i have a 91 XJ and i want to put a 7" touchscreen in it at a later date. i know it is possible to move the A/C vent that is located right below the A/C controls. im just wondering if i can move that vent and them move the controls down and then put my screen there. has anyone done this or know of someone who has? im just wondering how difficult it would be. here are a few pics i found...the fist pic is what it looks like stock. the second pic is the vent moved. and the third pic is what this guy did with the extra hole.

Props to jeepjoe96 for doing this: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3200813/r1

 

just don't have a vent... the windshield blower is the only important one... who likes air blowing in their face anyway...

here's a isuzu rodeo that has a touchsreen mod...

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...s-eee-box.html

 

You could just get a motorized fold out one, that way you don't have to move anything. Isn't that what that guy has now anyways? A motorized touchscreen, then another regular head unit? Or am I missing something? Why would you need two?

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_020VZ40...0.html?tp=5684

You can find them cheaper than this one, but I was already on Crutchfield's website...

 

i could get a motorized one. i had one for awhile tho in my current car and had no luck with it. it quit working in less than a year so i kinda want to steer away from those. and im not sure why he needs to radios. im not even sure how you would go about wiring that up lol. i just want a full screen there. i love the way it looks.

 

cool concept, but i saw put a big gps screen in there!!!

 

well i wana put the touchscreen in there and then hook my par pc up to it. the car pc is capable of running GPS software

 

I would just cap the vent off. That one always points down anyways, kinda useless in my jeep. But to even put in a motorized one you would have to at least reverse the A/C controls and the radio and im not even sure if that would work. The dash lip is the main problem in these model xj's.

 

yeah thats true i didnt even think of that. i just wana put the full screen anyways. it will be awhile before i will be able to do this. i just wanted to see if anyone has done it before. i've got big plans for my jeep. my wallet doesnt tend to agree all the time tho

 

lol i hear that, i drop just about every penny i make into my jeep

 

Its not easy... lol if you want to put a Full size DD in you have to cut the vent housing seal it up and cut a bracket out in back... then move everything down...it can be done... its just a real pain to do


More pics of the install here
http://s242.photobucket.com/albums/f...pson/1992Jeep/

 

Yeah I wana do something like that. I wana just take the whole vent out tho and move the A/C controls down where the vent was. I think ill just cap it off.