Aftermarket CD player

[ropergilson]

Is it possible to install one in this car? According to what crutchfield.com says, theres only about 5" of depth behind the radio. Is this true? Most cd players are about 6 or more inches. My stock radio is losing its left channel and I would really like to install something that plays cds. Thanks!

['97ventureowner]

Are you referring to the Roadmaster or Lesabre? The reason I ask is that your profile only lists a '87 Lesabre.
The radio size for both of these is 5 3/4" depth. You might have to resort to an aftermarket cd player/changer that sits in your trunk. To do that you also might have to replace the stock radio with another OEM one, or a similar aftermarket one to get around the issue with your current stock one.
With my '95 Roadmaster, I got around the cd player issue by getting myself a 1 GB mp3 player and putting songs from my CDs onto the player. My stock radio has cassette so I went to Wal Mart and bought a cassette CD adapter for just under $10. The cassette fits into the slot in the radio and the other end hooks on the mp3 player. I then can listen to over 100-200+ songs that I placed on the mp3 player through my vehicle's sound system. The mp3 player cost me under $30 and the whole "package costs less than $50, a far cry from an aftermarket cd player for a car. That is one option that you have to get around the issue you have now. Of course you still might have to change out your stock radio with something else to correct the left channel problem.But if you cannot replace your stock radio with an aftermarket cd player because of size limitations, that option I listed above can be a "less cost " alternative.

[ropergilson]

its a roadmaster wagon, sorry about that. It sounds like my best bet is to get a used OEM radio with cassett from ebay, I have been using my ipod with a cassette adapter for a while. Thanks for the help!

[Roadmonster]

I just installed my Pioneer DIN unit in the dash of my 95 roadmaster. It's a shallow well for the radio, but with the correct faceplate, there's about 1" under the radio and this works great to store the connectors, wire, and antenna adapter cable. I had no problem with this install.