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Originally Posted by buzzm
moving climate controls, making a plate to cover the gap, said they use mdf and paint it, said they need 16 hours ! this shop won awards so i wasnt expecting cheap but they also want to charge 1900 for a kenwood dnx 9140
no thank you
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I would definitely shop around on install price, I'm doubly surprided they would bend you over that much on the install if you bought the 9140 from them.
16 hours?? An installer should be able to do it in half that. Once you have everything apart (which is not that tough), it literally takes 10 mins to move the AC control. It is designed to be moved by Porsche so there is no drama there. You could save some cash by doing the install yourself and then take it to a shop for the face plate (which just double-sticks on with 3m tape, does not require you to remove head unit).
You can do the install on a saturday easy enough, give yourself 6 hours. I ay 6 hours becuase you've never done it before. A dremel tool will help make things go faster for cutting the factory mounting cage to accept the double din chassis.
MDF is pretty thick- i'm not seeiing how that would work. Typically for this car you will use ABS plastic and some paint, or, if you want to get trick do an overlay in CF or leather.
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