As a professional audio installer for over 25yrs I would highly discourage this. Do some more research and find an aftermarket unit you like there are SO many choices. My 70 C10 is getting a full custom dash with the new Alpine Halo 9 but you do not need that high end to still have every feature...
Great reply, I'm an audio guy and paint plastic all the time. The main part here in AZ is the degreaser. With our heat the plastic off gasses bad, so proper cleaning and cleaning and cleaning is a must.
It sounds like my factory "lift" on my 89 Suburban, washboard roads are ridiculously rough and jarring and it almost rubs with 33" tires even though there is almost no articulation in the front.
I just purchased a 6inch Rough country lift so I hope that will help with at least Articulation if...
I usually do this on every vehicle I buy or anything I'm working on that has aftermarket accessories. I am mainly an audio, accessory and interior guy so that is usually every car I work on including my 70 C10 with a mild audio system. You can never have too good of a ground so...
I have installed so many of those ABS Plastic plates over the years and they work great. but I almost always have built at least a little pod under the dash or even better a console to fit a double din below the dash.
Here are a couple examples.
They could easily be double Din radios in all of...
It will sound way better with the speakers in the kicks, do not even bother with the center dash speakers unless you are running a digital signal processor.
4 speakers 2 in kicks, 2 in rear doors and a sub will be great.
If you have any questions I'd be glad to help. I have been an audio...
I had that problem on my 67 Elcamino. I ran a separate ground from the kick panel to the motor and that fixed it. After that i just moved it to go with all the other wiring through the door boot.
This is what I'm doing with my 90 Suburban as well! Mine is an off road mainly truck so It made sense to me.
I got the idea from some rock crawler friends and also my friend had a T-Mobile store and he had an H1 truck for advertisement and it was one of the 1st vehicles in Phx with it full Rhino...