Hey everyone,

Here are some pix of my experiment from summer 2004 of seeing if I could use my stock dash trim finisher for a DD conversion (after I had already done my DD conversion with the v35 dash trim). Anyway, I hope that this may help answer some questions for those thinking about doing this....

Stock dash
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Penciled border and took measurements
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Masked the dash and dremmel away...
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DD space created (eventually cleaned up with some fine sanding)
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Residual faceplate n (what should I do with this piece?)
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Inserted a blank bracket which is about the same size as a single DIN HU
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Slid the blank bracket down which reveals about a ~>1/8" gap
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I guess you could fashion or fabricate a trim piece or rubber border on the borders of the HU/dash pocket to cover the gap. IMO, it would be much more professional/stealth using the aftermarket DD dash piece or the v35 dash finisher from japan.

hope this helps...

doc

 

umm i guess if you like it thats all that matters, i wouldnt hack up my dash to save 120 bucks