Installing CD player

[TazzyVR6]

Hey guys,
got myself a cd player, woot! No more listening to ipod through crappy radio thingo!
I'm taking it round to my friends place to install it, i was just wondering if there is anything i need to look out for when removing the dash, or actually how to remove the dash cause i haven't tried before.
Any tips wellcome, thanks
Alex

[BlackVr6ix]

easiest way is to remove the whole radio surround.

remove the abs/airbag light and headlight switch
remove screw holding on instrument cluster surround
remove blank switch covers from other side and remove screw
place fingers between gauges and surround and pull lightly and with a clenched fist hit dash at the endge of the surround. repeat on opposite side
remove two screws from upper vents and last remaining screw behind blank on far side of window controls
Pull out radio in surround

[The_Hawk]

Test the wiring before you put it all back...

Make sure your Balance/Fader works as expected.
Make sure your amp comes on (if you have one).
Make sure it all turns on/off when it's supposed to.


Nothing like putting it all back together just right to find out that you have mixed up the front left and right channels

[BlackVr6ix]

yeah thats always fun hahaha

[TazzyVR6]

haha, learn from experience did we... Thanks for that guys.
And no, no amp yet but that's in the not two distant future. 2 clarion amps, 1000W clarion sub and clarion 250W splits in the front and 200W in the rear

[The_Hawk]

Make sure you get both the amp and speakers at the same time.

Higher powered speakers require higher power pushing them. If you just hook new speakers up to the stock deck they will sound ****e.

[TazzyVR6]

Yeah i'm getting amps and speakers and sub at same time but i won't get a head unit with enough preouts to make use of them all for a bit longer. So i'll just have to put up with crappy music for a while. I'm just getting this cheaper kenwood head unit so i have a cd player!!!

[The_Hawk]

Since your running an amp or two, there is no reason you can't split the outputs and send one lot to an amp running speakers and one to an amp running a sub.

[95vr6]

Instead of removing dash surround, why not make up some radio release keys to remove oem radio.

[TazzyVR6]

I have no idea how i would do that, my friend might know what to do though. He's done plenty of this sort of stuff before, he's won sound comps and stuff.
lol, i hope he knows what he's doing!!!