How to fit a Radio

Brown said:

Dunno, I'm still using my bog standard TD5 one. Just thought I'd mention it as the screws along the top aren't obvious.

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yeah I seen the screws but the thought of having to undo the top of the dash just seemed like a nightmare never mind making a small job turn into a big job

Yes, they're quite a job to dismantle. Lots of screws, all slightly different shapes and sizes. I'm getting quite quick at it now, because my windscreen wipers keep misbehaving.

Raptor fascia now installed, cant say I'm impressed with the quality I needed to file the 2 DIN hole to make it 5mm bigger height wise and I also needed to file lots of little sharp bits off which meant having to repaint the hole thing, so for £60 it was not really worth it, but it does make my dash look better.

John03 said:

Raptor fascia now installed, cant say I'm impressed with the quality I needed to file the 2 DIN hole to make it 5mm bigger height wise and I also needed to file lots of little sharp bits off which meant having to repaint the hole thing, so for £60 it was not really worth it, but it does make my dash look better.

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Was wondering about this panel myself, so glad you posted this pic. Having fitted it, would you say that it was actually needed, or could you have just fitted the new unit directly into the existing plastic by carefully cutting it?

(Yes, I realise this is two years old, but it's worth a try in case there's any update, right? )