how to secure a laptop in the car?

[luv2liv]

instead of a carputer.. which usually has a small screen, i rather have my 12 inch portable mounted on the right arm rest. any advice on how to make it sleek or even better.. as if it was built into the arm rest?

these mounts i see are ugly and too bulky!

 

[Throckmorton]

Those mounts are better than what you could build yourself probably

 

[JulesMaximus]

What on earth do you need a laptop computer mounted to your armrest for?

 

[luv2liv]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What on earth do you need a laptop computer mounted to your armrest for?

the laptop will be the centerpiece of the entertainment center. this is the only way i can see of how to have a karaoke system installed in the car. besides karaoke... theres astc hdtv and internet

i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: luv2liv

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What on earth do you need a laptop computer mounted to your armrest for?

the laptop will be the centerpiece of the entertainment center. this is the only way i can see of how to have a karaoke system installed in the car. besides karaoke... theres astc hdtv and internet

i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

And this would benefit you as the driver how?

Do you operate a taxicab service?

Do you live in your car?

I can't tell you how many times I've desired karaoke in my car...oh wait, yes I can, ZERO!

 

[Throckmorton]

LOL car karaoke and HDTV

 

[ric0chet06]

that has to be the most pointless mod you could ever do. Who would want to sing in a car with other people?

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: ric0chet06
that has to be the most pointless mod you could ever do. Who would want to sing in a car with other people?

I can picture the OP and a bunch of his nerdy friends driving down the highway singing showtunes.

 

[cKGunslinger]

:music: Thunderbolts and lightning,
Very, very frightening! :music:

 

[oiprocs]

Your car will be broken into. For sure. Good luck.

 

[luv2liv]

karaoke isnt for everyone. but im sure you want to do this with all your MAME collection or other emulators

i asked the same question on the clublexus.com forum. apparently, nobody can help me either. what i need is to get another arm rest and do some custom mod on it. i have no clue on where to get the armrest

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

 

[warmodder]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

I'm surprised he followed it through so far after all the setbacks. My luck I'd gut the car, find out nothing fit, and be 40k in the hole!

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

HOLY

This guy is INSANE!!!! I cant beleive the car started after he took it apart and put it back together with car parts from a different vehicle!!!

 

[BabaBooey]

Fabricate your own to your specs...:beer:

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

HOLY

This guy is INSANE!!!! I cant beleive the car started after he took it apart and put it back together with car parts from a different vehicle!!!

Parents money is the key, enabling him to buy any part, including an entire engine or multi thousand dollar BMW break out box, on a whim in order to piece something together that works.

Knowledge and skill alone only goes so far. There are 10s of 1000s of people who have the mental capacity to do stuff like that, but lack the cash to pursue it. The one who gets all the fame and recognition is merely the one who has the $10,000 scope or whatever to actually do it with, or access to an expensive ivy league school lab with millions of dollars of equipment.

You think that MIT kid that cracked the XBox bought that top of the line logic analyzer and bus protocol logger and FPGA out of his lunch money?

It's therefore of no consequence that the amazing stories you hear about come from kids with rich parents going to expensive schools like MIT that have all that stuff handed to them on a silver platter. I'm sure there are a lot of people here on AT who would love to do stuff like that but can't afford it or are too busy working to pay their rent.


PS: wiring harness for a car is not hard to work with, esp. when you have the schematics and ECU pinout. It's just annoying and time consuming. Props however for his patience to sort out undocumented connectors.

Not trying to downplay anything this person did, it's hard work either way. Just be sure you're giving props to the talent not the money. There are many bright people out there, but you only hear about the works of the ones with access to infinite money.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: exdeath

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

HOLY

This guy is INSANE!!!! I cant beleive the car started after he took it apart and put it back together with car parts from a different vehicle!!!

Parents money is the key, enabling him to buy any part, including an entire engine or multi thousand dollar BMW break out box, on a whim in order to piece something together that works.

Knowledge and skill alone only goes so far. There are 10s of 1000s of people who have the mental capacity to do stuff like that, but lack the cash to pursue it. The one who gets all the fame and recognition is merely the one who has the $10,000 scope or whatever to actually do it with, or access to an expensive ivy league school lab with millions of dollars of equipment.

You think that MIT kid that cracked the XBox bought that top of the line logic analyzer and bus protocol logger and FPGA out of his lunch money?

It's therefore of no consequence that the amazing stories you hear about come from kids with rich parents going to expensive schools like MIT that have all that stuff handed to them on a silver platter. I'm sure there are a lot of people here on AT who would love to do stuff like that but can't afford it or are too busy working to pay their rent.


PS: wiring harness for a car is not hard to work with, esp. when you have the schematics and ECU pinout. It's just annoying and time consuming. Props however for his patience to sort out undocumented connectors.

Not trying to downplay anything this person did, it's hard work either way. Just be sure you're giving props to the talent not the money. There are many bright people out there, but you only hear about the works of the ones with access to infinite money.

haha that thing is sexy! and that dude did a DAMN GREAT job!!!



i sense jealousy! lol

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: exdeath

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

HOLY

This guy is INSANE!!!! I cant beleive the car started after he took it apart and put it back together with car parts from a different vehicle!!!

Parents money is the key, enabling him to buy any part, including an entire engine or multi thousand dollar BMW break out box, on a whim in order to piece something together that works.

Knowledge and skill alone only goes so far. There are 10s of 1000s of people who have the mental capacity to do stuff like that, but lack the cash to pursue it. The one who gets all the fame and recognition is merely the one who has the $10,000 scope or whatever to actually do it with, or access to an expensive ivy league school lab with millions of dollars of equipment.

You think that MIT kid that cracked the XBox bought that top of the line logic analyzer and bus protocol logger and FPGA out of his lunch money?

It's therefore of no consequence that the amazing stories you hear about come from kids with rich parents going to expensive schools like MIT that have all that stuff handed to them on a silver platter. I'm sure there are a lot of people here on AT who would love to do stuff like that but can't afford it or are too busy working to pay their rent.


PS: wiring harness for a car is not hard to work with, esp. when you have the schematics and ECU pinout. It's just annoying and time consuming. Props however for his patience to sort out undocumented connectors.

Not trying to downplay anything this person did, it's hard work either way. Just be sure you're giving props to the talent not the money. There are many bright people out there, but you only hear about the works of the ones with access to infinite money.

haha that thing is sexy! and that dude did a DAMN GREAT job!!!



i sense jealousy! lol

Actually no. I have the car of my dreams, two of them in fact. And I never did get into the whole bling bling fad with having 15 tiny LCD screens in a car and enough flashing gadgets to cause epilepsy. It's just not my thing. And the knowledge doesn't phase me, I'm currently screwing around with the i8061 in the EEC-V PCM in my own car.

I'm just saying, there are a lot of people out there capable of the same thing talent wise, they just get overlooked because they don't have rich parents. I'd give more props to the person who did it without the money and without access to all the equipment and who rigged it up with $100 in parts from Radio Shack (some of your fellow AT'ers for example).

Sorry if I come off harsh, it's always been a pet peeve of mine when someone is only recognized based on their school and money. If a 16 yr old kid with a minimum wage job custom built a harness and entertainment system for his Kia, I doubt it would get a quarter of the recognition as an MIT student with two BMWs. At least I don't see that anyone would be saying "INSANE!!!"

It's like those kids that go to college at 12 years old. For every 1 you see on TV only because their parents had the money or pushed and pushed because the parents themselves wanted to be famous on TV through their kid, there are 999 other kids who are just as brilliant and just grew up normally and weren't attention whores. Thus I see no reason why people ooh and aah over something an MIT student did, with 24/7 free time and unlimited money.

You don't have to have rich parents and go to MIT to be talented. Just something to keep in mind Hell I know someone who wired a custom harness for his turbo Volvo out of 3 different donor cars and he doesn't even have a college degree. So back in context with the post I replied to, there isn't anything "NUTS" or "INSANE" about it. Some people have a knack for computers and electronics just like some people have a knack for gardening and baking cookies.

I was also following up with the "parents money" theme started by this reply:

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: exdeath

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

HOLY

This guy is INSANE!!!! I cant beleive the car started after he took it apart and put it back together with car parts from a different vehicle!!!

You think that MIT kid that cracked the XBox bought that top of the line logic analyzer and bus protocol logger and FPGA out of his lunch money?

That was cool - but I thought he was a grad student using school lab equipment? Last time I read he was working at some chip firm and writing articles for MAKE.

 

[luv2liv]

so ummm... anyone can help me find a way to remove my Lexus armrest and get a replacement for it?
i googled and got nothing.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: exdeath

So back in context with the post I replied to, there isn't anything "NUTS" or "INSANE" about it.

Actually, there is something "NUTS" and "INSANE" about it. The guy took a $25k 4 door sedan and dumped probably $20k into it plus time spent on his own and came away with a $25k 4 door sedan. Oh, and BMW actually makes an M3 sedan now, like they did in the late 90s, so double PWNAGE!!! :laugh:

 

[Doodoo]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
so ummm... anyone can help me find a way to remove my Lexus armrest and get a replacement for it?
i googled and got nothing.

What model Lexus? On my GS i think there are two bolts inside the armrest. I think there are a few more underneath the panel by the heated seats switch. As far as a replacement...i think you can order one from Carson Lexus...it'll be pricey though.

 

[luv2liv]

2007 lexus gs 350
i found a technical lexus website. but its not free. they should have detailed instructions on how to take things apart.
let me try Carson Lexus to see if they have replacement.
basically, i will get an armrest replacement and play around with that. i dont want to play around with the armrest i have now.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: exdeath

So back in context with the post I replied to, there isn't anything "NUTS" or "INSANE" about it.

Actually, there is something "NUTS" and "INSANE" about it. The guy took a $25k 4 door sedan and dumped probably $20k into it plus time spent on his own and came away with a $25k 4 door sedan.

That doesn't make it any more "NUTS" and "INSANE" than if he had done with a $9,000 sedan; especially one with a potentially less standardized serial protocol. I doubt the addition of a few connectors for seat heaters and back up cameras threw him off by much...

But yeah the only thing nuts about it is the waste of money, but it's no different than people who put $10,000 rims on a $500 car. At least in this case he gained buckets of useful info.

Oh, and BMW actually makes an M3 sedan now, like they did in the late 90s, so double PWNAGE!!! :laugh:

Lost me here, what does that have to do with anything and why is it pwnage?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: exdeath
So back in context with the post I replied to, there isn't anything "NUTS" or "INSANE" about it. Some people have a knack for computers and electronics just like some people have a knack for gardening and baking cookies.

I was also following up with the "parents money" theme started by this reply:

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: luv2liv
i promise im not the only one!
look at this bmw setup
but as you can see.. he did the whole thing practically from scratch!

That's nuts... crazy MITers and their parents with money.

I love how he completely modded a leased car.

Actually, my 'nuts' comment was about someone doing all that to a new BMW... and only because "he can afford" to, on a leased vehicle, no less. It wasn't meant to say anything about his talent and what he accomplished in the end. You know, nuts as in crazy in the head.