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Recently I found a brilliant post by info, posted back in 2006, and entitled A Car Stereo Installation Guide that I strongly suggest everyone reads! Here’s a few little excerpts in the hope of whetting your appetites!

You may want to leave the complicated stuff to the professionals, like installing delicate equipment like LCD panels, motorized parts etc. especially if it requires the creation of custom panels and such. Head units are one of the easiest to do in a car stereo installation. Fortunately, most units follow the same size standards (DIN). In many cars, once the factory radio is removed the aftermarket radio will fit in the hole. In many other cars, a kit is needed if the factory hole is too big, or not deep enough. In some cases the dash has to be cut.

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Ring mounting is when an aftermarket radio comes with a metal ring that gets mounted to the factory radio hole or aftermarket kit via bendable tabs. In many cars, dash and trim rings have to be filed to enlarge the radio hole. Once the ring is installed, the radio slides in and is held by snaps. In most cases, special tools are required to remove the radio. Speakers are very critical in a car stereo installation.

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Just make sure there are no gaps or holes. Sometimes building a wood or fiberglass baffle helps reduce holes and gives you much better sound. But always be careful when using power tools around speakers. Car stereo installation warranties usually don’t cover holes in speakers. For unconventional speaker locations, sometimes metal has to be cut. You might want to leave this to the professionals, tools like plasma cutters and pneumatics drills are required. But if you’re going to insist, a pair of metal snips (left and right cut) will do.

Now then, reading info’s article started me off thinking so I had a quick search around for some other posts on the subject and uncovered some more gems. For example, Car Stereo Installation : Car Stereo Installers | Audio Car … by Admin, posted back in 2010, on Car Stereo Installers | Audio Car Install | Car Stereo Installation:

Browse > Home / Everything About Cars / Car Stereo Installation After learning and getting a good grasp on the different types of car audio gear and what they all do, the next step is to decide whether the products will be installed in a basic installation or a custom installation. Basic installations are the type that you would find that are completed in one business day. Examples include, installing replacement speakers behind your factory door panel, a source unit installation in a dash, or constructing a basic wooden subwoofer box. These types of installation can be performed with minimal skill level and instruction. If you work in a car audio installation shop, performing basic installations can be a sure way to quickly develop the skills needed to take your installation up a notch to the next level.                 Get Shareaholic Related ArticlesYamaha RH2C Stereo Headphones … Ear Force X11 Amplified Stereo Headset with Chat … .

Another fantastic post on the subject came from admin on 3firsts.com posted back in April, entitled Car Stereo Installation Guide which is also definitely worth a read.

Besides, doing a car stereo installation yourself can be a very rewarding experience, not to mention you can learn a lot from it too. Nothing beats the feeling of seeing your “creation” in action, running smoothly and perfectly. But be very careful, you really won’t want to damage your expensive hardware. Well, most car audio hardware are no-brainers to install, you’d find that most of the time the parts have specially shaped sockets and slots etc.

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