Greetings.

I am putting my Empeg into my New-er vehicle. In my old one, I made a little console out of wood that bolted to the floor that housed the Unit. My new truck has space for 1 double din or 2 single din units (04 f150). I have a metra double din to 2 single din mounting bracket with an Alpine head unit on the bottom. I want to put the Empeg on the top location. The Empeg cage is a little bulky and looks a little bigger than the cage (sled) for the Alpine. Anyone have any pics of a similar install?

Thaks for all your help!!!

If you used the sled for your Alpine, that is the cage with the tabs to bend back, rather than just the raw stereo screwed into something, the empeg's sled is the exact same size.

The adapter you've got isn't made for pullout stereos. I've got the exact same adapter in my Mustang with an empeg and single DIN Pioneer navigation system. I had to take a dremel to one half of the adapter to enlarge the opening for the empeg. As far as I know there isn't an adaptor on the market that will do what you need without enlarging one of the openings. I can take some pictures of my setup this evening if you want.

-Mike

Thanks Mike

Please... If you dont mind posting some pics. That would be kick arse. I have the metra double din adapter with an alpine IVA-D300 on the bottom. Since the Alpine adaptor for the Ipod sucks, I am putting in the Empeg from my old truck and am checking out all options before I start cutting.

Thanks alot. I will check back for the pics!!

Also, if you let me know how you delt with the cage for the other DIN and the Empeg sled, that would be very helpfull. Right now I am not using the mounting cage for the alpine. Its held in there as if was the lower half of a double din. (Its screwed to the sides of the Metra mounting kit.

It seems like I should take out the center din separator and bolt the cages together.

Again... Thanks for the pics and help!

Keith

Ummm- Trying to mount her?

Sphengali had a 1995 Ford Explorer with an Alpine and an empeg, but his install is likely a bit different. A shame his site is blocked and archive.org didn't capture all of his great pictures. I thought most Ford and GM trucks had a 1.5 DIN or something slightly less than 2 DIN.

I have a double din space in my Volvo and it has a center DIN separator. My alpine fits below and empeg fits above just nicely. The separator holds everything in place very well. Maybe there's an alternative to cutting that out.

Thanks for all the help guys. As for the F150, the new fords are double din. (actually a little bit larger) the old ones were 1.5 din.

Im looking forward to seeing the pics!

Thanks again!

Keith

OK, here you go. This should give you an idea I hope. Sorry I didn't take any pics during the install. As you can see I didn't do that great of a job enlarging the opening, but the empeg facia is large enough that it overhangs all the edges and covers it up.

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Hope that helps,
-Mike

Thanks a ton Mike. Thats a big help. I am going to install mine this week. Ill post pics.

Again... Thanks for going out of your way to help out a stranger.

Keith