warrenb213

So after digging high and low for HUD information.... ya know Corvette/Bonneville style which projects onto the windshield?

I've found out that installing those very setups into other vehicles can be quite easy.

i may end up trying this out.

someone care to beat me to it? haha

06G85

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Beat ya



















J/k photoshopped

FastSSinNH

^Haha. With a HUD that big I would demand the ability to acquire a missile lock

06G85

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LOL Yes, I agree, JUST for that slow Honda in front of you. BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

NCC-2000

Would be even better if it could somehow project a warning onto the Honda's windshield too saying "target aquired. Speed up or you get blown up" LOL

umrdyldo

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Sounds like a fun project. Not sure how hard the wiring would be though.

tru2nrtt777

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HMMM, not sure about the differences but the 240 guys do it all the time since the s13 coupe came with it but the s13 hatch didnt.

warrenb213

i've even seen a thread with a old honda prelude guy getting the thing working perfect in his car.

so i'd imagine this wouldn't be so far off.

does anyone by chance have the stock cobalt guage cluster pinout?? ls and ss?

scottydoh

Knew I saved this link for a reason. Don't remember where I saw it, but it applies here;

http://www.plasmaglow.com/catalog/pr...products_id=75

Plasmaglow universal HUD...Its a little pricey though

constantproject

i thought about this a long time ago but havnt really looke into it , glad to see someone is..be sure to make a how to!!

im wondering if one out of an older vette/malibu/bonneville might work?

EmperorJJ1

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do it then make a how to for me

~Mike~

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I could be wrong on this guys, but I'm pretty sure there's a coating that has to be on the glass for the HUD to display properly. My fiance's mom has a GP GTP with the HUD and replacing the windshield in her car was like twice normal cost because of this....at least that's what she told me anyway. If this is incorrect information, i apologize. Either way tho, if this gets done I'd love to see it.

blackbird

I've owned/own three W-body cars over the years (two Cutlass Supreme and my Turbo Grand Prix) that have had the HUD option. It was originally developed by Hughes for GM in the late '80s before they sold that division. They did come with a special windshield that has a small square of semi-metallic translucent film in the laminate between the glass that helps reflect the vacuum flourescent display of the HUD. It will still work with the regular windshield but it's a little less clear.

~Mike~

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Glad to know I'm not losin my mind lol

How do you, or did you, like the turbo spirit and shelby? I wanted to get my hands on one of those soooooo bad but can't ever find them around here. One guy "collects" them you could say, but he never sells them, no matter what condition they're in. He's got one of those rare factory intercooled, t-topped shelby cars....at least I'm told its rare anyway...

mkulrey13

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Is tehre a pic of a actual car that has this. Seems interesting.

~Mike~

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That's what it looks like on the windshield. Cant be seen from outside. Really nifty, but when driving a car with it actually turned on, I found it to be distracting and annoying.

EmperorJJ1

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ive drivin a bonnivile with it and its sorta cool but it would defiantly be low on my to do list

blackbird

I fall under the camp of the HUD being one of the best things ever put into a car. Well, not quite, but I love driving with it, especially at night when I'll shut off the backlighting on the regular instrument panel and only use the HUD.


I still have all the cars. The R/Ts (including the Spirit) were low 14-second cars stock and take well to upgrades. My Daytona Shelby is also a T-top, Turbo II (intercooled) 5-speed car and while not the most common I wouldn't call them super rare with just under 2k T-top cars made the last year in '89 before that option was dropped. If you keep an eye out you can still run across the older turbo Dodges but clean cars are getting hard to come by.

constantproject

blackbird im guessing your all over turbo dodge.com then?? my friend wants one as a toy and has seen quite a few of them go for less than a thousnd dollars stock, and w turbo2 swap and other goodies like 2000-2500

but back on topic..anyone have any technical wiring diagrams for the hud and the cobalt cluster?? i might be able to figure out if its possible, but i cant do chit in the car till it thaws out

fwdGTP

My car has it stock, so im not exactly sure how it hooks up, i know grand prix's that didn't come from the factory with them can add them, so it cant be too hard.

warrenb213

yea, i figure if folks with honda preludes can get it working just connecting the wires to the appropriate lines, we have to be able to.

as for the reflectiveness folks. turns out plenty of non-hud equipped cars can use it, the reflectiveness on the hud-equipped GM cars is only a couple percent more than regular issue glass.

Nighthawk243

Plus you can get a film you can apply to make it more visible if you really need it.

But anyhow, I'd imagine there are HUD kits that would plug into the OBD II port to get the necessary information. I'd imagine the biggest issue with installing a HUD in the Cobalt is space and the fact that you would need to modify the dash (As opposed to the Grand Prix where you could just buy the dash that already has the provisions for the HUD.)

fwdGTP

The dashes are all the same, the hud is just shaped to fit it, and would need some modification to fit the cobalt dash

Billig ss/sc

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That would be the best damn thing ever lol

warrenb213

does anyone have contact with Xravin which did the fully custom hud for the GTP's????? i cannot find jack about him and his project anywhere, just vids.