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Did you have to fabricate the panel which surrounds the empeg? Did you have to cut the factory panel? Or was there some useless pocket that just happened to be 1 DIN sized?

There used to be a pocket there. I don't know how "happened to be" it was, because Acura will install an optional cassette deck or MP3CD player in the same spot.

The mounting brakets and surrounding panel are part of the installation kit that Acura uses to install the optional players. I got that kit from Acura parts department. It's not the perfect solution...obviously I had to modify the dock to fit within the installation kit, and there are small problems with the design of the panel for my application. There are gaps (hard to tell in pictures) on either side of the Empeg, and the panel is rounded against the Empeg's non-rounded fascia. It looks *mostly* clean, though...I could perhaps have someone fabricate something that works a little better with the Empeg design instead of the Acura player design, but I will probably just leave well-enough alone.

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My new car has a similar layout, so I'm curious to see how the low mounted empeg works out for you. Eye-catching visuals aren't so in-your-face, but the buttons sure are closer.

I don't really pay attention to the display when I'm driving (perhaps because I'm too enamored with my first new navigation system screen), and I've never been one for in-your-face eye-catching visuals. It works for me...normally I just leave the track info screen up, and I can see it well enough.
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- Chris Orig. Empeg Queue position 2