Completed the big spring project - replacing the old head banger TV with a LED TV in a lift cabinet.
This is what I started with. The old tube-type TV over the driver's head and a lamp table a recliner behind the pax seat.
I took the lamp table out and luckily there was 120V power behind it, and much to my surprise it was wired to the inverter. I reused the wood from the table to build a cabinet to replace the old TV cab, making it the same size as the rest of the overheads.
I made back and side panels as well and put them in loosely. I need to run the cables for the CD changer that's going up there, and I think I can get the XM antenna on top of the new cabinet.
Rough install on the lift cabinet.
And with the lift up.
Final install. I had it screwed down on top of the carpet, but it was a little too wobbly. So I took the feet off the cabinet and cut the carpet out from underneath and bolted it directly to the floor. A channel for the 120V wire and the cable and now it's solid.
Added a 32" LED 1080 and project done.
Total work was about 4 days, most of it building the replacement cabinet. A good solution for the old head banger.
This is what I started with. The old tube-type TV over the driver's head and a lamp table a recliner behind the pax seat.
I took the lamp table out and luckily there was 120V power behind it, and much to my surprise it was wired to the inverter. I reused the wood from the table to build a cabinet to replace the old TV cab, making it the same size as the rest of the overheads.
I made back and side panels as well and put them in loosely. I need to run the cables for the CD changer that's going up there, and I think I can get the XM antenna on top of the new cabinet.
Rough install on the lift cabinet.
And with the lift up.
Final install. I had it screwed down on top of the carpet, but it was a little too wobbly. So I took the feet off the cabinet and cut the carpet out from underneath and bolted it directly to the floor. A channel for the 120V wire and the cable and now it's solid.
Added a 32" LED 1080 and project done.
Total work was about 4 days, most of it building the replacement cabinet. A good solution for the old head banger.
