DirtySpleen

So before I joined the Army an bought my old 91 RS on the other side of the country, I had an 04 Corvette Z. Well I still have it, just.. on the other side of the country One of my favorite features was the Heads Up display that was pretty much a screen reflecting the RPM, Speed, and either oil, temp, fuel, or several other options of your choice onto the windshield in view of the road, so that you never had to look at the cluster for safety reasons. I'm curious how all of this could be implemented, if anyone has done it, and any ideas pertaining to this. Our dashes have such a nice flat work space to build off of, I'm just itching to see it be done!

visitor

Id grab a unit out of a grand prix personally

Duane's 91 Z/28

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I have always wondered the same thing. Would love to see one on our cars. I know theres a special windshield that HUDs use, at least on the 90s Bonnevilles that I used to own.

mjdavis68

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Me too as well!, but i only see it possible with VSS optioned cars. Mine is not one of those.....

The_Wraith

I have a old thread kicking around and had all the parts from a 91 cutlass and 88-93 grand prix. But never did it because I had a 4thgen dash. It will wire in easily in flat dash cars. You will just have to see if there is enough visibility with the unit installed. It is very easy otherwise.

Nighthawkf-117

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The problem with a HUD is that you need special glass for it to display clearly. It is actually semi reflective. I have thought of doing the same thing and I think the best option would be to get a piece of Teleprompter glass (30% reflective) and set it up like you would find in a airplane HUD. I have also seen people that have put a small semi reflective sticker on the windshield were you want to aim the HUD.

The_Wraith

Not necessary at all. There are plenty of people swapping non HUD cars to HUD cars without changing the windsheild. I did it on my old GP and the HUD display worked fine. You would never notice unless someone told you.

Veaceonee

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I owned a 2001 GTP with a HUD. The windshield was exactly the same as a non-HUD car, except mine had a very minor tinted square where the HUD displays on the windshield. You would never notice it if you didnt know it was there.

DirtySpleen

Id even be willing to cut into the dash to seat a HUD. Thats how the vettes are. Good point on the reflective part.

Duane's 91 Z/28

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I am not sure where I'd run my wires to if I were to put an HUD into my Camaro.

The_Wraith

Easily, the HUD pigtail would go under the dashpad and into the back area behind the cluster.

visitor

Mounting it would be.the.simple part. Wiring would be more confusing (imo). I have a few hud's from newer and older gp s. Id be happy to donate one to the cause if someone wanted to figure it out

visitor

I know ebay has some generic ones available too.

Duane's 91 Z/28

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I guess I should have specified about my wires. I meant what would I plug my HUD pigtail into? I know it would go under the dash pad

92RS_Ttop

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You'll need to connect +12V ignition feed, ground, tach, and your VSS. The tach wire is a white wire connected to you gauge cluster. The VSS wire varies on color and PIN number throughout the years. It can be tapped into behind the gauge cluster as well. You'll have to check the wiring diagrams for your car. If you've got an earlier cable-style speedo, you'll need some type of adapter or buffer box to create the electrical pulse signal used by the HUD.

I have one sitting in my basement from a mid-90's Pontiac something that I pulled from a junkyard. Just haven't gotten around to wiring it up.

Duane's 91 Z/28

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Ok thanks. That's a big help. One of these days I'll be able to get down to a PNP in Sacramento and get one. Its hard with a family living so far away from any junk yards.

DynoDave43

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I know there have been a couple of threads on this topic, and this particular one is a year old. But I thought those interested in adding a HUD unit to their car might want to see this article from a service industry publication I get. A system to keep an eye open for in the future.

Add-on heads-up display unit scheduled to enter aftermarket arena

http://www.searchautoparts.com/after...orta?cid=95879

The only thing that article does not define is if an OBDII feed is needed.

Rabble-Rouser

Glad to have seen this! Thanks for bringing this thread back!

DynoDave43

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No problem. I thought it was an interesting idea.

PAFORM350

that would be great

Thirdgen89GTA

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I seem to remember someone doing a project with the GTP heads up display or something. I'm fairly sure it was on these boards, the poster had pictures of the mock-ups and how it was going to be wired into the car.

I can't find the thread, but I do remember reading about it.

jichniow

I do a little data logging to help with tuning. There's an app for Android devices called ALDLdroid. I use it so I can log the computer data with my phone instead of a laptop. It has a HUD feature, where it displays everything in reverse. You just put your phone/device up on the dash and you have an instant HUD. You need an ALDL cable to go along with this, or the bluetooth adapter, but it works. You can customize the display to show anything you want.

However, our winshields are laminated glass. There is a reflection from the surface of both pieces of glass. The end effect is multiple images. Something will have to be added to the windscreen to prevent this effect.

-srs-

I tried exactly what jichniow is talking about. There are very noticeable reflected images. It looked pretty bad.