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Modding Help with modding plastic for touchscreen

Discussion in 'Modding' started by antonyand, 5 Jan 2011.

  1. antonyand

    antonyand mmm Jaffa Cakes

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    I come accross a small issue with my new build(see sig). Have just had delivery of new centre console for the car and a nice 7" touch screen for control upfront.

    My issue is that the centre console has a small hole for a sat nav unit and i need to increase this space for the touch screen.

    Dimensions of the hole at the moment is 105mm by 75mm (roughly) and the screen is a fair bit bigger, at 15mm by 95mm.

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    As you can see from the picture a fair bit of work needs to be done.

    So my question is, Should i give it a go and do all the work? Or does anyone know somebody who would be able to do the job?

    I'd be happy to give it a go but never worked much with plastics and i'm a little worried about the final finish if i gave it a go.
     
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  2. jrs77

    jrs77 Modder

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    1. cutting the console to make the TFT fit into place
    2. filling unwanted holes and adding desired shape with fibreglass and resin
    3. smoothen the whole thing with filler/putty
    4. painting in desired colour

    Isn't really hard to do, but requires a little bit of patience to get a good result ofc.
     
  3. antonyand

    antonyand mmm Jaffa Cakes

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    Any sugestions on the bits i would need?

    Really don't mind doing the work just want a good finish as i want it to look at factory as possible.
     

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