love ke70 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 (edited) hey yall jus found this in my pms coz i rote it to someone a while back thought i might chuck it up here for anyone interested hey mateto start with when i say "dash" I'm talking the brown (whatever colour you have) thingy thats fake leather and sits on top of everything. when i say "instrument cluster surround" thats the black piece of [plastic that sits around the speedo unit and around the radie etc. with screws: to get the radio out, you need only remove the instrument cluster surround (this however is not an easy job, because if you look the dash comes over the edge of the instrument cluster surround in the top left corner of the instrument cluster surround.) it can however be done with a little determination and persuasion. (this may be easier than pulling the dash out for no necessary reason) so what you do is look at that peice of plastic and see theres lots of holes with lots of screws....self explanatory, just remove all of those screws on the instrument cluster surround along the top edge where they screw up into the dash, and along the bottom edge where they screw up into...something lol now this is done, you should find that with a bit of a wiggle the instrument cluster surround will move...amazing! lol now remove all the knobs off ur radio, and the little nuts behind these knobs (knobs just pull off but i expect uve got this far before you needed help, just incase tho) now start at the right hand end of the instrument cluster surround , and start to pull it out (gently!) as it comes you will notice the left hand end isnt as keen on the idea...well tell it stop being a whore and get the fu** out of there, often done best with a second set of hands, push against the dash and it will squash away and try get that top left corner out from behind the dash, grunts and curses will help this. be careful not to break anything :) now then once u get this corner forward, u will notice that the very bottom left edge of the instrument cluster surround catches in the screw holes because of the way the holes in the instrument cluster surround are molded and push upwards into these holes, so just gently flex it so these come past and then the instrument cluster surround should simply come out. this may take some effort and don't be afraid to put some balls into it, just don't bend it too far, weve all played with rulers and know when plastic is gettin to its stress point so yeah, just like that, don't pull it too far :lolcry: now then you should have the instrument cluster surround out by now, and if you look at the radio, down each side you will see there is a mounting bracket that is screwed onto the radio, and has 2 screws screwed into the plastic to hold it. undo these 2 screws on each side, and the radio will pull forward yayayay! uv can now unplug the wires and work out what they are, theres not many :y: speaker wires and an acc power is about all lol now you can do what you wish. if however your car is more of an arsehole than others, or you didnt put enough grunting or cursing into trying to remove the instrument cluster surround you will ahve to remove the dash the four bolts i spoke of are along the back edge of the dash and just sit into drilled out slots in the platic supports that support the whole under dash assembly... i have pics :lolcry: taken just b4, thats why the one taken in my spare part mobile is so dark, sorry mate the black circles are the screw holes, fairly obvious when looking the red circles are the bolt slots in the car, theyre the two on the passenger side, theres two others on the drivers side, and the red cirlces int he second pic are the bolts that come out of the dash...makes sense?? hope so now then, my memory at this point is clouded in regards to getting to those bolts, a long extensions on a 10mm (??) socket are the goods to get to these, however I'm not sure if the 2 on the drivers side can be got to with the instrument cluster (speedo, tacho etc.) still in, so you may have to get the instrument cluster surround out before the dash comes off. but really you don't need to take the dash off. you also have to push, or just remove a peice of the air ducting out of the way on the passenger side to get to the bolts. if you take the dash out, which ive done too many times, i would recommend not taking the 4 nuts off the studs that come out of the dash for good, they are overkill, with all the screws in the dash wont! move, so the bolts are there for no reason but as overkill, the studs are good as they act as locating plugs. coz they slide into their grooves. if you leave these nuts off, to remove the dash takes 2 minutes, and then about the same for the instrument cluster surround, so it may be worthwhile to take it off, and take these off while you have the chance, but it depends how often youll take ur dash off, i have an alarm system and central locking and my stereo up in/under the dash so to access it the dash has to come off, so ive had to do it a few times and leaving those nuts off makes like sooo much easier. anywho, this is going on along way now, and i hope ive told u what u need to know :lolcry: oh btw way ashtray and in glove box screws don't have to come off, just the ones that hold the dash to the rest of the car. hope this helps, hit me back with a pm to let me know how it goes, or if u have anymore questions. sorry bout it being so long, but its good to cover all aspects me thinks :y: catchya mate good luck! remember curse and grunt haha cya :lolcry: Edited June 19, 2006 by irokin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Haha! i think that may have been a pm u sent me when i first joined here :) cos i had no idea how to install my headunit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 mmyes, that would be you :) do you feel proud now? haha i think its handy, dunno bout u/the greater community Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitephyre Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 hmm i should have done this with pics last weekend when i was dismanting mine to fix the cluster etc :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofis Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Muchos gratsios! Or something, cheers! Very helpful. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 well it sure was handy :) thanks :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70_sedan Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 ahhh yes i just joined and I'm taking my dash of to paint it and I'm stuck at the speedo taking out part this just helped me thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 over 5 years on, thats cool shit :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmx2004 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Sweet Tip hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t18drifts Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 oh yes grunting and cursing plays a huge part in this haha :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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