Replacing Stock Stereo Lcd With Aftermarket Colour Lcd.

[kilmo]

SO here I was looking through old posts and I saw Mr Beans carputer project and thought to myself, "How hard would it be to move the current LCD screen, and replace it with a colour TFT with a premo sound facia?" So in thinking that the current one would get moved to the tissue box area and I was to buy a TFT LCD screen would it be possible to do so ??? Would I need to buy anything special, and what is the size of the screen that comes with the Premo sound ???

Edited 11/12/07 01:20 PM by kilmo

[Dagabond]

Waste of time and money using the oem screen you'd be better off going aftermarket.......

[kilmo]

oh...hang on. I just re read my post......I don't have the premo sound in my sedan. Just the stock standard. I don't want to lose the screen because it shows the air con controls and radio. But I do want to install my carputer I've built without haveing to pay $1000 or more for a new ICC. So I was curious if I moved the current screen...(dodgy lcd) to the tissuebox area, and replaced the ICC facia with a premo sound facia and installed a aftermarket TFT LCD, would there be much hassle ????

[ZAP]

I would think it would be a major hassel as the LCD is intergrated into all the AC and audio.

You would be better to put the colour screen somewhere else or just cover over the LCD and have the colour one on a movable bracket

[Dagabond]

It has been done theres a pic on here somewhere of a car thats had it done with the mono screen moved to the tissue box holder, but theres no details about it.....

[MYWPN]

there is no way you will be able to do this cheap without spending decent dollars, I assure you. you wont get change from $1500 to $3500 depending if you can do the whole thing yourself and your very familar with ford wiring

[bonza]

  MYWPN said:

there is no way you will be able to do this cheap without spending decent dollars, I assure you. you wont get change from $1500 to $3500 depending if you can do the whole thing yourself and your very familar with ford wiring

I'll second that.

[Adam]

I disagree.

From what I've seen and been told the wiring for the basic lcd screen is quite simple compared to the color ICC screen.

It's been done by a few people. One is a member here and I think he has a blue ute.

[austcro]

  Dagabond said:

It has been done theres a pic on here somewhere of a car that's had it done with the mono screen moved to the tissue box holder, but theres no details about it.....

Is this the one you're talking about.

mp3car.com

Scroll about 2/3rds down the page. It's from mrbean_phillip's F6 Tornado project log.

Apparently, there are about 30 wires you have to extend. I hope you're ok with a soldering iron. If you attempt it, how about documenting it so the rest of us can benefit?

[turbocorty]

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=40681

please read the link above and respond if interested.

Regards,

g