Well its been a while since I checked in. Sorry, but I am deployed.

Anyway I have a Pioneer AVIC D1 and did a custom dash peice for it and my roomate said it cracked real bad in the heat while I have been gone. Yeah it was my first crack at it...so what?

I have seen alot of you guys with double dins and wondered what kit you used. I am just going to order a new dash peice and use a kit if they have one.

I dont see a kit that is for the element with a double din. So if there is one how the hell did you make it work. I need details so I can order everything I need for when I get back. I have a few weeks of play time when I get home, and need to dedicate it to my poor vehicles.

THANKS!

My DDX7015 came with a trim ring from Crutchfield. I'm not sure if Kenwood included it or Crutchfield packaged it with it but it was there in the box. It's a beveled edge trim ring but I have seen others that are flat. I did have to tweak the way the unit sits in order to have the edge of the ring be flush with the radio surround panel. What I did was bend the mounting bracket's tabs to adjust the height and angle at which the unit sits. This allowed the trim ring to sit where it looked the best.




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The trim ring you want with the Honda factory bezel is Metra 99-9999 (http://www.audiooutfitter.com/store/99-9999.html). It's actually a double DIN installation kit although you obviously don't need the mounting pieces, just the trim ring. This (http://outpost42004lementtereonstall.fotopic.net/p21065600.html) is probably the best picture of the trim ring I have in my car. You'll need to cut the trim ring down in order to fit. It's too wide - top, bottom and on the sides. It still looks a little hokey to me. I have this nice Honda factory bezel and then this piece of black plastic. In fact, I was planning to do what you had done, use the factory shroud and add onto it the 3/8" I need to wrap the deck tightly. Thanks for being the jackrabbit, setting the pace. I won't use much bondo and instead mostly plastic, with the bondo only to smooth things out.

I'll probably do this over the next couple of weeks and post it in my E-xtraordinary Car Stereo Install thread if you want to see how my version comes out.

Where are you deployed to, hondaguru?

All I will say is its hot here. Other than that I cant.

I see what your saying about how yours looks. Maybe I will just redo mine and see what happnds.

Mine was done with liquid plastic and some filler, and it still cracked. So I may try again.

I really like empires. It looks professionally done.

I used the factory brackets off of the stock radio. My double din is recessed behind the factory trim bezel. And I used the trim ring that mine came with to fill the remaining space. It temporary but looks good enough for now. I wish I had the pics on my computer. I will try and get them up soon.

cool let me know when you get it