be recessed at all.

3. Overall, I think it's a little too busy looking with all those useless buttons. I am going to keep the IR sensor and Some method of power on/off. Either the button itself, or a tiny hole to push the button w/ a paper clip like an eject hole on a CD ROM drive. If I get some pics in a little while of how busy looking it is, I'll thow em up.

[HEBEGEBZ]

^^Please do because i thik the buttons would look really good down there. i guess i just have to see it to really have an opinion.

[teampointless]

lookin good so far. i thought it might look crowded with the buttons... keep us updated.

[J187]

As you can see, I've decided to keep only the power button and IR Sensor.





I also trashed square edges and rounded em' off. Looks much more natural IMO.

[PopcornPlaya]

You gonna smoth out that lip at the bottom?

[J187]

Yup, already did this morning. I basically primed it with spot filler so I could gauge the high points - the lip was invisible in the bondo-bondo/glass-putty camoflauge. I puttied some more spots and getting ready for the final prime. Then paint.

Funny too how the flash of the camera relected off the wet primer making some wierd illusions in the lower pic.

[audioefx3]

I like using a plastic weld like re4040 to mold screes in. Much easier and less time consuming.

[audioefx3]

now after looking at the pics on pg two Im kinda chuckling to myself. You created alot more worked for yourself mixing bondo and fiberglass Ill have to post pics of my dash peice its all primed wetsanded and ready for paint with a 7in exonic mobile screen

[J187]

Chuckle all you want but I didn't "mix bondo and fiberglass together" the mixture comes that way. Furthermore, I didn't make ANY additional work for myself considering I needed to fill large gaps to get the contours right. Strength wise, its allways better to build up with fiberglass and cut down than to try to get just enough of a coverage area. Also, I use a pneumatic DA so the bondoglass which you see in pg 2 was reducecd to the finely shaped contours you now see in the primed pictures in a matter of say, 4 minutes. Not sure if you've ever tried to build considerably with 2 part plastic but I'll tell you this, It bonds things way way better than it forms things. And it's forming capabilities are far inferior to fiberglass or bondo. Also, products like duramix 4040 aren't nearly as strong as fiberglass and are absolutely no faster to use.


Please explain to me how you can install your Plastic tube into a caulking gun, tip it and mix it in much less time than it takes someone to mix some tiger's hair with creme hardner (about 18 seconds). Also, if you've found another way to install screens, that's great! Just put up some pics and share em with us. Hell, even suggest the way you did it and what worked for you. But don't laugh at anyone else's efforts when you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

[PopcornPlaya]

J,
This guy's been foraging through threads trying to argue with someone. I'd be willing to wager that he's never fabricated anything in his life. Just some random stuff that's been read and passed along as myth from forum to forum like a lot of things do. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[J187]

Thanks. I got a little testy there, huh. Anyway, I should have finished pics tomorrow.

[audioefx3]

ok whatever I used to work at a shop and my brother now owns a shop and graduated from mobile dynamics. You dont have to believe me I dont care Im just trying to offer suggestions not trying to start fights. Your way is a good way to do it dont get me wrong but I have the pretty much same piece at my brothers shop that I made myself(except for a little bondo work). I didn't cut the plastic at all just removed the bezel that used to hold my head unit and my screen fit right in. I removed the plastic from the screen itself cleaned the plastic and layed it flat on the table with the frame of the screen in the position I wanted it. I used re4040(you buy a cocking gun that is specialy made for there products) and I filled in the gaps. Then I light sanded the plastic only then I had one of my brothers installers smooth it out a little with bondo and then rage gold extreme. I shot the primer with the aigun and sanded-did that twice then I used bulldog brand primer then started wetsanding and now its ready for paint.

I'll admit im far from an expert but I have picked up shit over the years mainly from my brother and installers that work for him. I have worked with bondoglass I just dont like to sand fiberglass it makes me itch all over.

I didn't think you guys would take offense to what I said so Im sorry if you did. Popcornplaya I never directed any commet towards you and you saying I havent ever fabricated anything is cool with me because Im not really into systems my brother is its just shit I picked up because he in the business and I do biuld everything that I put in my personal car and I work at the shot sometimes when they get swamped.

If you guys want me to leave the fourm just say if and Ill part my way