Help Me Decide..

[eternity575]

Ok..

so Ive got money for one of the following:

1) ecu "superchip"

2) lexus lights

3) my carpc project that i left back in the past (with touchscreen lcd, divx,mp3,gps and more)

what would u choose?

[jaxx]

car pc!

[RFvitz]

i agree with jaxx... whats an ecu superchip though? they the ones off eBay that "give you 20bhp more" ??!!?

if so dont go there!

[RFvitz]

double post ... sorry

[T V O R]

This is all you need!

[jaxx]

what on gods earth is that

[eternity575]

yeah WTF IS THAT?

[breezer]

lol! confused!

looks like a weird gear knob

[RFvitz]

fantastic... i've always wanted one of those ...erm... shiny chrome hooky things :D

[knightrider]

oh its a magic banana gives you 50 BHP

[Chuck04]

yea in car pc, and wtf is that, im not gonna say wat it looks like i like lees idea with 50bhp, he may be onto somthing

[Moffmo]

eternity, i wanted to make an in car PC - but where can you get LCD touch screens from?

They are WELL expensive!

In car PC mate!!!

[ae111sr]

Looks like a door handle to me.

Go for the PC mate - you know it makes sense

[knightrider]

in car pc, touchscreens are only 150 on eBay, id like to do it meself but not gud enuf with the pc know how

[Ryan1985]

Probably PC aswell but if not lexus lights! :D

Cheers

[T V O R]

what on gods earth is that

It’s one side of a pair of horns for the Toyota Badge!

[Moffmo]

ohh aye! so it is!!!

[eternity575]

oh my god :)

oh... and for a pc all you need is an ITX board (www.mini-itx.com).. a nice 5.6 touchscreen from eBay.com a good 12v PSU (minit-itx.com) a media engine or car media software (open source..for free) and lots of spare time :)

[Robie]

I costed together that bmw setup and it worked out like this:

• Dell Axim X5 400MHz PocketPC: 256MB SD/256MB CF

• VIA EPIA ME 6000 Mini-ITX Motherboard - Apollo CLE266

Graphics, 6 Channel Audio, 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0,

Firewire, TV-Out +more

£99.88 inc. VAT

• 256MB PC2100 DDR

£45.83 inc. VAT

• Laptop Hard Drive - IBM Travelstar DJSA-210 10GB

-- 40gb 3.5 in?

-- £41.13 inc. VAT

• Opus Solutions 90W Mini Power Supply

£57.58 inc. VAT

• BU-303 USB GPS Mouse

£25 eBay

• 7" VGA USB/Touchscreen LCD Screen

£180 eBay

Total

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£449.42

Not including Pocket PC. Damn I want it :D

[earpl]

if you need any advice on the in car pc, ive got a full system ready to transfer into my yts. if i were you i'd go for the 8" touch screen as the 7 is a bit too small. also what ive done is replaced the ash tray with a 4 port usb hub, so you can plug in your digicam, pendrive etc. ive also got a mini 88key keyboard under the seat for typin etc. + wireless mouse (optical). the touch screen is only used for operating the custom yaris mp3 player. the player is not 100% yet, but its not crappy winamp just skinned! i got the windows media player 9 sdk (software developers kit) to re program wmp. this means that you can have your function butons a reasonable size to use on a 8 " screen whilst driving, you can make it suit the inside of the yaris, and not only does it support the 60 gb of music on the pc but it also supports the 38gb of pornograpic videos which can aslo be played in the player!. oh yeah it has a wireless netcard in it so you can just pull up outside the house to change the music etc. + play quake death match with my mate on the m6 :) (joke) and if you want you could connect to the wireless broardband connections in citys like at mcdonalds, but i dont live in a city so its not worth experimenting with yet. and yet again (am i almost done yet :) ) theres a ps2 in the boot box with wireless controler for more gaming + dvd's. ***** that took some doing.

robie ive got an ipaq + tomtom3 in there too. next addition is multiple cameras.

[earpl]

to anyone who is looking to put an incar pc in their yaris i would be happy to share the yaris friendly version of windows media player 9. :)

[jaxx]

we got any advance pics of your car earl??

sounds like its gonna be damn good when shes done??

[earpl]

i can get som pics of the kit, im just waiting on a screen. the fans ive got for the box containg the pc, ps2 and inverter are cool. there the 80mm power unit fans (as on the back of your pc) but clear plastic ones with red green + blue led's so they look cool when there with neons! theres a few bits and bobs that need doing before i can install the system but its getting there.................. i'd do it today but im a bit busy makin ye olde strut brace. + i'll put some picks of the TT up, i put a full set of 18" rs4 allys on it last night and it looks f**in sweet!

[jaxx]

sweet!

whats your location aswell?

[knightrider]

wen someones mastered the in car pc system ill have a go at puttin one in mine!