Norm-L
SCCoA Member
Last year, I decided to get a GPS/stereo to make it a bit easier to find car show locations. Against my better judgment, I picked a single din radio with a pop-up screen. T-Bird dashes are so sleek that I was sure I wouldn't like the radio sticking out over an inch even with the screen retracted. I was right. It didn't look the way I wanted it to. After seeing that a couple of people had modified their dashes to fit a double-din radio, I realized that it could be done without interference from the air ducts behind the dash, so I figured I'd take on the challenge. My goal was to make it so that people unfamiliar with MN12s would not even know there was a mod. I also wanted to keep my indicator lights. I got myself a Kenwood DNX573s, 2 junkyard dash panels to combine into one, some LEDS, and taught myself some plastic welding. This is what I came up with.
I cut out the divider and moved it up, which left just enough room for the new indicator lights.
I mounted the LEDS, 2 per indicator, to the plastic radio/climate control mount
LED test
Cutting the dash frame was he only mod I needed for clearance.
to be continued......
I cut out the divider and moved it up, which left just enough room for the new indicator lights.
I mounted the LEDS, 2 per indicator, to the plastic radio/climate control mount
LED test
Cutting the dash frame was he only mod I needed for clearance.
to be continued......
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