I'm moving my Alpine CDE-9881 from my old toyota camry to my newly purchased 05 vibe. When I first installed the alpine HU into my camry, I didn't need the din cage/sleeve to make it work, so I'm pretty sure I discarded it. Now that I'm installing the same HU into my vibe, the instructions for my metra trim kit make it seem like I might need the din cage to make it work. The trim kit is in the mail still, so I can't try it out, but I was wondering if anyone has installed an alpine HU in their vibe using the metra kit, and whether or not they needed to have that din cage? I'm leaving for college soon, so if I need to order an alpine din cage online, I need to figure that out before my trim kit will arrive.Thanks!
All Metra kits have the option to be mounted in an ISO Din configuration. With you Camry you probably used the factory radio brackets, but for the Vibe Metra sends the brackets with th4e kits. If you still want to get a din cage for your radio you can get one at PACparts.com
Vibe is gone and will be missed as I've gone country style