hey whats up, i ran a search and found nothing... im sure theres alot about it but i dont know the terminology.... anyway im buying a flip out monitor, so i need to find a place for my head unit to go... ive seen evos that have guages in the normal place and the head unit in that little cubby, and i want to do it, is there anything i need to know? anyone in this forum done this? pics? thanks

 

what ur probably looking for is a radio relocation kit, here is a link to get one from ams, but you can order one from your local mitsu dealer probably for more but i dunno

AMS Radio Relocation Kit

 

well ive seen those.... but ive also seen it done without them, just mounted in the stock hole... and since im a little strapped for cash id rather do it that way.

 

you'd have to totally modify the stock hole... it's not DIN sized at all, and I'm not even sure if the bottom side of it is wide enough for a radio...

 

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I think hes right.

 

There are double DIN kits you can buy that move the HVAC controls down there. a few vendors sell them.

There is also a stock Mitsu kit that will put a 6-disc changer there as it is DIN sized.

 

Those things are awesome, but this dude is strapped for cash!

BTW, I just looked at my stock cubby hole thing... there's no way to fit a DIN radio in there without completely dremelling out the whole bottom part at least 1/2" on each side. And the radio won't be very secure in there because there will be nothing left to hold it on the sides. Someone may have done it, and it may somehow work, but the amount of effort and tooling that go into it, you may as well spend the time delivering flyers or something to make $50 and go get the relo kit.

 

BUY ONE FROM 5oowhp.com

 

sweet on 500whp.com its only 45 bucks! im buyin one.. that works on our lancer rite?

Edit: too late anyway i already bought it

 

Like I said, it Mitsu makes a kit for the optional 6-disc changer. It replaces the whole piece with a DIN opening. Strapped for cash or not, its worth saving up for to mount the piece ocrrectly, his Evo deserves at least that much.

 

If I rember The one from mitsubishi is cheaper. I think i only payed about 30 for mine, from the dealer.

 

My bad... for some reason I read it that you were suggesting that he actually buy the 6-disc changer And also the double-din kits from are not that easy to get, as our AC controls have to be modified to fit that DIN size. In other words you'd have to buy the HVAC that actually fits down there (the entire kit, which is $$$) or the modified kit like Orbital sells or modify the current HVAC setup without the current dials.

 

The one I got from did not require me modify anything. I will look up the part number for you if you like. My dealer can get them easy. So PM me I can get the price from my dealer and ship it to you if thats something you want to do.

 

It works perfectly fine, I bought mine because I wanted the gauges in the dash. Take 30 minutes to install. The only difficult part of installation is popping out the clips which hold the center peice of the dash together through the glove box, once this is done remove the cd payer and everything is EASY! Remove two screws from stock cubby hole, and install the damn relocation kit. Have fun!

 

what about the wiring to your radios? Did you need to extend the wiring/buy a wiring harness? I'm getting ready to do this same thing, for placing guages where the radio sits. Thanks for the great thread!