Hacking up dashes

I have a secret to tell everyone looking for an alternative to cutting the crap out of their dash, or even changing anything in the dash at all.

You can put modern music in your car for less than $40, without touching anything, or even placing the unit in the cabin of the car, at all, with full control at your seat.

1.Go on your local craigslist, ebay, amazon... pick your poison. Search for a 12v audio equalizer or automotive audio equalizer. Look at the specs and make sure it is pre-amped, if you aren't going to put an amplifier in the car. 200 watts is plenty. 150 if you don't care. Most are 300w.

2.Put the unit under the package tray, between the 6x9 speakers. Measure the distance from the RCA output on the unit, to the desired location of an input jack for a multimedia or mp3 player. Under the dash is sneaky. Under the seat, Somewhere by the console, etc.

4.Search your favorite market website again, this time for an RCA Y Female Cable, 1 foot longer than your measurement for the cable.

5. Run power to the unit. It only uses enough juice to run LED lights when it's not running input, so if you run it from constant power and leave it on overnight or something, by accident, it won't hurt the battery. If you don't run ignition source power, like a normal stereo, put a kill switch or something to shut it off, somewhere.

No more BS in the glovebox, no more heavy equipment under the dash, no more scratched CDs skipping over bumps, no more lost or stolen CDs, no more stolen decks... Everything you use to play music, like your smart phone or anything else you want to plug into the typical input jack, comes out of the car with you.

Dirt cheap, hidden, easy install = no brainer.

Andrew... Your interior is amazing. The night vision is insanity.

You sure know how to put a smile on my face. I love your car.

Also, just so everyone knows, there are several companies that reproduce just about every type of dash bezel for our Mopars.

If you want to fix it down the line, even if you don't want to buy new stuff, parts cars are around. Nothing is irreversible. I've taken roll cages and tubs out of cars to restore them.