Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Everything came together great.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

I think the kit is fine but it's more about how the head unit mounts in this vehicle (2012 Ford Focus). Setting up the head unit in the brackets took a lot of trial and error to get it to set just right as the head unit does not mount to the kit but rather "free-floats" in the dash cavity when mounted and then the kit itself is snapped onto the main dash, fingers crossed you set the height and depth of the radio close enough not to have to pull it back out. I mounted the factory small screen to the mounting brackets first then mounted the DD head unit to the brackets and placed the kit against the small screen as centered as possible to see how much I had to move the radio (up, down, in, out). It took some time, but after was all said and done I think there was a very small gap at the bottom of the kit opening that the radio did not fill, but you'd have to really look to notice. It's too bad there's not an option to mount the brackets to the kit instead of the subdash, but that's just how this works.

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Great fit and finish

My daughter's car developed the issue where the radio made loud noises and popped the speakers even when the car was off. The best fix, I was told, was to replace the $800 head unit in a ten year old car and hope it didn't have or develop the same issue. My worry was that you would have to hack up the dash pretty bad to put in an aftermarket unit. This dash kit saved the day. With the addition of a double din bluetooth unit and a wiring harness she now LOVES her new radio and has handsfree calling to boot. Easy to install but make sure you follow the Crutchfield install instructions as there are things they tell you to do that the normal install instructions do not.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Very easy install with the kit

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Works great

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Fits well. Instructions cover the install with one particular interface kit. I used a different one as suggested by Crutchfield. Install still went smooth, I just had to figure out a few things on my own. The buttons feel a bit flimsy, and they tend to rock side to side, but if you press directly in the center they work fine.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Kit was perfect for my sons 2012 Ford Focus,everything works as it should

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Exactly as advertised. Fit perfectly into car.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Overall a good replacement for OEM stereo. Build quality for the price is not great. Feels like it's made of cheap plastic. The factory vents on my 2014 focus did not properly latch on to this kit. Required some trimming of the stock vents but I got it to work. Overall this is the best option.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

It fits perfect!

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Looks better than anticipated. All information said that time on stock screen could not be changed with this kit but mine is able to be changed. Any downside is the orange/amber color lights on buttons.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Works great

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Great fit

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Professional instal look

Makes changing stock radio to large touch screen replacement look professional

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Just good enough

Out of necessity you need this if replacing the factory unit, and for the price with no other options it does the job but is average at best. The buttons are squishy and appear cheap, and the install kit mostly fits, but requires a bit of extra (and creative) alterations to other parts in the vehicle to make it fit.

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Not a bad looking dash kit but didn't like the fact I had to take it out once installed because the interface had to be updated. Would have thought it would have been good from the factory. Also, the buttons are way too bright and orange! Seriously Metra, nothing in these cars are orange and there is no way to change the color because I contacted Metra directly and asked.

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Great kit!

This keeps the factory look, but allows upgraded stereos to be installed. One complaint, you should allow different color led's for the button colors. My only complaint. Everything else is perfect.

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Perfect.

Perfect fit for my 2014 focus. Good price. Looks so much better than the stock dash.

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Adequate

Easy installation, plastic not quite as good as original equipment.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Good customer support. the male ford pin needs to have small tabs removed in order to fit the bezel female plug. Also the other two plugs in the new bezel are for Metra and do not relate to the installation per se. This is not stated. Other wise smooth installation

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Finish is good once installed. The connector for the panel controls is very tight to the point where it feels an inordinate amount of force is needed to seat the connector. The positive snap fits are what they are compared to the factory piece though the main panel is fairly robust. The snap fits of the vents and the main panel aren't as positive as they could be though the outline of the vents and vent controls fit well. Your vents may unsnap during installation. They're good once you get everything in place. The button lights are red and all the Fords I've seen like this have blue(ish) tint back lights. Looks out of place. The lock indicator is insanely bright and causes a slight glow of the interior at night.

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Plug fix

Factory harness does not fit into dash kit receptacle. To fix it... the factory plug has two small tabs in the area where the clip catches. Using a utility knife and shaving these off allows the plug to fully seat into receptacle and clip in.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

The open space below the radio is strange. Why is it there?

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Metra kit

I ordered this faceplate along with a new head unit for a 2012 Ford focus se. While it does fit. It seems cheaply made. There is a receptacle in the back of the unit to provide power to the faceplate, unfortunately the receptacle is to large to engage the catch from the Ford plug. I don't know if the '13' or '14' models used a larger plug. Right now I have the plug electrical taped in place. I'll probably end up using hot glue to keep it in place. Now let me add that Crutchfield customer service is number 1. I contacted tech support on this matter and they sent out another faceplate pronto, so kudos to them. The second faceplate had the same issue as the first. This is not Crutchfield's fault. The problem lies with the Metra kit. At this price you'd expect something to work properly.

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Very nice

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Looks great but doesn't work.

Plugged in the harness from Ford Focus and it kept slipping out. Would never snap in and doesn't seem the depth of the channel allows for it. Also to put in factory silver trim over the vents doesn't align. Stuck with black.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

It mostly fits however most things don't fit perfectly and tend to be loose and fall out.

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Cheesy but effective

The all black looks good and fits a ddin receiver nicely. But for the price i expected it to fit a little nicer in the dash. It sits crooked and the clips that hold the ac vents in have too much tolerance so they can come off too easy when removing the dash. Also a piece of the face looks bent when the vent is installed. Lastly, my lock and unlock button doesn't work although the emergency light button works. They come from the same plug so i have no idea why this is.

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Easy to install

Easy to install

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Works but had to make make it work.

It is passable product. It looks fine. But a defect in the molding added an hour an a half to my installation time. The connector that needs to connect to the Ford Focus Audio Control Module didn't fit. It looked the same, and seemed to have the correct dimensions, but would not click on the keeper. Using liquid paper I saw that the factory plug would only go 3/4 of the way down, which made the unlock/hazard buttons intermittent. I had the choice of gluing it in place or figuring out why it wasn't right. The Metra connector had two pin more then the factory one, I had the option to remove them, but I wasn't convinced it was the problem. I disassembled the Metra plug assembly so the pins would not be a factor. It still wouldn't go all the way. It looked the same, but with a magnifying glass I saw that the casting of the plug receiver had imperfections that rather than being straight to allow the plug to slide in, flared at the bottom of the connector so it would pinch the guide rails of the plug. I filed them down until they were straight, it took me a while. I finally pushed it in and it worked. All in all, it was 90% fit, and you had to live with the other things like the vent tabs that were loose.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Fit perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Looks better than the OEM.

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Great aftermarket kit!

Excellent fit and finish. Simple installation and great directions. Took advantage of the prewiring service really made things easier.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

don't expect to breeze thru the install, it takes a couple hours. i had to file down a single piece on the unit to make the final connection fit. it simply wouldn't snap into place without doing so.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Worked perfectly for the 2012 Ford Focus. Read the instructions carefully.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Fit perfectly, giving close to the OEM look that my daughter wanted to have with her new radio, without having to replace with the original OEM radio that had failed too soon.

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Easy installation but looks bad

Why does it have orange lights?

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Would get a 5 star but I don't like the orange lights and I was hoping it would be more flush with my radio. Otherwise it went on easy and comes off easy.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Product fit correctly for our Focus!

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Perfect fit

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Nice fit!

Nice product. Fits and looks great!

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Great product.. great customer service

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

It fit perfectly in my car

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Looks good installed just wish the dash lights could be changed.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Perfect fit. The unit will set the time on the clock and you can use the buttons to navigate just fine. The reason 4 stars is that the vents aren't a 100% perfect fit and don't clip in exactly as they should. That and the ultra orange light that is behind the buttons and on the unlock/lock indicator light. Not cool.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Fits good. Matches the dash. Quality could be better and the lights should match the car's lights. The orange clashes too much.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

This kit is a perfect fit and works great

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Awesome product, fit perfectly in my car. Buttons are very easy to press. Orange color is a minor detail but not to worry, my head unit matches it perfectly. Awesome awesome!

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Good product

Fit and finish is pretty good. I installed a single din deck with no major problems. As others have said the orange backlighting doesn't match with my Ford Focus and one of the lights is really bright. Even though it's not perfect it looks very good in the dash. Overall a good product.

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Great Price and Speedy Delivery

Love it. The site is easy to understand. Great price and the delivery was made exactly when stated.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

What prevented the item from receiving 5-stars is how expensive it is, which can't be helped because it has very limited applications, and how cryptic the instructions were. I made an attempt to install it myself and the instructions had me trying to insert the stereo sleeve into the two side mounts, but when I took it to the installations tech, he just screwed the stereo straight to the side mounts without the sleeve which made it work. Maybe it's my fault for not being a little more adaptable, but I follow instructions. Anyway, once everything was installed, it looks great and works great. After reading some of the other reviews about the back-lighting, I should note that I rarely drive at night, so I really haven't been affected by this but I can imagine it would be a little annoying.

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Good dashkit

It feels good with quality plastic used. The buttons are dense and its easy it install

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Great Deal

Great receiver for the price. Took me less than a hour to install in my 2013 Focus. Sounds 5X better than my stock radio.

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Works well with 2012 SE

I have a 2012 Focus SE without the Sync system and this works pretty good with it. It does cover up part of the screen (which is now a glorified clock) but you can still see the time and date just fine. The pocket/sleeve that came with my dash kit was either the wrong one or was defective because neither myself nor a car audio installer could get it to work with my dash kit and single din stereo. The holes didn't match up. Because I was already so invested in the project (had amps, sub, speakers, etc...) I decided to buy a double DIN and give my little sister the single din. The double DIN fit perfectly. The lighting is very annoying, as stated by multiple reviewers, but I just set my deck to the same color scheme and now it's slightly less annoying.

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Cool dash

I had some trouble with the installation and fitting it with my pioneer stereo. I had some trouble getting both top display screen and my double din stereo to fit flush with the kit at first so it took some finessing. The brackets mounted the stereo well and instructions were easy to follow. The only negative thing about the kit was that it covered my top screen time (hours and minutes) buttons so I had to drill in holes myself to still have access to those buttons when necessary.

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Metra 99-5827 Dash Kit

Great fit and easy install.

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Its Okay

I was really looking forward to this piece to finally get an aftermarket stereo in my Focus, but when i installed it 2 things bothered me, 1. The vent trim pieces from the stock stereo do not fit this. 2. The buttons light up Orange, which is an increbible oversight by Metra, since the Focus lights are all white and cyan, i ended up using electrical tape to cover up the light to keep it from distracting me. Other than the the kit works, i dont have the sync system so 3 of the buttons do nothing.

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great fit, looks good, am very pleased

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Not what I had hoped

I used an AXXESS adaptor, did not get a steering wheel sync adaptor as I don't like Ford's Sync, found it annoying. Metra fit fine, LEDs too bright but the unit died after a few weeks (lost display for time, temp and date), it was replaced under warranty. 2nd unit works but you can't change the time, only the emergency light and lock/unlock button function, all the others don't work. Also Ford has two radio antennas and you have to choose which to use. Another problem is Ford uses an impedance matching chip in their antenna assembly which will not likely match any aftermarket receiver, it can't be adjusted. This is a problem with receivers, most (all?) don't have an adjustment for impedance matching with the antenna so you can't optimize the signal and improve reception. Is this a big problem? Probably not considering the small antenna craze now in vogue that Ford is following, those small antennas just can't produce the signal of larger antennas so you can't get the stations you could with older style antennas. And you can't just screw in a larger antenna as there is no way to match impedance to take advantage of more signal strength, I tried that and it didn't work. If anyone knows of a solution for this I would like to hear it. I removed the Metra. I have 3 Toyotas and all have much better reception with the stock radio than the Ford Focus.

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Could be better

It does fit, and will have to do until something better comes out.

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Metra FIA

Fits like it should

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perfect

Worked perfect buttons are nice and it was as simple as could be

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Focus fit kit

It's a pretty good fit kit but they should have made the lights on it blue to match the other dash lights. Also configured it to be like the original and use the original trim pieces on the a/c vents. Why buy new ones. Oh yeah to make more money off the pricey fit kit. And the buttons could have been more like the original, nice and not bulky.

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Metra 99-5827 in my Focus ST

The fit and function of this adapter kit is great. It allowed me to easily swap my factory Sync system for a Parrot Asteroid Smart. Unfortunately for reasons I don't understand, the buttons are very odd looking and Metra used amber for the backlighting when the rest of the car has light blue (as I think all Focus's are). It really looks out of place at night and really distracts from what would be a very factory looking install. Also, the "locked door" indicator LED is blinding at night. There really is no other option to get a 2DIN unit in a 2012+ Focus so you will just need to deal with the buttons as it is otherwise a great product.

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Metra 99-5827 Factory Integration Adapter

Fits like factory unit.

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Metra 99-5827 for Ford Focus

I installed this on a Ford Focus ST. Everything worked as advertised and it looks like it came with the car. There're a couple things to be aware of though. The mounting brackets are made of plastic. If you over tighten the mounting screws, you can end up squeezing the plastic apart. Don't over tighten. Second issue is that there is a little light that displays when the doors are locked. This light is pretty bright and sometimes annoys me at night. Also, all the lights on the dislpay buttons are amber color. Other than that, I'm happy with it.

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Metra 99-5728 adapter

Awesome fit, easy directions, no complaints.

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