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05-30-07, 08:37 PM

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i want one. top notch

You should get one. With a carpc, the possibilities of what u can do are endless. Always upgradeable and you can take it out when you get a new car. I think it was well worth the investment.

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05-30-07, 08:46 PM

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Very nice work! 5 speed ES300's are pretty cool.

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05-30-07, 08:58 PM

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Very nice work! 5 speed ES300's are pretty cool.

thanks. yeah i agree. It's very cool to own a 5 speed ES. Too bad cool doesn't = fast.

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05-31-07, 12:39 PM

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Very nice. I know you love it. Now that I've had mine for a while I cant live without it.

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05-31-07, 01:53 PM

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I got the dash kit from here
it's made for aftermarket radio but i just dremmeled it out and custom fitted the LCD screen in there. I used this adhesive call Automotive Goop to attach it. At first i wanted to mold it but decided against it cuz if not done right it looks disgusting.

The ebay page for these kits says:

"Item Specifics

Recess Din, Iso, Iso trim
can do two single radios but not double din"

But I guess you showed them you CAN do a double DIN, eh?

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05-31-07, 02:20 PM

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Please suffer a question from a Carputer newb looking to get active in this hobby soon:

Does the PC have a radio tuner card in it? Is that how you're getting terrestrial (AM/FM) radio? How would you plug in satellite radio?

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05-31-07, 05:38 PM

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maniax Love the skin you're using. I'm using a similar one. But do you have a picture in the background of your skin?

-Smitty

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05-31-07, 11:41 PM

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Right now i dont have a radio. There's two ways to get radio on the carpc, usb radio or aftermarket deck. Alot of ppl seems to have success with the SILABS usb radio on mp3car. Satellite radio i never even thought about but I think there's numerous ppl who put XM/Sirius radios in their carpc. www.mp3car.com is a great forum for everything related to CARPC.

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05-31-07, 11:45 PM

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maniax Love the skin you're using. I'm using a similar one. But do you have a picture in the background of your skin?

-Smitty

I'm using DigitalFX skin. I believe the background is called LunarDreams, it came with digitalfx. If you really want the background picture, I can pull it from the carpc and send it to u. lmk.

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