LCD screen in WRX

installations

I did. I installed a 7" touchscreen kit from

into the double-din space where the radio normally goes. I also got the Subaru Gauge housing that replaces the clock on the top of the dash, which happens to be a single-DIN space, and mounted my head unit there. The touchscreen is driven by a laptop under the seat with GPS, bluetooth, and WLAN connectivity (for the obvious applications), and is also connected to the serial port of the UTEC engine computer for logging and map editing. The laptop is also connected to the aux in of the headunit, and I use MediaEngine to control music and such.

I strongly recommend the

forums as a good place to start. I don't have any detailed instructions or pictures available (I have been meaning to take some), but the install wasn't particularly complicated. I have an STi and didn't get the radio, so I had the radio mounting brackets with a silver "Subaru" plate and a cubby hole. I attached those two items farther back on the mounting brackets so they were recessed by about 1/2" from the face of the console panel (the silver thing with the A/C controls on it). Then I placed the screen electronics in the cubby hole and dremeled out an opening for the cords to fit through, and double-sided taped the screen to the subaru plate. Putting this back in the dash and putting the console back over it results in s apretty clean look. Unfortunately, my screen was slightly narrower than the opening, so I had to use some ghetto silver poster-board construction paper to "frame" it. It looked good initially (it matched the silver of the console), but now, after a couple months, the paper is kind of bent up in places so you can tell it's there. I'll get some silver ABS or carbon fiber sheets someday to re-frame it, but I'm lazy :)

Also, if you're only interested in a screen for video, and not a computer, there's a guy on NASIOC who installs them. He's usually got an auction on Ebay for his services. Pretty cheap if I remember right, and very professional looking.

His user name on NASIOC is "mattjk". Here's a link to pics of his car. (The LCD screen is in the 12th & 13th pictures from the top.)

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that's what I'm going for. Thanks!