my double din swap! done!

[kuntzie]

i have been running this deck for a while now just resting in the slot, i decided to cut and fibreglass today, took a few hours..i took pics with my iphone when working on it but its not syncing with my comp for some reason.

 

heres some pics of how it currently looking

 

 

 

[Twenty]

And this car continues to get even better.

[kuntzie]

And this car continues to get even better.

 

thanks!, when I do 99%+ of the work myself it makes it really worth it.

[94 olds vert]

That is really cool!

[kuntzie]

test fitting in the car...

ps this is a pioneer avic-d3, has bluetooth adapter and ipod aswell, and obiously navigation.

 

[GOT2B GM]

excellent work as usual

[Twenty]

And this car continues to get even better.

 

thanks!, when I do 99%+ of the work myself it makes it really worth it.

 

That's the only way to work on a car.

[jeremy]

nice work.....double dins are so nice!!

[kuntzie]

this project got quite pricey for sure but well worth it.

 

this paint is an exact colour math so i keep the stockish look

 

[kuntzie]

crappy pics, charging battery on my camera

 

[cutty]

excellent work, finished result looks fastory!

[GOT2B GM]

Ok, do it to the TGP next so I can copy you.

[Twenty]

When modifications look factory, you're doing something right.

[oldscsc]

Very talented guy!

[kuntzie]

When modifications look factory, you're doing something right.

 

i really wanted to get an 04+ navi unit from a pontiac, but i would have had to change a bunch of wiring,.... you can tell its not factory since the corners are squared off, where as if i had the oem navi unit i could have done rounded.

[GnatGoSplat]

Nice work, I always love double-DINs.

Did you have to do much in the dash itself?

 

[kuntzie]

not too much, just had to make mounting tabs and notch the plastic support, not to bad

[z34mightymachine]

Really Nice. The Double Din looks really Oem on the GP. I have to drive down to Toronto to see your GP.

[supertrick_05]

Wow, that looks amazing! I wonder if there's room to do that on my '92...

[kuntzie]

Wow, that looks amazing! I wonder if there's room to do that on my '92...

 

i would try it on my 89 but im thinking of doing the 96 dash in the car

[douellette]

looks great man. wish i knew how to do fiberglas.

[GnatGoSplat]

Doesn't need to be fiberglass, ABS paste works well if your dash plastics are made of ABS. It's cheaper too, if you have scrap ABS plastics laying around. I did mine entirely out of ABS.

 

[douellette]

Doesn't need to be fiberglass, ABS paste works well if your dash plastics are made of ABS. It's cheaper too, if you have scrap ABS plastics laying around. I did mine entirely out of ABS.

 

 

ive never even heard of ABS paste haha, who makes it?

[GnatGoSplat]

ive never even heard of ABS paste haha, who makes it?

 

You do! Take chunks of ABS plastic, soak in a solvent (acetone, MEK, etc) till it becomes a gooey paste. Voila! ABS paste! On mine, I used a soldering iron to roughly melt the pieces together, then used ABS paste for the finish work. Skim coat with Bondo (I used JB Weld because I had it) for filling in any fine pinholes or imperfections.

 

[Addicted2bass]

Ok, do it to the TGP next so I can copy you.

That would be quite the job. It could for sure be done but there would be alot more fiberglass and dash modification involved than was done here. Ive thought about doing it in my TGP, but i dont want to modify and chop apart the dash that much.