game conosole in car, pros and cons Options

[Celica power]

yea.. i have an extra lap top and was thinking about making it a car pc.. but don't know what to do

here is a good site for you to read al about it Carpc

here is my carpc I spend over 450 euro incl touchscreen but if you have a laptop you only need a touchscreen and powersuply

[95st-celica]

i just threw a ps2 in my glove box last weekend...it was kinda a pain in the @$$ caus you have to get one of those large power converters...so what i did was...went to best buy and picked one up....i dont like pluggin stuff into my cig lighter outlet caus it looks cheap in my oppinion.....so i spliced into my pos. and neg wires comming out of my head unit....i ran those wires to the plug on the power converter..and instead of just cutting the end off i wraped one wire around the one side of it(as the negative) and the positive i wraped around the top....taped it up with some electrical tape real good so they would not come off...plugged the ps2 into the Power conv. and i was good to go....i have the slim ps2 so i put tha in the glove...ran the wires up and in back of the glove....down behind the carpet...and into the center concol where i have the power conv....as for the controlers...i did the same thing but i went along side of the CC so they would come out right below/next to the seat....pulled out about as much cord as was needed to hold the controler when you are sitting in the seat then wrapped them up and put them on the little step there alsomt like it was made for a ps2 controler...lol...same thing on the driver side but i cant remember if it has that same little "step" for the controler...if not i'll just put in on the floor as close to the CC as i can....it really doesnt get in the way....i'll post pics tomorrow though for sure to give you a better idea of how everything is routed/looks and what not...in the process i kicked my sub out some how so i got fustrated and it was gettin dark so i just gave up on it....i think it might just be as simple as a fuse so i'll look into it tomorrow and post some pics as well.....def. worth doin thoguh if you have a game consol layin around your not useing and a flip out in your car....












This post has been edited by 95st-celica: Jan 25, 2008 - 1:42 PM