Would anyone have a slant console they would be willing to part with? I sure would like to get the radio to fit better than the way the previous owner rigged in there.

 

Thanks

contact crutchfield, you'd be surprised what they have in stock. they had the kit for my 87 GL-10 with trip computer, which is a TOTAL oddball..

What color interior ? I have a dark grey sitting in a wreckers 5 minutes away...

 

Dean.

contact crutchfield, you'd be surprised what they have in stock. they had the kit for my 87 GL-10 with trip computer, which is a TOTAL oddball..

Crutchfield's kit for the EA81 does not help it all. Its so you can fit shafted radios in the stock console...

Crutchfield's kit for the EA81 does not help it all. Its so you can fit shafted radios in the stock console...

 

Most of their kits for older vehicles come complete (IE you have to cut the face out for a DIN receiver) The one I put in my car did.. (btw, to the OP: look at my thread titled "Look what I did on Monday!")

 

I had to cut it out. They SAY that the DIN cage should have ears that get bent forwards, to hold the DIN cage against that plastic faceplate, and THAT is what holds the stereo up. Sounded weird to me, too, which is why I went ahead and took the ROYAL PITA route of installing the cupholder with mine, too.. my install was rather custom, and when I dis assemble to attach the front speaker wires, I will take good photos.

 

That shall have to wait, however.. IM GOING TO SEBRING this weekend...

 

(sorry, the 12 hours of Sebring is a MAJOR family tradition, and I haven't been since 2000....)

Most of their kits for older vehicles come complete (IE you have to cut the face out for a DIN receiver) The one I put in my car did.. (btw, to the OP: look at my thread titled "Look what I did on Monday!")

That's nice and all, but the EA81 dash kit is just a plate that covers the original stereo hole and the lower part has a cut out with two holes for a shaft radio... Its not designed at all for a DIN stereo (in fact, its actually narrower)

 

You can just cut a DIN sized hole in your console, however there's really not a whole lot of room on the stock console anyways to put a DIN stereo. There's just to little clearance between the heater core and the stereo. Some shorter stereos can fit, but its a pain.

 

One thing you might look at is using the EA82 dash kit and screw it into your console, this will space out the stereo enough to clear the heater core. However, depending where you place, the shifter will hit it.

I've got the EA82 kit in both my Brat and my Lifted wagon - I've never had a shifter or my hand hit the stereo or adaptor with either a 4 or 5 speed. You will lose the ashtray though.

 

GD

All you have to do is enlarge the hole that the little change tray thing was in and use that for the new head unit. Then enlarge the hole the old radio came from to hold the change tray.

 

You won't be able to push the radio all the way in because it hits the heater, so make a spacer out of aluminum or wood to space it out from the surface of the console. I was lucky and had access to a machine shop. I don't know if I am linking this photo correctly but go to my member photos and you can find it there if the photo didn't link. It's the only photo under my user name.

 

It doesn't interfere with anything and I still have the change tray and ash tray. I made my spacer so that the head unit fits snugly and bolted it to the console as pictured so I didn't even have to support the head unit from the backside in any way.

 

The kit for the EA81's may not work correctly but some generic kits have pieces in them that can act in much the same way the the spacer I made.

 

 

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=6812&sl=j

All you have to do is enlarge the hole that the little change tray thing was in and use that for the new head unit. Then enlarge the hole the old radio came from to hold the change tray.

 

You won't be able to push the radio all the way in because it hits the heater, so make a spacer out of aluminum or wood to space it out from the surface of the console. I was lucky and had access to a machine shop. I don't know if I am linking this photo correctly but go to my member photos and you can find it there if the photo didn't link. It's the only photo under my user name.

 

It doesn't interfere with anything and I still have the change tray and ash tray. I made my spacer so that the head unit fits snugly and bolted it to the console as pictured so I didn't even have to support the head unit from the backside in any way.

 

The kit for the EA81's may not work correctly but some generic kits have pieces in them that can act in much the same way the the spacer I made.

 

 

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=6812&sl=j

 

 

What he says there, at the end, was basically what I had to do to put my stereo into the 87 GL-10.. I used the kit (that was actually made for the car) but I had to use some ingenuity to actually make it work... I am not gonna try to explain it all, since the upcoming photos will do FAR better than I can do with words...

 

If GD says an EA-82 kit should work on the spacing, then that is what I would do. Basically, you need a bezel/spacer to help "create" a large enough slot in your dashboard.

 

No one ever said putting a stereo into an older soob was easy, unfortunately..