Ok so my navi unit came in the mail =D

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I bought a faceplate from another dakota, and cut it to fit the double din screen. (i saved my old faceplate in case i ever wanted to switch back)

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I had to glue a couple of plastic strips cut to fit he round wells where the volume and tunning ***** used to be.

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and off came the old

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if you look below you can see a plastic strip where the old radio used to rest; i cut that off too.

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The radio was intalled, and I ran my wires for the sub amplifier.

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And 4 hours later!

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Works like a charm!

 

that is awesome! Gu8ess it was not "plug and play"?

 

ha! not at all.

I bought the harness kit so i didnt have to cut and match every singe wire. I also needed the antenna adaptor.

Other than that I just had to get creative with the cutting. My whole idea was to install an aftermarket Navi unit that would look as close to a stock system as possible.

 

That looks professional to me! Nice work!

 

Thanks! That was my first custom job but I think now I caught the bug!

 

Looks great!!!

 

Nice install. Yeah the harness kit is the way to go. Little extra work but worth it.

 

oh, I though this was one of those mygig things. This one is aftermarket. What brand is it?

 

looks good

 

Yes, really nice install. I would also like to know what brand and model is it.