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Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - TristanC - 04 Feb 2018
Not sure if I’ve posted in the appropriate section...perhaps applies to “electrical” also??
Anyway, does anyone have any guidance/help to convert a din cutout back to original Craig/ASI radio “post” type fitment?
As a non-owner at this precise moment, I have no way of knowing how to resolve this potential issue without having the vehicle in front of me to assess a way forward.
I’m asking because I will be in a position to purchase shortly and see a few cars out there have been modified to DIN.
I’d like the original look, but maybe with the Bluetooth upgrade to a Craig/ASI radio that’s currently on offer.
If fitting the Craig to a DIN cutout is not an option then my other idea is to get a Retrosound radio with a DIN repair kit and fix a Craig faceplate to it..... (seen this done already)
(Although I’ve heard some bad things about the Retrosound reliability if you disconnect the car battery)
Cheers
Tris
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - Chris Williams - 05 Feb 2018
Not sure tbh, as you know they sell new brackets for DIN but not the other way around. I wonder if it might be worth asking ChrisN or Ed to keep an old one aside if they swap one out?
Chris
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - TristanC - 05 Feb 2018
That’s a good idea, thanks Chris.
I also wonder if one of these DIN repair kits could be adapted somehow to the Craig/ASI to allow it to slot into a din opening.... Din repair kit
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - Chris Williams - 06 Feb 2018
Quote:Din repair kitNever seen them, but at 40quid I would be cutting and welding a plate back in! (as a ducks bum)
Chris
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - TristanC - 06 Feb 2018
Yep! You’re quite right!!!
How far off DIN are the Craig’s?
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - Dangermouse - 06 Feb 2018
In the US anyway, I have seen owners who want to install a DIN radio, buy a DIN bracket and then sell the old craig one rather than attempt to modify it. So you could buy a craig one and the resell your DIN one. You just have to keep your eye out.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/81-Delorean-DMC-12-OEM-Upper-Center-Console-w-Climate-Control-Vents/122799153503?hash=item1c9766615f:g:HnUAAOSwYc5aA4XW
(mind you, this guys pricing is out of this world)
I have also seen what you are asking, and someone with a DIN backplate offering it as a straight swap to someone who has a craig one.
Of course postage could cripple a deal like that back to the UK.
RE: Centre Console - DIN back to Craig/ASI - TristanC - 06 Feb 2018
Thanks DM - I did spot that one on eBay. There’s also one on deloreango.com
I think I’ll wait and see what my options are. Those Craig/ASI Bluetooth radios are £400+ to start with anyway......so I’ll get one of those as a starter......