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Originally Posted by mikerx5
I actually spoke to this owner a few months back when i was interested in the same thing. He said the retractable cover was actually removed and rebuilt on the inside to pop on and off to "hide" and "show" - no idea how sturdy it may be.
Also, he said when you remove the retractable cover it exposes enough room for a single din radio to be inserted - he said he used a modified bezel and altered the frame.
Also, he kept the power to the factory radio alive so when the cover is on the new radio, it looks factory. Pretty neat concept.
Similar (or maybe same?) setup here:
http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...m-fotos-3.html
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I have a picture of the entire frame. With the bottom MID unit in, there is no way a single DIN will fit above that without major reconstruction, unless I am missing something. I am really interested in how he modified the frame for the single DIN unit to fit. I took the picture to a car stereo shop and they said said " no way" it can be done.... So now I am really stuck on this. The bottom has to be elevated up to hold the bottom of the single din bracket and the top of the fram has to be cut out to house the single din unit