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Anybody ever have any luck putting a double din stereo into a square?
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I saw someone post a truck on eBay a few days back that had put a double din in a square
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If you remember where it is or anything I'd love to see a pic! A buddy of mine has one he wants 100$ for and it just needs a new sensitizer. ( the little clear plastic part over the LCD screen)
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let me see if I can find it. give me a minute
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Thanks for locating that! Hmm. I was gonna try to cram it in where the stock radio would be. Haven't done the math yet though
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You'd probably have to get a console and put the D-DIN in that and black out your stock location.
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Yea I had thought about trimming the bezel off below the heater controls and straight down along the steering column. I have a spare bezel laying around that I thought I would try the mock up with to see if it can be done. Time will tell!
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Ive considered the double-d myself. Wonder if you could move the heater control down and then put the double-d in the above two spots combined? The issue might be depth.
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Could be onto something there I will have to explore the idea a bit further
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Survey says...about 8" at the closest point to the firewall.
And a typical deck is less than that (even better that the plugs are almost always on the passengers side rear of the deck)
And the width of the unit
And the width of the bezel
A little tight on the bezel but if you cheat it down a tad it'll just fit.
So I'd say it'll work with just a little trimming. I would have done exactly this but I opted for a single din unit instead. I'm planning to swap the air control and stereo locations when i do mine. I believe that's the way GM should have done it given the dash layout. They would have figured it out if the double din existed back in the day.
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And a typical deck is less than that (even better that the plugs are almost always on the passengers side rear of the deck)
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And the width of the unit
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And the width of the bezel
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A little tight on the bezel but if you cheat it down a tad it'll just fit.
So I'd say it'll work with just a little trimming. I would have done exactly this but I opted for a single din unit instead. I'm planning to swap the air control and stereo locations when i do mine. I believe that's the way GM should have done it given the dash layout. They would have figured it out if the double din existed back in the day.
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