By: Jack Wylde
Submitted: 2010-01-30 00:10:33 | Word Count: 507
It is typical for a factory car stereo to have many connections between various parts in a specific direction. These connections may be from the ground, speaker, memory and main power source. When a situation arises in which the car stereo has to be replaced, the wires must be disconnected carefully and may be time consuming. This makes removing a factory car stereo very difficult. To overcome this, there are adaptive harnesses available in market. This harness can be connected to original connector and the new radio in the either sides of the harness. To make the proper fitting of the latest radio, a faceplate may be used. These harnesses are inexpensive and can be afforded by anyone.
This discussion will be helpful for those aspiring to remove the factory car stereo easily without spending too much money and time. For this purpose some tools like screwdriver, quarter inch sockets, and quarter inch socket driver are required. Some steps to remove the factory car stereo are discussed below. They are a set of generalised directions which may be applicable to the car in picture since all cars are different but this definitely gives the reader an idea of how to get the car stereo removed.
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In the first step the reveal molding in the front of the dash is removed.
After the molding is removed, the next step is to remove the panel to reveal under the panel. To do this, the screws around the speedometer are removed. This goes along the bottom of upper part of dash cover. The panel on the side of the driver is removed.
In the next step the panel below the steering wheel is removed. This reveals screws that hold dash cover. There are snaps that help the dash keep it in place. These have to snapped and removed.
Now, the screws surrounding the faceplate that holds the radio are removed. Then the radio is free to pull and this is done in such a way that the antennae and connector are disconnected. When it is disconnected from the connections, the radio can be safely pulled out. A new faceplate that is of the right size for the specific vehicle is used. It must be made sure by the user that the fitting of the faceplate in reveal molding is proper.
The new radio has tangs that are provided to keep it in place. The faceplate is first put over the radio and these tangs are bent. Since it is at the rear of the face plate, the radio cannot be pulled. After this is done, the new harness is attached at its respective positions with radio and antennae. The radio is then pushed back to position and screws are fixed to keep the radio in place. The dash cover is then fixed by putting the screws back in its position.
Hence by following the above directions, removing a factory car stereo becomes easy and can be done by any person with enough knowledge of dash covers and connections of stereos.
