Do double DIN radios fit?

[Ludapower]

I was looking for some interior dash pictures of the center console to see how it was setup exactly. I only found a couple crappy pictures but noticed there was a single din up top below the air vents and something that looked like a double din below the climate controls.
Is this right?
What is that double din for?

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Yes, a double DIN would fit in the storage space in front of the gear lever, but generally people don't put both a single DIN and a double DIN head-unit in a car. Unless of course the double DIN had a built-in LCD screen to watch movies or has a built-in GPS system etc. They're mainly just for looks, or for cars that have double DINs from factory and need to fill the gap.

[Ludapower]

I have a (double-din) Pioneer FH-P800BT that I definitely want to keep. The stock single-din in that corolla is definitely going to have to come out.

Does anyone have a good picture of the center console showing everything?

[miib14]

heres mine....



cover for where the old cd player was?

[Ludapower]

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
Do you have a picture of what the old cassette deck looks like?

Also is there not enough room for your double-din to fit in all the way or is that just because of the way it was installed?

[Kiwi-Corolla]

You can fill in the original head-unit's position with a single DIN pocket so that it converts into a storage space. You can also get them with flip up covers too. Really cheap and easy to install.

[miib14]

Originally Posted by Ludapower

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
Do you have a picture of what the old cassette deck looks like?

as in the gap/hole??

Originally Posted by Ludapower

Also is there not enough room for your double-din to fit in all the way or is that just because of the way it was installed?

i havent really put it in properly, it should go all the way in... just havent got round to doing it yet lol

[Ludapower]

Nahh just a picture of the oem cassette deck.
Is it exactly like this?

I know there's often differences between Canadian and American versions, I'm just curious to know if this is what the Canadian versions look like.

[miib14]

lol, no pics of it in the car, however did have it lying about in the house so just taken the pics now and uploaded them....





old dvd player



btw im from UK... lol

[Ludapower]

Hey thanks a lot man

[GTChink]

man I thought about installing a double din, but it's just too low for my tastes. Plus I would want to keep my cupholders LMAO

[Ludapower]

Yes that's the problem I think I'm going to have, the double din is way too low.

[KenLayton]

Yeh that double DIN is just placed way too low for comfort. It really needs to be up where the single DIN is now. However, that single DIN is in a tricky setup. To put a double DIN there you'd have to get rid of the factory clock and do something with the air vents. Perhaps fabricating some tall, skinny air vents and putting them at the far edges of the dash faceplate. That would free up some space for a custom double DIN.

[gameguru1360]

having a screen where the double din section is is sort of a driving hazard because you have to look farther down from the windshield area.

I have seen some people make a custom center channel speaker for the single din section so that they get 5.1 surround sound when watching movies

[Ludapower]

I don't have a screen though, I have a double-din radio.