Im in the process of buying an 06 IX and i have seen people mounting the radio in lower cubby has anyone mounted a pop out screen down there,i have an avic n2 from my previous car that i would like to use.

 

I had the Kenwood KVT-817 installed in the lower cubby on my Evo.

 

Thanks for the info,you wouldnt happen to have any pics of that would you.

 

I think it will depend on which unit you get.. some unit comes out more, like the kenwood, than other when the screen is up. It will fit in there but I feel it's too low to view the information and you might have trouble shifting to 5th gear since it will be too close to the unit.

There are some pics floating around here. I saw them before when I had the question too.

 

thanks for the help ill keep searching i might just do a pillar gauges instead will see.

 

i'm also in for some pics....

 

had a jensen 7 inch touch screen, 5th gear and trying to touch the screen... a pain in th eass

 

if i had a remote for it it probably would have made things easier, but thats takes away from the purpose of getting a touchscreen

 

Guys come on... do a search and u should find alot of images...

But i'll be a nice guy and post what mine looked like....

 

I had a nice Alpine double din dvd ipod player sitin around from my truck, and I have a RS so i put it to use...

I love it!!! I had a single din up high on the old evo and it was nice but it got a lot of attention from cops and people i didnt want to know i had it, this sits low so know one can really see it, and my shifter is not close to hitting the screen, in fact its nice cause my right hand when shifting can also play with it and change songs.

I just cut the radio relocation kit and it fit in perfectly. I wanted to do a full write up but no chance yet...

 

thats sick, looks a lil ghetto tho'

 

Ya Im not good a fiberglass but my buddy is and he will wrap it down and around the dvd player for a complete look, but for now it works!!

 

if you can get this lookin nice it might be the new orbital

 

I tried to get orbital to do this when I worked at VividRacing. But he said no, so I did it myself. I just need to finish it then send it off to make copies then sell them for less than $100 But Ill make it so you could put many things down there!

 

Only issue I have with a monitor being there is that 1) your eye is off the road if your using navigation 2) the very slight chance that your hand slips off the shifter into the screen.... I know that you would have to be an idiot but it has happened before. Case and point, a friend of mine who previously had and Evo with a monitor in that location had fist into screen issue. He had just detailed the inside of his car and went for a cruise afterwards. Well he went to shift into 3rd hard ( spirited driving ) and because he cleaned and polished his shift knob ( insert wise cracks here! ) so well, still slick from leather conditioner ( yes I can't help that this could sound like something else) his hand slipped off punching the screen and cracking it in half . So word of caution with this set up... word to the wise : caution when polishing the knob, can lead burning sensation.....in your wallet!