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#74645 - 25/02/2002 08:31 Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado
SteveBrown stranger Registered: 07/02/2002 Posts: 29	Well, it's been a few weeks since I last posted here and I'm a little closer to completing my custom install so I thought I'd poke my head round the door and let anyone whose interested know how I'm doing. You probably don't remember but I was trying to install 2 head units in my Corrado (giving me the extra options of CD and Radio) but there's only one DIN bay in the dash so I planned on modifying a spare centre console moulding by moving the heater controls down and ditching the ashtray. So far I've managed to: 1) Get hold of 2 spare consoles, one damaged one good. 2) Remove all original mouldings on the good one for the ashtray/cigarette lighter and lugs for the heater controls 3) Cut the DIN housing from the damaged console and Araldite it into the good console directly below the standard one. 4) Fabricate and fix 4 metal lugs for the heater controls below the second DIN bay. I still have to: 1) relocate the cigarette lighter (need it for various 12v accessories) 2) wait for some dry/warm weather so I can install the damn thing into my car! I'm extremely pleased with the progress so far and I have a few pictures I could host somewhere and post links to if anyone's interested or thinking of doing the same thing with their Corrado. Let me know if you want me to!
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#74646 - 25/02/2002 09:02 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: SteveBrown]
omarkhayyam journeyman Registered: 18/06/2001 Posts: 71 Loc: Chicago	Steve- Wow, quite impressive. Let's see some pics! -Adam _________________________ "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care..." -office space
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#74647 - 25/02/2002 11:43 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: SteveBrown]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	We want pics! We want pics! We want pics! We want pics! _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#74648 - 25/02/2002 11:43 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: omarkhayyam]
SteveBrown stranger Registered: 07/02/2002 Posts: 29	well, at least two of you asked for it! Not very impressive yet I'll admit but once the unit is in and wokring I'll take some more. My work in progress Edited by SteveBrown (25/02/2002 11:45)
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#74649 - 25/02/2002 11:44 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: SteveBrown]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	By the way. The proper place to host the pictures is at www.riocar.org in the Install Gallery section. Just request a gallery via the link at the top of the page. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#74650 - 25/02/2002 12:06 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: tfabris]
SteveBrown stranger Registered: 07/02/2002 Posts: 29	ah ok, I'll stick it in there once I've actually installed it then!
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#74651 - 26/02/2002 05:31 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: SteveBrown]
Ionic journeyman Registered: 04/09/2000 Posts: 56 Loc: Frankfurt, Germany	Wow, that is quite cool! Wish I could get something similar for my BMW...:( Please support us with more photos ASAP!! Or drop a note when publishing them on riocar.org! Thanks & good luck! _________________________ Regards, Frank
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#74652 - 26/02/2002 06:37 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: Ionic]
SteveBrown stranger Registered: 07/02/2002 Posts: 29	Thanks! Well, to be honest, with a bit of prior planning, a reasonable amount of determination and a large amount of Araldite this sort of thing can be done to just about any car so maybe you should give it a go I'll post more pics once I enter phase 3 - installation. Oh and a rotary hand-tool (like a Dremel) is an absolute godsend!
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#74653 - 26/02/2002 11:04 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: SteveBrown]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	I would like to know more about this Araldite stuff... _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#74654 - 26/02/2002 11:09 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: tfabris]
mtempsch pooh-bah Registered: 02/06/2000 Posts: 1996 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Brand name for a 2-component epoxy glue, at least if it's the same stuff that is sold here in Sweden... /Michael _________________________ /Michael
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#74655 - 26/02/2002 11:12 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: mtempsch]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31600 Loc: Seattle, WA	Interesting. So you're building frames out of epoxy? Interesting, I'd like to see how you form it into a shape. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#74656 - 26/02/2002 11:19 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: tfabris]
mtempsch pooh-bah Registered: 02/06/2000 Posts: 1996 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	If you look at http://www.uobid.com/pix/During5.jpg, the glinting parts are epoxy. Used to fill gaps and bond stuff together, not really creating shapes with the glue itself - though you could cast it in a mold I guess. This stuff is right up there with bailing wire and duct tape... /Michael _________________________ /Michael
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#74657 - 26/02/2002 11:59 Re: Dual Head-unit custom install in my Corrado [Re: mtempsch]
SteveBrown stranger Registered: 07/02/2002 Posts: 29	He's not wrong you know! Araldite is indeed a 2-part epoxy resin glue and it's stronger than my chilli - and that's saying something!
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