BluDestiny Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I've been searching for about an hour and it did me no good. Motorsport sells some kind of a kit, but I called them and it's not the right size. I just want to see some pictures of an aftermarket stereo/radeo installed on a 280zx and also the plans/schematics you used. I'm going to try and cut a faceplate out of some aluminum and spray it black. I'll also need to fab up some sort of bracket to hold the darn thing in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 You need a piece of aluminum flatbar 4" x 1/16 or 1/4 to fab up the piece. When you remove the stock unit you will find a plastic carrier piece that you can either bolt or pop rivet the flat bar to it. Run new wire for the rear speakers. Use the original wiring for the fronts they are too hard to get at to run new. Look on the fsm wiring diagram and you can figure out what color wires nissan used to run the stock radio. match them up to your unit's hook up diagram. If you are going to use crimp connectors (soldering is recommended) then cut the wires different lengths or you wind up with a wad of connectors all in the same place. the reason you want new wires aft is that nissan used common ground for front/rear left/right. Modern units much prefer eight separate wires for the audio section. be sure to insulate the old wires in hte rear so they don't short out. i made a cardboard template first to get a fit for the mounting plate then transferred that to the aluminum. If you want to go plastic Car Toys or Crutchfield has a kit that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zx 2by2 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I have a close up pic, I just can't find it. I used some thin ply-wood for the face and used the stock radio braces with some spacers to hold it in, I couldn't find a good plug and play harness so I just rewired it all, not hard with a VERY basic knowledge of electricity and a cheap little dvom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Thanks guys. I'll check out the stock faceplate today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I bought my head unit and a piece of teak veneer and cut a hole to fit the head unit in the stock faceplate then cut the veneer to fit in the area by first cutting a paper pattern. My head unit is prreamp only so I only had about 4 wires to splice/solder.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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