VX is not double din

[Timyates]

Hey guys

I'm hoping someone can help, I've had a good look around on here and google and I'm surprised it hasn't come up. I went to install a double din in my VX today only to realize it it actually a considerable amount bigger than a double din unit. I though ah no biggy I'll go pick up a facial and as far as am aware they don't exsist.

I'm trying to put in a Pioneer AVIC-F310BT in. For those of you unfamiliar with it it comes with no cage or surround plate. I've got a universal cage and plate on order from JB so I'm hoping that will work.

I've rang Holden, don't have anything. Aeropro, nothing. A few suppliers in Sydney, nothing.

I'm hoping someone will be able to help cause the size difference is quite considerable. At least 5mm top and bottom. I'm sure this issue must have come up and I'm hoping you may have a solution for me.

Thank you!!

[aazn]

when i put mine in, i atcually had to pull half the car apart and drill holes on the side of the factory bracket and screw it in from the holes i drilled.

[anarklov3r]

Your gonna have to do as aazn said, pull apart the dash and screw into the side of the headunit. Most likely need to remove the center console.

[aazn]

Your gonna have to do as aazn said, pull apart the dash and screw into the side of the headunit. Most likely need to remove the center console.

yes the center console does come out.. so do all the govebox, fusebox cover and every panel in between these parts.

[KAL SPL]

Since there has been a few requests for this and I had to do 1 today I got more than enough pictures to help anyone trying to do it.

First thing you will need is the keys to remove factory head unit , it will slide out and unplug from the rear , make sure you take your cds out first or in this case remove cartridge from the stacker.




Remove the glove box , the pin needs to come out from inside the drivers side at the rear , then carefully push the rubber tab in and the glove box will fall out.
The panel below the steering column unclips and swings down with the same clip as the glove box then it will also come out.




The 2 sides of the console have screws going up into the dash and 1 at the rear.



The passenger side end of the dash has 1 cover plate with 5 screws in it and the end of dash plate has 3.





The panel above the glove box has 10 screws holding that up , it will then drop and the wiring harness can be unplugged from the back of it.



The panel around the shifter has 2 screws hidden under the ashtray , once they are out the rear of that panel will unclip upwards and you can unplud the electric windows if you have them.




There is 2 screws at the base of the main dash surround that hold the ashtray then that will also come out.



The main facia has 2 screws going upwards above the instrument cluster.
There is 3 either side of the steering column then that main facia will unclip and you can remove the plugs from the back of it.





The center console has 2 10mm nuts inside it.
There is 1 screw either side of the center console in the middle.
There is 4 screws around the area where the cigarette lighter is.





The main surround has screws everywhere , once they are all out you will need to unplug the cigarette lighter and that piece will lift out.



Everything going well it should start lookign like this




You will have a pile of panels that looks like this and a handful of scrwws like this




The screen I had to fit is a Pioneer 2 DIN DVD 6 disc screen , slide it in to where you want it , in this case I had to lift it 6mm to be central with the face , I then marked where 2 holes will line up drill it out.





Once you have bolted the deck up fit the facia back on the check that it lines up correctly , the facia is usually supplied with the head unit and may need to be cut down to fit flush.



The below pic shows how far off the front lip the deck sits as a guide to where you want your facia.
The deck itself is about 4mm narrower than the steel box in the car , instead of doing the bolts up that tight it bends the head unit I glued a 2mm washer on either side as a spacer.





Now all you need to do is wire it all up and test that it works before you put all the dash back together

[aazn]

ive noticed that you do not need to remove the whole glovebox setup to get to the headunit out.. i find that removing half of them is enough.


just do the right side enough to get to..

(far left screw)

is all you need to remove to get to the headunit.

but awesome writeup.

[holdenboy]

Alot of the Double DINs dont come with any sort of trim ring or facia ive noticed these days........another way ive done it is mounted it up higher in the cavity and used a piece of black ABS plastic to fill in the gap below the unit, dosent look to bad at all.

[Luke0011]

Probably the most complicated way to mount a double din in a vt-vx but gotta give credit where credits due.

[aazn]

might be the most complicated but its the best result.

it sits straight and is pretty much theft proof.. as it takes longer than 15 mins to remove. while demolishing the dash.

theres another option.. cut the original bracket straight down with some tin snips, force the cradle in.. and slide headunit in.
seen it done before and i laughed..
the owner brought it to me.. i pulled half the dash out to replace that original bracket.. charged him an arm and leg.

[028]

how long did it take to do it this way?