I am trying to flush mount a full face dvd head unit although all the kits I can find I cannot flush mount the face stucks out and looks terrible... any suggestions?!?!

 

You need to look for a kit that allows "ISO" mounting; uses tabs along the side instead of using the "DIN" cage.


This is a Metra brand kit, can be used either ISO or DIN.

 

Here is the kit I used. It is the metra 99-5807.

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anyone know if the free kits that crutchfield or cardomain provides allow this?

 

thanks for the Info. guys!! -jonah

 

Yes they do...just installed a Alpine CDE-9843 from Crutchfield. They shipped it free, provided the free mounting kit, free wiring harness, free OEM deck removal tools, and free instructions. It's a bit of a bugger to get the mounting cage attached to the mounting kit...glad I had a dremmel to cut some of the tabs in half so they would not interfear when snapping the kit into place. The whole task took about an hour, but I'm really picky.

 

I just installed an Alpine 9851 with the free Crutchfield mounting and it turned out pretty well:



I tried all of the various combinations of cage, no-cage, factory (Alpine) trim and mounting bracket trim - what looked best for me was to not use the cage or the factory trim.

I attached the ISO single brackets to the sides of the radio, slid that into the mounting bracket and used the trim included with the mounting bracket.

The storage pocket - which some people hate - worked out well. I ran the ipod cable from the adaptor into it and my ipod fits perfectly...

dfg