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I just wanted to pass along some pics of my double din install that I utilized my OEM bezel for. I purchased a Pioneer MVH3000. I removed the OEM bezel. First I checked for fitment of the radio into the oem aluminum brackets with the oem radio out. The radio fits into the brackets snug until it hits two tabs that protrude down into the opening. I easily
bent these up with some pliers up and out of the way. The radio would then slide back until it hit a lip at the back of the bottom bracket. I took my occisilating saw with a carbide toothed blade and cut that back lip off. With that lip removed the radio could then slide back far enough. Next I made a cardboard cut out of the Pioneer face which would be exposed. I took that cut out and lined it up on the bezel. I used painters masking tape on the plastic to mark where I needed to cut. I then used my dremel with a cut off wheel to cut along the tape lines. I stopped short of each corner with the cut off wheel and finished each cut to the corners with a hacksaw blade. At the bottom you can see the radio tapers up so I matched this on the bezel. You are left with only about 1/3 of the plastic on the bottom. At each corner you would be able to see into the bezel so I used some quick plastic putty to fill this area and then came back after it hardened with a file to make nice clean corners. I Followed with 400 grit sand paper around the whole cut area to smooth everything. On the left and right of the opening I had to cut some plastic fillers since the radio isnt as wide as oem. I attached these fillers with a small amount of plastic epoxy. Finally I used a q-tip dipped in flat black spray paint to paint the cut sections, putty and the side filler pieces. I know that the bezel isn’t as good as the vettenuts bezel. But I think for about 3 hours worth of fab work on the bezel that it looks good. I had to fab up my own radio brackets as well, that just took a bunch of measuring for holes and bending the metal with my vice. This probably took 2 hours alone to do that small part. Back side of bezel, I had to cut out some of the bottom support for that upper tab.
Last edited by hondaracer2oo4; Jan 13, 2020 at 10:53 AM.
good work, and a tip of the cap for the post. I always check out the radio instals that get posted, because my radio disk player is tired, real tired.
the new screens installed in the dash make the entire interior look more modern, and I could dig a rear view camera. Another motivating factor is that my disk player doesn't get a grip until it warms up, literally. Car came to me with a Sinatra disk in the radio that the previous owner didn't remove , or couldn't, unless warm. Much more comforting than finding a motley crue disk in a used car dash..
But, the older the car gets, the more unique it becomes, and I hate to cut things away on old cars, they are only original once. OF course, with the Bose/GM radio stuff, it is might not be worth getting all sentimental about.
Thank you for the compliments. The bottom corners are the area that you can tell that the bezel has been modified even though I don’t think it looks bad since it follows the contours of the radio. I would go out on a limb and say 90 plus percent of people that got in the car would think everything was oem. I really
think that the stock radio, circa mid 90s, dates the interior badly and this really puts the interior 10 years plus ahead. The hvac controller holds things back a little but I can’t think of anything else that would do the same modernizing that the radio does. I picked the radio up as a new open box item for $150, radio adapter for $22 and the parking brake bypass for $8 all off eBay. So for under $200 and probably 5 hours worth of work I think it is well worth it. My only disappointment with this model was the fact that I can’t import my own background image to put a corvette symbol. Big bummer! I think that the avh model pioneers in the $250 plus range would have had those options.
I believe all of the avh models offer that feature. I didn’t feel like I needed NAV and did not need the ability to play movies. Just wanted a touchscreen to update the look with Bluetooth so that I could make phone calls and play podcasts or music through my phone.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. Ultimately that problem lies with the Depth of the units face compared to the oem bezel. The radio has a small lip around it that you can’t see because it is butted up to those two side plastic pieces I added. So it is slid out as far as it can go.
If you look at each side of the radio at the bottom you see where the radio face starts to angle back in. If pioneer had decided to just run that straight across then there wouldn’t be that issue at all. Oh well.
Double DIN install with oem bezel
