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<blockquote data-quote="Chromatic" data-source="post: 8220127" data-attributes="member: 659121">I don&#039;t get it.&nbsp; Why would I need a dash kit? This thing was mounted perfectly flush last Friday when I unscrewed and pulled it out.&nbsp; Why would I need some new kit to put it back in?&nbsp; That makes zero sense to me.I did snap one little plastic leg off the rectangle trim piece.. so I went ahead and ordered another one.. this kit:<img src="http://i.seimg.net/images/26229/big/met-997602.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Just to replace it.. but the problem still exists .. even with a new piece it&#039;s not flushing up (there&#039;s a bit of gap on the sides mostly.. that wasn&#039;t there last week) .Guess there&#039;s no magical trick.. I&#039;m at the point where I guess after doing all the hard work I get to go pay a shop $100 to put a trim piece on.. humiliating!Thanks.&nbsp; Sounds great too. -- I did put the install log on the biggest Z forum on the net.Appreciate it.&nbsp; I spent a minute or 10 going around the car in the &quot;Driving position&quot; moving my hand around to see where I might want it.. There was a good spot up behind the stick shifter.. (unused botton notches/pop out panels).. but it was too close to the shifter and I&#039;d constantly be banging my hand on the shift knob regardless of height.I thought about putting it up flush mount from behind in the front dash around the head unit.. But decided nah,.. I don&#039;t want to drill a hole in the dash to be honest.. then I popped the console storage area in the middle.. and thought,.. yeah, .. this is perfect it&#039;s &quot;stealth&quot; if you will.. and easy to reach.. Cord run was like 3 feet at most,.. Just dremeled a small hole (You can squeeze larger objects than the hole through .. I&#039;ve found out with this install..) -- Which also have an advantage of acting like a backing reinforcement so whatever it is doesn&#039;t get pulled out.&nbsp; Then I thought do I want to just screw this thing into this.. or what..I&#039;m more of the type to not drill panels of the car if I don&#039;t have to.&nbsp; I had bought 15ft of Industrial velcro .. So I said I&#039;ll give it a try.&nbsp; Worked like a charm.. So no real &quot;damage&quot; to the car,.. and there&#039;s a tray that has a cup holder, and compartments that can go in that slot I pulled out (and am leaving out).. When I go to sell years from now I can put that tray in and not have to worry about it.. but most likely I won&#039;t remove anything from the car.. except MAYBE the MB Quarts from rear because they are sort of a speaker you can&#039;t buy anymore.Looking forward to it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chromatic, post: 8220127, member: 659121"] I don't get it. Why would I need a dash kit? This thing was mounted perfectly flush last Friday when I unscrewed and pulled it out. Why would I need some new kit to put it back in? That makes zero sense to me. I did snap one little plastic leg off the rectangle trim piece.. so I went ahead and ordered another one.. this kit: [IMG]http://i.seimg.net/images/26229/big/met-997602.jpg[/IMG] Just to replace it.. but the problem still exists .. even with a new piece it's not flushing up (there's a bit of gap on the sides mostly.. that wasn't there last week) . Guess there's no magical trick.. I'm at the point where I guess after doing all the hard work I get to go pay a shop $100 to put a trim piece on.. humiliating! Thanks. Sounds great too. -- I did put the install log on the biggest Z forum on the net. Appreciate it. I spent a minute or 10 going around the car in the "Driving position" moving my hand around to see where I might want it.. There was a good spot up behind the stick shifter.. (unused botton notches/pop out panels).. but it was too close to the shifter and I'd constantly be banging my hand on the shift knob regardless of height. I thought about putting it up flush mount from behind in the front dash around the head unit.. But decided nah,.. I don't want to drill a hole in the dash to be honest.. then I popped the console storage area in the middle.. and thought,.. yeah, .. this is perfect it's "stealth" if you will.. and easy to reach.. Cord run was like 3 feet at most,.. Just dremeled a small hole (You can squeeze larger objects than the hole through .. I've found out with this install..) -- Which also have an advantage of acting like a backing reinforcement so whatever it is doesn't get pulled out. Then I thought do I want to just screw this thing into this.. or what.. I'm more of the type to not drill panels of the car if I don't have to. I had bought 15ft of Industrial velcro .. So I said I'll give it a try. Worked like a charm.. So no real "damage" to the car,.. and there's a tray that has a cup holder, and compartments that can go in that slot I pulled out (and am leaving out).. When I go to sell years from now I can put that tray in and not have to worry about it.. but most likely I won't remove anything from the car.. except MAYBE the MB Quarts from rear because they are sort of a speaker you can't buy anymore. Looking forward to it! [/QUOTE]

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