Single Din Won't Fit in OEM Dash Kit

[thepossimpible]

Hey all, I'm new here (and to car mods in general) and got my Altima about 2 weeks ago and began installing the aftermarket headunit.

Some backstory:My Altima is the base base 2.5 SedanThe car didnt' come with a stereo/headunit, just two pockets.It also only had two speakers in the front doors, which were prewired.I saved $4k buying the car this way as opposed to the 2.5S, and plan to spend a few hundred on aftermarket audio equipment (which I have read a lot about from this forum)

I've been looking around here for a while, and got some great information on the installation process already. The only problem I got is that I have a single din Sony Xplod CDX-GT430U, and although it looks like I have the OEM dash kit already, the HU doesn't fit exactly through it. I have to squeeze it through, and it scratches the edges.

I ended up just using the Metra kit that Crutchfield gave me, but I want to keep the factory look of the OEM kit. I've seen pictures where people have had the OEM one.

Should I be pushing the HU through it or am I stuck with the Metra one?(BTW, I have the manual AC, no digital tempurature display)

I could be going about assembling the HU wrong, so instructions would be good.

Trust me, I've been looking around this forum constantly for the past couple of weeks.

Thanks!

[AppleBonker]

First off, welcome to NICO.

Any chance you can take a picture of what you're talking about? The head unit should fit. I'd like to see what you're talking about with it scraping.