Disco 2 Aftermarket Double Din stereo install

Finished!

Not really... But heres the idea anyway, some patience will see me through, but this guys done a simple job of it, just a cut, measure, stick, fill, sand, paint, done. I hope Then wire it!
I cant find a working link to something i found, but a google of "discovery 2 double din imgur" will bring it up, for you chaps that are probably thinking what a stupid idea

RyanDay1 said:

im not feeling the support for my trek into the not very well known!

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The reason you're not feeling the support is that many have looked at the trek and bottled it. So it is a well known trek.

RyanDay1 said:

Finished!
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And that ain't gonna work, the steering wheel is on the wrong side and it's gonna take a bit more work than installing a double din radio to sort that out!
TBH, I have seen that report on the net, and it seems like an awful lot of work, even though the finished article does look good.

RyanDay1 said:

Jeez chaps go easy ive now gotta wait till that other fascia arrives since ive changed me mind then will start cutting it to pieces, have also bought meself plenty of bits for my dremel, popcorns gonna have to wait, im not feeling the support for my trek into the not very well known!

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oh mate , i've just heated up a fresh batch of popcorn

even got some beers in to

, why are we waiting , why are we waiting , lol

hope u get on ok buddy

funny enough i looked into how much it would take to fit a satnav in mine

blimey soon changed my mind ,

will look into fitting a double din in mine , much later down the road

gstuart said:

funny enough i looked into how much it would take to fit a satnav in mine

blimey soon changed my mind ,

will look into fitting a double din in mine , much later down the road

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What spec is yours? My old mans had 2 d3's in the past and the 2nd had the nav screen, lovely sound system in the D3!
It looks easy for you, you only have to get an adapter fascia off ebay IIRC?

RyanDay1 said:

What spec is yours? My old mans had 2 d3's in the past and the 2nd had the nav screen, lovely sound system in the D3!

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i bought the D3 7 x seater base model , bought it as a project , so didn't want the immense extra electronics of the higher hse models

see some fit a standard sat nav , i.e. garmin, tom tom in where the sat nav normally is

but as mine is the base model its easy to replace it with a double din, as it's not tied in with gps, sat nav , on board
computers

RyanDay1 said:

Finished!
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Not really... But heres the idea anyway, some patience will see me through, but this guys done a simple job of it, just a cut, measure, stick, fill, sand, paint, done. I hope Then wire it!
I cant find a working link to something i found, but a google of "discovery 2 double din imgur" will bring it up, for you chaps that are probably thinking what a stupid idea

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I thought you were going for a single din, with gold out screen.......

What HU and speaker system is in there already??

Fascia finally showed up, and will be the one i make (or try) then will be a swap for the one sitting in there at the moment, hopefully will get out there tonight and start planning, had a rough week been sick as a dog so not even thought about it!

Tillytomp said:

What HU and speaker system is in there already??

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Heres the current one, old, doesnt work properly, naff piece of kit, as far as i know the speakers are bog standard not HK, theyre fine though, got a low profile sub mounted out of the way in the back to go with it which i will wire in soon, its not too much to make it look the 19 year old's truck it is no cupholders there neither

Anything would be better than that.
Once you've sorted the stereo, you can sort your clock!

biggeeeee said:

Anything would be better than that.
Once you've sorted the stereo, you can sort your clock!

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Haha yeah never touched it since buying, but probably will never need it again! So may find another use for that spot, maybe a USB point or something useful

Good you've still got your Chinese carry out hook attached to the centre console

biggeeeee said:

Good you've still got your Chinese carry out hook attached to the centre console

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S@*# had a chinese last night as well and forgot to use it! Gutted

You can use it for other national dishes as long as the come in a Glasgow briefcase

Heres me sub mounted onto the back of the 3rd row seat, its the only place where its truly out of the way in all boot uses, not large, and still squeezes between the door when the seats are stood up


This photo makes it look bigger than it is

Starting planning, and removed all buttons to the bare, the original din gap height is 85mm and cupholder space is 40mm, at 125mm together that should give me a nice 10mm +/- leeway up or down over the 115mm height double din cage to play with and mess up, as i plan to use the 2 slots at the bottom of the fascia to mount the heating surround.

Progress going very well, have done the main cutting of the heater surround, have kept as much of it in tact without hacking it to death, even without the steadiest hand, i might make a surgeon one day if i can use me dremel

Heres the heater surround


Whats left of the whole fascia without the heater surround bit


Behind


Test fitted the cage and trim piece, looked like it grew there!

Just about to clean up the rough plastic

More trimmery done to the heater surround, made the tabs to slot into the fascia for securing, and tested the fit again with the cage, again, probably grew there

Heater surround after more cutting for tabs

Will slot in like this and shorten the tabs


All fitting nicely, getting a rough look of it coming together

Done for tonight, cutting is done and heater surround is finished, so just need to fit some donor slices of plastic to slot into the new gap between the top corners and sides of the heater surround and the vent wall to support and secure in place, while givin me somethin to cake filler/fibreglass onto. Then its just sand, paint, fit, done! Saturday night well spent