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<blockquote data-quote="PepsiFiend69" data-source="post: 2155280" data-attributes="member: 563619">ok, well lately ive been playing with the idea of custom making a double din dash kit for my car, a 2003 taurus. some of you make know you have to replace that whole huge panel for the dash kit here&#039;s a pic:<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/yoej/system010.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />my questions are....1: how?, i know with fiberglass and bondo it&#039;s possible, but should i base it off of the piece i have now, or go completely custom,&nbsp; also how would the unit attach? could i just go buy a simple double din ring and work off of that?2: bracing, i know these double din&#039;s have to be pretty heavy, theres not much to brace off of behind my dashboard, its kind of just a big void. and i know just plastic wouldn&#039;t be able to support it from the front piece3: suggestions on where to mount the climate controls? i was also thinking of making a console piece for between my seats, should i put them there? or another place could be the glovebox.. moving wouldn&#039;t be hard, i think theres just a few wires for each knobi know it would be a big undertaking, but i do think its possible, im jsut trying to figure out the best way possible.thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PepsiFiend69, post: 2155280, member: 563619"] ok, well lately ive been playing with the idea of custom making a double din dash kit for my car, a 2003 taurus. some of you make know you have to replace that whole huge panel for the dash kit here's a pic:[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v724/yoej/system010.jpg[/IMG] my questions are.... 1: how?, i know with fiberglass and bondo it's possible, but should i base it off of the piece i have now, or go completely custom, also how would the unit attach? could i just go buy a simple double din ring and work off of that? 2: bracing, i know these double din's have to be pretty heavy, theres not much to brace off of behind my dashboard, its kind of just a big void. and i know just plastic wouldn't be able to support it from the front piece 3: suggestions on where to mount the climate controls? i was also thinking of making a console piece for between my seats, should i put them there? or another place could be the glovebox.. moving wouldn't be hard, i think theres just a few wires for each knob i know it would be a big undertaking, but i do think its possible, im jsut trying to figure out the best way possible. thanks [/QUOTE]

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