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sgreatwood · 10-22-2002, 21:21

I've just bought a 2nd/hand Blaupunkt CD head unit and tried to install it in my EA I GL. It seems there has been some "smashing" done by a previous installer, as there was no unit there anyway and a couple of the interior mounting brackets and things are broken off. Also, the dash shroud (the main pull off grey thing) has a crack in the top and seems to have been cut out slightly.

The unit i bought only came with a cradle type thing to mount it, and this slides straight through the dash opening and fall down. How should i mount this? do I need brackets or something? Looks like I'll need some sort of mounting hardware, but what?

Does anyone have pics of their install processes? I Tried CAA website, but their tech/tute section is down.

Thanks in advance for any help guys,

Simon

MIXIN' · 10-22-2002, 21:43

Most stereos nowdays are of the DIN standard, which also covers mounting locations & overall size.

Look for threaded mounting holes in the side of the H/unit. Brackets attach to these, and are then screwed into the factory plastic behind the surround.

If your h/u doesn't have these screw holes, you have 2 choices.
1. Use timber to make up spacers & mounts for the cradle.
2. Obtain some factory brackets, then open up the h/u to establish clearances. Drill through the sides of the H/u and use small nuts & bolts.

I put a pull out Sony unit into an EA using the cradle, mounted to timber, which was bracketed to the plastic.

I recently put a non-DIN h/unit in my mates EB, and we had to drill holes in the side. He still had the factory brackets off the Ford stereo. 2 of the holes in the brackets didn't line up with clear spaces in the H/u, so we sussed out a clear spot & drilled through both the bracket & casing, then put a small nut & bolt through.

sgreatwood · 10-22-2002, 21:47

Thanks MIXIN'!

Looks like I need some brackets then! I'll try the wreckers, but I might have to make some and re-drill holes in the dash, as it's half wrecked by previous owner...

UNR8D · 10-22-2002, 21:53

better idea, go to the wrecker and get the centre concile unit out of that, also ask for the origional brackets on the head unit as u can redrill them to suit ur new head unit, i did this for mine and it fits like a factory one:)

sgreatwood · 10-22-2002, 22:01

Good idea - how much for the console? how much work to pull out the whole thing and put it back in?

UNR8D · 10-22-2002, 23:37

console shouldnt be mroe than 30-40 nto alot of work only a few screws