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<blockquote data-quote="Milk Mayne" data-source="post: 8219890" data-attributes="member: 649874">Even though both the stock and aftermarket have double din openings, generally you still need a dash kit for the trim pieces and to ensure a flush finish. Here&#039;s exactly what you need from the looks of things. <a href="http://www.frys.com/product/5027025?source=googleps&amp;amp;gclid=CMXUiqnM_7sCFUsV7AodMzEAmw" target="_blank">FRYS.com*|*METRA</a>&nbsp; You can probably find one cheaper if you look around, eBay is a good source, just make sure to get a Metra or American International, it&#039;s what I&#039;ve always used. You&#039;re lucky, at least your radio isn&#039;t integrated with your climate controls. Because of that my dash kit ended up being like $80. My friend with a G35 was looking at getting a double din, and when I looked into the installation materials, I found out the dash kit alone was $200.Anyways, it looks great otherwise. Glad to see you got everything back together without any mishaps.&nbsp; You should also put your build log on one of the Z forums. People are always looking for how-to&#039;s with pictures.&nbsp; Even if you don&#039;t go into any great detail, just the pictures of yours alone would be worth a lot to plenty of people online.I also wanted to say that I liked your idea with the bass knob. I did something similar, dremeling out a path, but located mine on the topside of the dash opening above the head unit. That way it would be both concealed and easily accessible.BTW, I just got my XCON 15 in tonight, so check back in a few weeks, I&#039;m planning on putting up a build log for the enclosure I&#039;ll be designing for the back hatch. The sub is going to be running at one ohm off a Sundown SAZ1500.&nbsp; I can&#039;t wait to start testing and tuning, this sub looks absolutely beautiful and should sound equally so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Milk Mayne, post: 8219890, member: 649874"] Even though both the stock and aftermarket have double din openings, generally you still need a dash kit for the trim pieces and to ensure a flush finish. Here's exactly what you need from the looks of things. [URL="http://www.frys.com/product/5027025?source=googleps&gclid=CMXUiqnM_7sCFUsV7AodMzEAmw"]FRYS.com*|*METRA[/URL] You can probably find one cheaper if you look around, eBay is a good source, just make sure to get a Metra or American International, it's what I've always used. You're lucky, at least your radio isn't integrated with your climate controls. Because of that my dash kit ended up being like $80. My friend with a G35 was looking at getting a double din, and when I looked into the installation materials, I found out the dash kit alone was $200. Anyways, it looks great otherwise. Glad to see you got everything back together without any mishaps. You should also put your build log on one of the Z forums. People are always looking for how-to's with pictures. Even if you don't go into any great detail, just the pictures of yours alone would be worth a lot to plenty of people online. I also wanted to say that I liked your idea with the bass knob. I did something similar, dremeling out a path, but located mine on the topside of the dash opening above the head unit. That way it would be both concealed and easily accessible. BTW, I just got my XCON 15 in tonight, so check back in a few weeks, I'm planning on putting up a build log for the enclosure I'll be designing for the back hatch. The sub is going to be running at one ohm off a Sundown SAZ1500. I can't wait to start testing and tuning, this sub looks absolutely beautiful and should sound equally so. [/QUOTE]

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