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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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They all look great gives me a ton of ideas.
Does anyone know of a bezel kit that makes the DD almost look like its pushed back it to the console?

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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 09:07 AM
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Anyone in the DFW area wanna install mine? LOL
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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I like that look to I think the scosche goes in a lil bit
Originally Posted by BLKG3
They all look great gives me a ton of ideas.
Does anyone know of a bezel kit that makes the DD almost look like its pushed back it to the console?

Thanks again for all the replies.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKG3
They all look great gives me a ton of ideas.
Does anyone know of a bezel kit that makes the DD almost look like its pushed back it to the console?

Thanks again for all the replies.
You just have to redrill some of the mounting holes on the bracket. Even the Toyota JDM one that I have would cause the DD to stick out further than the flush mount that I have if mounted in the normal mounting holes. Most of us that have it flush mounted had to modify the mounting holes further back. In that case, you can inset the DD as far back as spacing allows. There isn't that much room behind the deck so you can't go too far back unless you have a rather shallow DD deck.

Also, you may have to do a little custom fiberglass work on the trim to make it look better too if you go too far back.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Alpine Navi/dvd unit forgot what model.. Thought about getting a black climate to match the surround, but i think i'll stick with my two tone and silver SD climate..


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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by CK6Speed
You just have to redrill some of the mounting holes on the bracket. Even the Toyota JDM one that I have would cause the DD to stick out further than the flush mount that I have if mounted in the normal mounting holes. Most of us that have it flush mounted had to modify the mounting holes further back. In that case, you can inset the DD as far back as spacing allows. There isn't that much room behind the deck so you can't go too far back unless you have a rather shallow DD deck.

Also, you may have to do a little custom fiberglass work on the trim to make it look better too if you go too far back.
That's right. Can't go too far back since there's not much room back there. U need to really clean the wiring.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by carbongs
i've had many in my GS'

Had a Kenwood in my GS4

Had a Alpine in my GS3

Still have the Pioneer Avic D3 in my GS3 now



I work at a stereo shop in Atlanta. We do a lot of Pioneer X920BT installs in luxury sedans.

hey bro, i have the pioneer x920bt on my gs300, there's a space around the head unit. can you just buy a little frame that will fit around it to fill the gap around the unit? thanks
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Go with i kenwood they got some good stuff
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Flush mounted....



Notice the side brackets. Only 2 screws one each side. On the bracket, you will see (2) dimples to help align the deck to the bracket. Drill the hole at the dimple on the bracket and use that hole for mounting the deck. If you see, i drilled out the rear dimples as well. This may not be needed but since the new mounting holes are moved, the dimples will not line up on the deck. So i opted to drill them out as well because i do not want it to fit funny. really up to you... (2) screws on each side will suffice for me and i am not worried of it being crooked..

Eclipse AVN50 with oem DD kit.



For the wiring, you need to be clean with it. I tucked the bunch of wires under the deck and continued to route it to bypass the OEM pioneer AMP.

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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by aka paco
Alpine Navi/dvd unit forgot what model.. Thought about getting a black climate to match the surround, but i think i'll stick with my two tone and silver SD climate..


Seems you got the same problem as me with the metra kit and color.

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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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AVN50D with Lexus splash logo, "I Agree", Reverse Screen, and Reverse Camera mounted on Trunk Bar.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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Where'd you get that "I agree" screen?
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-GS
Where'd you get that "I agree" screen?
typical nag screen for NAVI on Eclipse HU.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKG3
@ Smardav.

Can you post a pic of the DD installed. I was actually looking at that model.

Thanks
This is what my car with the DD. the second pic is the back up camera
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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good stuff...
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