2003 civic coupe factory radio removal
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Topic: 2003 civic coupe factory radio removal
Posted By: johne
Subject: 2003 civic coupe factory radio removal
Date Posted: February 11, 2004 at 12:02 AM
i have problems installing my aftermarket radio can anyone help. I'm driving a 2003 stick shift lx model. Does anyone know how i can go about doing it? any websites that u can reccomend. I would really appreciate all the help i can get. thanks alot!
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Posted By: chriswallace187
Date Posted: February 11, 2004 at 12:23 AM
It's been a while since I did a late model civic, but here's what I can remember. You have to slide the console back to get the dash piece under the radio off. There should be a screw exposed on each bottom rear side of the console; also I believe there are a couple screws underneath the shifter trim piece. When you get the piece under the radio off, there should be two or four 8 mm screws holding the radio in place. I don't know what kit you purchased, but most of them have instructions for dash disassembly also.
Posted By: Javelin3o4
Date Posted: February 11, 2004 at 12:55 AM
on that model i think you have to pop off the lower dash panel pocket near the console its either a pocket or a panel w/ a cig lighter or something, once you have that off there are 2 phillps / 8mm bolts you need to remove from underneith the radio housing, once those 2 bolts are out you have to carefully pry from the dash radio trim bezel outward, it will feel tight almost like you are gonna break it but sometimes the clips are just really tight, once you have the bezel out, you have to remove the a/c knobs and remove the ac controls in order to remove the factory radio, then put everything back together and install your dash kit and radio.
Posted By: rbbrink
Date Posted: February 13, 2004 at 1:05 AM
Javelin3o4s got it right , chriswallace187 is thinking of mid. '90s Accords.
Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: February 13, 2004 at 2:09 AM
i dont remember the specifics, but there was a techtip on my companys installer page about the 03 manual being differet than the automatic. if you bought the metra honda multi-kit, the insturctions in there for the automatic should get you started.
Posted By: profuse007
Date Posted: February 13, 2004 at 12:35 PM
check out www.installdr.com and look at the previous model, its very similar.
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