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> > This IS the way they installed the radios (mine is like > this and has > > never been tampered with). Remember, even the radios are > accessories > > that did not come from the factory, like AC etc. The dealerships > > would have installed the radio. > > While I've certainly seen a lot of poor work that came out of > dealerships, I > seriously doubt if this is the way yours was done originally. > The dealerships > had the installation kits to do it right and I don't think > they would have gone > to more trouble and drilled a hole in the bottom of the > airbox where there is > also commonly water, causeing a water leak, too. > > This sounds more like the way a radio would have been installed at an > aftermarket radio shop where they didn't know, and didn't > care what that big > black plastic box was. The bracket you described in your other post is what I have: Jim wrote: "The dealer mounted radios came with a specially formed metal lug that would bolt to the rear of the radio and which held a rubber bumper on the other end. This rubber bumper slips between the 2 plastic tabs on the airbox and supports the rear of the radio." My error was thinking that this was screwed into the airbox, rather than just setting on the tabs, my bad. When I posted I even went out to my car to double check. Jason Smith 71 Square FI AT Columbus, OH USA http://jasontsmith.tripod.com/vw.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org