Proper DIN stereo indash installation

[asphaltburner]

Yo! Here's some pics of FRANKENTRUCKs' Kenwood in the dash bezel. Cutting the metal is next, but that's NOTHING compared to the measuring and planning that went into this today! Already set the bezel in place and marked out the cuts for the dash. Tonight or tomorrow.
First, I centered my DIN sleeve so that the cuts would leave no gaps top or bottom, marked with a mechanical pencil, and then smoothed the rear of the bezel with a grinding wheel on my 1/4" die grinder to remove the upper and lower ridges in the plastic.
Then I used a free hacksaw blade to cut the horizontals. A heated blade (#10 scalpel in this case) easily cuts the verticals, and I used the DIN sleeve constantly to make my hole just a tiny bit smaller than the final opening that I filed to fit:




Had to "waller" out the lower right corner to accomodate the corner of the DIN sleeve:



I ground an angle in the upper left edge of the stereos' detachable trim ring and similar to it's lower right side to fit inside the "waller". Test fitting all the time made this go fairly quickly.
I set the DIN sleeve as close as I could to the drivers' side, here's a pic with the stereos' trim ring removed and in place:





And the installed stereo:



Three hours without rushing.
Todd.