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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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First and for most, good lookin out on all the advise from you vets! Thanks.
I'm lookin at getting a double din DVD player, where can I find one of those dash kits. I see the regular ones everywhere but cant find the one for a double Din.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 11:32 AM
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FABRICATION!!! whether you buy a metra kit and mod it or make one it has to be fabricated sorry for yelling hahaha
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by smuv gs3
FABRICATION!!! whether you buy a metra kit and mod it or make one it has to be fabricated sorry for yelling hahaha
Correct, I got the kit they sell on Ebay, and my guys at the shop made it work....
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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Correct, I got the kit they sell on Ebay, and my guys at the shop made it work....
It shouldnt be too hard to cut the metra kit. All your doing is cutting the pocket out of it.
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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These guys are absolutely right. It only takes a little time and patience to cut the Metra kit to fit either an Double din or ISO double din. My advice to you if you're going to do it yourself is to use an exacto knife on the front to get the line to match up. But you're going to have to heat the tip of the blade so that your lne are as straight as possible. Afterwards a little 180 grit sandpaper can smooth out any spots you messed up on. As for the the back part of the pocket, you can use the exacto knife, or a small rotary tool with a small cut off bit. Good luck let us know how it comes out. BTW the Metra part # is 99-8154
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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Absolutely without the slightest doubt, the Toyota double-din kit is the best one for the GS. It is a FACTORY Toyota part, with exact paint and texture match. Has METAL mounting brackets (side), not plastic. How can you do better than that? It's about $45 bucks from Steve Ganz at Carson Toyota, one of our sponsors.
All of the other kits are not a perfect match. Look at the following threads:
Poor match:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit
Toyota Kit, good match:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit

EDIT: The above is for 2nd Gen - wrong GS generation.
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by engin_ear
Absolutely without the slightest doubt, the Toyota double-din kit is the best one for the GS. It is a FACTORY Toyota part, with exact paint and texture match. Has METAL mounting brackets (side), not plastic. How can you do better than that? It's about $45 bucks from Steve Ganz at Carson Toyota, one of our sponsors.
All of the other kits are not a perfect match. Look at the following threads:
Poor match:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit
Toyota Kit, good match:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...toyota+DIN+kit

EDIT: The above is for 2nd Gen - wrong GS generation.
Dude, no need to dump on my install. Actually the flash brought out subtle differences between the climate control and the AMI kit which was far superior to the Metra kit. In person, there is no noticeable difference. At least I feel proud that I did the whole job myself. I would not rate the match as perfect but it certainly is not poor. So I saved a few bucks. At least I bought the right brand of car. The other examples you gave I agree are better but not perfect either. To each his own right to mod.
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