# Part Name - OEM Dash Insert - Stereo

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285 "2019-06-15T04:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![baumgrenze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/baumgrenze/32/5243_2.png) [@baumgrenze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baumgrenze)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/1 "2019-06-15T04:51:45Z")

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I want to search for a replacement for the OEM Stereo Dash “Dummy” Insert that was removed when my stereo was installed. I can’t think of how to ask the question in a search engine and find an answer. Certainly someone here who installs stereos will know its ‘proper’ name.

Thanks,  
baumgrenze

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/2 "2019-06-15T05:15:02Z")

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Or you can look on-line for a parts diagram from a dealer and see if the part is shown along with the part number, cost, and availability. Interior parts don’t seem to be available very long though.

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**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/3 "2019-06-15T11:09:38Z")

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Search on “stereo block off plate” or “radio delete panel”

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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/4 "2019-06-15T15:04:49Z")

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If your car isn’t too old you could ask at stereo shops. They probably would just toss those away. But I think there haven’t been cars sold without some sort of stereo for quite a while now, so you might try Ebay, too. I just looked using radio block off plate and found a bunch, including one for a 1950 Hudson for @25. So, they are out there.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/5 "2019-06-15T15:05:50Z")

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Make model year?

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**Author:** ![baumgrenze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/baumgrenze/32/5243_2.png) [@baumgrenze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baumgrenze)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/part-name-oem-dash-insert-stereo/142285/6 "2019-06-15T19:53:16Z")

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> [@TwinTurbo](#):
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> stereo block off plate

Thank you TwinTurbo. You supplied the answer I needed unless someone else has yet another term.

baumgrenze