ot: chevy stereo install mindfreak

[tim eh?]

i think i blew my mind last night trying to figure this out.

i'm installing an aftermarket stereo in a friend's '89 chevy van. (actually the one that was in my car when i bought it, works great but i prefer hands down the jvc that i had from my previous car)

figured it would be straightforward enough, bought the $10 frame kit and removed the old stereo. this is what came out...

http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5900&d=1220545529

obviously modified at least once but the factory stereo (a '93) still fit very nicely using only the two L brackets, so i wasn't concerned in the slightest... i fitted the new radio to the frame kit and attached the L brackets to the side, using the handy 'L' and 'R' stamps someone had kindly marked.

so far, so good - all wired up and sounds really good with the alpine/sony speaker combo that some p/o had installed at one point - i go to put it in tho and the holes don't line up. hmmm... must have put them on the wrong way round so i flip them. then i switch sides, then i flip them again.

hmmm... that's really strange.... so i get the old radio back and attach the brackets. same thing! i spent well over an hour in the van trying to figure it out and never did.

http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5901&stc=1&d=1220545652

so it's no big deal i'm just making my own brackets (right now i'm waiting for my drill batteries to recharge) PITA but whatever. seriously tho i am wondering what the hell i did ?

so you know - i did not lose anything, i swear that is all that mounted the stereo, no washers, no nothing. it was in tight and solid. i didn't bother double-checking exactly how the brackets mounted because i figured with 2 bolts and 2 L brackets, how could i go wrong? there is no other way to mount the bracket and they have to face forward so that the faceplate lines up with the dash trim.

like i said, no big deal on the install, but i might need trauma counselling, that's a serious blow to self-confidence getting mindfreaked by two L-brackets.

edit- ok there we go i'm still freaked out tho.
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5904&stc=1&d=1220578305
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5905&stc=1&d=1220578305

hard to believe someone put that stereo in a bmw with black and tan interior isn't it?

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

for a moment, I thought you were trying to put a Chevy stereo in a BMW...Like those mongoloid deusche bags with the chevy rims.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ONnDNRJng

[Paul in NZ]

Looks like you have the brackets on the stereo the wrong way round,mount the L bracets to the stereo with the short legs...the long legs will then reach the holes...

[tim eh?]

Looks like you have the brackets on the stereo the wrong way round,mount the L bracets to the stereo with the short legs...the long legs will then reach the holes...

no sir but thanks for the suggestion - actually i pulled a pic from the original post so i could fit the fix photos in while not bumping a stupid thread back up to the top (which i'm doing now, but only because BB posted devo). there's only so many ways (4) you can mount 2 brackets and i tried 'em all a few times. here's the other way it really screwed up the angle and it's still not even close...
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5913&stc=1&d=1220632591
the only remaining alternative is switching L with R and that changes nothing.


for a moment, I thought you were trying to put a Chevy stereo in a BMW...Like those mongoloid deusche bags with the chevy rims.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ONnDNRJng

that's funny you thought that... do i really come across as being that out to lunch??? : ) (i don't mind)
devo is why i must have a cassette deck, although there are alternatives....

http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5918&stc=1&d=1220634309
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5917&stc=1&d=1220634309
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5916&stc=1&d=1220634309

can you imagine that silver pioneer in there? man it was really ugly, and it was wired oh so very badly it took ages.

best devo ever - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BmxN3E548I yo slap yo' mammy down!

[Ross]

Same stereo, same brackets? Hmm, two brackets each with two possible mounting positions, four possibilities?
Been into the maple syrup there Tim?

[tim eh?]

Same stereo, same brackets? Hmm, two brackets each with two possible mounting positions, four possibilities?
Been into the maple syrup there Tim?

yes i have but i don't even get a buzz anymore until around the 5th tin so that can't be it.... you're right there are really only 2, but if you switch them over (LandR) you can try it 2 more ways that are really the same. i even tried mounting them facing backwards because i was so stumped, so that's eight possibilities if you're counting. (24 when i'm 'on the tin')