Mounting Kits for 1993. Din, din1/2, or double din

Crusher · 12-01-2001, 08:39 PM

Does anyone make mounting kits for after market systems or do you have to fabricate it youirself. If so who is the manufacturer?

92TripleBlack · 12-01-2001, 08:42 PM

Its a double din hole. There are kits available. I don't have web sites on them. Most shops carry a couple of different ones. You will probably have to file the dash opening to make a deck fit. Buy a new one and file that and keep the original new. They cost $40 and you can get them from GM. Try 18carfan.
92TripleBlack :cheers:

Jay Axson · 12-02-2001, 02:26 AM

I had to cut mine. 92TripleBlack is right just buy another one. There is a "Buy Now" of a brand new trim pannel on ebay for 31 bucks. Search car parts/interior for corvette and you will find it. I suggest you wait for the end of the auction as I bought one at 31 and now there is another up for sale, so he has several of them. It shipped asap and it arrived in perfect condition. So save 5-10 bucks and a couple of trips to the dealer :)

XTRME 94 · 12-02-2001, 12:20 PM

Last time I checked at my dealer the radio trim piece was only $26.95. They aren't always as high as people make them out to be. The console lid was $100 less than what MidAmerica wanted. :eek:

Jay Axson · 12-03-2001, 09:01 PM

How much is the console lid????? I took mine apart to fix the latch, which I did, but many of the plastic molds the screws go into are cracked. It's only a matter of time before it breaks again. Also does it come with the leather cover or is it just the underlying plastic part?

XTRME 94 · 12-03-2001, 09:04 PM

Last time I checked at the dealer it was $119, about $100 less than what Mid or Ecklers gets. I may take mine apart some time and see about refinishing it myself.

tempest · 12-03-2001, 09:19 PM

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Does anyone make mounting kits for after market systems or do you have to fabricate it youirself. If so who is the manufacturer?

i did my own mods. the trim panel does not need to be trimmed if you get a head unit with a shallow enough depth (front-rear distance). i was not lucky and had to eat through about a 1/4" into the trim. looks okay, though.

as far as the actual mounts for the head unit to the console, i just asked for some "straps" from the store where i bought the head unit. they gave them to me for free. these straps are just narrow strips of metal with holes drilled in em. kinda like an erector set piece. i just cut and bent the pieces, then attached them to the head unit with included screws. here's some pics:

http://www.corvetteforum.net/c4/tempest/aud_modhu.html

it wasn't has hard as i originally thought. just take your time since there are some funky angles involved.

if you get a single DIN like i did, you can buy a little cubbyhole to fill up the open cavity and use for CD storage. i bought one myself but still haven't figured out a good way to attach it. in the meanwhile i temporarily have a painted piece of acrylic hot glue gunned to the trim plate.

92TripleBlack · 12-03-2001, 09:56 PM

Good advise Tempest. There is more than one way to skin a vette. I have mine mounted on the so it is flat to the dash. Sticks out about 1/4" but looks good. I filled the rest of the hole with black ABS plastic. Cost me the cost of the pannel and nothing else. I'm eventually gonna add a pop out tv. No need, just because. If you do it this way it also leaves more room for the wires behind making that part easier also.
92TripleBlack :cheers: