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Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:28 PM
I have the metra dash kit to install my headunit in my cav nice a flush, well I have been using the radio's cage and trim ring. Well I looked on their site and seen that they had a kit that you can just screw the headunit to the kit and use their plastic trim ring that looks much cleaner. Come to find out I looked and I have the same kit.... So I got the instruction booklet out and looked and low and behold that was exactly the kit they they had shown on their site. I today i pulled out my headunit and am tryin to get the bend in the pocket straight and have it set up this way and I must say it looks much better! I'll post a pic later on .



2009 Ford Mustang V6

Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:57 PM
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Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:05 PM
I can make it look like this minus the deodorant trying to get rid of the bend that you see in the 2nd pic

instead of lookin like this




2009 Ford Mustang V6
Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:31 PM
I have the same head unit, but my Metra kit didn't have a pocket. My head unit doesn't make the bottom bend out though. Maybe you have a wrong tab pushed down, which is pushing the bottom down instead of holding the cage in place.
Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:33 PM
that might have been, I discovered that i dont even need the cage now, It's got pieces that I attach to it that screw into the side of the headunit instead.



2009 Ford Mustang V6
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Friday, January 12, 2007 8:04 AM
id get you a piece of black plexi, cut it to fit that entire opening and cut a hole opening exactly the same size as your headunit and it will look even smoother.


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Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:41 AM
I put switches there to hold my sag up!!



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Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:08 AM
heat up the plastic, then stick the deoderant in it, while the plastic is still hot



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Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:03 PM
I used a hair dryer to heat it up then stuck it in, didnt help, stuck it in steeming hot water and then stuck it in, still went back.



2009 Ford Mustang V6
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Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:44 PM
i bought the cheap scosche kit at walmart and had no problems with sagging.


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Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:40 PM
I have the metra kit in mine and it didn't do that, hmmm wierd but that does look good.




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Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:22 PM
I think it might have been caused by the radio sitting so tight in there without much space that it pushed it a lil bit making it do that.



2009 Ford Mustang V6
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Monday, January 15, 2007 6:05 PM
I had that same kit and I didn't like the way it looked. I eventually found another one and it almost looks stock cause it vehicle specific. And it's built so you don't need to have a trim around the face plate. Not to mention its got a MUCH deeper pocket.
Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 15, 2007 8:51 PM
put a piece of double sided tape and tape it to the bottom of the radio.



Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 15, 2007 9:39 PM
I am gonna have to get a new one I cracked it tryin to get it straight. oh well.



2009 Ford Mustang V6
Re: Metra makes me feel stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 15, 2007 10:08 PM
i had that kit, and now i have the scosche cd kit, soundkase its called. but i cant get screws to fit the side of my kenwood radio anywhere, the stereo shops keep giving me screws that dont fit it. any ideas where i can get these?? they didnt come with my radio, or the dash kit.


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