Has anyone been able to fabricate or fit a double din stereo in their Fiero? (Page 3/4)
kriswinner OCT 26, 05:15 AM
I installed a Pontiac Vibe radio in my Formula.
It looks very similar to this picture:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F.../067014-24.html#p925

Doesn't look hacked in at all.


(instructions: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/A...120111-2-094799.html )

[This message has been edited by kriswinner (edited 10-26-2017).]

hnthomps OCT 26, 09:31 PM

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Originally posted by wgpierce:

There's also this for the single din slot:

https://www.carjoying.com/c.. .ehicle/category/466/



Interesting looking.

Nelson
liv4God OCT 27, 01:38 AM
Here's mine. You can see my interior build here: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...1/HTML/096949-2.html
sjmaye OCT 29, 06:06 AM

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Originally posted by liv4God:

Here's mine. You can see my interior build here: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F...1/HTML/096949-2.html




Sorry. Got no email notices on your replies and forgot (I am getting old).

Not much has changed on this subject, but one thing caught my eye- I did not know there were differences in the name brand head unit dimensions vs. generic. Good to know.

I like the idea of swapping the location of the headunit with the heater controls. I am guessing this requires cutting metal?

If I were to want to just mount a double din in the existing location and want a clean cut out I had thought to somehow chuck the bezel up in a milling machine to make sure of a perfectly straight cut. Using the correct diameter cutter should get the matching radii in the corners.
darbysan OCT 29, 10:14 AM

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Originally posted by sjmaye:
If I were to want to just mount a double din in the existing location and want a clean cut out I had thought to somehow chuck the bezel up in a milling machine to make sure of a perfectly straight cut. Using the correct diameter cutter should get the matching radii in the corners.



IIRC, the 1.5 din opening in the stock bezel is wider than a norlam 2 Din unit, so if you made a straight cut on the sides, you would have a gap on each side.

BTW, if you are in NC, I grew up in your town....

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sjmaye OCT 30, 05:57 AM

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Originally posted by darbysan:

BTW, if you are in NC, I grew up in your town....




No, sorry not the same Hendersonville. But, in the same neighborhood. I am in Hendersonville, TN.
liv4God OCT 30, 12:38 PM

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I like the idea of swapping the location of the headunit with the heater controls. I am guessing this requires cutting metal?



No metal to cut. There's a plastic housing that holds the hvac controls and head unit. Many times this gets brittle and cracked with age, as was mine. I cut that out with a dremel cutoff wheel. Then built a new one out of wood with brackets and mounting holes to hold the double din head unit and relocated hvac controls.
hercimer01 JUL 20, 12:24 AM
Bump. To keep this one alive.
Now that almost 6 years have gone by. What's good to use now days ? I'm considering a Kenwood unit from bestbuy.
Kenwood Double DIN
Is HD radio the same as regular FM?
I don't understand what regular live radio it can do?

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mmeyer86gt/gtp JUL 20, 01:39 AM
i make a full skeleton that moved the radio up and allows a double din now.
hercimer01 JUL 20, 09:15 AM

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Originally posted by mmeyer86gt/gtp:

i make a full skeleton that moved the radio up and allows a double din now.



More info?