I've just bought a Kenwood KDC-W3037 single DIN head unit from Halfrauds with my usual "how hard can it be" attitude towards fitting it and cannot for the life of me work out how you are supposed to secure it into the dash. I have come to the conclusion that I must be missing a part and thought I'd post on here to find out if anyone knows what I am missing and where I can get it :) - I've even resorted to reading the instructions and they are no help as they just say bend the tabs of the mounting cage and screw it in (with screws that aren't included!!! :shock:). The only screw holes behind the radio surround are the 2 at the top but it looks like there used to be 2 more probably about a head unit's size below them but the plastic has been broken (probably by the b@stard that stole the radio before I bought the car) so there is no screw hole on either side anymore but even if they were there there's no way this Kenwood mounting cage would be able to screw into them! Am I missing some sort of Nissan mounting cage?
My plan is to fit the head unit into the bottom unit and make a piece of chrome plate with "Nissan 300ZX" cut out of it and backlight it red to match the head unit illumination instead of a standard blanking plate :)
Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a brushed aluminium dash kit and photos they can upload? I've looked on eBay but there's no pictures of the kit fitted so I'm not to keen on buying one without looking at it first. What actually is it that you get when you buy a dash kit? Just pre cut out sticky backed stuff?
And finally, are the Door/Dash/Consol leather trim kit and the seat trim kit from Zcentre any good?
I've just bought a Kenwood KDC-W3037 single DIN head unit from Halfrauds with my usual "how hard can it be" attitude towards fitting it and cannot for the life of me work out how you are supposed to secure it into the dash. I have come to the conclusion that I must be missing a part and thought I'd post on here to find out if anyone knows what I am missing and where I can get it :) - I've even resorted to reading the instructions and they are no help as they just say bend the tabs of the mounting cage and screw it in (with screws that aren't included!!! :shock:). The only screw holes behind the radio surround are the 2 at the top but it looks like there used to be 2 more probably about a head unit's size below them but the plastic has been broken (probably by the b@stard that stole the radio before I bought the car) so there is no screw hole on either side anymore but even if they were there there's no way this Kenwood mounting cage would be able to screw into them! Am I missing some sort of Nissan mounting cage?
My plan is to fit the head unit into the bottom unit and make a piece of chrome plate with "Nissan 300ZX" cut out of it and backlight it red to match the head unit illumination instead of a standard blanking plate :)
Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a brushed aluminium dash kit and photos they can upload? I've looked on eBay but there's no pictures of the kit fitted so I'm not to keen on buying one without looking at it first. What actually is it that you get when you buy a dash kit? Just pre cut out sticky backed stuff?
And finally, are the Door/Dash/Consol leather trim kit and the seat trim kit from Zcentre any good?
Thanks,
James