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Okay I just picked up the metra double din kit (99-7865) for my 04 vic, and it doesn't want to fit in. there are these 4 clips on the trim piece but it appears that my dash is a bit differnet and it won't go in properly... anybody have this problem? will it not fit an 04????? please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
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http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...highlight=7865

You read that? I've got no time to right now.

 
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dammmmmmit i am going to get really really mad, this kit will not fit!!!!!!!!!!

 
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haha...holler at me if you need that template for the center console after all ...hope everything works out!

 
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here is how I made it look so far... what do you guys think? I have come to the conclusion that this kit WILL NOT FIT PERIOD!!!!!!!!! It's a tad too narrow and a tad too big

 
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Your's was 2 piece? Mine is a single piece and works on all 7th gen, non-si models. You sure they gave you the right kit?

 
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fairly sure, he said it was a 7865 although it was not in packaging. It was a hair too tall and a hair too narrow.. I wonder if it is a bad piece or if the opening was slightly different for an 04??

 
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7865 should have been one piece. Hang on and I'll run out and take a few pics of it, it snaps right da fvck out, lol...

 
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while you are at it take a pic of what your dash looks like when you take it out, I want to see what your opening looks like around the radio as I think they may have changed it for 04.

 
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damned, wished you'd have told me, I already came back in frmo taking this pic... It's cold as ***** out there... I'll take a pic tomorrow.

 
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yeah that double din u have megahurtz doesnt look like the one for our civics at all.

http://www.autotoys.com/x/cust/produ...3&cat=0&page=2 is the one im going 2 buy soon.

 
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The kit you have, if the bottom is like the top, will give you about .75 din on the bottom. The extra material is taking away from the space is why there's no room.

 
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the problem is that the piece is slightly to tall and slightly to narrow to fit in the radio opening... other than that it looks normal

that pic i posted is of a metra 99-7897 on top and no trim on the bottom

the kit I bought looks right, but it's just slightly askew

 
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Dude, the reason it was not in packaging is probably cause it was returned for being slightly irregular.

 
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thats probably why i got it so cheap too grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I contacted metra and will get this sorted out

 
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according to metra they said it was NOT a metra kit as the metra has a part # on the back and mine does not (that I can find anyway).

if anyone can verify that this piece does have the part # on the back I would appreciate it.

but he DID confirm that it will fit an 04.

 
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Tell whoever sold you that piece to eat your *** and give you a new one.

 
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Yes, it has a part number on the back of it.

 
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where abouts

i would take the piece back too but since it didnt fit i tried to cut it and file it and make it fit and it took a lot of cutting to get it tothe point that it fit in well enough to realize that it was slightly askew.

 
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At the top center is where mine is stamped, along the top "runner" section that goes across the top of the top din.

 
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wanna sell it to me? :P

im skeptical to buy another one now, but i imagine one from autotoys.com would be legit. too bad im a broke ****

 
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Can't you return that funky one you bought and get another?

 
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I won't sell you mine, but I can order you one.

 
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However, I'd recommend going into the store where you bought it from (preferably when there are a lot of customers) and asking them why they sold you something and lied about the manufacturer along with fitament. Except add in the expletives of your choice. hey'll get you another one real quick to shut you up. (I actually got a discount on some shoes using this method today. I found a pair I liked at Hibbets, they were an exclusive hibbets shoe (meaning that they were the only ones that got the color scheme, etc). The local store had one pair in my size, the display. They were scuffed up, so I asked them if they could call another location nearby to see if they had the shoe in my size. They did, and swore that they weren't the display. So I get there, and the shoe was there, AND IT WAS THE FVCKING DISPLAY! I'm irate at this point, but take a look at it. Sure enough, a small scuff on the toe. White shoe, scuff on the toe (granted it was abuot 1 mm wide, but her, I'm buying the shoes here, I don't like my shoes to be pre-scuffed). I start raising hell about them lying and all this stuff when on the phone with the cartersville store just to get me there, etc. The salesman goes in the back, comes back out and says "tell you what, I'll give you $10 off the ticketed price, plus a 20% coupon for all purchases." I agree, and get me new shoes for $80 instead of $110. I also got something else that's unrelated for 20% off, but you get the drift.)

 
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i cut it up a bit so I can't return it... for the money it cost I am not going to bother going back in there and getting another, i'll just uctmy losses on this one

playa how much can you order me one for? where would oyu get it from?

 
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Local shop I do business with, I could get it for $15 shipped. Course, you could get it pretty much anywhere online or at a store for that. Just depends on how easy it is to get them to order it (as most shops don't stock this particular kit). It'd probably take a little longer for me, cause they'd ship it to me, then I'd ship to you, so twice the ship time.

EDIT: Just noticed you're in canada, probably more for shipping, and take a lot longer cause of customs. Boo customs...

 
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autotoys has it for 17.50, probably plus shipping, so if you can get it for 15 bucks shipped, I'm game

 
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dude fuking autotoys. have u looked at their shipping?! i was about to buy a double din. but then i did "add cart"

they want fuking 11.93 for shipping. and the trim kit is 17.50

what the **** is that. hellah ripoff.



i need a double din for 15shipped. if anyone get hook it up

 
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Like I said, shipping would be a bithc to Canada. Check with some local shops near you to see if they can get you one drop shipped with their normal shipment. They won't charge you shipping, just for the dd piece. I'll see what I can get it done for, but I doubt my original estimate will hold water because of the international shipping.

 
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i got first dibs on any double din dash kit for sale!!!