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Old Jul 9, 2021 | 11:39 AM
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Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

I'm working on 3D printing a Double DIN radio bezel for Third-Gen Firebird. I anyone looking for one of these?
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Old Jul 9, 2021 | 02:26 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

What year Firebird? I’m eventually going to need one for my 1984 TA. Should be fairly easy to create because it’s just a flat plate.
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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 04:33 PM
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Me too for an '84 !
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Old Aug 15, 2021 | 04:06 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

Originally Posted by lizard7123
I'm working on 3D printing a Double DIN radio bezel for Third-Gen Firebird. I anyone looking for one of these?
I am ('89) ... especially if you're making on that flips the radio and the HVAC controls.
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Old Aug 24, 2021 | 09:07 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

I'm interested too. CD player just died in my single din Kenwood. I would love to go double din.
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Old Aug 24, 2021 | 10:44 PM
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I'm interested. So far, it's available only for the Camaro...
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Old Aug 24, 2021 | 11:01 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

You will still need to finish sand and paint it but this is what I came up with





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Old Aug 25, 2021 | 06:58 AM
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Can we see pics of it installed in the car?...
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Old Aug 25, 2021 | 09:58 AM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

If I had a firebird I would post pictures of the finished product,
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Old Sep 5, 2021 | 03:35 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

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You will still need to finish sand and paint it but this is what I came up with




Love to get one for my '86...Price?
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Old Sep 5, 2021 | 05:16 PM
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Re: Firebird / Trans Am Double Din Radio bezel

Looks nice. But before people start lining up, and you start printing a lot of them, it appears that the one you've reproduced has the smaller HVAC opening for digital dash cars with C67 electronic HVAC controls. In the grand scheme of things, the percentage of those cars is nearly undetectable. Cool that you've created a file to make it, though, because it would probably have been overlooked, otherwise. Most digital dash owners probably won't want to make such a change, due to that whole originality/sacrilegious thing, but, at least, the odd, progressive owner, who isn't afraid to boldly go, has the option to do so. So save that file, as is, before you modify it to the wider opening for the standard HVAC cars, which the vast, vast majority have. Hopefully the file can be modified easily.

What's the material you used for the printed bezel? Durable and easy to work with?

As for the flipping radio and HVAC controls comment, I'm not sure the 85-92 radio pod will lend itself to a flipping of the features. Looks like it would require a complete gutting of the radio pod, thus eliminating all of its structural integrity, then completely rebuilding it. Not sure such a project would be important enough or worthy of the amount of work that might be involved.
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