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- I was fitting a stereo not a screen, but had similar problem.
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Qu: if you fit the cage to the dash, and then the screen to the cage, don't you get 2 prong-like tools to enable you to remove the screen at a future point?
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You do with stereos
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- typically you slide one down each side of the stereo, which unclips it from the cage allowing you to withdraw it.
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OK
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- assumme you don't have these and once your screen is in the cage it can never be removed.
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What I did was to fit my stereo into the brackets with the screws, but first I physically removed the wide collar front of the stereo to enable the dash DIN slot to fit over it, and then replaced the front of the stereo.
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I did this using a scew-driver to prize
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(read snap) open all the lugs, and once the front was removed I could see right into the electrics of the CD player.
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I wouldn't recommend this a it never went back on right, and is liable to fall off when I take out the stereo facia.
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So, assumming you don't want to wreck your new screen by prizing off the wide bit, I'd suggest carefully widening the gap in your dashboard panel to allow it to fit around your screen, once you've screwed the screen in place.
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You could usse a file, or small hacksaw, or dremel etc to widen it, trying to minimise damage and keep the hole as small as possible.
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This might leave part of your dashboard exposed
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- but maybe the screen is wide enough to hide any gap?
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You also might be able to get hold of a universal collar to go around your screen once it's in place and hide any gap.
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Finally, you could try and pick up a dash insert from a scrap yard to practice on, or to replace yours if any cutting looks awful.
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If none of the above works, I'm afraid it's a case of locating a screen that is exactly the width of a DIN socket.
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HTH
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Ian