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does anyone make a good dash kit for our trucks. instead of this flat one that doesn't fit right. i'm tired of looking at this flat thing in a curved dash. if not i'm going to have to machine one out of aluminum at work. (it's good to be a machinist). i'm including pics of my dash so you can see the gaps that the flat dash kits leave you with.

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This post has been edited by rc51matt: May 31 2010, 11:55 PM

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I used this:

Metra 95-3305 Double DIN Installation Dash Kit for 2006-up Chevrolet Vehicles

 

 

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yeah but would that work with my dash also. because that looks good where mine looks like a hack job

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www.crutchfield.com

 

You should be able to call them, tell them your exact model of truck and head unit and they should be able to find you an install kit.

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rc51matt,

 

Is your dash shiny?

 

Where did you get 'shiny' from?

 

 

what do you mean by shiny

 

 

and the piece fit just right, a little fine tweaking on placement of the deck and it will be ok

  • 2 months later...
Posted
I used this:

Metra 95-3305 Double DIN Installation Dash Kit for 2006-up Chevrolet Vehicles

 

 

1000158w.jpg

 

 

 

I'm interested in gettin a double din deck like yours (or similar) for my 09 slt with factory Bose cd player non nav. Can anyone tell me what is all required to retain my Onstar, steering wheel controls, Bluetooth,, and XM radio??? Lots of the double din units on the market claim to be 'xm ready', 'ipod ready' , 'bluetooth' etc...do we still need to buy additional cables or modules or anything?

 

Thanks

  • 1 month later...
Posted
I used this:

Metra 95-3305 Double DIN Installation Dash Kit for 2006-up Chevrolet Vehicles

 

 

1000158w.jpg

 

 

 

I'm interested in gettin a double din deck like yours (or similar) for my 09 slt with factory Bose cd player non nav. Can anyone tell me what is all required to retain my Onstar, steering wheel controls, Bluetooth,, and XM radio??? Lots of the double din units on the market claim to be 'xm ready', 'ipod ready' , 'bluetooth' etc...do we still need to buy additional cables or modules or anything?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

i've seen double din video screen, that maintains all of the factory gadgets on crutchfield.com, rosen makes it, round about $1,500

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