I got this Sony stereo for christmas for my camaro. I'm just curious as to who may have used it, or has it installed in their car. If you do post pics!

It's the Sony Xplod CDX-GT250MP

http://www.speedsound.com/images/pro...DX-GT250MP.jpg

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...your-head.html

post #134 I think

 

I think it looks nice, I just need to find some type of mount that doesn't stick out so far! I hate that part, and I don't want to spend so much on a humount. Any ideas?

 

Im sure someone who has that same headunit will be able to help you more then me, I just made a custom one to fit my clarion one out of black komatex, which is like a black textured plastic. Dont know if that helps you much, but good luck, Im sure someone will be able to help you out.

 

Do you have any pics of how it mounts? That sounds like a good idea, I just don't know how these aftermarket radios mount in the humounts and stuff.

 

No I dont have any right now, buts its pretty much a straight piece of plastic going from one side of the old radio opening to the other, screwed to the old mounts. I will take some pics once I get it all completly installed

 

Okay thanks!

 

if you're looking for an inexpensive flush mount kit, do a search for scosche part number GM1516B. wont stick out like the generic gm kits, but you may have to do some trimming to the vents behind the radio and remove the metal bracket (but not as scary as it sounds).

http://www.scosche.com/vehicle.searc...2&model=CAMARO

 

Thanks, I'll look around for one of those!

 

Could anybody post the dimensions of the radio / heater bezel? Mainly the dimensions of the radio portion. How big the opening is and things like that. It would be greatly appreciated!

 

3 1/2 x 7 3/4 for the radio opening

 

Thank you!

 

I ordered that Scosche Kit, but I guess I ordered the Expediter kit by mistake, so it didn't come with any clips or brackets so I made my own!




Hopefully it will work. The metal pieces are lined up right where the brackets SHOULD have been. I just need to drill holes and trim the sides then mount it where it's supposed to be!

 

well done, be sure to put up some pictures once your finished!

 

Thanks Ill be sure to post pics If i ever get a chance to get it mounted.

 

Some of the mounting kits out there have provisions so you can bolt the OEM radio brackets right to the mount kit. The radio brackets were $1 each at the dealer when I ordered several sets a few years ago.

If you can take advantage of the post/hole setup that the stock radio worked it also helps to support the radio. In the back of the radio cavity there's a round hole. On the back of the stock radios, there's a long plastic post. The post slides in the hole to support the back of the radio. It keeps it from bouncing around and keeps CD's from skipping. The metal strap that comes with most head units can also be screwed to the back of the radio and wrapped under then screwed to the install kit, so it presses against the top of the trans tunnel when installed, also helps keep the radio from sagging in back and takes the weight off the plastic console. FWIW.

 

When I install it, i'll see how much it bounces around see what I can do to support it. These metal brackets I made thought hold it pretty well.

 

Hey I have that exact stereo. Had to get a flash mount. I'll put up pics shortly. Looks great with my red interior.

 

Cool, post those pics! I have a red interior, and I want to see how it'll look.

 

i have the same one in my bird just the blue model its got some nice power and sound for a cheap unit i bought a flush mount kit at walmart for 25 bucks it slides into the stock mount and looks pretty good

 

Looks good! I hope this snow melts fast so i can work on the car again. WE just had a storm this morning and today and got another 18 inches of snow!

 

i got hit by the same storm was out there trying to dig my car out of the snow. geting that radio in was interesting though because when i took the other out my radio pod disintegrated and i basically had to make a new one in the pic you can see the sheet metal up top

 

OH i see that now, and yeah this storm just ruins things for me. AS I've said before I don't keep the camaro where I live. It's about 20-30 minutes away. In the snow it would be maybe an hour or 2 away? haha

 

hopefully you have a nice warm garage ive got a 18 degree cold driveway and i did weatherstriping and these in it ill pm you a pic of them in tomrrow its dark out now. later

 

Those seats look nice! And no i don't even have a driveway. My camaro is in my uncle's back yard right now. I move it into the driveway to work but that's it, and it's a gravel driveway.

 

oh man that sucks and i thought i had it bad and they better look nice they were $1500 for em i know that im obsessed but i think they are worth it

 

I just bundle up when I work on it and I just have "fun" working on it i don't think about it. Right now you can't even see my car. It's white.

 

i know man just today i was out there for 3 hours to fixing the dam hvac motor driving it without heat sucks so much

 

I need a new heater core. You must know how much of a PITA those can be. I'm going to pull off the whole dash to do it, since I dropped a couple screws and sockets down the Defroster vents.

 

holy ***** that was such a pain because i use it everyday i needed to do it with the dash in there is one bolt on the top of the box that i needed to put my hand down through the speaker hole with a small 1/4" drive and a swivel socket with one dam hand. the neighbors were probably asking themselves what the hell is wrong with him so dam frustrating. Its nice just to be able to BS with somone around here is your car like a mid-level restoration because thats what i have just about every convenence item was dead and still needs more.

 

My car isn't actually too bad, you can check out my other thread in the appearance section. I just work on it until I get my license which was going to be Tuesday, but now that has to change. Then I can move it to warmer places to work.

Here's that thread: https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/memb...92-camaro.html

 

i saw your car through the link on your page its in pretty nice looking i had the same carmine red interior i painted all my panels in the cargo area to black and im going to get black matts to tone it down it was just a little to IN YOUR FACE for me and my car is also painted flame red so it looked way to red i just got my permit and i drive to and from school with my licenced friend

 

The read doesn't bother me actually. I'm going to keep it as stock as possible. So far only difference is the air cleaner, the chopped out AC and the radio(obviously).

 

i went for broke did a cam ported heads ported intake and in that 350/380hp range. here i have a vid right after i dropped the block back in since ive cleaned the intake (i dont know why i didnt take the five minutes to clean the thing before i put it back it looks ugly in the vid) and chopped of the emissions crap and made a coldish air intake and i put it back from a 383 to a 355 yes it had an open exhaust at the time

heres link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW7yj7bfHA

 

Man that sounds awesome! My exhaust is pretty much stock except is has no muffler, but it sounds like it does. It has a nice sound when you get on it though. Nice job!

 

i looked at the vid of your car at the cardomain site it sounds mean too. one thing i like better about the gta is the dash and console they have a more integrated and smoother look than the camaro but i like both of them regardless

 

That video is just after we did the plugs and cap and rotor. And It hasn't warmed up yet. It's almost silent when it's warmed up. It warms up much quicker and runs better now that is has an actual air temp sensor. The previous owner used a paper clip in the plug to "trick" the ECM.

 

yea without the temp sensor it supplies full op temp idle and cold engines dont like that

 

Yeah I just have to install that in the air cleaner and try to get to the fan switch to replace that since my fan won't turn on.

 

when you get the fan switch by a oem one dont buy into the cooler temp on ones made that mistake thinking cooler equals better and it started throwing engine lights for never reaching full temp

 

I bought one from autozone, as I read on here it's the most used one and it's been working. It's the SW500.

I think we've gotten a bit off topic here haha. We can move this convo over to the other thread I posted if your interested.

 

Alright. Here they are. Sorry it took so long to get them up. I was trying to find a camera. Unfortunately I don't have one. So my cell phone had to do the trick. Kinda bad quality. Anyway. What appears to be orange is red. But that gives you an idea...

 

Looks good! I changed the mount i bought a little so the face sits on top of the mount instead of recessed. I should haven taken before and after pictures.

 

Here's a pic of what I did. I circled the piece I glued in to make it flush to the top:



Here's what the radio looks like installed in the mount:

 

Yea. I like how yours looks much better. I don't like the fact that mine sticks out 2 and a half inches.

 

chevydrvr,did that sony system come with speakers.I'm thinking about getting one.

 

No. It comes with a remote a bracket and some keys to make sure nobody can steal your deck.