Double Din Install

[Donnie Yukonie]

Ha i got you. opened up the thread BUT i have a serious ? ok so how much would it cost for me to get my DD kit installed and where should i go?
id do it myself but i want it too look prof thanks

 

[SunlitComet]

http://thedetailss.com/95-99_CK_Double_Din__COMPLE.html is a complete kit or you can do some work yourself. look at the links on the top of the page.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

i have the kit but i was wondering how much it would cost for someone to install the kit for me

 

[SunlitComet]

no clue on that part.

 

[KPOD]

Holy crap that's an expensive kit

When I install a nav unit in mine, I'll just redo it myself, including the repainting.

 

[SunlitComet]

what am i missing that kit should be all you need what other exterior work is needed that you don't want to do?

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

well you have to cut the inside of the dash up on top of cutting out the overlay
i was just curous as to price it would cost for a prof to install it

 

[ChrisAU]

Get a dremel. I know it's scary.

 

[KPOD]

For $430, I can't tell if you get a completly new dash including the area for the 4x4 buttons and around the wheel, or if it's just the plastic around where the head unit and HVAC controls are. Can you post some pictures of what exactly came in the box?

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

ok ill post pics but chris i do have a dremel, and i went to a junkyard to get a extra front dash piece to be the lab rat i was smart enough to do that and the yard let me pull it and keep it for 20 bucks

 

[99_Yukon]

You are gonna need more than a dremel. Lots of hand sanding to make sure you get that plastic insert to fit right and square. I just finished mine and it was very tedious. After with primer....

It's now off getting hydro dipped.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

You are gonna need more than a dremel. Lots of hand sanding to make sure you get that plastic insert to fit right and square. I just finished mine and it was very tedious. After with primer....
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It's now off getting hydro dipped.

wow that looks good ! any tips?

 

[99_Yukon]

Use the dremel to cut the majority of the insert out. Then hand sand to get it perfect. Keep trying and test fitting as you go. Sand just enough to keep going so you don't have to fill any gaps with filler. I ended up just glueing the insert piece in with some gorilla glue from the backside. It is very solid.

Cutting the inside of the dash out is pretty easy. Just really messy! Black plastic everywhere. And just becareful when you cut out at the bottom corner where it says in the instructions. I was very careful not to cut the tab hole out but it still broke free.

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

great ima start working on mine tom post pics when your done

 

[KPOD]

Any pic update?

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

update : 4 cutting wheels later (appearently they dont like being binded up) and about 45 mins and this is what i got NOT DONE yet but its starting to come together ill say another hour or so of just sanding and cutting and i should have a good base

 

[KPOD]

So which of those pieces was the one for $400?

 

[99_Yukon]

So which of those pieces was the one for $400?

He didn't buy the complete dash kit. He got the same kit I did where you do all the work and he gives you the two black insert pieces you see in the photo above which is only $165. Link here;
http://thedetailss.com/95-99_CK_Double_Din.html

 

[KPOD]

He didn't buy the complete dash kit. He got the same kit I did where you do all the work and he gives you the two black insert pieces you see in the photo above which is only $165. Link here;
http://thedetailss.com/95-99_CK_Double_Din.html

Oh have not seen that before, thank ya. I think I'll go for that one then, lot easier to swallow than $400.

 

[99_Yukon]

Here you go....

Still have to install the radio trim ring but it turned out better than I imagined. The hydrodip is amazing.