Jamalam724 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi all, thought id post a thread on the journey i had, whilst making my Ipad unit. so first things first i had to get the centre console out, this was fairly easy and straight forward. a few screws here and there. I then chopped away abit of the face of the console so the ipad case would sit nicely. Here below is my first case i used. A 'test run' .... so my next step was to move the heat controls down about 3 inches, it wasn't until i unscrewed them i realised 2 of them worked on a ' bike cable ' this was my first hurdle... extending the cable. So First i un done the both of them and re fed them through different gaps in the dash to give myself enough to be able to move the unit down. the next step was cutting a slight gap in the dash so it would sit straight. I then cut down both sides of the control unit, as you can see here :- as you can see both sides were trimmed to fit. Leaving me with this... A few days later it come across me that i could fit the cd player somewhere else and still have access to the radio etc. so my next hurdle was to trace the wires and bring them to the bottom of the dash, i installed the cd player as shown... So... the cd player still works, i have stacks of music on my ipad... using the 'hidden' aux lead which ive tucked behind the dash... i can simply select aux on the cd player and away i go... I will get some in car pics when i have better light... and the inside has had a good clean I will be looking out for a better case to cover the front of my ipad. something a little more robust ( hard plastic ) I didnt like the carbon wrap one bit. so done away with that.... any ideas where i can get a hard plastic case that covers the front light my does? Any questions.... fire away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Good work and nice write up Will be good to see it fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4mza Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Is this iPad mini or the bigger size one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Seen this on the book of face .. Epic mate, really good .. Assume the ipad has normal functionality? Also, is it powered? And removable? Not massively keen on the CD player location, I'd personally try to deal with just music from the ipad .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydlaw Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That is quality will look good fitted. And cd player is always a bonus not realy in the way eitha is it. Done a good job there man I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Very nice man!! Glad you brought it onto here so I can keep an eye on the progress! It's looking good man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalam724 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yeah iPad will be powered and re moveable etc.... It's the bigger ipad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Good effort there! Have a gander here for cases bud, not sure which iPad you have but you can find it on the site if needs be. http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/iPad-Cases.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamalam724 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 So she is - Fitted! As you can see, this is why i want a new case for the front, something with a bit better quality. You can also see my glove box build. needs a few more bulbs etc but you get the idea. ( thread to follow when complete ) I'll try and get a picture at night when the footwells are glowing etc aswell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 looks good mate!! really liking that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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