stereo question
- Thread starter ujoint
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Why do you think that you'll have to be doing some trimming to make it fit? When I googled kenwood navigation units they all looked like they would fit a standard opening. When I was working around my stock head unit there seemed to be a lot of room. By the way, which system are you looking at?
jammyauto
Adventurer
Ujoint, your van has a 1.5 DIN opening. All the units you see SMB's are double DIN. The older "regular" size stereo is a single DIN opening. I believe that the new body econoline now has a double Din hole in the dash. You will need to trim the dash slightly to fit your new unit but it's not that big of a deal.
adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
We have a double din Pioneer in our SMB and it was a little tricky. So i let the installer do it. He left the plastic plate off the install because it was such a tight fit it wasn't needed (and would involve cutting). He also built brackets to strengthen the double din unit for wash board roads. Came out nicely.
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adventureduo
Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
I like our Pioneer because the unit automatically turns on the back up camera when i toss the tranny in reverse. I was told this is a pioneer only deal.. or else you have to use a switch. Kind of nice. Funny, i used to give people crap for using a back up camera... but after a short while of having it on the SMB, its a great tool. Especially when hooking up to the TJ or a trailer to tow.
