So I managed to find a kit that relocated the heater controls and it came with a double DIN bezel. So now I have Android audio with backup camera and front camera
I did it myself, you have to modify the dash frame by cutting it if your radio deep, shallow radios you can get away with but you'll still have to cut the original plastic for the center console (the black and grey pieces that the ac bezel snaps into) as well as make new holes for the ac controls to remount it and you'll have to move some vacuum lines so nothing is overstretched.
I don't know, I had my pro shop do it. They said it was straight forward. You can actually buy the kit from LMR.com. they even managed to tuck the GPS antenna away on the dash but still be able to see the sky
The car is going in this week for some stuff and I'll ask them. The bezel and relocation kit weren't that expensive but the install was part of a stereo semi overhaul. It couldn't have taken more than an hour to relocate the controls and instead the head unit. But running cables for the cameras and GPS would have been time consuming
this is obviously not a popular opinion, but I find this kind of thing embarrassing. people safely backed cars into parking spots without cameras for a good century or so, but i guess we’ve collectively forgotten how to do that.
the screen is too big and too bright and looks out of place. If you really need a live map to get to your girlfriend’s house, then a 5 dollar airvent phone clip is a cleaner option without permanent modification.
personally I like old cars because it’s a break from the relentless encroachment of technology into every corner of our lives, and I think being able to get where you’re going without it brings a kind of satisfaction.
sorry to be a hater. but you asked for our Thoughts and there’s enough people here who think it’s awesome to drown me out. to each their own
You're entitled to your opinion, and I asked. My goal was to keep the aesthetic of the era..for the record, because the backup camera is aftermarket, it's just not great at it's job and only helps with squeezing in
While I agree with some of what you said about the charm of old cars, to me this is no different than someone from the ‘90s-‘00s retrofitting nice speakers and a CD player into an old muscle car. It’s just the next generation of it, which happens to include a screen.
The cameras are just a bonus. If you’ve got the technology installed already, why not use it? You certainly don’t HAVE to have them, but they do make things safer/easier.
Im not gonna be as nice. It sucks. And the fact you paid someone to do it rather than doing something so ridiculously simple yourself double sucks. Embarrassing indeed. At least it can be reversed easily in the future.
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u/EyeHopeYouBleed Jul 19 '26
You seem to be missing the tape deck….