Hi

I am about to install a radio / cd player in my 1984 VW Rabbit GTI.

I got the metal plate from Crutchfield for the front mounting area but there
is no support for the sides or the rear of the radio.

Anyone have expierence installing these?

How can I support the rear?

I was thinking of plumbers tape and a self drilling screw, but what would I
screw it into? And the radio would have to be installed before I can
atttach the plumbers tape to the insdie somewhere and there will be no
access, should I pull the heater controls out?

Thanks

On my '87 there is a small bracket with a ~15 mm hole in it at the very
back of the opening where the radio goes. This hole receives a rubber
bumper screwed to the rear of the radio, and that is how the radio is
supported in the back. Often times this bracket is removed to make space
for a deeper stereo.

James Murphy wrote:

Hi

Yes I saw this and I do have a rubber bumpered screw however the rubber
bumpered screw comes short of bracket and hole???


"Randolph" <trash (AT) junkmail (DOT) com> wrote

10 years with my Sony in a 84 GTI and no back support but the Sony has
a frame that the radio slides in to. As the other person mentioned
there is sometimes a rubber bumper at the back of the radio that
slides into a hole on the dash to hold the back of the radio up.

"James Murphy" <murphysf (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:


Jim B.

In article <ihsTb.8813$l43.2227 (AT) newssvr29 (DOT) news.prodigy.com>,
"James Murphy" <murphysf (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:


This is one of those jobs where you might have to make a little adaptor
bracket or something to get the rubber bumpered screw postion adjusted
to where it can do its job. I've had to do this several times with my
A1s. It generally requires a hacksaw, file, drill, etc. and a scrap of
metal. If the screw is just too short, however, you might be able to
use a nut as a link between the present screw and a new plain screw with
the same thread. You will have to cut the new screw to make it much
shorter though, and of course you will definitely have to saw off the
head.

Bill
78 Rabbit...10/77 - 4/02 82 Convertibles(s)...since 93
95 Golf GL...since 11/99 02 Passat 1.8T Tip GLS...since 4/02

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