How to mount your car stereo in a dash kit

I explain how to mount in your car stereo with out without a dash install kit, How the stereo sleeve/cage and mounting kit line up with one another and what to do when it doesn't look as good as you thought it would!

[@bajam4463]

8 years later and this video is still paying off. Thank you so much!

[@williammadonna7460]

Dude, 6 years later and this video is still paying off! After sifting through tons of vids on KZbin that all wanted to blather on about wiring - imagine how relieved I was when right out of the gate I hear you say, "there are a million other videos out there talking about wiring, we're not even gonna talk about that". Direct and to the point with EXACTLY the information I was seeking. Wish I could give more hitch-hiking thumbs to you. One hardly seems to do justice to the time you've just saved me. Thank you!

[@jaapjethee]

It has been 7 years now but this was helpful for me. Never done it before so i was totally clueless. Thanks!

[@DerpBtches]

that radio is so rad, holy smokes. This video helped a lot, thanks man(:

[@richcu4458]

Thank you for showing this specifically. It was driving me nuts as to what I was doing wrong.

[@Lesscoelectronics]

I'm glad it helped, Im always surprised how the basics are overlooked and ignored

[@blank7703]

Hope you enjoyed (are still enjoying?) your stereo gift as much as I enjoyed this really helpful and good video. Thank you very much for taking the time to put it together and show a very helpful set of hands-on aspect of stereo installation. This kind of visual, to the point demonstration makes a huge difference in how much time it takes to succeed. Way different than staring at tiny, billion words manual made for 20 different models, etc. Thanks again!

[@josemtz4517]

Excellent information! I was wondering how that sleeve worked. No other video explains it this well!

[@chuck56176]

Thanks for posting this! Exactly what I needed to start my custom installation. Haven't put in a stereo since the '70 when all they had were brackets on the sides, lol....

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Glad it was helpful, Thanks again.

[@declary]

I thanks you as well..it was driving me crazy trying to find a video showing how the sleeve and radio install works..thanks tons.

[@dex_modder4886]

i took 3 hrs tryna find out how to do this but i found ur video and fixed it in less than 5 min

[@cincinnatislider]

When most people make directions, they leave out the basics. They assume you know XYZ and build on that. Guy: "Yeah, just go up the street..." Me: "So it's a hill?" Guy: "No, when you turn left, just go down the street." Me: "So there is not a hill but I am supposed to go up or down?" Guy and Me simultaneously: "You're an idiot." You did a fine job and got me started, thanks.

[@ogpudding]

Thanks for this video, I didn't know trim rings existed, but they are exactly what I needed for my old VW Bus. Thanks!

[@naenae6630]

Thank you so much I’ve been trying this for 2 days and was so confusing so than you

[@peyi8434]

Thanks dude. The last time I installed radio myself back in the 90s. This video helps a lot. 2 thumbs up

[@solsticedr1fter394]

Thankyou so much I was confused on how to mount the first metal plate and didn't know what to bend. I appreciate it!

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Glad I could help!

[@terpboyz6532]

Helped me install my new pioneer on my civic! Thanks bro

[@artincorona]

Awesome video!

[@air9carbon1]

Love your video. Very too the point and just all around awesome.

[@sarag1158]

Finally! Some kind of explanation!! Appreciated!

[@goldenboygq9]

Thanks for the video helped a ton!

[@justindagarage389]

thank you so much for the longest time my head unit kept falling into the dash when I pressed a button

[@ThePassandgoaway]

Does this apply to double din sized radio screens? I'm about to try installing one for the first time

[@dontaskmeforusername]

Where do you get the metal sleeve thingy

[@JNT4067]

AWESOME!!!

[@victorbenitez9119]

Thanks the cars before my actual cars, have a oem bracket and it was easy to fit the stereo, but my actual car doesn’t have, so I don’t know how to installed until I saw your video thanks

[@patrickobrien2068]

You're a God send, bro. Thank you!

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Glad to help

[@Justinyork06]

Thank you dude! Such a helpful video!!!!

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Glad it helped!

[@BADDUDE_CORNPOP]

I have a 78 Camaro and I want to use a flip out screen head unit. But as the screen folds out and up it will hit part of the dashboard. So my question is is there like a mounting kit and a plastic molding bracket for around it that will bump the stereo head unit out like 3 inches closer to the driver so that I could use this like I want? If you Google a 78 Camaro dashboard you'll see what I'm talking about like on the dashboard where it would hit somebody please help me direct me to the right video the right product to bring my head unit out about 3 in

[@snight01]

love ya man

[@jayplaysx3837]

Thank you for this video ! 💯

[@Lesscoelectronics]

You bet!

[@Intermezzo_Ivory]

But how do you go about it you are going to dismount it?

[@ProjectVengeance]

Have you ever seen a trim kit that sits flush in a din hole however angles the radio at a 45?

[@Syktris]

thank you

[@pellaeonchi333]

thanks a lot, I remove it but don't know how to install it..... thanks!!!

[@alcameron6071]

Wow! That is really cool. I've got a 2001 dodge ram 1500 and I am real close to picking out a new aftermarket radio to replace the original stereo cassette player in my truck. The left front speaker I'll put is working intermittently inside the radio and it is cheaper to buy a new aftermarket radio than it is to find a radio shop to have them tear into it and fix it. Makes these new radio so cheap why bother replacing the old one when you can get a new one for less than $100? I was real interested in how you separated the tin can from the main radio unit and attached the mounting to the can and then slid the whole unit in and it clicked in the place. I've been looking for a demonstration of that which you provided. Thanks a lot you just made my night.

[@thangnguyen02]

Thank you. I didn't bend the things and my stereo slid right in. I stupidly used.. duct tapes to hold it. It lasted a year, and now I'd have to fix it. Ugh. Can't believe the answer is so simple, yet i didn't know. LOL

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Thats why I make these videos, I hope it was valuable.

[@chanceoc84]

Where can I get the trim rings and the sleeves from?

[@Lesscoelectronics]

I have some, alot of them can be found on ebay pretty easily too

[@AJSrbin]

Am I able to buy a new chassis if I broke my own? Found your video but unfortunately too late

[@teddyperera8531]

Thank you

[@bal42007]

thank you ...saved me 45 bucks

[@dodgercan]

What is the name of the stereo you use I like the way it pops up.

[@Lesscoelectronics]

its a clarion nz503

[@arickmiller4017]

Use a mini flathead screwdriver to extract the bend tabs on the sleeve.

[@outoftime788]

u no the front part wer the stereo goes in? do u no if they hav this exact same kit but the front stiks out more? i hav a kit like this but the stereo is touchin the inside of the truk 93 s10. so the stereo is stikin out about 1/2"

[@Lesscoelectronics]

yes, there are 4 versions of that s10 kit, use the fitment guide at metraonline.com to see the available choices.

[@outoftime788]

thanx man ive herd of metra i jus totaly forgot bout them. man they got lots of stuff on ther wish i went to the site a long time ago. i think i figured out wat i need. if i put 2 trim rings that should do the trik im hopin

[@Lesscoelectronics]

That may work, But it'd be butt ugly, Invest the 10 bucks in the right kit and you'll have a 1/2" to spare!

[@agalah408]

That display comes out slowly, like a ramp on a Rick Sanchez spaceship.

[@18thOvkkleyIGSDN]

Whats that name of the Stereo u have, the DVD player??

[@Lesscoelectronics]

its a clarion nz503 I think

[@RobertoAlvarez-wv8vf]

I knew I was missing something. Thanks Man! Great video

[@heisenburger3423]

What stereo is that I want one

[@Lesscoelectronics]

I think it was a clarion nz500

[@macgnf9061]

i did mine all wrong lol!! the first part that comes off the unit i threw away. I didnt install the clips from my old radio to the new kit so it will snap in place and threw the old radio away already. smh you live and learn. I am just going to rig it up and drill it into the dash like a hillbilly.

[@Bojorquez_I]

Do you need the stereo cage to install

[@Lesscoelectronics]

In most cases, yes. the only exception is when youre doing an iso mount.

[@Bojorquez_I]

@@Lesscoelectronics how can you do an ebrake bypass if the wire harness dont have that wire

[@urchinlookinmf]

How do I take it out lol

[@iamasmurf1122]

Nate Thomas usually when you buy these or when you buy new car stereos with these brackets it has two keys you slide in each side once the keys are in you pull on the keys

[@jakeg6738]

I was losing my mind trying to figure out how to do this

[@stanshankman6997]

I watched you bend the tabs in, but it is not clear *how* the tabs work. (What they 'push' against etc.). I wish you had shown the back side, so we could see more clearly what was going on. Otherwise, good video! - Thanks

[@iamasmurf1122]

Stan Shankman they brace against the plastic top and bottom , it’s pretty straight forward

[@mattwhite7014]

5:01 - I still don't understand how the back strap works.

[@christopherworkman5470]

The hole in my dash is too wide. Where my truck had an old knob radio. (internet Example: photobucket.com/gallery/user/maytag906/media/bWVkaWFJZDo2OTMwMDU4Mw==/?ref=) , the excess plastic was cut away with a jig saw.

[@jamesb1988]

I thought that metal bracket cocksucker was an antitheft device, that's how difficult/irritating they can be to remove/install.

[@9graff9]

Dude you sound like Steve buscemi

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Ive heard that before, and I look like Andrew McCarthy

[@9graff9]

@@Lesscoelectronics haha awesome!!

[@Intermezzo_Ivory]

Thank you

[@Lesscoelectronics]

welcome ;)