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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Default Metra Dash Kit installed! Single DIN

for anyone who wants to know how this looks and are afraid to jump the gun..it works..and its soo easy to install and the instructions were very clear..and it looks great!

Sorry for bad pics..phones camera + bad lighting

Before.


and i know my heaters screwed up and my cup holder is upside down..almost more useful that way!

After


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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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and the difference is ........
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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there is no gap between the pocket and the ash tray..no more wires poking through
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:45 PM
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looking good clean
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Looks good.
Did you remove the factory volume **** button yourself?
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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and yeah i did..it was pretty simple
we covered the back side of the hole with a circular piece of wood and started to bondo over it, pulled the wood off, trimmed down the controls and then painted, sanded, painted, bondo, sand, paint again
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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does the ashtray cover open smoothly? I read that some people are having problems opening the ashtray but that was for the Double DIN dash kit. Please let us know if there is that problem. Thanks!
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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where did u purchase this?? ive seen it on their site but can find where to purchase it anywhere..
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defiantly one of the cleanest for single din, but for me, double din FTW
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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we already have a couple threads with good pics in the proper forum. Should have added to those.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
we already have a couple threads with good pics in the proper forum. Should have added to those.
sorry i didn't even think about it

guy's if you wanna know where i got it just shoot me a pm..it was super cheap
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Sorry but I don't like the look of single DIN players in the SC, even with the new dash kit. I'd much rather see double DIN or just stock.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by CleanSC3
Sorry but I don't like the look of single DIN players in the SC, even with the new dash kit. I'd much rather see double DIN or just stock.
its understandable..i was hoping to do double..but money got tighter and tighter and i had no music..so this is how it's going to be until i get my other mods done..but hey it looks a heck of a lot better than it did..

oh and to answer another posts question the ashtray lid flips open just as it would with the stock deck in
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DD's are more expensive, but a cheap alternative to a nice DD is one of the cheaper tv DD's that sell for around $250. They look like the Eclipse AVN style DD's.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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nice. I gotta get myself a double din now.
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