I bought a car stereo with CD player and remote control for $79 here at
Canadian Tire. Was a special for 2 days only. The frame fits perfect without
any modification and the unit is 6 1/4" deep.  No problems with fitting.

Karl Hartmut Filc
80 Vanagon (soon to be a weekender)

Life is too important to be taken seriously

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 :09:40 AM
Subject: Re: Car Stereo Fit (dimensions)

i think the most standard depth of a car stereo is 7", the vanagon
allows for 6.5".  i might be off on those, but the difference between
standard and vanagon is definitely 1/2".  if you are willing to bend the
wiring in the back a bit hard and have the front stick out a tiny
amount, a 7" depth will fit just fine.  call crutchfield, they're pretty
helpful.

aaron
'87 syncro gl

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Harris [mailto:rdh24@CORNELL.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Car Stereo Fit (dimensions)

Good point, I forgot I had to file the dash opening a bit too.  BTW
Crutchfield lists only one radio out of all the models they carry as
being compatible with the Vanagon (at least for the earlier model
years).  It can't be a size issue -- must be that's the only one they
have an adapter to common-ground speaker wiring for??  But it's easy to
run new speaker wire to get separate grounds to each speaker.
Robert H

At 08:32 PM 5/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>The general dimensions are universal for Radios, however you may need
>to file the rounded edges out of the opening for some models of radio.
>Having owned several Vanagons and all with different radios I've found
>that a little tweaking of the opening was necessary for the newest
models.
>
>
>Stan Wilder
>Engine Ceramics
>214-352-4931
>www.engineceramics.com