Pt Cruiser/Mazda 3i Builds

Twist · December 1, 2008

It looks great

ptcary · December 13, 2008

I had posted a few times about my search for an old Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1. I had bought a used and modified one off of ebay a few weeks ago, and had been working on adding an external laptop USB hard drive to it because it did not come with it's 20 gig drive.

For those that have not heard of these, they were kinda before the ipod and the only ones left are the phatnoise/kenwood ones, kinda pricey, but there seem to be some new old stock Omnifi's left around.

Well last week I got lucky and won a brand new one on ebay for $55, won it at the last second unexpectedly.

It arrived in the original box and everything was still wrapped in plastic!

I finally got around to powering it up and setting up the hard drive today!

Here are some pics, I painted the housing white and added the flames myself. I have only added about 50 songs to it, until I get the rest of my itunes library converted back to MP3.

Temporarily mounted the controller on the console, until I can plan out how to fiberglass it into the dash below the headunit.

Noobtastic14 · December 13, 2008

thats interesting! looks good dont forget to update when its on the dash

-Drew

darrenk · December 13, 2008

Looks good. Very detailed build. Unsure of how I missed this one

Keep the updates coming

reinke · December 13, 2008

good job on the cruiser man.

ptcary · January 3, 2009

With the exception of some ongoing tuning needed due to the new seats, the stereo is basically done, so I am back to working on the rest of the car and added some details this week.

I am anxiously awaiting the UPS guy to bring the new Viper 5900, Omega adapter, and some DEI sensors so I can get that going.

Here is my show of appreciation for the man himself, Steve Meade! I had previously painted the top half of the rear of the wall black bedliner, to make it less visible from the outside of the car. I bought some white letters at the local hobby store, a pair of white LEDS and a switch from Autozone. They are powered off the dome light circuit and the switch can disable them as needed.

Installed the LEDs and switch into the 3rd brake light housing.

Pics through the tinted glass.

A trip to the local BMW dealer for a new shark fin antenna, kinda-functional, just a cover for the satellite radio antenna.

I even squeezed under the PT and cleaned my undercar lights!

Hope you guys had a nice holiday!

Bills · January 3, 2009

man, i love this lil thing. you did work. haha

Bills

BJD3 · January 16, 2009

Just finished reading through the entire thread. This thing is awesome. I love it. It may not be the most extreme thing on the site, but as for pulling everything together how you did, and more importantly, on a budget, is spectacular.