Technical Connects 2 double din fascia adapter

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Technical Connects 2 double din fascia adapter

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I bought one of these CT24FT19.

Seems to me that they knew what they were doing when they decided not to have the normal recess before the head unit to sink into because of the tight space behind it. My Pioneer SPH 230DAB should go in 165mm from the outer face of the cage. To get it to do that meant snapping off various bit of plastic that were, hopefully, not too important. To be clear, I have now got room to push the thing the whole way in - if I'm a bit clever at getting the nest of wire stuffed into the right gaps.

The problem is that when the head clicks into the cage, it's still sticking out by about 5mm, and even with the bezel on looks awful, and like it's on its way out. This is because Connects 2 decided to help longer units fit without hacking plastic by eliminating the recess out front. Anyone know of a differnt manufacturer? Connects 2 appear to have swamped the market.

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Head unit in its clicked position. The fascia needs about a 5mm recess so that only the smaller part of the head is protruding (and would be covered by the bezel).

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ps. The simple work around is to push it in past the clicks, but the nest of wires pushes it back out despite trying may hardest to tidy them. Plan B, cut and weld the cage tabs.
 
I don't seem to be able to add to that one, so here's my solution. Drilled multiple 1mm holes, cold chisel, file two new slots, bashed a new 'lump' out of the bit between those slots. Job done.

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Well. That didn't work. The two 'stops' on the head unit are 'ramped' in the wrong direction - that or I'm cracking up. I'm back to the same problem with the bundle of (much tidied) wire pushing it back out as the lumps slide up the ramped hole.

Choices seem to be to do a job on the head to remove the ramps, or to attach strings to the wires, dropped down to the footwell(s) to pull the wires out of the way, then tie them off to a fixed point.

Or 5 minute epoxy.
 
And the answer is.

Velcro.

Works perfectly. I put a piece on each of the springy bits of the cage, opposite numbers on the head unit, then a thin piece of flexible plastic strip to keep them apart, slide the head in until it's in exactly the right place, pull the strips out, job done. Thin blade kitchen knives separates it to get the unit out.
 
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