Replacing a Double Din unit

[Guest Bjcnz]

Heya Guys, I'm looking at replacing my Double Din head unit in my 2000 Legacy (Wagon). I've been told by a show (when i was looking for an alternative to spacers) that I'll have to buy a whole new mounting bracket for it and the surrounds to convert it to a single din unit, it didn't sound quite right to me, dont know why I would have to replace the surrounds, so I was just wondering what you guys have done and needed?

And also, does anyone know where to get something like a spacer but not a spacer? I've already go one under my head unit so it would look a bit funny having two in place.

Thanks guys!

[Drunkenmonkey]

do you have the sat nav unit?

[Guest Bjcnz]

Nup I dont, otherwise i'd be the worlds biggest troll cause there's lots of info on that already on here haha. Its a Pioneer (I'm pretty sure it is, just branded differently in Japan) 2 din unit, so it only has japanese tuning, and I want to replace it with something that can play my ipod and has nz tuning too

[Guest]

2000 legacy should be the same as a 1999:

you can fit a replacement 2-din unit if you want. or you can get a single din unit, plus a pocket, or a blank (no pocket, goes straight across). or you could put two different single din units in, ie cd/dvd player and a fold-out screen.

so what spacer do you have? a pocket, blank, or something else?

i recently took out the 2din unit in my 99 legacy, which already had a pocket below it, and have installed a single din unit with a pocket above and below.

[Guest Bjcnz]

Ah sweet, so that means I dont need that bracket they were talking about, saves me $65. Uumm, I have a pocket. How does it look having it above and below? I was hoping I could find something cool to go in there in stead of another pocket. Unless I find a decent 2 din unit, thought about putting one of those tv double din ones in, but I'd say a fold out screen would be better?

Thanks for your help brah

[Guest]

yeah a fold out screen and a dvd/dc below would be cool. mine looks alright with the pocket above and below, i have the remote bass level control mounted in the top pocket, and my ipod cable runs to there, so it only gets used for that. the bottom one is open for anything i want to put in it.