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Okay, is it just a plug and play kinda thing where the exact same wires would go with the NEW HU????

When installing, how do i disconnect the battery???? (my car battery)?

sorry. i am extremely new.. please help

thanks

 
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scroll up, there is a link called DIY

 
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read the DIY. i know how to take off the center console but my main problem is i don't know how to wire the new HU in...

 
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theres a little screw on the side of the terminal on the post. just untighten it a little and pull the wire off. i believe taking off the negative is fine.

installing a HU...
buy a harness...around $15?
maybe invest in an installation kit which will make the HU fit and look better
with the harness just match up the colors of the wires and use butt connectors. or elec. tape if u want

 
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definitely harness and installation kit, saved me like an hour. also i happened to drill holes in the stock bracket so i could keep it screwed in

 
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ya its best to have a harness and installation kit... fairly simple.. just get the harness you bought that connects to your civic's and the harness from your headunit. just match the colors and tie the wires together. i did it the ghetto way. twisted the wires together and put electrical tape. theres alot of different ways but basic thing is just getting the two wires to touch.

 
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great. as long as the color matches. i hope it works..

i was reading some guy who had a metra kit?? (anyone know waht that is)?


thanks alot. i'll give it a try once the guywhos selilng my HU comes on

 
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metra kit is the installation kit thing. its so that your headunit could fit flush against the dash. i think schoche is another company that makes them.

 
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i have american international kit . i bought it from bestbuy for 15.99 fits prefect

 
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for the DIY.. anyone make out the last picture?? i can't seem to understand which part that is...

and how do i take off the ***** ? do i turn it clockwise all the way or counter clockwise.. .
confused

 
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jus pull the ***** off...
the last pic in the DIY shows the connectors that plug into the climate control ***** that you pulled off.

i got my kit from BB also and it looks OEM, while fitting the DIN HU with ease and nice snug.
a friend of mine paid to get his done and they used some other brand of kit. his looks funky and the lower pocket ended up being 1/2 the size of original.

 
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Great pull off the ****. BUT which cables to I disconnect so i don't blow a fuse??? i can't seem to see it.

 
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u wont blow a fuse...the whole console is connected using harnesses...
so you unplug the antenna, radio harness, A/C harness, climate control harness, and hazard button harness...i dont remember if theres any more than that...jus pull them all off...u wont have to figure which goes where cause they onlie fit in one place.

 
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If you want to do a really professional wiring job that won't give you problems in the future, try this:
Before taking the dash apart, get the wiring adapter and the radio. After you figure out which wires to connect, put on a small length of heatshrink tubing over one of the two wires. Twist the wires together and use a soldering gun and solder to make it a permanent connection. Then slide the tubing down over the connection and heat it up with a cigarette lighter until it shrinks. Don't burn it too long or it'll open up and tear.

This method is much better than using electrical tape. Eventually the tape will unravel and leave a sticky mess. The worst that can happen is it could come off and short out on something in the dash. By the time you smell the burnt wires, it's probably too late!

 
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Bellz - i heard people recommending that i get a hire harness. i haven't bought all the stuff yet.

I had problems taking out the counsel.

I pulled off all the knows and i couldn't pry it off.... do i have to rip it off with full force?? Lol

 
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uh.. did you remember to take off the two bolts on the bottom, right behind the cigarrete lighter?

 
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VNlilMAN how do i get to those bolts??? people on this board has been telling me to just pull of the **** and
just use a screw driver and pull it should come off... ????

people keep saying SEARCH and look at the DIY but it's missing so much info.

mmm. how do u do i t without taking off the center counsel

 
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Its very simple. Once you have pried out the piece right above the console, it has the ac output, there are two 10 mm bolts on a piece of metal that you can't see, you need to get down and look upwards at it. I promise you will see them. All you do is take a deep 10 mm socket and take them out. Then you should be able to just push upwards on that same metal piece and your trim panel should pop right off. Give it a try.

 
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andyman97 -- great... do i have to take off the center counsil ??? like how they describe it on the DIY?

 
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You shouldn't, what year and model is your car....better yet, do you have a cover for your cupholders, or is it just open...I don't think it should matter either way to tell you the truth, but if you already got the a/c trim piece off, all you have to do is push up on the metal piece from underneath and it will pop right out...no need to remove the console.

 
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andyman97

don't have a cup cover.. i got a 2k2..

so do i just yank the piece above the cup holders off???? and then?? just yank the metal piece off again and the entire section for the HU should pop off too?

 
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No, No, No...don't yank on anything!!! Once you have removed the two bolts, the metal piece that they screw into is what you push, but you push from underneath upwards towards the ceiling. That will pop the trim panel that holds the h/u out.

 
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you have a 2k2 but no cup holder cover? thats weird, anyways...

you know where the cigarrette lighter is right? you have to pull that off. some pulled it off without removing the center console but i couldnt so i just took the center console off and popped it off from there. after that you should be able to find the two bolts. then you can remove the whole trim peice by either pushing/pulling.

 
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Yeah, man, the 2k2's have: DX, no cup holder cover, LX, EX, with cupholder cover. Not weird, just stupid! LOL!!

 
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oh~ so he has a dx... my badd

 
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No, YOU are not stupid , HONDA is stupid for making it that way, but honestly, I like not having the cover, its alot better IMO.

 
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i wanted the cover. no no i have the EX!

I'm in Canada. soo i guess they decided to rip us off on the cover. =(


alrights. i'll try to pull off the little cover above the cup holder. if i can't... it means big trouble since i gotta take off the entire center counsel..


btw. wen attaching the wires to the wireharness. everyone just use tape right? \

 
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With or without the cupholder cover, you should be able to pry the trim piece w/the cigarette lighter right off. It should pop right out, no problem. As far as wiring goes, I would not just tape it! This can cause major problems. You need to learn how to solder and use heat shrink tubing, not tape. Tape will come unraveled over time, especially if you don't know what you are doing. Use solder and shrink tubing and you should be just fine. If you don't know how to solder, find someone who does, cuz this is what is going to hold the connection....unless you want to have to redo it again in a few weeks, if not sooner.

 
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i taped mine and its held up well after a year

 
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Yeah, mine have been taped for over a year as well, but I have done this before, as I am pretty sure you have too! But I just think it would be better for someone who doesn't know what they are doing, ya know?