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I would first like to thank the members of 7thgenecivic.com for all your help. I am nowhere near the end of my "entire project" but because of your help I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I would also like to point out a few members by name for there help in this project; whiterabbit, dannn, beamer, AzNmikex215 and MegaHurtz. You all either supplied answers to my questions directly and/or started thread(s) that helped me along the way. For that, I thank you.

Now, what I would like to share first is the several stages of my screen install. I molded a 7" touch screen (non vga) in the dash. I used fiberglass reinforced bondo and fiberglass fabric to cover the gaps. Took me about two weeks to finish, but I have a full time job and somewhat of a life on the weekends. I think it looks pretty good. Take a look and tell me what you think.

 
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Heres the finished project

 
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Beautiful job bro.. I'm planning on doing the same thing but I wanna learn how to do CF!

 
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I here it is not too hard to do just hard to master...you know

 
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looks bangin'

 
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thanks

 
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i'd hit it

 
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looks better than my dash, thats for sure.

where did you end up putting the radio?

 
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nice!
thanks for pming me about the thread.

 
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I was hoping someone would ask this question. I put a pioneer DVH-P5000MP where the cig lighter is. Clean install too.

 
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Thats a sweet *** job. Looks sooo beautiful!!!

 
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Thanks wolf

 
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thats awesome. great job man

i would love to do the same thing and built in a screen and computer so i can monitor/tune my e-manage right from the dash

 
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That would be sweet. I have a friend with a hatch back that is working on a doing the same thing. His car is going to be crazy, like 12 psi of boost and his intercooler is huge

 
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THat is really NICE MAN!!! i wish i knew how to fiberglass or bondo. One problem i foresee with the screen being flush is that it angles upward. It might make the screen difficult to see And some colors like black might look weird. My screen is not flush but it is angled facing pretty straight. Flush DOES look nicer then mines though. Mines has the gaps on the sides. lol but its all painted so its not really that noticeable.

BUT THAT IS REALLY NICE WORK MAN!! GOOD JOB!!

 
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that looks really really good....
i have my dvd player where you have your radio...
nice job .

 
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between all the supplies, screen, and wiring stuff; what did it all cost you to do it?

 
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^ well I bought an extra dash piece for like $35, screen $250 and extra stuff like sandpaper, paint and bondo was somewhere in the range of $25

 
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that is just the faceplate

 
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Do you really think this is going to be a problem. When i got the screen i took it out in the car and wired it up to the cig lighter to make sure it worked first. then I layed it up against the radio to sim the install and it seems ok. Of course it was dark. The manual said it has a viewing angle range of 60deg on the horizontal. Has anyone else had any problems with screens not displaying correctly at the factory radio install angle. Maybe the one thing I over looked about this mod

 
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if it becomes a problem, you can just make a little canopy for it, im sure.

 
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I don't think the problem he was referring is direct sunlight but viewing angle

 
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as soon as my little project is done I'll post pics....its all done except wiring and so on...but the "REAL" work is finished....I haven't seen anybody with anything like it, well on this site

oooh the suspense...or not...hahahaha

 
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so where is the radio again? I was gonna ask if you had missed your drink holders... obviously you dont! its a clever idea, im glad to see its been working well for you.

but where did you end up putting the unit itself?

 
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what would be cool is if somebody made a pod for the faceplate that goes on the dash and is wired to the brain which could be anywhere, say in the glovebox

 
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I put the unit itself between the seats. I have to give to Dedona Sound, they really did a clean install. Heres a picture.

 
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Notice the eject button they added. Nice touch I think.

 
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Ok, I will be the first to bite. What are you working on.

 
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What do you mean by pod for the faceplate. You mean so you can detach a relocated faceplate? I think I maybe confused.

 
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A little pod with your face plate inside that goes on the top of your dash so you don't have to relocate it to down below. It COULD be removable if you were so inclined, but I think it might be easier to just have it fixed. Or you could go one more step and make a bigger (but uglier) pod and put the whole deck right on your dash. If you matched the texture and color of the dash well enough it might actually look pretty awesome. Of course both of those would mean you would almost have to without option drill into the top of your dash and I for one wouldn't be thrilled about that.

BTW, where are the pics of that piece installed in your car?