Worked for 2005 Honda Element

Worked for 2005 Honda Element just fine. This kit fits several vehicles. Need to trim some of the plastic tabs depending on the specific vehicle. Not all parts or screws are used.

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Perfect kit!

This kit was exactly what I needed! It made the installation easy and very professional looking!!

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Bad Istructions that make little sense

i got this to work and it is solid for my 2006 honda crv. but the instructions are miserable and contradict themselves on more than one occasion. have to assemble by trial and error i found.

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

Takes more than a knife to cut the tabs off

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Easy to use but the instructions weren't the easiest to use. Lots of trial and error. In and out a lot to get it fitted properly.

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acceptable substitute for factory brackets

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Great fit for my Honda great price love this place and their product's

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Instructions not for people who can read.

Absolutely worthless. Instructions not for people who can read. Instructions are geared to those who already know how to use one of these items - because they don't need to use the instructions and just throw them away anyway. That's what should be done with these instructions - just throw them away. Then, since you don't have the instructions, you will throw away the dash kit too, because you'll never figure it out unless you've done a few of them in the past. Go with anything else. I will run this over with my car now...

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The end result is very nice, but the directions could be better on this dash kit. Eventually I figured it out. I had to drill a couple of holes slightly larger because the pre-drilled holes were too small for the supplied screws to start into.

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Tricky but works well.

Ok. Lots of complaints about the instructions. Yes they are not written well, but they were not wrong for my car (Honda Element). My recommendation is to test the fit before you trim tabs to see clearly if the tabs they tell you to remove are right. It is a bit complicated kit but after it is assembled it is solid and not flimsy. Holds the radio snug and in good relationship to the dash.

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Easy OEM plug and play

Exactly as described. Works great and super easy.

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

The dash kit has a bunch of extra things I didn't need, but once I got that figured out with the help of Customer Service (excellent!), it came together very quickly.

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When I 1st received this dash kit and saw I had to break off tabs, I thought how am I gonna do that after talking with the guys at crutchfield it ended up being a lot easier then what I thought

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HON-K828 Dash Kit

...outstanding value and made to fit my 2001 Odyssey...

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San Diego

Worst instructions ever. I have an 04 Honda CRV and there are mulitple pages telling you to cut different parts and they conflict with each other. It's a roll of the dice if you get the right page. I'm the guy everyone calls to help them assemble their IKEA furniture so I'm good at deciphering instructions. But this was a jumbled mess. I ended up cutting the wrong tabs and just used duct tape to wrap around my radio and the plastic to keep it in place. What a mess. I can't believe a company so concerned about customer satisfaction would release an instruction book so freaking confusing.

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2003 Honda CR-V EX

Got this to fit after filing off the majority of tabs on it, also had to cut into the actual cars housing to make it fit. Mounting sleeve from stereo (Dual XDMA350) doesnt fit inside this dash kit, even though it's what was recommended.. so I had to hot glue the stereo in place but everything worked out in the end, just a major headache and a couple days of figuring out what should have been finished in an hour.

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Fits well but pain to assemble

Thing was a pain, and the instructions (the entire booklet too) were very confusing and difficult to follow. Luckily my girlfriend helped out before I gave up. But it fit my 04 CRV very well after everything was said and done. Took away 2 stars just because of the assembly and instructions.

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Directions need a little bit more work, otherwise a handy way to a cleaner installation

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horrible fit, get the metra single din kit instead

horrible fit. the metal cage on a pioneer 6220BS requires you to cut out more space otherwise it won't go in.. the trim panel is warped and doesn't stay in place. this brand is garbage. I went out and bought a Metra single din kit and it fits much better. Crutchfield needs to have an option to upgrade to the metra single din kit for an added cost. this kit isn't worth it even if it's free, which it is

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It's not a perfect fit

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The instructions don't really do not match the dash kit pieces.

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The instructions are a bit confusing and it seemed unstable to hold the radio unit. The helpful staff did a FaceTime with me to help get the assembly complete and it does fit and function

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I gave this kit 3 stars because it was satisfactory. It did the job, but wasn't completely easy to install. The plastic side pieces that will bolt onto the radio do not snap firmly into place so it was a bit of a struggle keeping the pieces together while I secured the screws to the radio. Also, the instructions failed to mention that a plastic needed to be removed from the frame in order for my new radio to fit. Despite this I was able to figure it out and the whole system fit perfectly in my vehicle.

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Worked out just fine.

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Had some issues

Kinda didn't fit 100 percent in the element and instructions were somewhat confusing. Dash kit sticks out slightly

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The dash kit makes the installation a breeze. Thanks.

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This dash kit was decent. The instructions were terrible, though. it told me to see an illustration on page 4 but the only illustration was for a completely different car (an Isuzu instead of the Honda I needed) There was also a bit of confusion with the tabs that had to be cut off and sanded down smooth for it to fit. Again the instructions said to cut off the tabs that were shaded in the picture (5 or 6 tabs, I don't remember exactly), but there was another 10 tabs not shown shaded that also had to be cut and sanded that I had to figure out by trial and error. Unnecessarily time consuming. But it does look good once in the car, it just took longer to assemble it than it did to take out the old radio and wire in the new radio.

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Good solid kit. Mounts a single DIN radio into a double DIN mount. I ended up having to use to small screws in the back to securely hold things together (the sides to the back of the tray). They weren't included or shown in the instructions however it is the only way I saw to make it secure. Very pleased with the overall fit and look.

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The kit works very well, and fits my car very well. The instructions were not great - unclear and jump around a bit. If they would fix that problem (clearer, more pictures), they would be in great shape. I can to keep going back to my car to figure out exactly what I needed to do.

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It Fit,it works.The Instructions are not very clear

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Instruction skip around. Hard to follow. Looks great.

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Works great. Follow directions on page 1 and you'll be good to go.

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Read this if you have an 02-06 Honda CRV

This kit comes with too many parts and things to try to figure out . After reading the instructions and realizing how complicated it would be to use this, I discovered that I could use the mounting brackets from the original unit I was replacing and put them on my new unit. All you will need from the kit is the unit frame if you do this. You may, or may not have to modify the holes on the bracket to get them to match the screw holes on the unit. Remove one bracket, Lay the old and new units side by side and note the position of the bracket on the original. See if there's screw holes on the new unit that will put the bracket in the same position on the new. The top of the bracket should be about 3/8" below the top of the unit and about the same or a bit more from the front, Measure to be sure......If not drill new or enlarge the existing holes in the bracket so you have a match. If you're going to single DIN use just two screws per bracket. Attach the brackets and install in the dash. Now you only need the pocket frame piece from this kit if your going to a single din. You'll need to cut off all of the tabs and you will be able to slide it in and it will fit flush and frame the unit pretty nice just sitting in place. Reinstall the Honda trim and it should be a solid install. This worked for me and I hope it helps because this kit was designed by people with too much time on their hands.

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It works but the instructions are confusing and the fit is a little off

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Nice fit but confusing instructions.

This was probably the most confusing part of the radio installation. Its a universal kit and the instructions for getting it to fit in my make/model were difficult to understand. A lot of sawing off plastic tabs. Once the prep work was done getting it into the car was pretty easy.

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Great dash kit, but one DIN sized cubby storage smaller than stock

Crutchfield included this kit with a new one DIN Pioneer car stereo I purchased and installed in my 2001 Honda Odyssey w/o navigation package. Note that the factory Honda auto stereo for that year was a one DIN device with a small storage cubby directly below the stereo. This dash kit also has this storage cubby....but the cubby is smaller..... so small that it would not fit my USB add on box. So....I used a couple of pieces of wood to fashion a simple support that securely holds the stock cubby to the original factory metal bracket. Goes in the dash perfectly. Bottom line...I think this install dash kit is great....I just could not use it because of my need to have the stock cubby's slightly larger storage area.

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Great kit if you enjoy aggravation

The final result was the kit worked and looks nice. However getting there was annoying and time consuming, The instructions were poorly written and very poorly organized. I think the main problem is this one kit is trying to fit too many vehicles. Seriously this installation should have taken less then a quarter of the time it did, if only it was organized properly and intended for fewer vehicles.

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

It works as intended. However, having to cut off some of the tabs in order to mount this in my 2005 Honda Element took a leap of faith. The instructions are not real clear and the unit covers several models of Hondas, so you just have to read, read, and read some more to be sure you are doing the right thing. Once I committed, it only took a few minutes to put this together and complete the installation of the radio.

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Good Dash Mounting Kit

Worked perfectly for installation of a Boss 460BRGB. The installation instructions, though, are not very clear. Had to read them several times in order to connect the various steps required for the particular make/model of car that I was installing this stereo in.

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I have installed 8 to 10 car stereos in the past. This dash kit has cryptic instructions and way to many modifications to make it fit my 2004 cr-v.

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Did surprised how easy this made installation and how it makes the new radio look like it was installed by Honda.

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I loved the way it matched up to the car perfectly.

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worked good had to adjust a little.

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Did Not Fit Receiver

HON-K828 was sent "free" with radio purchase from Crutchfield (JVC KD-X240BT) - well, you get what you pay for! Not to be too negative, Crutchfield was fantastic with regard to fast service and delivery, and I appreciated the harness (which was great) and the idea beyond an install kit like this. That it was so marginal dampened the great service and other good products, however. It was unfortunate to have to deal with the frustration of this product. With some filing/grinding to the inner dash cavity, it works with a 2004 CRV; but, I found that the JVC radio did not fit within this kit. As all others have said, the instructions were ambiguous, at best, but you could figure it out with patience. The most disappointing of the experience was that I had to literally cut/dremel out most all the face except for a very thin rim to get the radio to fit. The end result looks ragged in places, with a gap at the top that is not concealed by the faceplate. In the future, I will probably search for a different brand and try to get something that will work better and look better. Customers and Crutchfield should note, though, that this might not work with all radios.

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

Fit perfectly in a 2006 CRV. Included install instructions were easy to read and harness was easy to install.

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awesome product, awesome deal, this kit made the installation super easy and it looks like a pro installed it

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It did the job

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Product arrived broken due to flimsy construction and poor packaging. Requires a surprising amount of work before it is ready to be used. Rather than send it back and wait, I was able to superglue it and hope that it works, but I am still working to get it ready to install and do not know how well it will fit. Instructions for prep and install are essentially useless.

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A little flimsy when removing tabs and connecting it to the vehicle.

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Installed in my 2004 Honda Element with 270 watt stereo. As others have commented the instruction manual with the bracket were pretty awful. I get that its not made specifically for one vehicle and that's actually kinda cool that its used for other cars. The part that states "Remove every tab" I would have preferred it state every labeled tab be removed. I read that manual 4-5 times to be sure I wasn't going to remove something and it fit badly. I fits but the top part of the trim is a bit saggy. Wish it was a bit more rigid but after removing all those tabs probably weakened that section.

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Surprisingly it fit very well as if it was from the factory. Install was simple as long as you to pay attention to the instructions.

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It works. It makes you work, too.

It works. I would suggest THOROUGHLY reading the manual before starting. Lots of things were not as obvious as I'd hoped. Also, there was an error pointing to the wrong page for a diagram. Once I figured that out, I was able to sort the remainder. But, give that this operation isn't that complicated, I think the instructions were as much an obstacle as a help.

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Worked well, fit beautifully. It took me few minutes to figure out how it assembled for my car, but no problem. Looks great.

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End result is an easy installation once you cut off all of the tabs. Instructions are not clear and require you to read all of the pages to determine exactly what to do. Removing all of the tabs took much longer than removing the old radio and installing the new Pioneer unit in our Honda Odyssey.

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Lame but useable

Came free with Pioneer stereo from Crutchfield so that is nice but man you can sure waste some time trying to figure it out. BIG HINT: If you have a CR-V or any car it says "cut all tabs off" in the cryotic instructions it means ALL of them ALL THE WAY. Every single one right down to the bone. I used small wire cutters to cut them off then box cutter (careful!) to trim down. Be careful as plastic could easily be broken when you are torquing it to cut tabs. Needs to be more customized and more solid plastic.

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Difficult but manageable

Had to read and combine three different sets of directions ( dash kit, head unit and supplier. Sleeve of head unit didn't fit per directions but unit fit without sleeve. Directions for assembling dash kit pretty flaky. It would have not been possible to install head unit seamlessly without this kit.

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Nice Product, instructions need help.

This was by far the trickiest part of the stereo install. There were errors in the instructions calling out wrong parts. I also found the instructions vague and confusing at first, but was eventually able to figure out what tabs I needed to trim off. Which for my vehicle was all of them, so that took a while.

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did the job, looks great

Added a cheap digital receiver to our 2002 honda crv for my daughter, didnt want to spend a lot and the conversion kit was included with the radio so it was a great deal. converted from dual DIN to single DIN using this adapter, new radio was a very tight fit into the adapter and I had to file down some small pieces to get it to fit in the dash. Once in though it was very solid and looks like a factory install!

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Decent dash kit harness

This was a little tricky to figure out how to install, but it seems to be a decent product.

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Instructions difficult to follow. Had to chat with Tech support.

The mounting kit instructions could use significant improvements for clarity. No explanation of terms such as "DIN" "sleeve", etc. Instructions say, "go to next page," but the next page is not the page you have to go to. For example, at the bottom of page 7, it says go to next page, but means, "go to page 1". I think the information in the instructions is correct, but you'll have to be patient to get through them.

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

It gets the job done, but being a multi-vehicle kit, there are a lot of tabs to break/cut off. The instructions also take a while to understand and could use some improvement. However, after careful study and a lot of cutting and filing I was able to make it work. I would have preferred something sturdier and quicker, but in the end it turned out fine.

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Great fit

Perfect wiggle-free fit, in a 2006 CR-V. Just pay attention to what passes for instructions, and you'll be ok. I used a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel to remove the unused mounting tabs.

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Helpful product

I did have a little confusion as to which parts of the plastic needed to be trimmed, truth be told the instructions were not complete in my estimation. However, once everything is sorted out, this helps with the install. I did make a modification and used the metal brackets from the factory in dash in place of the plastic mounting brackets.

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Tim

Included for no charge with my stereo - it worked to install the radio, but I had to remove a lot of tabs. The plastic supports were flimsy, but did best if screwed directly into the body of the stereo.

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Fits Like A Glove

Went in easy.

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Fits ... but instructions are awful

The instructions for this product are awful. You are essentially left on your own to figure out how to install. I spent an hour trying to decipher how this went into my dash. Finally figured it out, and the product fit as expected. Decent instructions would've made the job faster and easier. Hire a tech writer for $15 bucks an hour, for God's sake!

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American International HON-K828 Dash Kit

Some of the plastic seemed flimsy but didn't break during the installation. The directions need some work.

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Cheap, flimsy, foreign Crap

Can I give this a negative review? cheap, flimsy, VERY complicated, universal mounting kit. never did get it to work.. Do yourself a favor and go pick up a mounting kit made for your car when your radio arrives.. Crutchfield really blew their reputation when they started sending out this price of crap. Installation took a full day and kit never did fir right, then it broke in half.

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2006 Honda Crv

This kit made the installation process easy

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Dash Kit

Took a bit of checking and rechecking as to what I had to cut off for tabs. The instruction for the kit were bad. Had to use a dermal to cut off the extra tabs and had to do it carefully. I just checked it a few times to the existing bracket in my 2006 Honda CRV to get it right before I cut it. Used side mount screws in the head unit to hole the bracket in place before mounting in the car.

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Dash kit for 2002 Honda CR-V

The radio "eventually" fit perfectly. The instructions were confusing which therefore caused a lot of delay because I didn't want to damage the kit. If you take your time and read read the instructions 5 times over it will finally make sense and install easily (at least it did in my CR-V)

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installed in a 02 honda crv

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Plastic Dash Kit

Took me a while before the directions made sense. The plastic holds the receiver, but it is rather flimsy and you have to cut off all of these tabs are not used in at least my installation.

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Poor quality, cheap flimsy plastic

Installed this in my girlfriends 2005 Honda CRV- Product came broken, the plastic trim that fits around the headunit was snapped in half on one side. I ended up glueing it and made it work, but the entire kit is made of cheap flimsy packaging. Also, having to remove the other tabs is a pain. Does what its supposed to, but I would not buy this kit if there is other options.

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