Headunit in DCi

[Magic Johnson]

Won't f*cking fit because of a stupid bit of plastic sticking out from the back of the hole where the headunit goes.

My original train of thought involved a hammer and chisel but I thought I'd ask here first.

Anybody else encountered this?

 

[MT AUDIO]

what unit you putting it in?

 

[Magic Johnson]

Kenwood KCD 8090R iirc.

It fitted fine in my PH1 1.2. It's like a small oval piece of plastic sticking out.

 

[MT AUDIO]

thats there to hold the standard unit straight,it wont make any difference to fitting it in so long as you make sure the cables are out the way and also you havent got a rubber bung on the back of the unit

 

[Magic Johnson]

I have buddy. The thing is, the standard HU is about an 1.5 inches shorter than the Kenwood one, expect the part you plug the power leads in to is extended.

The Kenwood is flush at the back, hence it not going fully in.

 

[MT AUDIO]

if thats the case then you can cut it out no probs

 

[Magic Johnson]

Can't get in to it to cut it out but I can smash it to pieces though.

 

[Mike_182]

Don't need to IIRC, the problem is your stump on the back of it will be too big. Take it out and use one off an Alpine, also take the dash top off and you can see to wiggle. Tis what I had to do for the Trophy!

 

[Magic Johnson]

Where do I find an Alpine stump Mike?

 

[Mike_182]

Where do I find an Alpine stump Mike?

Alpine stockists can get it as spares. Only a few quid tops - speak to MT Audio!

 

[MT AUDIO]

Alpine stockists can get it as spares. Only a few quid tops - speak to MT Audio!

to be honest its not even worth buying,the alpine cage will keep it straight and true

 

[Mike_182]

to be honest its not even worth buying,the alpine cage will keep it straight and true

True actually - just looked and it's a 'boring old' CD player - I only did it as mine was a fold-out screen job and a little force at the end of that is a lot at the back to move it out of place!

 

[Magic Johnson]

Fail on my part here lads, it was getting caught on a little lip, shoogled it past that and it fitted fine!

Just the standard one being shorter threw me off. Thanks for your help anyway.