Install an '05 Element HU in Civic?
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Install an '05 Element HU in Civic? Assuming I could get my hands on a '05 Double-Din Honda Element HU, does anyone know if I would have any problems installing it in my '05 Civic EX, both from a electrical and fit standpoint? I appreciate any help.
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I'm no stereo wiz, but my limited experience seems to point at all the Honda/Acura stereo harnesses being the same. The only problem I could see is the shape of the hole in the dash. If the element deck is square and is truly a standard double DIN deck, then you just need a double DIN faceplate for your car. If the element dash hole is funky, you probably need to fab your own plate.
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Originally Posted by AggressiveAdam
if you plan on ever adding amps or subs stay away form oem decks all together
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Originally Posted by Blahman240
Why's that? Can't hook up an amp to an OEM deck?
back to the subject, what does the headunit look like? ours have that ugly triangular shape to it, on the right side, is the element the same?
do they make double din kits for our cars? for double din headunits...
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Originally Posted by fredis
yep, most [if not all] OEM units don't have the rca connections (or whatever you call it) for an amp.
back to the subject, what does the headunit look like? ours have that ugly triangular shape to it, on the right side, is the element the same?
do they make double din kits for our cars? for double din headunits...
back to the subject, what does the headunit look like? ours have that ugly triangular shape to it, on the right side, is the element the same?
do they make double din kits for our cars? for double din headunits...
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back to the subject, what does the headunit look like? ours have that ugly triangular shape to it, on the right side, is the element the same?
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...ry/large14.jpg
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Originally Posted by PCate
Here is a picture of the HU on Honda's website:
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...ry/large14.jpg
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...ry/large14.jpg
looks nice i guess, not sure why you'd want that in yoru car though, might as well get a good headunit with better sound instead of replacing oem equipment with oem. but that's all you.
i don't know if that'll fit in our cars btw. unless they make a kit for double din headunits for our car.
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you can get a converter that splices into the speaker wires and spits out rca, I did that in my first car.. then i just replaced the deck a few months later..
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looks nice i guess, not sure why you'd want that in yoru car though, might as well get a good headunit with better sound instead of replacing oem equipment with oem. but that's all you.
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where you getting the HU from? If you get it from honda w/o a car you'll be paying an arm and a leg
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