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There is a specific kit especially for the lower mounting location. The plate you have won't work with the radio you have. It's worth the few bucks for the kit.
Second, there is an amplifier mounted to the lower junk box. It's behind it, and it doesn't have another place to live since the 93 has ABS brakes, with the ABS module and fuel pump relays taking up the former home of the amplifier.
Basically, if you want to do it right, you have to chuck the amp and get an aftermarket DIN head unit to go in the lower dash. I've played these games before (several times) and the Volvo radios are not very good to begin with. The amp just complicates matters more than it is worth to have it. With a good aftermarket unit you can just rip the amplifier out--most aftermarket units have far more power than the Volvo amp gives you anyway.
The upper gauges theoretically require no special mounting. There are/should be rubber mounting feet that hold the gauges in place in the mount. If you don't have the metal mounts that screw onto the back of the gauges, wrap the hidden perimeter of the gauges in electrical tape until they fit tightly, and it's done. There's more than one way to get the job done, just be creative.
I have a picture of exactly that conversion in a '91, which has the same radio setup and under dash ABS unit as a 93--hence the same problems remounting the radio. The gauges came from my old, old 240GL wagon and have followed me in one car or another, until today.
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chris herbst, five volvos.
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