removing deck

[soon2bdropped]

hey i'd like to remove the oem radio.. but keep in mind theres a cd changer below the oem radio... so how do i go about doing this.. the way i want to do it is.. by going the route of removin the ashtray.. when i pop ashtray out.. i look up under and see a bracket... i see 2 chrome screws.. then 1 black screw all the way in the back..


anyone done it by removin the ashtray? but i'm gona have trouble doing it cuz how the screws are position at a 90 degree angle.. HELP me.. neccessary to disconnect battery?

[mrvinyl33]

Is the CD changer also OEM?
Give this a try:
http://www.installdr.com/InstallDocs...PDF/466033.pdf

[soon2bdropped]

nevermind i'll do it the ashtray way.. ill go get the speciality tool...

[drucifer92]

all you need its a rachet wrench and some screwdriver drill bits and an attachment, all stuff my dad had

[soon2bdropped]

all you need its a rachet wrench and some screwdriver drill bits and an attachment, all stuff my dad had

link? what do u mean.. link would be helpful.. how about autozone? get me a link to what it looks like.. prefer an autozone link if they have it

[Punkrampant]

all i did was pull off the volume nob and pull on the metal peg with some pliers. worked really well and it slid out with the pocket under the deck.

[pwrusr]

You can get to those screws under the ash tray much eaiser by removing the center console. yeah it's a little more work but it makes the job much eaiser

[soon2bdropped]

all i did was pull off the volume nob and pull on the metal peg with some pliers. worked really well and it slid out with the pocket under the deck.

the pocket your refering to is my cd changer reciever lol..


i heard the ratchet with the drill bit on it.. won't work

[drucifer92]

i heard the ratchet with the drill bit on it.. won't work

worked for me

[soon2bdropped]

ok i got the ashtray bracket out.. i tried pullin it out.. and it wouldn't.. i'm like wtf. then looked around and notice... theres 2 wires... red and black.. assuming its for cig lighter.. but whatever...

i looked up and saw the 2 gold bolts... i was happy.. but i used my 90 degree screwdriver aka offset screwdriver(to remove the ashtray cuz it was angled at a position.) so yea i need help removing the 2 gold bolts.. i tried using my screwdriver.. but it doesn't feel like it has a phillips slot... i tried using an adjustable wrench.. but that didn't do because the bolt is in the middle of this 2 tabs.. i don't think a socket would fit on it.. anyone can help me out?

[soon2bdropped]

ok i got the ashtray bracket out.. i tried pullin it out.. and it wouldn't.. i'm like wtf. then looked around and notice... theres 2 wires... red and black.. assuming its for cig lighter.. but whatever...

i looked up and saw the 2 gold bolts... i was happy.. but i used my 90 degree screwdriver aka offset screwdriver(to remove the ashtray cuz it was angled at a position.) so yea i need help removing the 2 gold bolts.. i tried using my screwdriver.. but it doesn't feel like it has a phillips slot... i tried using an adjustable wrench.. but that didn't do because the bolt is in the middle of this 2 tabs.. i don't think a socket would fit on it.. anyone can help me out?

come on

[mykcb7]

hmm... I'm no help. I've always pulled them out by getting at the screws from behind the dash. Good light, a ratcheting wrench, a long extension and a 8mm wobble or flex socket works great for me. It's kind of pain though, especially is you haven't done it before. if you can't figure it out, maybe make friends with an installer and offer him lunch or something, i'm sure he'll pull it out for you. after that installing the new radio is cake with a harness adn kit.

[soon2bdropped]

hmm... I'm no help. I've always pulled them out by getting at the screws from behind the dash. Good light, a ratcheting wrench, a long extension and a 8mm wobble or flex socket works great for me. It's kind of pain though, especially is you haven't done it before. if you can't figure it out, maybe make friends with an installer and offer him lunch or something, i'm sure he'll pull it out for you. after that installing the new radio is cake with a harness adn kit.

pic of the ratchet and socket.ur talkin about? or even sockets.. im still to this day haven't taken out the radio

[GrayCar]

Remove the center console, easy to do.

There is a metal bracket at the back of the radio about three inches long that bolts to a plastic frame on the dash. There are three screws there. The center one needs to be removed. The two outside ones just need to be loosened, you can then lever the radio out of the dash. Slides right out as a unit.

[soon2bdropped]

kinda hard to understand.. don't want to deal wit my center console and all thati got the ashtray bracket out.. but not all the way cuz it held by a bulb wit wires going to it.. i can see the gold bolts.. but its like at a 90 degree angle.. a L shaped screwdriver didn't have enuff pentration to turn it.. got my hand hurting after a bit..


i went to autozone and family hardware store asking for a ratchet wit a phillips bits.. they was like wtf ratchet comes wit sockets. i was like omg u guys are idiots and then left.