How did you guys mount your aftermarket cd player

[Lee A]

I want to put it in my dash but there is such a big hole can you get a bracket or something and don't say paddock because I already have a cd player just want to mount it in there with out it fall in or out

[UFO]

Highly doubt there's a adapter out there to buy.
I say you gonna have to make one.Use cardboard to make a template,transfer to a pce of sheet metal.Might even be able to adjust it so the deck's face plate will sit on top of the orig faceplate nicely.This works great if have a extra plate because it will have to be cut.

[2Gunz]

I cut my original radio plate to the size of the radio.

Then heated it up a bit to flaten it out some.

[b5blue]

I just saw Year One sells a DIN faceplate for 2nd gen cars.

[Foreman72]

i kno in my 72 i think i'm just gonna break down and cut the dash...i don't know yet...

[C_stripes]

Get out the sawsall. lol. I hate when people cut the dash.

[ramairthree]

Like this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7euxXt0jE4


CDs are what the kids are calling those rectangular plastic things that play music now, right?

[Foreman72]

Like this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7euxXt0jE4


CDs are what the kids are calling those rectangular plastic things that play music now, right?

haha...thank you sir...

well c_stripes i don't really know where else to put it...i wsa going to try and find one of the tape deck units with the recorder, you know, the option one...and retrofit that but it won't work with a B&M on the floor and a bench...i can't find a better place...any suggestions

[NHCharger]

I mounted mine under the dash on the passenger side. Bent a piece of aluminum and painted it black to encase it. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow.
They ain't making anymore rallye dashes, so I just couldn't cut the dash.

[Foreman72]

I mounted mine under the dash on the passenger side. Bent a piece of aluminum and painted it black to encase it. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow.
They ain't making anymore rallye dashes, so I just couldn't cut the dash.

those pics should be helpful...thanks man

not cutting the dash mean i have to restore/replace the factory radio too...at least to visual specs...it doesn't have to work, just look good...

[NHCharger]

Here's a pic of my cassette player. It was made to go in the dash but I like I said earlier, didn't want to cut the car.

BTW Foreman, I have an extra radio kicking around my shop somewhere. It looks perfect and I believe it even works. 71Chargerfan gave it to me several years ago, figured I'd hold onto it until someone needed it. It's yours if you want it.

[mauve66]

i got a plastic case from somewhere and just installed the radio in it, of course that was back in 94 or so so i don't know if anyone makes these cases anymore

the red and green lights were for the overdrive

[Foreman72]

Here's a pic of my cassette player. It was made to go in the dash but I like I said earlier, didn't want to cut the car.

BTW Foreman, I have an extra radio kicking around my shop somewhere. It looks perfect and I believe it even works. 71Chargerfan gave it to me several years ago, figured I'd hold onto it until someone needed it. It's yours if you want it.

thanks man! PM

and as far as your mounting location, i like it...its clean and accessible...still worried about getting to it with the B&M on the floor...any issues with it so far? how did you go about mounting it? did you make the box?

hey who signed the glovebox, i like that alot, i started a thread about unique ways of signing your car and i like that one...

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

The under dash mounting kit is still available @ Crutchfield

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120999000/Universal-Underdash-Kit.html?tp=1114

I ran mine in the same location as mauve66 did for a while...directly above the console.

I have since moved it to inside the glove box  (flipped the mounting box upside down & mounted it to the floor of the box....had to cut out the back of the box to get it to fit where I wanted it.
Using a Sony CD player radio that accepts a wired remote....ran the wire up into the console to store the remote

[Foreman72]

The under dash mounting kit is still available @ Crutchfield

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120999000/Universal-Underdash-Kit.html?tp=1114

I ran mine in the same location as mauve66 did for a while...directly above the console.

I have since moved it to inside the glove box  (flipped the mounting box upside down & mounted it to the floor of the box....had to cut out the back of the box to get it to fit where I wanted it.
Using a Sony CD player radio that accepts a wired remote....ran the wire up into the console to store the remote

nifty...i have a wireless remote with my pioneer deck that i could do something similar with...somehow..

[NHCharger]

Only problem I have is I don't like to lean over to fiddle with the knobs or tape while driving.
I made the box, I have a brake for bending light gauge metal.
I've seen several cars with the radio in the glove box with a remote. That's by far the cleanest way to do it.

Buddy Baker signed my glove box. He was at Carlisle 4 or 5 years ago.

[Foreman72]

Only problem I have is I don't like to lean over to fiddle with the knobs or tape while driving.
I made the box, I have a brake for bending light gauge metal.
I've seen several cars with the radio in the glove box with a remote. That's by far the cleanest way to do it.

Buddy Baker signed my glove box. He was at Carlisle 4 or 5 years ago.

thats awesome...

yeah that one on crutchfield looks pretty good...

the only thing is i'd kinda like to still use my glovebox..

its up in the air, we'll see what happens

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

George Barris signed my sunvisor

[Moparsky67]

Here is another choice for an under dash mount of a DIN radio, a Dan Fink Metalworks radio box, sold by Yogi's Inc (see links below). They sell two sizes, med for $28 & large for $31;

Yogi's @  http://www.yogisinc.com/results.cfm/-/Category=32/search_cd=radio%20box/results.cfm

Dan Fink @   http://www.danfinkmetalworks.com/RadioBoxes.htm

Hope this may help you.

John

[starai73racing]

i would put it in the glove box to keep the original look.

[69bronzeT5]

George Barris signed my sunvisor

George Barris signed my armrest...well an extra one With the Charger, I plan on putting a CD player straight into the dash with the original radio is. The car is not going to be stock so it won't bug me. The Duster though is a different story, apperentley with A-bodies, it's super hard to get a CD player into the stock spot on the dash without chopping the dash. So I'm not sure where I will put that yet.

[A383Wing]

I just put one in the cream 66....has remote control, USB port, CD player...it probably won't stay...I installed it just for the trip to Oregon next month if we go

[tab73]

I just ordered one of these to put in my Daughters 78 pickup. That way I can see it and know how it will fit in my charger! This website is wonderful we were trying to figure out how to bend metal to make a bracket! Should have know somebody thought of this along time ago. I am still trying to reinvent the wheel. Just wanted to say how helpful this site is.

[bull]

This doesn't answer your question directly but I don't see any sense in messing with CD players now that you can easily plumb an MP3 jack into pretty much any stereo system, including factory radios.