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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 7116369" data-attributes="member: 540940">For the manual hvac controls, yes, for the digital auto climate (eatc), no.&nbsp; If there is such a kit the massive and well informed taurus enthusiast group isn&#039;t aware of it.&nbsp; I have only come across 2 people who have gotten an HU in the stock control panel location.&nbsp; It is a 100% custom job, and with the oval dash it doesn&#039;t look good anyway.&nbsp; I&#039;m ok with the stock HU.I&#039;ve done a bit of customization.I cut the 5.25 openings in my old Tbird doors to fit 6.5&#039;s.&nbsp; Spent 20+ hrs building a fiberglass (2) 12&quot; sub box molded to the trunk floor too.I built a plywood baffle for 6.5&#039;s in my contour doors.&nbsp; Also added tweets to the sail panels.&nbsp; Had to drill out the molex door wiring connector for speaker wires which was quite a project.I don&#039;t want to slice and dice the Taurus door panels, at least not yet.&nbsp; The car is likely to have some collector&#039;s value some day as a lot of them have camshaft failure since many owners aren&#039;t aware they have to have a weld mod done to correct a design flaw.If my drivers won&#039;t fit I&#039;ll either find something shallower or move on.&nbsp; Stock sound is tolerable.&nbsp; It has JBL speakers and a 20x4 amp.I may be able to get by just adding my sub and amp.No where did I complain.&nbsp; I did, however, state some facts.I knew of the sound mod difficulties before the purchase, but a 235hp/235lb-ft v8 that gets 25 mpg w/91k for $1,600 FAR outweighed the fact that I couldn&#039;t load it up with sound in an hour.The car is FAR from a POS.&nbsp; I think this gen SHO would be one of ford&#039;s all time greats if it weren&#039;t for the cam failures and not offering a manual option.Door panel builds always interested me, but I can never &quot;see&quot; how I would join the glass work with the panel w/o it looking like my 2 y/o did it, and if these door panels are so weak maybe it wouldn&#039;t be a good idea to hang a 4lb speaker on it.At ~$50 and ~$100 respectively, I think I&#039;ll survive.No alt lasts forever.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had to replace an alt in 4 of the last 5 cars I&#039;ve owned.It&#039;s the ***** that&#039;s going to ****.Fortunately that&#039;s purely subjective and I find it to be a very good looking, good handling, comfortable sports sedan that I can actually fit my family in.I&#039;m coming from a Contour.&nbsp; Comparatively the SHO might as well be a bentley.Hate away.&nbsp; I&#039;m loving it at this point.Still waiting to see this dash kit you guys are talking about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 7116369, member: 540940"] For the manual hvac controls, yes, for the digital auto climate (eatc), no. If there is such a kit the massive and well informed taurus enthusiast group isn't aware of it. I have only come across 2 people who have gotten an HU in the stock control panel location. It is a 100% custom job, and with the oval dash it doesn't look good anyway. I'm ok with the stock HU. I've done a bit of customization. I cut the 5.25 openings in my old Tbird doors to fit 6.5's. Spent 20+ hrs building a fiberglass (2) 12" sub box molded to the trunk floor too. I built a plywood baffle for 6.5's in my contour doors. Also added tweets to the sail panels. Had to drill out the molex door wiring connector for speaker wires which was quite a project. I don't want to slice and dice the Taurus door panels, at least not yet. The car is likely to have some collector's value some day as a lot of them have camshaft failure since many owners aren't aware they have to have a weld mod done to correct a design flaw. If my drivers won't fit I'll either find something shallower or move on. Stock sound is tolerable. It has JBL speakers and a 20x4 amp. I may be able to get by just adding my sub and amp. No where did I complain. I did, however, state some facts. I knew of the sound mod difficulties before the purchase, but a 235hp/235lb-ft v8 that gets 25 mpg w/91k for $1,600 FAR outweighed the fact that I couldn't load it up with sound in an hour. The car is FAR from a POS. I think this gen SHO would be one of ford's all time greats if it weren't for the cam failures and not offering a manual option. Door panel builds always interested me, but I can never "see" how I would join the glass work with the panel w/o it looking like my 2 y/o did it, and if these door panels are so weak maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to hang a 4lb speaker on it. At ~$50 and ~$100 respectively, I think I'll survive. No alt lasts forever. I've had to replace an alt in 4 of the last 5 cars I've owned. It's the ***** that's going to ****. Fortunately that's purely subjective and I find it to be a very good looking, good handling, comfortable sports sedan that I can actually fit my family in. I'm coming from a Contour. Comparatively the SHO might as well be a bentley. Hate away. I'm loving it at this point. Still waiting to see this dash kit you guys are talking about. [/QUOTE]

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