> Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 08:12:29 -0500 > Reply-to: tforhan@usa.pipeline.com > From: Tom Forhan <tforhan@usa.pipeline.com> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Vanagon Stereo Upgrade Question > I want to replace my cassette/radio with a dash mounted CD player. > > Following Ajax' hints from a few weeks ago, I ordered a Crutchfield catalog > as basic reference material. After drooling for a while, I called the 800 number to find > out what size reciever would fit in the Syncro Westie. The sales rep said I could > not exceed 6 1/4 inches in depth. That pretty much excluded 95% of the head units > they had listed, including ALL the dash mounted CD players. > > Who has been down this road before? Is the 6 1/4" restriction for real? > Tom, You have a 90 Syncro so I am guessing here but. . . . This restriction is listed because of a mounting rack behind the stereo hole. I removed mine in 2 minutes with a air grinder. It might also be possible to bend it back and forth to make it break but I wouldn't recommend that approach. If you don't have one, I'd bet that almost any mechanic shop would do it for you in no time. Greg Gregory V. Robinson ajax@why.net tcdfw@aol.com (TwinCell: 2 Cellular Phones / 1 Number) 85 BMW 535i 157K (BMW Digest) 85 VW Vanagon 135K (Vanagon List) BMW Resource Page: http://users.why.net/ajax/bmw.htm Great Drives Page: http://users.why.net/ajax/gdrives.htm
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