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Double Din into a VX HOW!!!

Tasmaniak

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once it's in, why do you need to pull it out again? Mate I'm an actual fitter and I don't even pull mine out. Once it's in....its in and it can bloody well stay there.
 

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Yeah thats true once it in its in. But i dont want to pull the dash apart to get the thing out if it plays up and needs to be sent away..

I think by the looks of it i will be taking to the local guys who said they can fit so i can slide it in and out..
 

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Does this help ?


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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Everything going well it should start lookign like this :)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Found that write up before but he has solid mounted it in there.. Thanks for the post but..

I think i may have got it sorted thanks..
 

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I know this is an old thread,but thanks for the pics Kal..I'm about to put a 2 din in my VU ute and these will come in real handy.
 

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i am having trouble fitting my cage for a single din in my vx aswell, i had a vt and guy before me put head unit in and it fit no worries (with cage). so is the black metal surround on the vx different to the vt? also i have 6 rca plugs in back of head unit and cant get it to push all the way in and sit flush!! aaaaaargggghhhh just wedged in there with a bit of cardboard atm.
 

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Nope, the black metal surround is the same on VT and VX. You just need to push harder or flatten the raised bits on the black metal cage.

You might need right angle RCA plugs if the sockets are actually on the rear of the head unit rather than on flyleads.
 

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haha all fixed! i spent the last few hours following this step by step of what you have to pull off and i was able to pull out metal cage and angle grind the piece that was in the way of the rca's (couldnt use right angle ones cos there were six lined up) and have now firmly secured cd player in place.
 
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