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radio install
well i got my radio today and i havent cut my dash yet but i dont see anyway for it to stay in place.
Is there sopposed to be a mounting kit for it or what? ![]() ![]() |
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Re: radio install
Dude, don't cut your dash! If it's stock and hasn't been butchered yet, please find you another place to mount your radio if it doesn't fit. You wont regret it.
Maybe manufacture a mounting bracket that you can bolt up to the existing a/c control mounting screws. Some guys are even using the glove compartment. I've seen several nice trucks that have a big nasty hole where some previous owner cut it up to mount a stereo. ![]() |
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Re: radio install
i dont plan on butchering it, my dad cuts and welds stuff for a living so it will be a neat and nice job and i plan on saving the peices that are cut out so if i ever sell it can be put back in.
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Re: radio install
I just bought a aftermarket tape player with all the bells and whistles of a cd player--cd controls you name it--not cheap at all but well worth saving the dash.
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Now, if you're going to change the truck from stock anyway, I guess some minor cutting wouldn't make any difference at this time. Good luck... |
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Re: radio install
The factory radio hole is too tall for a DIN sized radio and the shaft holes are too large widthwise. You will have a gap at the top or bottom and 2 crescents on each end if you cut the dash to exactly fit the sleeve. To get a clean install you should probably patch it before you cut it. Then you could put it back to stock and it wouldn't look hacked.
The tabs will hold the flange on the sleeve tight against the face of the dash if the hole you cut is just barely big enough to slide it in. |
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Re: radio install
Seriously- cut the dash if you want. So many people fuss about cutting the dash- but then they turn-around and C-notch the frame or put 20's on all fours. I love my truck- but it's not a priceless piece of art. Feel free to do whatever you see fit for YOUR vehicle.
That said- I didn't cut my dash for a radio- I bought one of the "classic" radio CD's. Why? Because I don;t have the skills to do a quality job on the dash... and my truck is too loud for a nice sound system anyway. |
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Re: radio install
the dash was getting cut no matter what i just dident know what held the radio in. and the thing that goes around the faceplate will fit perfect with no gap.
so if i got it right just bend the tabs back and it will hold it and maybe get a support strap for the back. |
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Re: radio install
All you have to do is remove the head unit from the sleeve. Then once the hole is cut, you slide the sleeve into the hole & bend over as many of the tabs as you can. Then slide the unit back into the sleeve. I recommend a support strap on the back of it too.
Here are the tabs that need to be bent over... Last edited by corn; 10-10-2009 at 12:17 PM. |
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corn thanks, that what i was thinking but i just dont see what the tabs would hold onto to hold it up..
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68gmsee, yeah i get what your saying. and i have seen some messed up dashes to, but i will never sell this truck anyways (i hope) lol
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Cut It dude!!You won't regret it
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Re: radio install
Just cut the damned dash and keep the panel in case you need to weld it back in later.
People make such a big deal about the dash - it's overhyped. It's reactionary. Moreover, it's your damn truck. ![]() (damn, that's a lot of damns!!)
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The tabs will do a fiine job of holding it. For the record, of the 4 trucks I've had, I wrecked one before I had the chance to 'hack' the dash... 'hacked' 2 dashes... and haven't had the chance to 'hack' the 4th one. I never for a single moment... regretted 'hacking' any of them. so ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: radio install
their isn't a kit except for a small 1/4 inch trim ring. If its cut properly you won't have any gaps. You will see the indentions for the shafts on each side unless you get the trim ring. If you guys need these I can sell these for about 3.00 each shipped!
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Re: radio install
by trim ring i guss u mean this:
and were goin to cut the dash today and see how it fits. ill put pictures of it on here after. |
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Re: radio install
no that is the radio trim ring. the ring I'm talking about goes behind the cage to coverup what that doesn't.
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Re: radio install
Those are nice! I recommend that for these trucks. It seems like they all show a very small area of "knob hole" when finished. I didnt know those were available...
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Re: radio install
ok it took awhile but we finally done it
and we made a plate out of stainless steel Last edited by clemson71guy; 12-12-2007 at 08:51 PM. |
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oh ok gotcha
thanks for the help |
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Re: radio install
Kevin. That looks good. I'd go for that.
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Re: radio install
You won't get a DIN-sized radio in the dash of these trucks without cutting the dash.
I used a Dremel tool to cut the dash on my son's '69, back in '99. When I sold the truck in '01, even without a radio, there was nothing said about the hole. It was a clean hole, thanks to a steady hand and the Dremel tool. I used the sleeve for a pattern, and saved the pieces, although they were small. As for me, the Kenwood 801 seems to be headed for my truck.
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Re: radio install
Don't mean to start any cut or not cut wars on here but clemson71guy asked for an opinion and I gave it. I don't judge and I don't flame anyone for doing what they want to do.
Looks like everyone seems to have an opinion and mine is to not cut the dash if it's stock. It is one of the most visible parts of the vehicle other than the outside. What he does is his prerogative. What anyone does with their vehicle is also their prerogative. I leave mine uncut but I'm also a lot older than most of you guys out there. In my younger years I did my share of modifying cars- like cutting up a perfectly good 56 Mercury two door hardtop in 1972 to make a beach buggy... ![]() |
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