Blackep: Tried to pm you. It said your pm box was full and I wasn't able to send my number.

Its been a busy day guys but we got quite a bit finished. So we ended up seeing that using the fleece with the fiberglass was a bad idea. What we were thinking is similar to when your building a sub box. It creates a smooth surface. When we started sanding the fleece was coming off in places and just being a pain in the ass. We removed what we could and started re-fiberglassing everything. We just used larger fiber glass sheets to fill the spaces. So we had the whole center piece fiberglassed and we started figuring out where to put the pan. Then we used the original ports for the climate control knobs and buttons to place them. Then began cutting. Then we fiberglassed in all of those pieces and we have what you see in the pic below.

First all, sorry for the blurry pic. I didn't focus with my cell phone and it's been a tiring day. It's beginning to be a love hate relationship with this project.

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This also shows a little bondo on it which is what we are starting now.

The challenges we are seeing is the structural integrity of the piece. The original center piece isn't the most sturdiest in the world and cutting the shit out of it makes it a whole helluva lot worse. And I'm gonna be popping an iPad in and out quite often so it has to be able to stand pressure. So the better part of the day was making sure the fiberglass is strong in the places it needs to be because I really dont want this thing cracking.

Next, bluetooth. So I changed my mind on the bluetooth receiver. I ended up ordering this: http://aluratek.com/istream-universa...audio-receiver

It is so much cheaper than the one on Soundman that I originally posted. I am happy with the cheaper one. I currently have all 4 speakers wired to a two channel amp. As I originally posted, I have been running a a 3.5mm headphone jack to a split RCA to the amp. So The Aluratek Bluetooth receiver keeps a 12 hour charge (came with usb charger) and has a 3.5mm headphone jack output. Shown below.

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I used to use an iPhone dock that had a hardwired charger. This was attached to my dash. Its gone now but I'm going to use the hardwired charger. The dock had a 30 pin dock connector for the iPhone and a USB cable going to a module which was then hardwired. Even though the Aluratek keeps a 12 hour charges I wanted it hardwired. Terrible picture of the USB module shown below. But you see my dash right now which is just a beaut.

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So I mounted the charging module behind the dash and mounted the USB module in my glovebox. I used an adhesive and placed it on the back. The RCA's and charging cable are all behind the glove box. So it looks pretty clean. I'll get a pic of that up soon so you can see it. It sounds really well and wont lose a charge. I also wanted to be able to access the bluetooth module in case I want to pair another device or a friends phone while there in my car.

Next, Finish. So we were toying around with a few ideas in the beginning. Wrapping it in 3M Carbon Fiber Wrap, Wrapping it in fabric, or Paint. We were toying around today and nailed it. We went and picked up Primer, Black, Red, and Clear paint and a few different pieces of fabric with patterns. We got it and I love it. I'm gonna do quite a few interior pieces when I'm finished with this. Everyone probably knows the Silver pieces on the door pull handles. We used those as test pieces. We primered them and laid a red base. Wrapped them in fabric then sprayed black, then clear. This is what we will be doing the dash piece in tomorrow when finished.

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So thats where were at boys!! Sorry for how I posted up some pics. I dont know whats going on with my phone. Some pics upload and some don't on the forum. So I had to use photo bucket.

I'm still trying to figure out the jailbreaking on the iPad. But I have to be honest it's not a priority right now. I want this thing done and in my car because I'm anxious as a mofo for it right now.

Tomorrow she will be all finished and I'll be posting up finish pics.