climate control/radio swap?

[choppacity]

i looked around and couldn't really find anything on this but i was curious if anyone swapped the radio placement with the climate control ones. i was thinking of doing this since my radio is kind of too low for my liking, i rather it be up where the climate controls are... they both seem to be 2 din slots so i would think it would be possible.
any feedback is much appreciated

[Paging]

Oddly enough I've been throwing that idea around in my head for the last month or so but haven't had time to take the dash apart to assess the fitment questions. What I was considering was using 2024 T-3 Alclad Aluminum to make a new (face cover, grid assembly, whatever you want to call it) and use that if necessary to remedy any structural attachment to the dash. I'm in the middle of finals week but I'll be on Christmas break starting Friday so I'll post some idea's and maybe some photoshoped images outlining what I'm thinking fitment wise this weekend.

The reason I started thinking about this was when it occurred to me that I shouldn't be glancing down so much while driving, mainly when I'm scrolling though the artist list on my ipod through my pioneer deck.

Something that you might want to throw around in your head is if you have a mp3 player that you use. Is a dock for it "a slide into the dash" like putting a cassette into a stock stereo. I was thinking about integrating that into the A/C Control swap for my ipod because I don't really like the aftermarket cradles and the loose wires. (Even some of us geeks get tired of looking at wires)

[spanky348]

Oddly enough I've been throwing that idea around in my head for the last month or so but haven't had time to take the dash apart to assess the fitment questions. What I was considering was using 2024 T-3 Alclad Aluminum to make a new (face cover, grid assembly, whatever you want to call it) and use that if necessary to remedy any structural attachment to the dash. I'm in the middle of finals week but I'll be on Christmas break starting Friday so I'll post some idea's and maybe some photoshoped images outlining what I'm thinking fitment wise this weekend.

The reason I started thinking about this was when it occurred to me that I shouldn't be glancing down so much while driving, mainly when I'm scrolling though the artist list on my ipod through my pioneer deck.

Something that you might want to throw around in your head is if you have a mp3 player that you use. Is a dock for it "a slide into the dash" like putting a cassette into a stock stereo. I was thinking about integrating that into the A/C Control swap for my ipod because I don't really like the aftermarket cradles and the loose wires. (Even some of us geeks get tired of looking at wires)

please do ive pondered this myself, mainly because my flip out moniter covers my a/c controls when opened. ive also though about moving my a/c controls to my glove box and making a switch panel in its place if it wont fit in the radio slot

[EJX_Michael]

The only problem I see is that the ducting for the air is right behind the controls. Also, the controls are a bit wider.

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Hey thanks for the heads up Michael. I'm going to take some measurements on Saturday and see if its feasible/workable to do the swap with the stereo depth needs.

[choppacity]

Yea i have a suction cup wndshield mount holder for my iphone and i stream music off it to my radio and i had the same problem of always looking down. I also havent taken apart my dash past the radio so im kinda heasitant to do so. Let me know how it goes, ill try playing around to see if its possible too. If this works it would be awesome