Project Retro Interior.. ohh yeah this will be a long one.
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Little updates for the desing, tonight i've been playing with the setup for the gauge cluster and decided to go with the sc430 design and working from that redesigning it, but Something I really hate about it is how the center console is so large and drops a little more on a angle. So the center console is gonna be a headache, but the rest of the dash looks good, Trying to get ahold of the right vents is gonna be hard, im hoping to find a junk yard i doubt andwhere around here has them but, thank you shippers!! So more decisions have been make, there will be a hidden part of the dash on top tha pops up to reviel 4 more gauges, and that i will most likly be building a in car computer from scratch and have it in the trunk, with a toutch screen and cd/dvd rom in the center cosole 
im very excited, I love doing crazy customs and building PC's. I will have some new sketches up tomorrow and hopefully start the cardboard mold for the gauge cluster.
im very excited, I love doing crazy customs and building PC's. I will have some new sketches up tomorrow and hopefully start the cardboard mold for the gauge cluster.
Little updates for the desing, tonight i've been playing with the setup for the gauge cluster and decided to go with the sc430 design and working from that redesigning it, but Something I really hate about it is how the center console is so large and drops a little more on a angle. So the center console is gonna be a headache, but the rest of the dash looks good, Trying to get ahold of the right vents is gonna be hard, im hoping to find a junk yard i doubt andwhere around here has them but, thank you shippers!! So more decisions have been make, there will be a hidden part of the dash on top tha pops up to reviel 4 more gauges, and that i will most likly be building a in car computer from scratch and have it in the trunk, with a toutch screen and cd/dvd rom in the center cosole im very excited, I love doing crazy customs and building PC's. I will have some new sketches up tomorrow and hopefully start the cardboard mold for the gauge cluster.
im very excited, I love doing crazy customs and building PC's. I will have some new sketches up tomorrow and hopefully start the cardboard mold for the gauge cluster.
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Here is a little update, I've been spending all morning working on sketches and ideas, as you can see im still stuck on the center console, but if you see to the right is 2 sheets I just started one called Retro Center console and the other retro gauge cluster, im looking toward using 4 autometer Nexus gauges two 2 1/16 and two 3 1/8, the Sterio system is getting eliminated by a in car computer that ill be building with the new intel atom processor, and deciding if i should have a touch screen or a touch pad on the lower center console by the shifter.
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Here is a little update, I've been spending all morning working on sketches and ideas, as you can see im still stuck on the center console, but if you see to the right is 2 sheets I just started one called Retro Center console and the other retro gauge cluster, im looking toward using 4 autometer Nexus gauges two 2 1/16 and two 3 1/8, the Sterio system is getting eliminated by a in car computer that ill be building with the new intel atom processor, and deciding if i should have a touch screen or a touch pad on the lower center console by the shifter.
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wow at first i thought this was just a dream....then i saw the sketches...
good luck on this bro, cant wait to see the finished project.
Taking the old SC to a new level. i'd say take it to a lexus dealership wen ur finished and show them haha
good luck on this bro, cant wait to see the finished project.
Taking the old SC to a new level. i'd say take it to a lexus dealership wen ur finished and show them haha
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alright, quick update, the more I get use to seeing the design the more I like it so with that said, I think I will be relicating the sc430 complete dash and center console to fit the sc300/400's interior, The gaugle custer will be 4 autometer gauges, and the center console will be a small computer screen and a pull out keyboard with touch pad, and insert. Still deciding what else should be included...
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It's not really that my pocket is deep but that I am very devoted to this project. The furthest I want to go with this project before i take a resting period is when the dash is a mold. Since after that is when the dough starts rolling, but i don't think ill be there until another month. Alot of bondoing and sanding(40 hours of work) to be taking up alot of time. Including making the assembly in AutoCAD(20 hours of work). And so far the sketches have taking about 8 or 9hours. Then I am even doing a cardboard setup to ensure everything will work out.