steel behind deck?

[pimpalero2003]

well my new dbl din is hitting the steel part in dash so what can i do cut? beat the shit out of it?

[lonnie]

If you are talking about the fire wall I wouldn't take the chance of cutting alot of it away, or your car could fold up like paper during an accident. Be more clearer on the steel you are refering to.

[pimpalero2003]

right behind deck where the factory plastic crap is bolted to

[lonnie]

Damn even with all the plastic cut away it still wont fit? Well again I wouldn't suggest cutting out a part of the firewall. How much clearance do you need? Is it the whole back side of the deck plus the harness?

[alerojack]

you can get in there with a sawzall and cut that crap out. i had to do that with my old clarion in dash i had. its just mounts for the plastic stuff.

[pimpalero2003]

you sure on that??? wish there wasnt all that wiring other wide id use a cut off wheel

[doubleN0alero]

Yeah, I had to cut mine out of both of my aleros...you're talking about that silverish colored stuff back there right? I used a sawzaw and went to down...just enough to get the radio to fit though...

[pimpalero2003]

its metal is that what you cut?

[doubleN0alero]

Yeah...it was a good time on a saturday afternoon

[pimpalero2003]

haha what the hell is that piece for?

[doubleN0alero]

its some sort of support...not sure for what though...when i cut it out, nothing fell, nothing broke and nothing rattled, so I assume it didn't do any real damage.

[Ryan from Ohio]

http://caraudiocentral.net/ryan/images/alero/darnedbar2.jpg

Not the clearest picture.

I had to cut that metal strap out of there after I took the picture. I got my Dremel tool in there though :)

Just be VERY CAREFUL to not hit the wires.

Trust me, F'ing up your wires SUCKS. I did it once and am WAY careful from then on out...

[AftermathAlero]

cut it when u take the dash out.. much easier! .. mines been cut forever.

that metal bar is the dash brace to bolt on to and to protect you in a reck (front collision when the engine gets pushed in, it'll catch it from going inside any further.

[pimpalero2003]

ahh so if i get in a wreck i might have a little more pain and thats it.. ill just wait till i switch dashes out then take the grinder to it

[Ryan from Ohio]

I didnt cut the round bar, just the metal strap that runs vertically.

[pimpalero2003]

ill have to cut the bar.
might take another metal bar and weld it up like a u idk?

[lonnie]

Now see I'm not the sharpest pencil in the pack but I'm not far from it. Why is that damn deck so big? LoL

[AGT]

I cut the entire center out and put a crt screen in haha