Racer350

The texture is Duplicolor Truck Bed Coating and the paint is SEM Color Coat Landau Black

cdoyle

That looks pretty good, do you have any other pics as you were building it?

AssaulT/A

That looks awesome!

Racer350

Thanks guys. This picture is after texture was applied, before paint.

1991sleeper

iTrader: (-3)

Did u have to modify anything behind the radio bezel ? I remember there not being much room to spare in there

Racer350

The ac controls had to be moved up approx. 3/8" to make room for the radio. The heater vents in the console had already been modified from a previous radio install, so i cant say if they would cause a problem.

morrow

dude, props, very clean

Ultra mr me

I have the same exact head unit in my daily driver and love it. I really want to put the same one in my 87 camaro.

Wondering what you did to the heat vents prior to this. If they didn't get in the way for this head unit I might as well do what you did to them.

Also want to know where you got the texture piece and paint from.

Thanks!

cdoyle

There has been so much demand for a nice almost OEM looking double din solution. The DDz ones, from the pictures I've seen I wasn't all that impressed. Yours seems to be the best one I've seen.

Would it be possible for you to write a tutorial on how you did it? Steps involved, material list etc?

Or even better, are you willing to reproduce these for a cost?



Or even

Lmancha96

Good job dude this looks great.

I second that Tutorial/materials list if you ever have the time.

Racer350

The heat duct from the bottom of the dash needed to be removed (only 2 Screws) and the ducting on the inside of the floor console needed to be trimmed.

Racer350

The duct work had to be removed to get enough depth to mount the last radio flush with the face plate. It would also have to be done with this radio. Also the floor console ducts had to be trimmed.
This picture is the duct that was removed from the bottom of the dash, it was held in with 2 screws.

Racer350

I originally purchased one from DD and was not impressed at all with the fit or finish. That is what made me build this. I thought about building them, but this was the first time I ever did anything like this and is was very time consuming. There was a lot of experimenting with different epoxy, fillers, texture coating and paints to get to this final result. I will try to put together a list of materials and how i did it.

5215

iTrader: (2)

That looks Better than stock! Great work man!!

cdoyle

Thanks, we would all really appreciate seeing how you did this. Looking forward to the tutorial.

I was going to buy one of the DD units, even started a group buy. Then I started to see more finished pieces and they really didn't look good at all from the ones I've seen. Yours looks almost OEM, and that is what I'm going for.

zenish

when you moved up the heater controls, did you raise the hole in the plate too?

Racer350

Yes, if you just move the heater controls and don't raise the the hole in the plate you would see a gap where the plate doesn't cover the bottom of the HVAC, and you will cover the text at the top of the HVAC. You can see it a little in this picture. i know the HVAC is not level but you get the idea.

Racer350

Here is basically what I did to build this:
1. I purchased this double DIN trim ring From Crutchfield.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_0202DBK...nting-Kit.html
It came with the Sleeve and Trim Ring, you do not need the sleeve. I used this trim ring because it is thicker than most of the others that I found, and it fits better in the stock face plate opening after all the cutting.

2. Cut apart the factory radio bezel to make the trim ring fit. (See Picture)
The double din trim ring in the picture is NOT the one from crutchfield

3. Glue in the Double DIN bezel, and patch, sand and paint as needed.

Racer350

Here is a picture of the Double DIN face plate on top of the factory plate. Just to get an idea of the size difference

Racer350

As far as filling in gaps and smoothing things out, I tried Bondo and some other fillers with no luck and wound up using this.

oaklandfuelman

looks good in there good job patching it back together looks like you cant tell where you cut it apart

cdoyle

Thanks, this is helpful.
I'm going to give it a try before Spring.

QQ: What did you use to cut the sections out? I was thinking a dremel, but wanted to see what you used.

RacersChic

Nice Work. Looks awesome!

5215

iTrader: (2)

I vote for this to be made a STICKY!!!

Racer350

I used a scroll saw. But I have seen other guys using a body saw when modifying plastic dashes.

zenish

i would mess this up if i tried.id love just to buy one at a reasonable price.imo the 'other ones'don't look as good.

tylercamaro

iTrader: (1)

i want one!

cs80camaro

I am digging this! great job

wgripp

iTrader: (1)

what did you use for brackets?

Racer350

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-S...0?N=5yc1vZaqxb

Cut, modified and drilled to fit stock radio mounting holes in console