Cubby Door
 

So I've done a few searches and even looked at the DIY section, but maybe I'm just not searching well enough! :shakes head:

I'm trying to figure out how to remove the cubby door without destroying my interior. I didn't mind "experimenting" on my Z33, but I'm scared to even touch my Z34 Nismo. lol.

In the end, I want to put a tablet mount in the cubby to hold my tablet. :tup:

i dont remember exactly, but i think you need to take that entire trim piece out inorder to undscrew the hinge on the back. check the stereo install DIY's on how to remove that piece. it's not difficult to do (ive done it like 5-6 times already).

http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...lter-370z.html

there is 7 screw you need to remove first. scroll down on the page, there is a better pic of all the screws u need to remove

that is the glove box... cubby is the one on the dash center above stereo...

OP, what a coincidence! I was researching this myself today. If I have time this weekend, I will be experimenting. I also want to install a tablet in the cubby hole. I was originally thinking iPad, but, that will look ridiculous! Maybe when/if the rumored 7-in iPad comes out!

thedreamer has a nice setup with the oem nav bezel and all... :tup:

I am not 100% sure on how the upper cubby piece is removed as an audio shop handled my install. I would assume the outer dash piece (where the A/C vents are) will have to be taken off and then from that it is probably bolted or screwed in.

ops lol stupid me :shakes head:

Thanks all.

Here you go:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...800/Teaser.JPG

wow, thats the nicest looking aftermarket job i've seen in that spot. Great idea using the OEM Nav bezel. How hard was that piece to find? What size screen are you using?

Damn, thanks Dreamer. I had edited my post because I asked where your album was and realized it was part of your signature. Thank you for saving me the time of scrolling through your 50 pages of your journal thread lol.

You have a nice set up. I want a bigger screen :) I don't mind covering the whole cubby hole itself with the tablet.

Screen can be bought directly from Nissan, around 300 dollars I believe.
7" screen, same size as the OEM screen just requires some custom mounting to fit it since it is slightly different.

You have to pull the whole dash trim out to remove the whole lid. It connects in back. I've done it to replace a bad lid.

Do you know a part number for the navagation trip piece?

Here you go: http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...ml#post1706515

woah, $317. :icon17:

Shops want a lot more than that to do the same work and I would say not the same quality.

yep, cant beat oem.

are you trying to do this?

http://www.the370z.com/members/rocks...re16732-04.jpg
http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/2...tion-pics.html

it looks retarded!!!! but to each his own

wow, that is WAY too big for what I want.

http://kevinholy.com/images/z3.jpg

Something like this, but I would like an 8" tablet. OR! I could possibly remove the door and drill a mount in the cubby and have the tablet kind of swivel outside of the cubby.

Wow that's a neat idea! I had thoughts about having someone help me rig a touch display to my dash so it can be plugged to a small computer (i.e., Raspberry Pi). Audio would be USB -> MiniDSP -> Amps. No time at the moment for this project.

A samsung galaxy tab 7" plus fits perfectly with a nav oem dash.
Just keep in mind the bottom head unit is bigger than the bottom head unit that is in the touring navigation model. So you will have to do a small amount of cutting. Nothing crazy.

Here's mine below. Very similar to dreamers. Except he cut the bottom head units dash slot to slide the aftermarket radio down a bit. That way the top nav oem dash would fit snug.
What I did was cut the inside of the oem dash at the bottom(the lip) so it would slide over the bottom head unit.(it will cover the cd player, but who uses that? ) Mine required much less work :p

I plan on buying another tablet and fitting it at the bottom part of the nav dash and run obd ii bluetooth to it.
http://img.tapatalk.com/20a36973-160b-c8de.jpg

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That's awesome. How did you secure the tablet behind the bezel?

I wish the OEM nav bezel was cheaper! Man, $317 is just a lot of $$$, but, dang it looks perfect!

yea, that is pricey!

originally it was sticky velcro tape. But it gets to hot in florida and it was sliding.. Now I just used glue. Its never going to move so its fine for me to glue it :p



I agree. To be honest all you use from that nav oem dash is the little center piece. I would suspect it would cost not even $100 for it, if it was sold separate. The rest of it you just can keep in a garage or closet in case you somehow destroyed the original.

You know, I like the look with the OEM navi cluster, but I don't like the fact that it's far away from the driver. I'm sure it's better for glare though.

Yeah, I first saw that and was like...:ugh2:
But after talking to a few shops about pricing and custom work it would have been more and might not have been 'perfect.' Also, the OEM display from Nissan is $990.....:icon14:

damn expensive stuff

yeah to be honest.. if you factor in upgrading your car to touring and then a navigation package. A tablet or carPC with a oem nav dashboard is a helluva lot cheaper. EVEN if you have the touring edition already, its still way cheaper. Plus your not locked into a limited navigation system. Tablet or carPC is the way to go IMO.

In a nutshell, what is carPC?

a custom PC inside your car. Basically you build a pc, whether mini-cases, desktops etc. And you power it to your car, and run touchscreen lcd(s) to it. People have ran windows 8, 7, linux distro's and even osx in them.

Yep, and there are custom UIs which allow you to easily access information/data.
From GPS, OBDII, web, radio, etc. They are very universal with what you can do, but on that it takes some skill, knowledge, and time.

So carPC isn't a company? It's literally just putting a PC in your car? LOL.

Anyhoo, I read up on MP3car.com and found out some info. I might just build the PC myself (might be cheaper than their mini pc's they sell) and just purchase a monitor from them.

All I really want is WIFI, my music library, and browse the net (via WIFI or tethering).

Be cheaper to do it via tablet. All my music is through google play store. Synced to google music. If I need nav. I use google maps. Need facebook have that. Browse the net have chrome on it with flash. YouTube is there etc. And since most of the time data is read from websites as u using a mobile it will send less data and alot of the times send via a mobile page. Which reduces the chance of going over your data limit.
Personally I still pay almost to 60 dollars more because I eat up data like its nothing. Damn YouTube ...

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I didn't see this anywhere on the thread, but how do you power the tablet on/off?

I've been thinking about mounting my Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0 in my dash. Want to use the stock navi bezel to do it, similar to others on the thread. That said I did some research and found this: http://www.mp3car.com/android-tablet...s-widgets.html. Looks like the app Tasker could work for you. Just set the tablet up to power on when you "turn the key" and power off shortly after you turn the car off.

Anyone have a part number for the navi bezel ?