I approached the installaton of my new double din stereo with trepidation & fear! Not sure if I'd end up having to hack away at the frame and/or bezel - And the still concerned with the finished product.

No worries - worked a treat. All I did was strip the stock stereo, cut the mounting brackets off it's frame, fastened it to the sides of the new unit & that's it! Perfectly positioned in the bezel

Opening with bezel in place


Cut up the frame for the brackets



New mounting brackets fitted



Stereo fitted (still to fit the black surround between the stereo & bezel to hide the gaps)





I'm very pleased with the way it turned out.

 

Good Job.

I forgot you were from new zealand and when i noticed it being on the left side of the steering wheel i was wtf? and had to make a double take.

sneaky

 

Thanks mate! Yea, being RHD always leaves one unsure of mods because of the differences but this one turned out good.

Of course, here we don't get a mounting kit specifically for the blazer & then also as I found, no wiring connectors. Just had to cut & join the wires. I had an installer guy come out & do the wiring for me.

This unit also has bluetooth & I've mounted the microphone above the rear view mirrior.

Next is to get the rear view camera

 

wow, man it was that easy huh well first of all thanks for the thread i still dont know which stereo i want to get but if i get one like yours ill deffinitly use your method it seems very simple and easy to do. Thanks again.

 

Looks good there! wish the person before me read and saw this thread. Mines a bit hacked up not too fussed but wouldnt mind filling it in or covering it like how your head unit does. None the less. Looks AWESOME

 

i really want to do this now

 

Any bezel progress??

 

I have the spot cutout where the original owner had a radio that he roved.Its needs to be filled in when the day comes for me to oick out a new radio.I already have some sub enclosures I made for the back.