installing a radio

today i plan to make a angling mount to allow a radio to fit my hi jet, i cant find a center console like the one pictured which i guess was a optional extra   so want to make a mount so the radio will fit in the original hole in the dash



so plan to make a angled mount like this   

Just bought the one in the top pic from eBay . A good bet would be a radio or cb mount, these are normally for land rover defenders etc, you can use as is or mod to get the angle of the second pic

Stuntman wrote:Just bought the one in the top pic from eBay . A good bet would be a radio or cb mount, these are normally for land rover defenders etc, you can use as is or mod to get the angle of the second pic

yeah, i'll be making one from MDF and carpeting it to look nice

can you put a pic on of the console when its installed please?   

Did you know that some mechless headunits fit without the need for the centre console or angled piece?

Don't think there's any  'Pre-outs' on those mechless units...

Got 3 sets of pre-outs on mine for separate amps, subs and decent speakers   .

FrontBackSide2Side wrote:Did you know that some mechless headunits fit without the need for the centre console or angled piece?

usually cheap Chinese HU's tho, i want a good stereo with CD but most of all, USB as i keep all my music on a flash drive


making a mount to fit a double din radio

Ryan 95 wrote:, i cant find a center console like the one pictured which i guess was a optional extra  

I know a guy who has a new one he's not using.......   

Logi wrote:

Ryan 95 wrote:, i cant find a center console like the one pictured which i guess was a optional extra  

I know a guy who has a new one he's not using.......   

nearly finished my conversion plate but go on

Err, me....

Logi wrote:Err, me....

got a pic or 2?   

just making a double din mounts, also will be able to mount switches in it too   

Ryan 95 wrote:

Logi wrote:Err, me....

got a pic or 2?   

   Looks like the old one pictured but brand new,

Logi wrote:

Ryan 95 wrote:

Logi wrote:Err, me....

got a pic or 2?   

   Looks like the old one pictured but brand new,

fair enough  

it fits, just need to carpet it now so it blends in to the dash, also mount it..the flat at the top will be for a power outlet and auxiliary switches   

will be fitting a double din touchscreen radio

was taken quite late hence the poor image quality!

getting there with it still need to make brackets to fix it to the center dash



cut the bottom half of the dash off where the ash try and power/lighter would of been, will mount the power/lighter in the new radio mount, and since i don't smoke, theirs no need for a ash tray





the cable ties are temporary