fitting a headunit into a dash?

[McFall1984]

ok think most if not all nova's radio sit in the bottom of the dash at an angle, i have an alpine radio with a screen, if i am to use the screen i have to pull the radio out a good bit for the screen to open.
any idea's how i can have it so it can be used with the screen open without having to pull it out?

[Graeme]

Relocate it to the top of the dash there the cold air vents are, I have a iva310r Alpine monitor and it has caused me a few headaches on what to do with it. My solution was to get a spare piece of dash and make the screen fit with mdf and fibreglass them get it flocked

[McFall1984]

i cant really leave the screen folded out cause it'll get nicked were i live. so kinda need it able to fold back in

[McFall1984]

has anyone got pics of there dash if they've changed were there headunit goes?

[novalicous]

Any help?

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll66/hillclimbescort/031.jpg

[McFall1984]

that looks great, but were do the heater thingy's go?
im a fella that loves heat,

[Tim-SR]

iirc, those air vents that are there never get warm, that might just be the case with my car, but from what ive heard they dont get warm so you should still get the heat from the other vents.

[McFall1984]

ah so the 2 middle ones dont give out hot air, but the 1 at each side do get warm?
anyone know if thats the case cause if it is, i'd happily remove them lol

[AlexW]

Yep thats right, those 2 centre vents are Cold ONLY

[McFall1984]

class, i'll be rippin them out then, i was thinkin of swapping the heater knobs with the head unit? just swap them about?
or should i just take out the 2 centre vents?

[Tim-SR]

take the centre vents out it saves you the hassle of sorting the linkages out and what not.