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I did this several months ago Posted by Saabpilot [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Mounting Radio in ctr console & gage pack in radio slot, BrianM, Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:50:10 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
There are a couple of places you can get DIN panels pre-cut for the 3 gauges. I believe I got mine from Swedish Solutions. Mine is ABS plastic and fits so perfectly that no screws or brackets were necessary in the dashboard radio slot. I have also seen metal types with brackets. Even rarer is an OEM panel that has 3 angled cut-outs for the gauges.
When I moved the gauges up to the dash I had one wire that wasn't long enough and so I just spliced a patch into it. I believe my gauges were either dealer added or prior owner added because the wiring was quite sloppy, with marginal crimps on the spade lug connectors so I re-did most of them properly. The radio wiring harness was plenty long enough to move it down below to the center console but it took quite a bit of arm twisting to reach down inside the left dash speaker hole and push the harness down, then reach up from beneath, find it and pull it down. The stereo in my car when I purchased it was aftermarket not the original and I found two things, one of which surprised me and one that did not.
What did not surprise me was the radio was installed improperly and not wired correctly. What did surprise me is that the labeled function of all of the OEM wiring harnesses wires did not equal what was in the Bentley manual or an OEM Saab electrical manual, nor did the wires actually connect to what they were labeled for. I don't know if this is because the car was originally wired wrong or if a prior owner messed with them, but I ended up using a meter to trace every single wire so that I was 100% positive of which wire was which. It took a while but was well worth it. I installed a new JVC El Kameleon stereo. The whole project took the better part of the day but the result was very good. If you need any advice feel free to write me directly or post here on Saabnet.
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