1998 cadillac deville stereo

installing an after maket system..........is there any way besides bypassing the factory amp........and how could I bypass the factory amp?

 Is there any after market installation kit I can use to mount the head unit....

Everywhere I go people tell me it has to be customized............

also.......my factory system does not have bose written anywhere on it,  but im being told it has an amp...where is the amp located and how can i get to it

LEt's make this simple man............

Dash kit....for your specific car...no, does one have to be fabbed...not neccessarily....I'm pretty sure there is another dash kit you can use, that might need a little modifying and trimming...in fact I'm almost positive...we did one a few days ago and we didn't have to fab one...or was it a 96 DeVille...I'll check the reciept sometime on Wednesday, and let you know what kit we used......

As far as the amp....Get a wiring harness from metra, it takes care of the amp by-passing the amp....

as far as the locale of the amp, I'm not all that sure....I wouldn't even mess with it....I see no big gain in playing with them....but that's my opinion

Hey Mark...I looked it up at the store....

We used a Metra 70-5600...

Here'w how we did it, first we popped off the bezel around the radio...Than we took the kit, cut off all the tabs, and hot glued it in place...Viola....done...the bezel sits in strong enough that it holds the radio and it gives it a good appearance...

Down side, well the kit is glued to the Bezel...so If you ever wanna get rid of the car, the radio either goes with it or you gotta buy a new bezel for it....

Also depending on the climate where you are, you might wanna use super glue instead of hot glue....

I also asked the other installer if he thought it was secure, and he said yup, he's done quite a few like that....and no problems yet...or complaints.....But you might wanna find a way to mount the radio to the facroty brackets, to be on the safe side, depending on your driving...

well don't I feel like a Jacka$$......

I think the kit is 99-5600 I'll double check at the shop tomorrow and post it from there......

Sorry bout that....