whats up guys? i wanted a navi but i didnt want to spend too much at the time (MONTHS ago), so i bought a $300 magellan. it wasnt til a week ago that i thought, why not make it look stock? well anyways, here it is.

cluster lid, leather material, exacto knife, navi


stencil


then cut leather or any type material to act as vinyl over navi cover (my cover is an old binder)


superglue is good


then what i did was for the cover i had just made, took apart cluster lid and placed the cover in between the boxed compartment and actual lid itself, then reconnected it. also, i drilled a hole at the bottom of the box compartment so that i could hard wire the audio and power cords. heres finished product.




sorry, pics arent good and write up isnt but hope you get the idea.

tell me what you guys think, and if you want ill show you how i do the audio too, (when more time comes around for me). -vince

 

why is there a sticker on your nav door?

 

i just bought it, forgot to remove it. it says (pull out then push down to close)

 

what year is your car and how much did you paid for ur new cubi?

 

nice idea. im gonna hav 2 do sumthing alon those lines...goota find a place 2 put the turbo timer now.....

 

That's a pretty good job, is it easily removable so you can update it?

 

2005, i paid around 100 for the cluster lid and finisher.

thanks. no its not easily removable, so i have to take it apart completely to update it. but you gave me an idea, next time i take it apart, im going to add a usb port that connects from the navi and have the wire run through hidden somewhere so when i do need to update it, ill just connect it to my laptop..

 

Not bad.

 

where can you get the cluster lid for what you paid? I want one but all the place I check have them for over $200.
BTW, looking good

 

nice work! looks good

 

cool