This was a progress thread in another forum… this is a summary of all my posts
I’ve finally motivated myself to make a display for my car when it’s placed in shows. Since my modifications seem to change almost on a daily basis, I would constantly have to update posters if I went that route. Instead, i think it would be more creative to incorporate a 9" LCD display.
The LCD is one of those digital picture frames that I just save the pictures/videos to a SanDisk Card and it loops through them while playing music.
This saves me a lot of breath at shows trying to explain all the little details I fabbed on the car. Also, this is a great way to show before and after pictures. Plus video and pics with music is a great way to get captive attention.
I have an extra caliper lying around…so i decided to incorporate it. I want the display to have a more personal touch specific to my car. Not just a universal looking display that just anyone could have.
Extra Caliper half (exact match to my current brake setup):
So the brain storming begins:
I’m pretty nailed down to using a “fake” brake display as my LCD housing. After taking some measurements of an LCD screen and my Caliper, I came up with this:
The two tabs on the outside are the caliper mounts.
The entire assembly was cut out of 1/4" thick 316 Stainless Steel sheet that was about 24"x23". As a result, I had to cut the center “cooling fins” and orientate everything to fit on this sheet.
Got the pieces back from being cut. Put it together quickly to check my clearances and everything looks great. Very happy thus far.
I will also be adding a ‘hat’ with some bolt heads to help make it look more realistic. I still have to work out the aesthetic details…but something like this:
Still waiting for those pieces to get cut out of aluminum for the face of the rotor…i does look naked without them. That’ll be the final touch.
With or without the Roundel on the stand?
Caliper complete with all the hardware…i may even add a brake pad.
also, the bolts are loose right now for bolting the rotor to the stand, so the rotor will be at a bit more of a tilt when everything is tightened.
As a follow up…the display really worked well at grabbing attention from passers by and showing all the “behind the scenes” stuff involved with all the DIY’s. It serves its purpose… AND it help get my 1st place in the show.
btw josh; do you know if you have to be a bmwcca member to post a classifieds ad in roundel? I let my membership run out and would like to list my euro m20, I bet it would probably fetch over $1500 to those guys
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