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[nicksrado]

What has everyone here done with the hole where the stock cd player goes i got my new headunit this week and took out the cd player part and am trying to find ideas for it?..any pics would be appreciated


BTW this is the unit i picked up i love it so far.... and i only paid $100 less then the suggested price...hahah
http://www.clarioncanada.com/english/product/index.php?mod=details&category=source&product=DXZ645MP#

[Sweet Tea Man]

you could get a billet dash kit, or yo ucan get one of those pocket thigns to stick in there

[1990z71]

a friend of mine put in a filler plate over top of the opening, its polished diamond plate aluminum, and he cut out a hole in the plate and put a tach in it...its nice lookin...sorry dont got ne pics of it..but u can do it urself pretty easilly... just get some diamond plate aluminum and measure and cut it out, drill some holes and put some bolts in it to hold it in place in the factory dash bolt holes, and put the tach in there...

[nicksrado]

a friend of mine put in a filler plate over top of the opening, its polished diamond plate aluminum, and he cut out a hole in the plate and put a tach in it...its nice lookin...sorry dont got ne pics of it..but u can do it urself pretty easilly... just get some diamond plate aluminum and measure and cut it out, drill some holes and put some bolts in it to hold it in place in the factory dash bolt holes, and put the tach in there...

already have a tach but thanx for the idea

i kept the the mounting hardware off the old player so i can use that to mount something

[97whitez-71]

i'd just get a pocket from GM for like 15 bucks and put sunglasses in it. its nice to have.

[nicksrado]

i'd just get a pocket from GM for like 15 bucks and put sunglasses in it. its nice to have.

i'v eheard they have them and i';ll probably end up gettin one

[1990z71]

ohh...the tach idea aint gonna work then....hmm, you could always put the filler plate over the hole and mount some switches ffrom ne extra lights you might have, or you could always get some extra gauges and throw in there ...like air/fuel ratio gauges, trans temp or somethin like that....

[nicksrado]

ohh...the tach idea aint gonna work then....hmm, you could always put the filler plate over the hole and mount some switches ffrom ne extra lights you might have, or you could always get some extra gauges and throw in there ...like air/fuel ratio gauges, trans temp or somethin like that....

i already did a somewhat custom set up for switches...maybe i should get bags then i'll have more switches i can put there...lol

[Suareezay]

i put the cd player delete pocket in mine as well....its seriously one of my favorite mods....before i had nowhere to put my cell phone

[BigRedZ-71]

I bought a piece of ABS plastic and cut it to size and glued it in the hole and put a switch for my line-loc, an armed light, and a switch for my KC lights in there. Looks pretty good.

[nicksrado]

thanx for the ideas guys

[oldred95]

I ordered a stock headunit and slave cassette player out of an '00 on ebay. My truck didn't have a CD player and I know the slave CD players are junk and I wanted the something factory so I went this route. Everything was plug and play and it looks like it came from the factory that way.

[cowboyon24's]

i would say get a neon, some plexiglass, and fiberglass, mix up some paint to match ur truck get a neon chevy emblem going for an idea. get creative not lame with gauges or a pocket which everyone else has.

[nicksrado]

i would say get a neon, some plexiglass, and fiberglass, mix up some paint to match ur truck get a neon chevy emblem going for an idea. get creative not lame with gauges or a pocket which everyone else has.
thats what i'm trying to do is get different ideas i liek that idea with the chevy symbol

[cowboyon24's]

well do this get fiberglass and make a filler plate. then cut out a chevy emblem and do the same cut out to the plexiglass just a bit larger. then there is a choice from there with the neon either be real different and leave it c through so u can c everything. or paint the plexiglass real good. mount the neon somewhere behind the filler plate close to the middle of the emblem if u paint it or off to the side or top or bottom if not painted. if u paint the emblem mount it anywhere behind there. DO NOT paint the sides of the plexiglass because when u turn on the neon the sides of the emblem will glow make the color of the neon outline around the emblem. that is what u should do. im going to do that too but im getting switches put in under the emblem and trying to find a way to get those to glow an outline too. oh yea paint it all except the outline when ur done to match ur truck then get otherstuff painted inside to match ur truck just to set off some interior accents. let me know if u need anything else.

HAVE FUN,
COWBOY

[popknot98]

a friend of mine put in a filler plate over top of the opening, its polished diamond plate aluminum, and he cut out a hole in the plate and put a tach in it...its nice lookin...sorry dont got ne pics of it..but u can do it urself pretty easilly... just get some diamond plate aluminum and measure and cut it out, drill some holes and put some bolts in it to hold it in place in the factory dash bolt holes, and put the tach in there...

i bet a tranny temp gauge or something like that would be cool, or just get the pocket from gm or find one a a junkyard....

[cowboyon24's]

like i just said don't be lame with gauges or a pocket he doesn't want those.

[nicksrado]

i am a machinist so i am maybe gunna try doin something out of aluminum...i gunna try and see how hard the symbol is gunna be

[Stevo]

I love the pocket i have now from where my cd player was i put so much **** in there :D

[cowboyon24's]

ok for the last time if someone posts get a pocket or put gauges in im going to smack them. can't u read he wants something different which means not what everyone else has.

NO POCKETS OR GAUGES=LAME
:shutup: :flipoff:

[nebraskaz71]

switch plate in mine

[oldred95]

I love having the cassette player down there. I've got this cassette and its got a wire and I plug that wire into the laptop and I can play anything over the truck speakers. Instead of hunting for a certain CD I just open up the media player and play the songs I want to hear.