Does anyone know who posted a picture of this install a while back?
thanks, Don

 

Don,

Are you looking for me?

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=323506

Let me know if you have any questions. Been installed about 6 months now with no problems.

 

YES I AM ! I was wondering how you did that. What year stang did you get that from and is it stock. Do you think i could install a whole head unit in this spot? it looks like it may fit with alittle mod . i just bought a new bezel and i don't want to hack it up.
thanks for the reply!
Don

 

Don,

The CD player was in my '91 5.0, but it wasn't factory. It's a model PCD-5000 made by Phase-Linear, out of production unfortunately. The reason I used it is because only the lower half of the face removes and it fit nicely in the area where the upper A/C vents are. Again, the main box is mounted in my jack compartment, with a home-made cable running under the console to connect the control panel to the radio/CD unit. The hard part was soldering the wires onto the back of the control panel and making a "connector" from PC board to fit into the radio unit. Any detachable-face CD should work for this - you'll just have a larger control panel that needs to be mounted somewhere.

I made a radio delete plate from a sheet of ABS plastic I got at

www.partsexpress.com

The plate covers the existing radio cutout and **** holes - I'm not sure if I'm going to put back the original radio or not. Look for P/N 265-940, 265-945, or 265-948. The sheets are great for making custom trim panels and enclosures; the ABS can be heated and bent to form curves.

If you use a full-sized removable face CD player, you could mount the face on a trim plate mounted over the existing radio cutout. My delete plate is glued with weatherstrip adhesive.

I thought about installing the full head unit in place of the A/C vent/wiper switch, but I didn't to damage the A/C vents too much - hard to find. If you relocated the wiper switch (under the dash?), you could completely remove the vent/switch assembly, mount the head unit, and trim it with the ABS plastic.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Slick

 

Slick, now i see why you use a name like slick. that's a great idea, i may try to install a whole unit up there since i do have an extra wiper control laying around. WIPERS WHO NEEDS WIPERS I USE RAIN X :lol: :lol:
thanks for your reply if i have any questions i will contact you
thanks again
Don

 

Actually, "Slick" was the callsign assigned to me by my last squadron. Where did it come from? Well, let's just say it involved an AC-130 Gunship and 14 stitches in my head.