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Old 12-18-2006   #121 (permalink)
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Re: DIY: Head unit install

This is in reply to the user who broke his trim plate...

The reason you broke this is due to the fact that on certain models that dont have an armrest you have to remove the center console first. As you learned, there are 6 screws that need to be removed after you remove the center console.
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Re: DIY: Head unit install

Nice tutorial. However I'm wondering if anyone has tips on removing that center panel around the shifter in a manual? Basically step 2 for a 5speed.

Mine just won't budge, I pull and pull but it seems like any more force and it's going to snap in half. After seeing the unit with a snapped plate I'm doing my best to avoid such results. Just for reference mine does have an armrest.

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Re: DIY: Head unit install

the whole console has to come off. you cant just take the trim off, its not possible wiithout breaking it.
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Re: DIY: Head unit install

Perhaps I have the terminology mixed up.

This is what I'm referring to:

It doesn't seem like I can just pull this out without breaking it.
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Re: DIY: Head unit install

Unclip the shift boot by pulling it down (grab the silver ring right below the shift knob and pull down). Untwist the shift knob (twist it counter clockwise until it comes off). Lift up entire trim panel and shift boot.
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i guess its different for an auto. mine goes on from the bottom and cant pull up from top without taking the console out. circuit city actually broke mine when trying to pull it when i first got the car.
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manual and auto is diff...not to mention center consols for 01/02 are different than 03-05. kinda gay huh....
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As this was long overdue, I decided to make a head unit install DIY for the 03-04 Civic. This may apply to other years as well, but AFAIK, it is only for the 03-04. This DIY was created using an 04 LX coupe.

NOTE: The first 3 pictures are for an install on an auto, the following 4 will be for an install on a 5 speed. After the first 3 steps for each, there are no differences.

1) Stick your hand under the trim ring and pull

2) The ring comes off easily

3) Stick your finger in the location shown and pull up HARD. It can be very stiff but it does come out. There is a hole there to stick your finger in and make it easier.

4) The console piece does come off but it can be a pain in the ass sometimes. If it seems stuck in one part, look very closely to where the clip is (the console piece will be cut out a little just above it), stick a very small screwdriver and try to push the clip out. It will come out eventually so be persistent.

NOTE: The following 3 steps are for an install on a 5 speed. Following these steps, starting at number one again are instructions that apply to both manual and auto.

1) This is what the 5 speed center console looks like

2) Pull up on the shifter console area like how I am in the picture. You want to pull from inside the shiftboot area. You may want to pull with both hands. One hand on the left side, and one on the right side. Its easier if you do it with both. The only reason I have one hand in the pic, is the simple fact I used the other to take the pic. After you pull the left and right sides up, the front and back should just come off. There is nothing but clips holding this area down.

3) You should be able to turn the area around the shifter sideways. Once this is done, you can follow the steps from the DIY for the auto, its exactly the same. As you can see in the pic, its not necessary to take off the shift knob.

NOTE: The remaining steps apply to both manual and automatic vehicles

1) Use a phillips head screwdriver to remove the 2 screws located near the cup holders on either side of the console

2) Stick your hand under the "horseshoe shaped piece" as shown and pull it out. It is simply held in by clips, 2 on each side. Pull the sides out first and then pull the entire piece out by pulling up and back. Unplug the cigarette lighter and set this piece aside.

3) This is what your dash should now look like, and you can start taking the head unit out.

4) Remove these 2 screws to allow you to take the panel containing your HVAC controls, hazard light and head unit to come out. You can use either a very short phillips head screwdriver or an 8mm socket and ratchet. I highly recommend the ratchet. One screw is in the center and one is towards the right, but they are up underneath the dash and you may have to get under there at a wierd angle to see them, but they are very easy to get out using a ratchet.

5) Stick your hand behind the metal bar that you just took the screws out of and push it kind of up and forward. The top of this bar is part of the panel containing the head unit and the bottom half is part of the car. Push on the bar so that the head unit pops out. It may be stiff if it hasn't been removed before but it does come out.

That's all there is to it, and reassembly is the exact opposite of disassembly.

If you get stuck, please feel free to post any questions in this thread.










hey im stuck at the last part i push on the metal thing and i see my radio move a little but it wont come out what do i do?

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Re: DIY: Head unit install

/\/\ push harder... at least with my car, it was really in there...

ALSO, double check to make sure you took out the two screws up under there! :P
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There's 2 metal bars.
a) One that stays in the dash and is what your radio holder is bolted to.
b) One that you're actually removing from the dash as part of the radio holder.

You need to get your hand up behind the dash bar and pull towards you on the other bar....you'll feel one move independently of the other. Then when you got it towards you a bit, you won't be able to keep pulling it out because the dash back is in the way. Take your hands out and grab a hold of the dash piece around the actual headunit and HVAC controls, it'll come right out.
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Great thread. Thanks for this DIY mate.
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Re: DIY: Head unit install

First, great post, thanks for the help.

Second, I stupidly dropped one of the screws, and it fell in the gap in front of that little metal catch tray/shelf underneath where the screws are mounted (probably for people like me, except I missed it). Is there any way of retrieving it that you know of? If not, will it be okay if I just leave it down there?

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Re: DIY: Head unit install

I dropped a clip somewhere too, I dont see why its not ok to leave it.
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