chevy ssr radio removal

anyone have info on this topic? the dash looks real difficult. 2006 chevy ssr

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

GMRC-01 is the harness my sources are calling for. It is the digital interface from metra.

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Not too hard to work on eh! They are a painin the butt. You need to take almost the entire dash off to get to the radio. Take the sunvisors and all the windshield trim off. Take the kick panels and underdash panels off side to side. Take glove box out. Take off rings around the climate controls and trim along middle of dash. Disable and remove passenger side air bag. Remove the top of the dash. Then remove panel covering radio. Done correctly it can take 1/2 hour to do. This is GM's worst dash to get the radio out of.

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sparky

they sure look hard. sparky, thanks, i needed that input.

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

xtremej, has metra come out with a new catalog yet? whats the best up to date website for car speak sizes and wire harness. is the ai site still good?

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

The metra site is ok but, for speaker size and fitment I check crutchfield usually.

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what i call a pain in the butt is putting 4x6 dash speakers in an old jeep.

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remember the old chevy & gmc full size van front 4x6's

remember the old chevy & gmc full size van front 4x6's

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The Shagmaster
1999 Chevy Suburban 15" lift sittn on 22's sets 7'5"
1992 Chevy Astro Van all Bagged out Dubbed THE SUICIDER
Installing for over 18 years Looking for empolyment NOW send PM for resum

All I was saying is that it takes more than a few minutes to do. Cavaliers can be done in about 5 minutes. A SSR takes a lot longer than that, unless you don't care about the fit and finish. I do. After installing for 28 years I think I've got the hang of it. The definition of hard work = installing 3 &1/2 inch speakers in the factory locations in a 1980 Monte Carlo. Thats hard work and the reason its nice to have an apprentice.

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sparky

Wow Sparkie  you've been installing as long as I have been breathing. Well I have only had the pleasure of installing as h.u. in one of these and it took quite a bit of time, but it  looked flawless when done. My advice is to put aside a saturday afternoon and take your time.....

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i wouldnt argue about the jeep. you know we are all mechanics too. i believe one must be a mechanic to be an installer. also, it could be considered a pain in the ahole because it might be more intimidating being so much on a newer 50,000 dollar truck. by the way, how much is an 06 ssr?
do i have to be careful around the airbag? any tips....

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owner of
Motion Marine & Car Audio
the florida keys

To remove the airbag, first disconnect the battery and then pull the airbag fuse out in the fuse box. Then disconnect the yellow plug under the passenger side dash to completely disable it. There are four 10mm nuts on each corner of the airbag you need to remove. You need a deep socket and an 8 inch extension to get to them. You are lucky if you can see them with a mirror. A trick to put the airbag back in later is to leave it out of the dash a half inch or so and start each bolt. You can't really see the studs to line up the nuts unless you do this and peek in from the front. Once you have done one it's easier because you know where the hidden nuts are. Patience and you will get it.

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sparky

What really sucks, is the first one I had to do, I did as a favor to a dealer for free. I learned to always check the car before quoting that day. To make matters even worse, he blew one speaker up two months later.

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sparky