mach 460 replacement
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: mach 460 replacement
Posted By: 1nicemustang
Subject: mach 460 replacement
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 8:43 AM
ive been researching new car stereos to replace my factory 2001 mach 460 deck. crutchfield states that only a single din radio will fit. wouldnt a din and a half radio fiT in the opening. has anyone tryed this approach or installed one in the mach 460 place?
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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 9:48 AM
Personally I wouldn't do a din and a half in anything other than a chevy or chrysler. I can't picture your dash right now but I think the factory radio is actually a double din. If you want a bigger radio then you should jump to a double din. But either way you will have to fabricate a kit to make it to work right(actually I think metra has a kit for the double din or two single din's to mount).
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Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 11:45 AM
yeah its the mach 460 6 disk in dash changer...i think its a din and half size but a single din wouldnt look good in such a big space. i havnt seen many custom installs done on this system using an aftermarket radio thats larger size.
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 11:49 AM
I found this page a while ago when I needed help with this system. Hopefully it'll help you some too. It's a whole series of pages just for the mach 460 system. https://www.dinotheo.com/carstereo.htm BTW only DINs will fit this system. There's two of them, but they have a spacer in between and that would prevent you from using a double din.
Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 5:05 PM
well the above information is incorrect for a 2001 mustang. the mach system in the 2001 and up are din and half 6 disk changers in dash. thats why i asked if a din and half stereo would fit this space.
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: February 23, 2003 at 6:34 PM
Sorry I'm a moron . Anyways, assuming your head unit looks like this: 
https://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/.../02.ford.mustanggt.500.jpg then you are gonna need a dash kit like American International's FMK550 to install a regular din unit, and a whole bunch of creativity to install a din and a half. . This is a wierd size opening, it's almost a double-din but it's about 1/8" to 1/4" too short. But it's not short enough to be the din and a half either. I guess if you cut out the pocket that's part of the kit, but left the frame part intact, then you could probably fit a din and a half in there. But then there's the problem of how you're gonna mount it--try using the backstrap adaptor that's part of the kit. It's a slide type thing that lets you mount it at different heights so it might just do the trick for you. Good luck! ------------- Ethan
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Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: February 24, 2003 at 9:14 AM
yup thats the one......i had used a kenwood excelon in there for about a week using the factory mach 460 maps with it and it sounded pretty good but then i lost the 6 cd changer option and i liked the factory appearance but now with all this in dash dvd and video out i was looking into some double din and din 1/2 options. i will do some more research on this and post pics if and when i get sumthing going thanks for your help!! :)
Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: February 24, 2003 at 9:24 AM
also would you know the harness part number to intergrate the mach 460 factory amps with a new head unit? i had it (the harness) with the kenwood but returned it all together. thanks again.
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: February 24, 2003 at 10:55 AM
I dunno if this is what you're looking for? They don't have a picture unfortunately. https://www.audiooutfitter.com/cgi-bin/store/705519.html "amp.int.plug (mustang w/ mach 460 lincoln ls) " ------------- Ethan
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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: February 24, 2003 at 10:43 PM
I have an '02 stang. It's a 1 1/2 din. I found a cover plate at a local audio store (that's unfortunately out of business now) that allows for a single din HU, with a small storage area above it (about the size of 2 CD cases). The only bad part to it is the way it secures the HU. There isn't much holding the HU in place, so it constantly skips from excessive bass. I've been trying to find a solution to that for a while. It's already backstrapped, but that's not enough! ------------- Squirrel
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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: February 24, 2003 at 10:44 PM
Here's another good site on the 460
https://www.flemworld.com/95/mach.html ------------- Squirrel
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Posted By: 1nicemustang
Date Posted: February 25, 2003 at 10:36 AM
wvsquirrel wrote:
I have an '02 stang. It's a 1 1/2 din.
ok so it is a din and half then. i have used a pioneer deh-77pdh headunit in a chevy s-10 by cutting the mounting post in the rear of the dash cavity thats all it took for that to work where others said it was not possible. im thinking of using the same headunit in place of the mach 460 6 cd changer. should be interesting.
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