It has been very hot here, too hot to do much work on the van projects. In progress are new flooring, new carpet floor mats, and new seat covers. It is 100 degrees out though so instead of that stuff I worked on getting my new radio installed into the old housing and adding an on/off switch and a bluetooth transmitter to use wireless speakers.
I masking taped the back of the plastic housing and traced the outline of the new radios mounting cage and used a Dremel Cutoff Wheel to cut the pattern, then used a polishing tool to clean up the edges of the new cut. After some further trimming the cage fit well although it will need a shim to seat firmly.
Next I checked the spacing for the new switch from the radio's faceplate and marked it to drill out a new hole. Drilled it and then routed it out with another Dremel tool til it fit. Finally I checked that the Tao Tronics Bluetooth Transmitter will fit next to the radio faceplate- all was good!
Picture of the final outcome:
Tomorrow I will paint the housing a tan color for more contrast with the black switch and radio faceplate and to clean it up even more and then it will be a nice compliment to the new doghouse color as well!
