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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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I am looking into putting in a new receiver in my car. I remember having one that had a storage pocket underneath the actual receiver last time, but not sure where to purchase. Can anybody direct me to a vendor for that.
I have found this one , but not sure if that is the right din size.

http://www.soundoffaudio.com/item.cfm/id/491

I am needing that pocket below to mount my scanmaster in it as well as other switches.

Please help it has been 4 yrs since I have had a radio in the car.
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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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no thats the wrong one. there is no kit for an f-body that has a pocket. a good kit is either a metra 994000 or 993300
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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humount.com has some nice ones too. Nothing with a pocket though.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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I will second HU mount for looking the most professional.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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no thats the wrong one. there is no kit for an f-body that has a pocket. a good kit is either a metra 994000 or 993300
Hey the metra 994000 you listed has the pocket. Your saying that will work?

Humount is nice, but cant drop 60 + 20 for LED backlit.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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yeah it will work, but the pocket is not the size of the pocket you were looking at. i meant no pocket that size, sorry, the pocket is like the size of 1 cd case. it actuallu looks good when installed, it fills the radio hole nicely instead of just flat behind it
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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I got the above 994000 I will take a pic after install.
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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i ended up getting one directly from circuit city for 20 bucks and it looks very profesional and clean.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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i ended up getting one directly from circuit city for 20 bucks and it looks very profesional and clean.
Same from circuit city. They had to dust the damn thing off it had been there for so long. I will have to mod the space to get my scanmaster to fit however. At this point I might do and might not, but I still like having a place to a spare cd.
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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i manage the install shop at cc, and we carry the 994000
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