im currently fiberglassing my alpine monitor to my dash and just wondered who has a monitor in there car and where did you guys install it at? Pics? thanks

 

just thought id take a pic of my tv. i still have to get it sanded and painted but i think it will look pretty good after i paint it SI blue to match my car. what is your opinion? thanks

 

That looks real nice...what kind of car is that?

 

'93 Civic DX Coupe.

 

Looks like its coming along, but can you see it well down there??? Monitors usually have to be right in front of your face to see them clearly.

 

just wondering.. if u got a audio console would that monitor fit in there or is it too large ?

 

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Looks good but IMO don't match it to your car, match it to your interior. It'll stand out too much otherwise

 

ditto, i also think it would stand out too much if color matched to the car. if it matched the interior, it'll look more stealth/factory. but if that's not the look you are going for, then stick with your original plan. either way, post pics when it's done, good luck

 

How can you match it to the interior though? That's pretty hard to do. It looks like he's got a tan interior.

I think it will be hard to spray paint match it, and may be too detailed to match it with vinyl.

This always seems to be a problem when doing interior work IMO.

 

Looks nice it does look hard to see down there though.

 

thanks for all the compliments. i thought about painting it the same color as my interior but it would be too hard to color match with tan. and about seeing the monitor down there i think that the picture quality of alpine is damn good so there shouldn't be a problem. thanks and keep comments coming!!!

 

No comment, but a question since I love this kind of stuff.

Do you have any 'in progress' pictures? I'd love to see how you built the frame, stretched the fleece(or whatever you used) etc.

 

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Do you have any 'in progress' pictures? I'd love to see how you built the frame, stretched the fleece(or whatever you used) etc.

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unfortunatly i dont have any in progress pics. my buddy and i had it in his shop and he did about all the formation work so i am not really familiar with all the methods he used but i know he did use a wood frame for around the monitor and then molded it to the console, i also believe that he did use fleece but i am not sure because he is the professional and i am just a novice at custom work

 

 

here's mine.

 

i love the setup..did u do that by ur self. or did a shop do it for you. and if so how much did it cost you to do it...

 

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i like!!!! gotta love the stealth look

 

stillencivic - i did this all my self. my dad owns a bodyshop that i worked at for a long time so i did all of the paint and body work on my car. i ordered the monitor for 200 or so and then just used fiberglass we had laying around. i currently install car audio/video at my new job so i know how to do that also. if i was to put a price on this tho, like if someone wanted me to do it, i would charge 500 bucks installed and painted.

 

there is a company out there that sells spray paint that is OEM interior colors... I have a can of light grey for spraypainting pillar pod gauges... I dont remember what the name of the company is though...

i would do that instead of painting it blue...

 

i have the piece finished now and decided to sell my car, so i also decided to part out my pioneer dvd reciever and fiberglass console piece w/ a 5.8 in. alpine monitor in it. here is a link to the thread https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=895371

pics of finished piece are on there

 

The answer is SEM. You can also use I believe Dupont camo paint
to match it to the interior...its just take time and feathering skills.
To find SEM paint...try here: http://www.seslectproducts.com