Mounting DVD player Overhead

[mini_mull]

I am thinking about mounting my DIN sized DVD player above my visor next to my overhead console. It'd be in a custom fiberglass box made by yours truly. Anyone done this before or have pics of anything similiar?
My plan is to make the sides and a frame around the face with MDF, piece them together with a frame, then glass a box over it. After I'm done with that I'll have to mount it, which I could do using the holes for the visor and overhead console, or gorilla glue some MDF to the roof metal and mount screws into that.
Any thoughts, suggestions, reasons it won't work, or ways to do it better?

 

[chevyin]

Im not sure Id trust gorilla glue to hold a DVD player directly over my head as I bounce down the road day after day.

 

[mini_mull]

Im not sure Id trust gorilla glue to hold a DVD player directly over my head as I bounce down the road day after day.

Yeah, good point. I've heard of it being used sucessfully in cars, but they ride a little different than our rigs. There is the whole lip around the front of the roof that I could drill right into, but I know it doesn't reach far enough to secure the face end of the box, so what's a girl to do? Any ideas? Maybe I could drill some MDF strips in above the lip and just have them hang back far enough to drill into for the front? Or?

 

[ryoken]

The roof is double-walled up there right?

 

[mini_mull]

I didn't think so, except for the lip that runs around the front and sides. At least it didn't look double-walled when I did the headliner. The whole roof followed the indents and curves of the outside perfectly. Like this:

I might be able to hit that beam though. I forgot it was there until I dug up this pic.

 

[chevyin]

Yeah just build a mounting cage for it that fastens to places you can bolt (like the roof supports).

 

[ryoken]

I didn't think so, except for the lip that runs around the front and sides. At least it didn't look double-walled when I did the headliner. The whole roof followed the indents and curves of the outside perfectly. Like this:

I might be able to hit that beam though. I forgot it was there until I dug up this pic.

yeah. that frame is perfect to work off..

I've considered doing one out of the composite, maplights, cb, etc.... priority #57....

 

[mini_mull]

I would love to try out composite. I emailed the regional rep @ creative pultrusions to see if there's any source for it near me. I also need to do some lower door panels with a home for my components and composite would be a perfect backing IMO. Not to mention a center console, battery box, rear side panels.... I assume you can glass straight on it since it is glass? I sure hope there is some where close or that will ship to me. I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[ryoken]

I'd love to walk ya thru it's joy!

I really didn't think about it for my battery box.. Could have easy enough.. Woulda went a little thicker, maybe the 1/4" stuff... And yeah, any glassing can be done with it... and actually I haven't used ANY glassing tech, other than the dash, everything else has been the angle/bond gig...

I have thought of a pretty cool way to do an overhead, actually it's pretty sick.. But it's as big a project as some of the others, so it's getting bumped down the list.. Labor could be better spent elsewhere...

I'm at least doing lower doors and rear panels first.. The rears I have some pretty cool ideas for... But thats stereo related and WAY down the list...