Question...Double DIN install
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Question...Double DIN install
Anyone with experience...If you install a double DIN radio in a late C4 what are the mounting tricks? Are there any mounting adapters needed and will 2DIN radios go in without modifying the center bezel?
Here's what I have at present:
Kenwood KDC-HD545U
Kenwood XR4S
Front B/A S75's
Rear B/A S95-3's
Wiring
Here's what I have at present:
Kenwood KDC-HD545U
Kenwood XR4S
Front B/A S75's
Rear B/A S95-3's
Wiring
Last edited by NMsharkracer; Aug 29, 2010 at 11:23 AM.
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Go to Crutchfield and it will tell you if you need to take out the rear support or not for the particular radio. Mine went into my 93 pretty easy I just had to use side adapter brackets which came with the kit.
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I used the metra pocket install kit for mine. You just need the brackets you wont need the pocket since your doing the double din install. Yes if your not changing out the speakers and the amps you will need the adapter cables.
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I'm changing the speakers and I have all the necessary wiring for that. Do I need some type of antenna adapter?
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If I had it to do again I think I would lok for a head unit that had all the features I wanted in a single din and use the extra space to store a few cds. My 91 had a bose and was double din to start with and broken so the thought came up after some use.
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let me clarify...I put a nice single DIN Kenwood system in my '90, unfortunately two months later I had a fuel line fire and the car has been totaled. Took the system out and put in the old aftermarket radio parts that originally came with it before they came to take it away. I've been debating using the Single DIN head or getting a new Double, with the primary reason being I don't like the way the single fits in the dash bezel. I had used another mount that put the head unit in the middle of the opening. I see the Metra puts it up to the top and that might improve the look. I don't want to have to shave or modify the bezel if I can avoid it. The car I originally put the system in already had an antenna adapter. I have the non-Bose wiring adapter and wired in an antenna kill switch for use when playind CDs.
From a cost and function stand point, I'm leaning toward using my single DIN.
What I have
Kenwood KDC-HD545U
Kenwood XR4S
Front B/A S75's
Rear B/A S95-3's
Wiring
From a cost and function stand point, I'm leaning toward using my single DIN.
What I have
Kenwood KDC-HD545U
Kenwood XR4S
Front B/A S75's
Rear B/A S95-3's
Wiring
Last edited by NMsharkracer; Aug 29, 2010 at 11:24 AM.
