Jeep TJ double din unfriendly !

This is just not made to do the double din in a jeep tj. Hours of frustration. Tech help was not really heapful. They just read the directions to me. I can read. There is lots of room for error here and trial and error is how you get it to work.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Super easy install!

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Functionable and it is installed with trimming some screw posts. It does not use all 6 factory snap / compression clips. Just the top and bottom. It will not accept the factory ash tray. I use mine for storage and the little shelf that come with it is a joke at best.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Doesnt *quite* fit perfectly in my 01 Jeep. Pretty dang close though

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So close to perfect

Dash kit works really nice, just remember to move hook ups from old console to the new one, it will not be perfect fit you can see in between radio and heat system, it looks nice , but you will lose the ashtray (sorry smokers), otherwise really like it

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Requires a lot of modification to make it work

Once you get it installed it looks good, but it is a bear to install. The adapter plates require quite a bit of modification. It took a good 2.5 hours of fiddling with it to get it installed. The bottom clips are too short and require more modification to get them to snap in. The look is good, but the fit and finish of the mounts and panels are poor at best.

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It looks nice. I had to modify it to fit correctly.

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Great Fit

Very good fit for Jeep TJ

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Plastic hardware to hold receiver in to modified opening not good quality and holes don't line up for screws

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

List my ash tray (coin tray)

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Very simple to use/ install. My kit was missing the upper dash piece, but I called Crutchfield and the associate was very helpful and sent the piece out to me that day. This level of customer service will make me return to Crutchfield in the future for any other audio needs.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Great kit! Just what I needed to install my "double din" radio. Fit as expected?

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Nice quality Dash kit, just wish it came with the little metal spring clips that help it attach to the Stock dash. No ash tray though..

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fit perfectly easy to install

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Looks as good as original

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Fits perfect and replaces the old faded one! Makes the interior look great!

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Nice, but not perfect

Purchased kit with Alpine ILX-W650 receiver for installation in 97 Jeep TJ. Fits good but not perfect around the receiver. Would like it to have been a little tighter fit. Ashtray from Jeep not reusable with this kit. Not a smoker, but it was handy for storage. Metra has a solid face plate or little cubby to put in its place, but the cubby is not angled correctly and stuff just falls out. Really both are only useful for switches etc. Also it did not utilize the center retaining clips. Would have felt more solid if it had. No other real options out there and seems to be working fine so far. Color is darker black than my old dash and you have to reuse the vents, so there is a little color mismatch. Overall it works though.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

3.5 Stars. Great concept. Overall it looks good and installed easily. Had to be done. Some details have been mentioned: OE version had 4 push-in tabs for mounting to the front of the dash. This only has two lower ones, not the two in the center. Can't think of a reason. One option to replace the ash tray appears like an open faced cubby, but its floor is horizontal when all is installed. Can't hold anything. Miss my ash/clutter tray. The vent openings have same-sized mounting pivots on both sides of each vent. On the OE vents, one pivot is bigger than the other. This leads to slop in the rotation of the vents. The vent openings are about 1/4" too tall for the OE vents. Stick-on foam insulation there seals it up and takes some play out of the vent rotation too. No reason to mount the climate controls to this dash kit as instructed. Leave it in its original position and shorten the screw bosses on the metra.

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Great product!

Exact fit for my Wrangler. Fast shipping and east to install.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Cheap made and overall fitment is lacking.

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Only way to go for double din

This dash kit looks pretty close to factory when complete. It has 2 major flaws; both of which you will see in other reviews. First is the poor fitment across the middle section with no clips utilized in that section. Second, is a completely useless pocket replacement for the ashtray. If you look in the Q&A, you will see how cutting the screw molds off the interior solved the first problem. The second I solved with a 3D printer. Even with these issues, it looks great and you probably couldn't tell that it didn't come from the factory with that double din head unit; hence the 4 rating. If you would like to see my STL file and result, search for 95-6549 on Thingiverse. I'm going to post it there.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Worked perfectly for replacing the stereo system in my 1999 Jeep wrangler

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

The mounting dash screw on the upper right corner had to be relocated about 1/8th inch up and to the right. The climate controls had to be mounted to the dash kit without the shims. The shelf plate pops in and out very easy and may need to be glued. It is a perfect fit for the Alpine head unit and looks like a factory installed part on the 1999 Jeep Wrangler. I should add this is a Canadian built Jeep.

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2000 jeep wranlger dash

Easy to install Jeep Wrangler replacement dash

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Love it!

It installed easily with no issues. Looks great as well.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Perfect fit for Jeep Wrangler TJ.

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worked great and looks good to

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Not a good kit

Disappointed with this kit. First it came without the screws. I dug up some screws around my garage in hopes that they would all work. Turned out that 2 of the 4 for the climate controls slightly poked out of the front of the panel. The plastic finish didn't match the rest of the dash at all. It clearly looks like an aftermarket dash now. Then the options for the ashtray are a blank plate or a useless pocket. The pocket doesn't hold anything because of the angle. I get that this is an older kit and probably been this way for years but I don't think that design and quality should be older and lacking as well.

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Needed, but could be better

Jeep TJ. Bottom line is you need this if you're going from the stock size radio to a double DIN size. It could be better though. You will loose the ashtray. I don't care about having an ashtray, but the problem is that is where the bottom screw is to hold the this center panel is. There is two screw at the top, and nothing to hold it at the bottom. I had to drill and put a sheet metal screw in each side of this at the bottom (see pic). The area where the ashtray used to be has a chinsey panel that snaps in the hole, but not real well. It's looks and works fine now, but could be better.

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Lacking in quality and poorly thought-out

I purchased this to fit a new double-DIN head unit into my 01 Wrangler without reading any reviews beforehand. While installing it became clear that there was no way to properly clip the bottom of the dash kit into to the panel, and I was forced to drill holes as the bottom and screw it in to keep it in place. It is not compatible with the factory ashtray (which I use for coins and other items), and instead gives you a dinky and useless plastic pocket which is literally incapable of holding anything in it. It does what it says, and provides a flush surround for the new radio, but gets no marks for quality or value. If I had another option, I would have gone with it.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

A perfect fit in my 2001 Wrangler. I suggest using the plate instead of the storage tray in the ashtray space. The storage tray is only big enough for a couple of sticks of gum. Overall it installed easily and looks great.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Perfect fit for my 01 Jeep Wrangler. New stereo and speakers from crutchfield gave my old Jeep new look and great sound. Would highly recommend. Thanks again to Willy at crutchfield for all the help getting this deal worked out.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Fit perfect and color matched the agate OEM dash.

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Need a little grinding, but everything else was great.

This is very good. I only had 1 problem. The spacers help the fan control to sit correctly, but the plastic knobs on the inside of the new dash would not allow it to close and still left a space between the fan control module and the new dash. To fix this, I used a grinder to lower the knobs. Then it worked great.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

The dash kit worked excellent. Instructions were clear and simple to follow. Looks better than factory and works just as well. Definately recommend this kit.

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Wrangler dash redo

In order to make this work on my Wrangler, this center dash replacement did the trick. I MacGyver'ed the install a bit (after checking with Crutchfield tech support) so that I could replace the factory radio if/when I sell the Wrangler. The instructions were for installing a DD unit into a Wrangler, the Sony I purchased was a SD head unit with the DD interface. The dash kit fit perfectly.

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Double Den installation

Looks great with the new JVC kw-750bt. Very easy to install.

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Nice fit.

Good fit and finish. I ended up cutting out the ashtray support from the original part and fitting to new. Saving the ashtray as a very useful change storage.

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Perfect

Fits perfectly, good quality

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

I usually read reviews for everything I purchase. I saw some reviews for the dash kit that made me nervous but this kit worked perfectly for my 1998 Wrangler.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Matches perfectly!

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In a Jeep TJ

Installed into a 2002 Jeep TJ. Had quite a bit of cutting on both the Jeep and the dash kit to make it fit right. A dremel made it fairly easy. Looks great in the Jeep. Only a little wobble. Might try to install some clips to anchor down the lower section.

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01 wrangler

Looks very good but does not match the factory dash color wise. It is a little darker than expected and textured. Still looks good just not perfect.

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just sad

I could not be more disappointed in this kit. While it does accomodate a double DIN unit, it eliminates the factory ashtray/cigarette lighter. Why??? These fittings are lower in the console and should've been preserved to factory specs. Very disappointed.

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Jeep Kit-worked great!

Worked perfect! Did not have to trim anything in dash using the Sony head unit. (Double din screen, single din unit). I had to slightly trim the side mounts for the radio. Came with all hardware needed for installing. Will purchase for my other jeep now. Thanks again Crutchfield for not letting me down.

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Springfield

Poorly designed and made of cheap material. The factory version of the center bezel is made of stronger material and bolts to the dash in 3 places; two on top and one on the bottom. The bottom bolt is important! This version only bolts on top and to a snap fitted piece of the bezel. At best you will notice it lifting off at the bottom and rattling at highway speeds. At worst it will break off from the dash after minimal use. Think twice before purchasing!

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Great installation kit

Great and easy to use installation kit.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Looks good when I got done. However I had to do a lot of trimming to make the stereo fit. The mounting for the stereo holes are in the wrong place. I don't understand why they had to delete the ashtray and replace with a blank that is unusable for anything it could be designed a little bit better.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Good replacement for factory. Instructions not that great or accurate for the climate control mounting. Comes with spacers that don't fit so I just mounted it to the bracket instead.

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Extremely weak bracket

The plastic tab on this already broke on my my road trip. I had to do a repair while I wasn't on vacation. I'm going to have to replace the bracket entirely with something that actually supports the head unit. It's really pretty ridiculous they even thought it was functional like this. On top of that the instructions were wrong, and instructed me to cut out more than was necessary, which ended up only allowing for 3 out of 4 bracket screws to be installed. Very unhappy.

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Jeep TJ center dash trim

I purchased a Kenwood Excelon DDX396 for my Jeep TJ. I had planned on buying a dash kit off of Amazon or eBay. I had no idea Crutchfield had these. I am glad I ordered the head unit first because the Metra kit was $50 cheaper. It fit perfectly. I painted it to match the body color. I did file the opening for the stereo a bit for it to sit flush. Very happy with the end result.

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Must buy

Really easy to use and install. Really helped with my conversion for my new Alpine unit. This is a must buy

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Looks like it was factory installed and allows me to have a modern head unit in my old Jeep Weangler.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Looks Great!

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Allows Double-DIN installation

Doesn't seem as rugged as the OEM dash, but it works. I also have trouble getting the bottom clips to seat properly at the bottom of the unit. I think if I shave off some of the standoff pegs in the center, it will fit better but I haven't tried this yet. Overall, it allows me to have a Double-DIN head unit, so that's a win.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Not perfect fitment but it works.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Fit perfectly

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Great product

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit with Sony XAV-AX5000

the instructions received are extremely general, so you have to have an idea what you are doing. In a 99-02 Wrangler TJ, while the Sony XAV-AX5000 will fit in perfectly, the mounting brackets do not. they have to be trimmed to allow them to be used. I have ordered two of these for both mine and my sons jeep. the first arrived with no mounting brackets or spacers, I contacted Crutchfield and was told they would be shipped out. never received, no response to emails I ended up ordering the mounting brackets from another site.

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New life to old Jeep

Kit worked well. Had to read the instructions a few times to figure out that you need to remove the metal retaining clips from the factory bezel and reinstall on this one. Used to hold the bezel in place at the bottom. Everything fit well. Have to play with radio fitment using the two "ears" that are installed on the head unit. Had to try a number of times to get the head unit to fit flush or into the cutout for the double din unit. The blank panel insert on the right would be good to cut and install switches or accessories. The ashtray replacement insert that goes on the right seems a bit useless. At the angle it sits, anything that you place in this "cubby" would fall out. Will probably change mine out for the blank instead.

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TJ Dash Kit

Perfect fit and looks great.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

excellent for dbl din in 98 wrangler

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Perfect fit, do not hesitate

I'm shocked this isn't made by MOPAR. Fit is excellent, given you make a few modifications while installing. You've already got your dash ripped out anyway, right? First, there are a few anchor points, but not as many as factory, so work around that; I didn't want to drill anymore holes, so I lined most of the contacting edges (toward the inside edge) with insulating foam tape. Second, to fight any kind of rattle, I also lined most of it with some leftover strips of Dynamat. YMMV, but you may need to bend out the bottom two clips from your factory dash to reestablish a tight connection. Honestly, just use the little "storage bin" for change in your bedroom -- the angle at which it sits in the TJ basically gives you the ability to hold change on flat ground while stationary. The other option is a blank panel which looks factory anyway. There is a step where you have to remove a support brace inside -- I had to use a hacksaw for the first half and then finish with just the blade due to the tight space, but that portion of the install took about 3 minutes max -- do not fear this step! Finally, yes, your rubber console liner on the top (sunglasses/wallet/sunflower seed tray) fits nicely into the plastic replacement you see above. Factory appearance and now I have Waze/Spotify in my 19 year-old Wrangler (*does the Carleton dance*). Excellent product, and frankly, a great value.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

just what i needed fits and looks great

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Really bad product it eliminates the ashtray and it doesn't look good, had to make adjustments to the a/c controller to fit and the radio has a free space between the console. Doesn't recommend it

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Does what it says on the tin. Great way to modernize my nearly 20 year old jeep. Now I have a double din system with Appleplay just like the new cars!

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It looks amazing!

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Rattles

It looks good and fits. However there are a few flaws with this product. The original center bezel is held on by 3 screws and 4 friction clips. This unit is designed to be held on by only 2 of the screws and 2 of the friction clips. Additionally the factory unit had provisions for pins on the back that have rubber isolation pads slipped on. As anybody who is looking at this product knows, Jeep TJ's are not the smoothest riding vehicles ever built. As a result it rattled like crazy. As a result the new bezel rattled like crazy. Enough to drive me insane even over the continuous noise of a soft top Jeep. I was able to fix it with a couple of strategically placed screws and all is well now (except I have a couple of visible screws). I just don't understand why they didn't incorporate enough mounting support on the product. So 3 stars for a decent product that wasn't quite as good as I had hoped.

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Installed in a '98 Tj. Simple, straight forward and looks great! Attached a pic I took on first mock up to give an idea how it looks!

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Fit perfectly

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Metra 95-6549 Dash Kit

Overall, I am satisfied with this dash kit. I did have to modify the radio opening with an exacto knife because it was too small. The mounting brackets they included were flimsy plastic. The instructions were very good and easy to follow.

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