03 Honda Civic stereo install
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Topic: 03 Honda Civic stereo install
Posted By: ollieman15
Subject: 03 Honda Civic stereo install
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 9:39 PM
Ok, for the last two hours, my buddy and I have been trying to take the CD player out of his girlfriends 03 Honda Civic. We have a buddy that works at the honda dealership, and he said to take out the console, and remove the bolts from underneath. Well we did that, but there is a bolt with a square head that we can't get out. We are about to go nuts, can someone PLEASE help us figure out how to get this thing out.
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Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 9:46 PM
Have you tried using a bolt head screwdriver or drill bit to get it out?
Is that the only apparent thing holding you back?
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Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 9:46 PM
There are no bolts with square heads that need to be removed. There are 2 or 3 8mm botls and thats it. I cant remember if its 2 or 3. But either way once they are removed the deck will slide strait out the front. Sometimes they stick but thats it, no other tricks.
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Posted By: ollieman15
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 9:57 PM
Well we have both pulled on it and it still won't come out. Should we pry out the deck from the front, or should we do it from underneath? What is the best way to get it out without tearing up the dash. Thanks for the help
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 10:03 PM
If you decide you must try to pry do it from underneth because you dont run the risk of scratching the dash. How many bolts did you take out.
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double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
Posted By: ollieman15
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 10:39 PM
Ok, we got it out, now I have another question. We are hooking up an amp, so we have a converter for the RCA wires. What wires on the CD player do we connect the converter wires to? Sorry for all the ?'s , I'm not a newbie, I just havn't ever worked on a Civic. Thanks for all the help.
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 10:42 PM
So are you using the factory deck in this deal or what exactly is going on because now I am confused. Explain what you are doing in its entirty in one post so I can help you out because as of right now I dont know what to tell you because I dont understand what you are trying to accomplish
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double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
Posted By: ollieman15
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 10:47 PM
Ok, we are using the stock head unit. We built a fiberglass enclosure for the trunk. Obviously the stoxk unit doesn't have RCA hookups so we have a converter that should connect to the stock unit and plug right up to the RCA's from the amp. Just not sure what wires to connect the converter to. I have never used a RCA converter and the wires are not labled. Sorry for confusing you.
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 10:58 PM
Well, Hate to say it but if you went through the trouble to pull the deck to hook up a LOC, then I hate to break it to you...you didnt need to pull the deck, the easiest way is to tap into the speaker wires on the rear speakers you can easily access them from the trunk
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Posted By: ollieman15
Date Posted: December 16, 2004 at 11:03 PM
Well it is already done, so could you help me to figure out which wires need to be connected, like I said before I havn't ever used a connector so I didn't have any idea I could do that. Thanks for the advice though
Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: December 17, 2004 at 2:40 PM
I currently have a wiring diagram for the 03 civic, put a new post up in the fourm asking for a diagram.
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2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR
2007 USACI World Champion
2007 World Record
2006 USACI Finals 2nd Place
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: December 17, 2004 at 2:52 PM
I just plugged mine up in my trunk in my 02 civic. to my rear 6x9.
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: PopcornPlaya
Date Posted: December 26, 2004 at 2:08 PM
There are two seperate DIY's on www.7thgencivic.com for the removal of the HU, one for the 01-03, and another for the 04+. Just thought I'd throw that in there for those of you that need pictures to reference. There is also a scan of the Crutchfield mastersheet as well...
Posted By: PopcornPlaya
Date Posted: December 26, 2004 at 2:11 PM
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