Help Installing a Double DIN

My truck was purchased used and came with a single DIN unit with the Metra dashkit. I went ahead and ordered a double DIN DVD player with 4v outputs, backup camera, HD Radio, yadda yadda yadda. It came with another double DIN dashkit from Metra and wire harness. From what I could gather from the crappy instructions, I am to use the factory radio's mounting brackets and put them on the new Pioneer stereo, but I don't have the factory radio, so I am assuming that I will need to order brackets for the new head unit. Is there a tutorial anywhere? I have looked here and on Youtube, and Youtube only had really crappy videos, one was a guy showing you what he did at night with a flashlight (WTF?). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have all the wires run, speakers are installed and the amps mounted and installed by myself. I was just swapping out the head unit with a better one.

 

If I remember right, the side pieces on my dash kit screwed directly to my pioneer.

 

Im pretty sure your dash kit should have came with plastic mounts for the double din...

 

The plastic ones are junk. Don't use them. Someone had to have a pair if factory metal brackets laying around.

 

Go get a Schoshe dash kit, it comes with the side brackets you need. They are plastic, but unless you are doing some heavy bumps/vibrations they work just fine.

 

Maybe the Scosche is a better kit than the Metra that came with it. I posted a WTB in the Audio/Video For Sale section so hopefully I can get some in by the weekend.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metra-99-82...249?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b06622ce1
This is the kit I have. It has the side mounting brackets, but I don't see where/how they slide in to the piece that mounts on the chassis with the 4 screws.

 

UPDATE: I am updating so if anyone runs in to the same issue, they will see the reason. I contacted Metra tech support and their kit does require that the factory brackets that come with the Tacoma be used in the installation with their kit. I have ordered some from a member here who is not using his.

 

Glad you resolved it. I used my factory bracket for my double din