This week im going to be removing my stereo and installing it in my glovebox. Ill be putting in the double din block off plate. Anyone have any pics or suggestions on how I should mount it? Or any other ideas?

UPDATE:

All done.




New pic:


UPDATED JULY 31st!!
Finished the surrounding panel:






Modified by the.ERIC.show at 9:29 PM 7/31/2006


Modified by the.ERIC.show at 11:38 PM 7/31/2006

 

No, but post pictures.

 

As soon as Im done I will.

 

Good, I'm glad I could contribute to this thread.

 

i was planning on doing it but i heard it wasnt a good idea in the Audio Security Forum here on ht.

 

id get some sort of sheet metal and cut it to fit the glove box, that way u dont see the wires coming out the back of the head unit, cut out the area where ur going to mount the headunit...drill a hole in the corner of the glove box for the wires to run out so u can hook them up...once its all done, take it out...clean up the edges of the metal and the hole u cut out...paint it black or polish it if u want..and ur done


thats how id go about doing it

 

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other then ventilation when the headunit gets hot, did they say why? cuz i see it as a good way to prevent someone breaking into ur car for ur audio equipment

 

sounds like a good idea to me, whos gona look in the glovebox for a stereo, you might also buy some grill cloth and put it over the speakers, so it looks like there empty, or at least you cant see the bright, sliver/red/blue ect... colors, and cover the sub if you have one

shouldnt be hard, just extend your wires, tuck them up good, and find someway to mount it in the glovebox

for that you could either make some simple straps that go over it and screw them to the glove box, or you could to by any decent auto install shop and get a under dash mounting box, there usualy for jeeps and stuff, its usualy a black plastic box that has a cutout in the front for a DIN, you could mount that upside down with the headunit in it, and it would look pretty good IMO and keep most of the random **** in the glove box out of the radio

 

my mom did that in her old colt :-) it was one of the pull out ones to hehe.

 

I was actually wondering if anyone had done that. I'm anxiously awaiting pics.

 

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thats EXACTLY how ricerocketdave and i installed my stereo in my classic mustang.





sorry that some of them are kind of blurry, they were taken at night after all and with a crappy camera a while back. i have a small glove box to begin with anyway, so i just did away with the whole thing, and use the center console for all that small stuff. hope that will help you with some ideas.


Modified by 94hatchling at 9:13 PM 7/17/2006

 

Sounds like a good idea. After you do it let us know the results.

 

Will do. Im going to start working on it tonight. I have an extra glove box just incase I screw it up too.

 

What kind of car are you putting it in? Also will you be mounting it on the bottom or the top?

 

i was thinking of doing the same thing in my 91 crx, since i found cup holders that can be installed in the head unit slot, but i adjust my volume and stuff a lot so it would get annoying to reach over there... i guess if you got one with a remote that would work, but you would have to keep it open all the time... im trying to think of a new place to put it, because it really stanks having no cup holders...

 

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Its going in my Integra. Not quite sure, figured I would pull it all out tonight and play with it a bit to see what the most practical and cleanest way of doing it would be.

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Thats actually another reason Im moving it. Because in the Integra the cupholders are almost useless because my head unit is in the way of any drinks taller than a can of soda.

 

not my car

 

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thats why you buy an infrared repeater. thats what i did with my mustang. you put one eye in front of the sensor for the remote on the headunit, and then hide the other eye somewhere else in the center of the dash. that way you can use the remote to change volume, tracks, radio, etc and keep the glovebox closed.

 

infrared repeater... whats that... im guessing its probably a stupid questions, but i never heard of such a thing, where could i buy one? sadly my head unit came with a remote but stupid me lost it... but im thinking of buying a new one anyway... if this infrared thing works it sounds like a great idea...

 

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mainly used for home entertainment centers etc, but it pretty much relocates the infrared eye somewhere so that it can pick up the remote signal. i bought mine at a local automotive stereo shop.

ok finally found one, this looks just like that one i have...


The IR-X extends the Infrared signal from any wireless remote to control products that are hidden or out of the remotes line of sight. No need to modify equipment to extend the internal remote receiver. VCR, DVD, TV tuners, stereos that are in trunks, glove box, under seats, or equipment just out of sight of wireless remote. Great for RV's, marine, custom hot rods, and many other applications.


* Easy two wire hook up.
* Extra long, 17 feet plug-in wire for IR LED
* Red LED for confirmation of operation.
* Small and easy to mount.
* 40 kHz and 56 kHz operation.
* 9-12 vdc operation.


http://www.tune-town.com/Cars/stuff/pac/irx.htm

 

Ehh..I mess with my radio too much,so reaching over to the glove would **** me off..I mounted mine down near the cupholders and still kinda sucked leaning down..So i just bought a dual din touch screen

 

hmm well thanks for that info and cite, im assuming your average stareo installer could hook this up for you... this may be my next mod after paint... kinda funny how im willing to spend over 100$ just to have cup holders... but whatever...

 

I drilled a small hole for the wiring harness, extended the wiring harness about 1-2feet, ran it behind the console to the bottom of the glove box and mount as you so desire...I used a bracket apoxied to the glove box to keep the stereo platned(kept it fro moving from side to side...had a remote for the stero and it worked out very well...have zero pics currently..

 

Just buy the console for 96-98 civic,that has the cup holders with the lid that pops up..the radio slides right into the spot perfet,and you can use the cup holders too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 94hatchling &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats EXACTLY how ricerocketdave and i installed my stereo in my classic mustang.


sorry that some of them are kind of blurry, they were taken at night after all and with a crappy camera a while back. i have a small glove box to begin with anyway, so i just did away with the whole thing, and use the center console for all that small stuff. hope that will help you with some ideas.
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I still love this install!! We for sure need to go get some better pictures of her soon. Hopefully they will be taken with a D50