its daft o clok in the mornin n i have just had an idea which wnt let me sleep so thort i wud ask for ur opinions .
I had plans for an install for the nats but it just aint happenin due to havin 2 spend money on other fings etc....
I am boxin out the rear of my car out anyway and thort ino i cud av my lcd tv and ps3 in the rear instead of my "install", the tv wud obvs be on a mounting bracket and then i suppose i could have the side panels and false floor trimmed in leather 2 so evryfin wud b matchin and wouldnt look out of place wud it??
has any1 ever fitted a normal household tv 2 there car haha and if so was it more hassle than it was worth?
ino i wud need a convereter so i cud power up the tv and ps3
if u could give me advice and thorts etc,, that wud b much apperciated
thanks danny

is it gonna be a temp thing or something moore permanent?

people do do it mate there esentially is no difference between a house TV and a car specific one bar the power rating and supply

Obv uoit gonna need a transformer to run the household socket off a 12v supply - plus bear in mind if its on all day your battery is gonna take some hammer

And i suppose you need to decide if it is just a tempory thing or weather its gonna stay like it?

Thats how id see it prob not much technical help but if you wait for Newth or Bruton or Scott to come on line im sure they will know more

if evryfin goes well then permanent, i like the idea of a tv n ps3 and have an idea of what i wud want it 2 look like as well, and i have a month 2 do it as well so aint got ages, do u fink it wud b more hassle than its worth? cheers

yeh ino the battery wud take a hammerin so could get a better/bigger battery frm wrk foc
i really like the idea of it but dnt wanna end up with half of the job dun in a months time if its gonna b a pain in the arse

try it and see as you will never know until u try it.

yeh i suppose theres no harm in tryin it is ther, any1 for granturismo ????? ha ha!
i dnt fink it wil b that hard but never dun anyfin like this b4 so wud jsut av 2 take my time and ask people who av etc..

jus give it a go mate and if it fucks up ill jus have your ps3 lol

I had house TV in the back of the Chevy Astro running off converter with no problems (until it got nicked).

If the TV has Audio outputs you'll be able to run the sound through the car stereo too. If not or it too spegety junction for ya, you could always run the audio output off the PS3 straight to the car stereo and miss the TV out. TV speaker arnt worth a wank anyway....usually.

you could always build a second battery into the install with split charging then it will just charge up the second battery as you drive with no affect to your main battery

yeh i was finkin of havin a second battery built into the install and have the split charging,
i am goin 2 make a frame out of mdf and then in use fibreglass in places 2 create different curves etc... is this gonna b hard 2 do the fibreglassin ? sounds easy but i suppose it always does!
i have drawn up sum plans 2day and of what i want it 2 look like, gonna luk gd if evryfin goes 2 plan!
doess any1 know whether i wil need more than 1 convereter or just 1 wi 2 plug outputs??
cheers guys

Fibreglass isnt that hard really - just time, effort and patience. EDIT: Just reread your post and you wanting to do curves - now that IS a lot harder to get them looking good!! Again not soo much with practice but for you first I would suggest angles would be better than curves.
But if this is going to be your first attempt I would find something to practice on first as you will make a few mistakes!!!!

My dad has a regular household monitor in his van, converters are easy to get hold of and not too expensive..iirc he got his from Friths and it runs fine.

This post was last modified: 28-04-2008 08:27 PM by no_cool_name.

sounds interesting..

someone bring a Wii

strated the build 2day and put the support bar in which my tv will b mounted on, put the false floor in as well!!! as soon as i have welded the bracket for my tv onto the bar then i can make sum side panels and start trimmin hopefully everyfin goes as well as 2day has! not got long tho now!!!!!! arrrrrrr