Here's a pic of the backup camera being tested. Just ordered the pyle brand backup cam for $35 on amazon. Looks pretty good and can't wait to install in my car.

 

Hey Dsballer question.. do you just run media through your touchscreen ie: itunes, wmp, navi etc, or does the cd player work together with the screen? also, wondering do they have programs out there to attach HVAC controls through touchscreen? i'm wondering on a vertical touchscreen setup that would fill the dash(radio, cd, a/c)area and then for the pop up navi screen whichever digital gauges i end up adding. Just wondering if theres some interface out there that will function with the a/c. any ways thanks

 

Sorry for the late reply. I just run everything through the touchscreen by loading the mp3s/AVIs onto the hard drive. The Nav portion is a program that's loaded on the pc too.

I'm not sure if there are HVAC controls for our particular car but I know I've seen this done on other people's projects so there may be one developed.

Although the carpc frontend (Centrafuse) has volume controls, I opted to keep the stock head unit so that I could control the volume there instead. I had a carpc before that was only controlled by the touchscreen and I did not like it.

Let me know if you have ay questions if you decide to build.

 

damn, I am ridiculously tempted to put one of these together, in fact almost exactly what you did. How hard was it to retrofit the mp3car housing to the 05? I have an 06 and this is exactly what I want to pull off.

 

I had to cut the plastic a bit. The biggest difference is the lid to the centre cubby opens wider than in the 03-04 Gs. It took a little shaving but it wasn't hard at all. If you need help starting this project, let me know.

 

Damn awesome progress! in to see finished product, also did you drill holes in the small glove box for the cooling?