Lumina owners! I need radio opening pics!

[Dirty Rockstar]

Also measurements! I need to know the depth of the opening from whatever it hits behind the deck out to the edge of the dash trim around it.. Also, I forget WHAT is behind the radio.. I THINK it's the Vacuum Actuator Assy. for the HVAC.. Show me what you all have! THanks a lot.. I am going to probably get the Alpine 7998 and flush mount it to make it look as stock as I can..

[Crazy K]

flush mounting will probably not be possible. I was able to shoehorn in the 95+ chevy radio into my lumina by lengthening the heavy guage plug (for the fan) for thh hvac controller effectively moving it from behind the radio and giving me a bit more space.

 

add about 1/2 inch to the stock deck and that would be all you might get

[Dirty Rockstar]

Hmm.. Well, as long as I can get the face of this deck to sit perfectly flush with the rest of the trim panel on the dash, I will be happy.. I don't car what I need to do underneath the dash to do it.. The dash is out.. THat's why I want to see what I need to do.. Modifying things is something I'm not afraid of!

[1990lumina]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/1990lumina/Dscn1205.jpg

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That's the Kenwood KDC-5028 in there, and I have RCA cables sticking out the back as well going to my amp....it's wedged int there pretty hard..but I REFUSED to use that other dash plate that sticks out..looks horrible IMO

[slick]

Steve, it's gonna take some serious persuasion to get a deck to flush mount in a lumina. You have too much HVAC stuff behind it.

[1990lumina]

All I remember was there is a bundle of shit wrapped with foam where the H/U goes at the back towards the top....I guess I got lucky with it fitting, or my pos Kenwood is smaller?

[digitaloutsider]

Jeff, didn't you have a factory CD deck in your car?!

[J]

flush mounting IS possible, you need to slightly melt the ducts behind the dash, my cousin and i are going to do it to my indash TV this summer

[1990lumina]

Jeff, didn't you have a factory CD deck in your car?!

 

Yup, sure did. It's in my garage in the drawer next to the factory cassette player. After spending like $250 on getting the player fixed it still wouldn't play CDs sometimes, so I decided fuck it.

[slick]

flush mounting IS possible, you need to slightly melt the ducts behind the dash, my cousin and i are going to do it to my indash TV this summer

 

They aren't too awful thick. If I were you, I'd pull the dash, cut out a long enough slot so the deck will fit in flush, then place a piece of ABS where you cut out, and use some high strength, high temp epoxy and put it all back together.

[Dirty Rockstar]

THat was my intention on getting it to fit deeper in the dash.. That's why if anyone happens to have the deck out of their Lumina, I would like to see what is in the back.. I know how to do it, I jsut need to know what I have to cut..

[rockfangd]

mine will always look like shit. The head unit i have in there now is almost popping out of its holder. I had to take off the dash pad to make sure no wires were pinched, and i am not even running rca wires. My deck is kinda cool though. it is a jvc and it has the top and bottom trillium lights and when i remove the trim the lights bounce off the sides of the dash trim for the cluster. I will have to post a pic in action

 

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