'95-99 Radio "hole" size in dash

[toomanyhobbies]

Hi All,

I am getting down to the short strokes of my '98 2 door renovation and I am looking for a new stereo. I would like a touch screen but don't want to hack up the dash and I don't want one that mechanically comes out of the dash. Anyone had any luck here with something that fits? Truck is at the body shop so it's not in front of me to measure, so if anyone knows the height and width of the hole it goes in that would help as well.

Thanks

 

[skylark]

It is a 1.5 din.

 

[Dave454ss]

It is a 1.5 din.

True...and while I haven't used one yet..the Metra DP3003 looks like a nice solution to get a Double DIN in there which really opens up options & possibilities. I'm a while away from doing the interior, but at this time thats the road I plan on exploring when its time.

 

[phule]

I had to do some trimming to the bezel & radio hole to get a DD in there. Its a 1.5 slot so no matter what way you cutnit the hole has to be bigger.

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[toomanyhobbies]

phule,

Any chance you could post some pics?

Thanks

 

[toomanyhobbies]

Dimsensions would still help. Doing a google search of "1.5 DIN" doens't turn up much. Filtering by height is easier.

 

[Dave454ss]

I had to do some trimming to the bezel & radio hole to get a DD in there. Its a 1.5 slot so no matter what way you cutnit the hole has to be bigger.

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No Hacking Required:
http://metraonline.com/part/DP-3003

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[JCribb]

No Hacking Required:
http://metraonline.com/part/DP-3003

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I haven’t seen this before, thanks for sharing.

 

[William King]

I just installed the Metra DP-3003 in my OBS 2000 C2500. The inside cutting was a breeze, and I did have to modify the new Bezel as it sat just a hair high. The HVAC top icons were cut off too. I removed the separator and sanded the edges down to look right. Now it sits really nice. Here is a picture before I cut the bezel.

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[Dr.Zoom]

I cut for a 2din and used a kit for the bezel and rails(I think it was a metra). I believe I used a dremel with a cutoff wheel and by hand with a reciprocating saw blade for parts(may have been a jigsaw blade) and the plastic cuts pretty easily. I put the radio in partially to see what needed cut away so I took the least material out as possible.

I'm really happy with it. My only gripe with the radio is that it takes about 10 seconds to boot up. I had already upgraded my front door speakers(suburban) which was an improvement while I still used the stock radio, but having a good sounding head unit has been a better improvement.