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i'm doing tha double din dash conversion but i dont want my HU to be indash cuz my flip out screen will be in tha bottom pocket so it wont block tha air conditioner as much (TX heat). Where's another place i can put it.

 
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center console, map pocket, and glovebox.

if youd like ot take the time to try relocating the faceplate, youve got many more options.

I like the center console myself, its reasonably easy, and once you get the hang of your controls there you never have to look down at it.

if you never get the hang of it, its dangerous, eyes have to leave the road to see anything.

 
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how do u put it in the center console? any pics?

 
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ive got no pictures, unfortunately. other members here may. youve got a couple options.

when I was trying this, I found that the stock change space is about din sized, but the E brake mounts hit the radio at that space. so I completely rebuilt the panel, making it out of simple 1/4 inch finishing plywood. I cut out the basic shape, sanded all the edges minus the front down so they had a nice contour, cut a hole for the E brake, and cut holes and built little boxes where the change trays would be after displacement of the radio. I moved the radio forward about one inch, clearing the E brake metal mounts under the console. I then took the trim piece from my radio which was a pioneer, and cut a hole in my plywood just large enough so that when I pushed in the trim piece from the underside, the top of the trim piece sat flush with the top of the console. I then glued it in place and bondoed the gaps so it was in flush. I ended up using fibercarbon as a surface. I painted it first, and it looked nice enough, but there was still a teeny bit of wood grain. so carbon it was, looked bitchin.

then I epoxied bolts on either side of the hole for the radio, and cut a piece of wood so that it just fit the pioneer cage. I drilled a pair of holes in that and used wingnuts to fix the radio in place.

so with my radio in cage, I could then clip it into the trim piece which was attached to my new panel. I then secured it into place firmly with the wingnuts so the radio went nowhere.

mere gravity is enough to hold the panel in place, or you can put screws through the bottom of your change holders, or use whatever you wish as mounting.

thas how I did mine. I liked it because it not only gave me enough depth to hold hte radio, but enough so that I could flushmount the faceplate into the console, so it looked REALLY clean.