You know, to be fair, I had one of these cars. They came with a tape deck, not a CD player and the dash kit just to make an opening so that you could install a CD player was a little over $100. I think Bubba may have been onto something here. I’d have let him do it to mine if it meant having music. lol.
Tim
I’ve never seen a kit to install a single din radio in a double din slot for more than about $15.
That doesn’t explain why you’d take the whole panel out. Just make a small spacer that goes around the radio and takes up the extra space.
Biff
My guess is that that they were trying to fit a spacer, or maybe cut the stock dash piece bigger in one direction and broke the piece.
netjnke
That’s Ford’s … Bubba Edition
ChuckTheGr8
The factory radio in the 1996 and newer Taurus’ is one with the heat control. When you get the real install kit, you have to remove the controls from the factory radio head, and transfer them to the dash kit, and all the speaker wires are run into the trunk (or hatch, if a wagon). There’s also a coax antenna extension lead. The tuner and amplifier are in the trunk or hatch. The install kit comes with everything you need to do the job in a non-white-tashy way!
anon
A little stain and some gloss clear coat and this could have actually looked decent.
installerman
Yep, I remember when those came out, we were turning away customers left and right. Then Metra came out with a dash kit. We were still turning customers away when the dash kit cost more than the cheepo cd player they wanted to put in the car. I think we retailed it at 99 bucks. Can of black Krylon would have made this one look better.
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That is epic!
You know, to be fair, I had one of these cars. They came with a tape deck, not a CD player and the dash kit just to make an opening so that you could install a CD player was a little over $100. I think Bubba may have been onto something here. I’d have let him do it to mine if it meant having music. lol.
I’ve never seen a kit to install a single din radio in a double din slot for more than about $15.
That doesn’t explain why you’d take the whole panel out. Just make a small spacer that goes around the radio and takes up the extra space.
My guess is that that they were trying to fit a spacer, or maybe cut the stock dash piece bigger in one direction and broke the piece.
That’s Ford’s … Bubba Edition
The factory radio in the 1996 and newer Taurus’ is one with the heat control. When you get the real install kit, you have to remove the controls from the factory radio head, and transfer them to the dash kit, and all the speaker wires are run into the trunk (or hatch, if a wagon). There’s also a coax antenna extension lead. The tuner and amplifier are in the trunk or hatch. The install kit comes with everything you need to do the job in a non-white-tashy way!
A little stain and some gloss clear coat and this could have actually looked decent.
Yep, I remember when those came out, we were turning away customers left and right. Then Metra came out with a dash kit. We were still turning customers away when the dash kit cost more than the cheepo cd player they wanted to put in the car. I think we retailed it at 99 bucks. Can of black Krylon would have made this one look better.
Just increased the value of that Taurus.