I'm toying with the idea of building a carputer for my Eclipse. I have one of those old clarion 310c autopc's but it just doesn't have the flexibility that a carputer has. I was thinking of selling this unit on ebay and building a carputer and putting one of these Lilliput screens in with a touchscreen overlay added on: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67771&item=5713106835&rd=1
Has anybody built one for their eclipse, if so any pics? I have wireless at my house and I'm just loving the thought of uploading songs/videos into my carputer while it's parked in the garage. Plus there's just so much more you can do with it.

Its called DRIVESOFT imo
check it out


80% finished now... wo0t!

THE THING IS FUGGEN PIMP! Here's some screenshots of it:





Their website is www.drivesoft.net
The device is awesome, too bad its like $12,000 installed. x(


80% finished now... wo0t!

bah, $12,000 installed..yeah right! I'm really not looking for something like that. I'm looking at spending $500 for everything. I've learned alot about this by reading the forums at www.mp3car.com. There's tons of posts with examples in the "show off your project" forum here: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=25 . I just haven't seen an 2nd Gen Eclipse with one and would like to get some ideas.

Hah I found one! Anyone know this guy? http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26936&highlight=Eclipse

Originally posted by Jerm23
Hah I found one! Anyone know this guy? http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26936&highlight=Eclipse

I've got one. But i am waiting to post pics cuz i am lazy. 7" lilliput molded into dash, wifi, gps, mp3, dvd, netstumbler for free wifi, Bluetooth cell service, etc etc etc.

I have all the parts, enough to build a carputer if you want them.
I bought 2 of everything, 1 for me and 1 for the gf but she doesnt want it.

$300-
Epia mobo
256Mb memory
10gb slimline hdd
80watt DC-DC powersupply
ITPS for startup shutdown.

all you need on top of that is the lilliput. puts you under $500 no problemo.


EDIT: oh by the way Drivesoft is GAY. GAY GAY GAY. useless shit. they install a regular Carputer Mini-ITX fucking computer and then install a custom front end software. Just like mediacar or mediaengine which are both free front ends.

hit me up.

shame I bought that from ya huh?

indeed... now there will be 3 of us.

i saw a pretty slick install on cardomain a while back. forgot the user name..youll just have to search around. but yes...there are a few people who have done it

Siueclipse has a pretty nice one as well. He's put lots of posts and lots of pics up of it. Search and you should find it pretty easy.

If I recall he had video also.. It was very sweet.

What type of enclosure (case) do you use? I looked at this a while back, but never found a suitable case. I could make one, but I'm too lazy...

Originally posted by djtrickee
indeed... now there will be 3 of us.

I'll be making my own case out of plexiglass, and lighting prolly with blue cold cathodes. Back seat will be coming out again (if I dont sell the car) and it'll be mounted in the middle, flanked by an XBOX and a PS2

Originally posted by mkerley
What type of enclosure (case) do you use? I looked at this a while back, but never found a suitable case. I could make one, but I'm too lazy...

Originally posted by djtrickee indeed... now there will be 3 of us.

TRavla C134... Din sized. will fit where your Cd player is... only its 7" deep. not a problem for us if you relocated those relays.

Its the smallest case available that will hold both a CD drive and a HDD. its an extremely tight fit but it can all be squeezed in there...


sweet sweet case but the price is steep at $149.00