I am trying to install a hand-me-down Blaupunkt stereo in my 1987 GTi. The stereo is from around 1999 and has a detachable face plate. At the
I have removed the dash trim piece that surrounds the stereo, climate controls and instrument cluster. If I slide in the DIN installation sleeve it does not sit straight, it is pushed too far in at the top. Right above the stereo opening (behind the dash trim) there are two screw holes. It is obvious by inspection that these have been used at some point, but nothing is mounted here now. Am I missing a piece here that would give the DIN sleeve the correct spacing at the top?
Also the front panel of the stereo is too large to fit inside the opening for the stereo in the dash trim piece. Did the front plate of the factory radio sit behind the dash trim?
I bought the car used and do not have the original factory radio. The unit that was in the car when I got it was a poorly installed vintage Blaupunkt, so I do not have any references on how the stereo is supposed to sit.
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