Fantastic! I do like the idea of perhaps being able to heat and soften and push a dent into it that allows the winder to go around - thats the beauty of these forums - access to lateral thinkers! On the electric thing, is it just a matter of finding units out of a late model car? Wiring doesn't bother me but adapting a unit so it works consistently and strongly does - so would rather retro fit something from a late car.
Well inbetween preparing the evening meal and waiting for it to cook, for me i found the definitive answer to this problem! I should have taken a before shot but you can probably work it out from the earlier photos. I got my heat gun, with a restricting attachment on it and gently heated a small area where it was hitting for 10 or so seconds and then pressed on it with the rounded handle of a large scewdriver and hey presto you get the first photo. Then i repeated it a couple of times and problem is solved. Through the speaker hole i can feel all it has done is dented the plastic, and i think i could even push it back again if i went too far. I was conscious of restricting the area of heat so that it would retain overall structure and just dent where i wanted. It is not perfect and i could reheat and mess with it but I really couldn't be bothered from how it is now. I am also putting in a speaker upgrade and with a little work these will fit flush and not need that big spacer, so the gap you see behind the spacer will dissapear because the speaker grille itself is just that much smaller.
Just need to work out how to get that standard stereo unit out - looks like sliding something thin down the sides of the unit.
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