Head unit install queston - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Stew215 · 09-30-2009, 02:59 PM

I am in the process of putting a head unit in my truck and was wondering what everyone is using to support the unit behind the dash. right not i just have a big hole. please inform me on what needs to be bought to install a newer single din sized head unit.

also some pics would be very helpful if anyone has them ..

-thank you, Chris

Hair · 09-30-2009, 03:21 PM

What is a head unit?

Stew215 · 09-30-2009, 03:29 PM

the in dash part of the stereo... sometimes called a head unit

PowerPro · 09-30-2009, 03:40 PM

i don't have any pictures, but what i used is the din 1 slide-in that came with my stereo. I put that in the hole that someone else cut in my dash, bent the tabs down and slid the stereo in. works great.

Stew215 · 09-30-2009, 03:43 PM

that's what i was thinking about ... something like a slide in but i got this radio from a buddy and of course it was nothing that originally came with it. i think i might go look into walmart or pepboys for a slide in tray ...
-thanks

PowerPro · 09-30-2009, 04:12 PM

yeah, wal mart has generic din 1 install kits. it may even come with some speaker wire and stuff for you too.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 10-28-2009, 07:38 AM

Back in the old days we used about 5 or 6 inches or "plumbers tape". Not really a tape but mild steel [about 1/2" wide] with perforations every 3/4 of an inch. It comes in short rolls. A length of that goes from a bolt on the firewall up to a stud on the back of the radio set. It's used to lessen the strain on the 2 knobs, Tune and Volume, that secure to the 2 holes in the front of the dash...

09-30-2009, 02:59 PM	#1
Stew215 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Levittown , PA Posts: 55	Head unit install queston I am in the process of putting a head unit in my truck and was wondering what everyone is using to support the unit behind the dash. right not i just have a big hole. please inform me on what needs to be bought to install a newer single din sized head unit. also some pics would be very helpful if anyone has them .. -thank you, Chris __________________ 72 shortbed 396-sold 74 blazer 5.3 ls swap under construction

09-30-2009, 03:21 PM	#2
Hair Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tullahoma, TN Posts: 421	Re: Head unit install queston What is a head unit?

09-30-2009, 03:29 PM	#3
Stew215 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Levittown , PA Posts: 55	Re: Head unit install queston the in dash part of the stereo... sometimes called a head unit __________________ 72 shortbed 396-sold 74 blazer 5.3 ls swap under construction

09-30-2009, 03:40 PM	#4
PowerPro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 68	Re: Head unit install queston i don't have any pictures, but what i used is the din 1 slide-in that came with my stereo. I put that in the hole that someone else cut in my dash, bent the tabs down and slid the stereo in. works great. __________________ 1970 C20 LWB Fleetside with a 472 Caddy engine! TH400 Restoration in progress 07 Yamaha 650 V-Star Custom 83 Honda V-45 Magna

09-30-2009, 03:43 PM	#5
Stew215 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Levittown , PA Posts: 55	Re: Head unit install queston that's what i was thinking about ... something like a slide in but i got this radio from a buddy and of course it was nothing that originally came with it. i think i might go look into walmart or pepboys for a slide in tray ... -thanks __________________ 72 shortbed 396-sold 74 blazer 5.3 ls swap under construction

09-30-2009, 04:12 PM	#6
PowerPro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 68	Re: Head unit install queston yeah, wal mart has generic din 1 install kits. it may even come with some speaker wire and stuff for you too. __________________ 1970 C20 LWB Fleetside with a 472 Caddy engine! TH400 Restoration in progress 07 Yamaha 650 V-Star Custom 83 Honda V-45 Magna

10-28-2009, 07:38 AM	#7
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 8,115	Re: Head unit install queston Back in the old days we used about 5 or 6 inches or "plumbers tape". Not really a tape but mild steel [about 1/2" wide] with perforations every 3/4 of an inch. It comes in short rolls. A length of that goes from a bolt on the firewall up to a stud on the back of the radio set. It's used to lessen the strain on the 2 knobs, Tune and Volume, that secure to the 2 holes in the front of the dash... __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.



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