Well I recently put a new radio in my car and I took a few pics of the process I had minimal tools and experience but hey Im not a perfectionist so I thought I did a good job so here are some pics

 

Old 1954 kenwood radio

 

New 7 inch DVD radio dual din

 

Messy wiring who ever did this last was either lazy or had no clue what they were doin the harness was all jacked up

 

Old haggard wiring harness it's self

 

After I cut the bracket with the saw

 

Everything in place notice there is about 8mm stick in out to me not a big deal I will figure it out whe I get my amp and subs but I'm pretty sure with more cutting it'll fit better

 

After about 45 mins of troubleshooting due to a bad wiring diagram I got it power on!!!!

 

And just because haha

 

Pretty much the final product looks good in my opinion what does everyone else think any suggestions or pointers or just comments ?

 

I like it. I also want to go to a double din. What brand of unit did you get and are you pleased with it? I am just now looking. The Chinese brands are pretty reasonable in price compared to the name brands. What do you think?

 

I paid a 150 for mine it's a non gps model but it has Bluetooth call and radio function , USB and iPod specific ( doesn't support all iPod there a list ) but charges the iPod while playin the DVD player worked fine the touch screen works good it has and sd slot
The only trouble I've had is the blue tooth skips for half a second every so often I think when you get text MSG and for some reason the time and preset won't save but I think I just wired incorrectly so it probably on me overall I love it it looks good and beats any radio I've seen for $150 (8.7 out of 10 ) in my opinion

 

hmm i like seeing this because i want to put one if these in my wip

one would probably have to cut more out to get a flush look? also does it have holes in the side to screw it in to like a mounting bracket?

 

Yeah I mean if you really want to put enough time and effort , and a grinder or something to cut the plastic just under the heat controls it may fit better it's what I will eventually do but there are all so 2 square pieces that stop it from going back the last few millimeters which you could also take care of , and yes it came with brackets
This job could be done way better I just posted the lil stuff I did as a guideline for everyone to see what it looks like and do it better than me lol

 

what exactly did you cut?

 

I cut the ashtray from the shift plate the bottom part of the face cover for the heater/radio housing and a plastic piece behind that

 

I hate to lose the ashtray part. Couldnt do it without doing that?

 

I'm looking into doing a double din in my current IROC project. I like your ambition, but there has to be a way to give it a more "finished" look. I wonder if cutting out the trim piece between the radio and heater controls would allow one to get it flushed up more. It seems like there is a ton of room in there.

 

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

post #23 shows his mounted in the dash. Looks very good. And, you can keep the console intact.

 

Yeah that ones shittin on mine , I wanted to do mine like that I don't have the tools tho

 

Did they have another head unit like yours with GPS added? How do you like yours? I am looking at the Chinese ones because they offer so much for cheap prices.

 

Yeah they do it's like 250 or a lil more money

 

Here the eBay link to the store where I got mine
http://stores.ebay.com/Bargain-Car-DVD-Outlet

 

If youre happy with yours can you give me some details and I will look for the gps model? thanks.

 

Besides this are there any specific question you want me to answer ? Yankee

 

I will look over the ebay site and see if I can find out exactly what I want. I may ask you another question or two after I look. Got to go out now. Thanks for the info. talk later. Ron (yankeecarman)

 

No prob bro don't hesitate to ask