How Simple To Remove A Factory Car Audio

By Sally Thompson

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.

You will be requiring the following tools to remove the Factory car stereo. This includes Screwdriver set, a quarter inch drive socket and ratchet set .

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.

The stereo bolts are then removed. There will be either two or four bolts to hold the stereo in place depending on your vehicle model. Once the bolts are located, appropriate size socket and ratchet are used to remove the located bolts by turning them counter clockwise. Then, the stereo has to be slide far enough out of the hole to see the wires behind it.

Grasp the antenna wire by placing your hand behind the stereo. The antenna wire is the one which will be a black wire and will be of approximately 1/4 inch in diameter. The location of the antenna wire will vary according to each vehicle. Then, the stereo has to be hold using the other hand. Once holding the stereo, pull the antenna wire firmly to disconnect it.

In order to disconnect the power, the power plug to the stereo has to be located. The plug will generally have two colored wires namely red and yellow wire running to it. Using one hand, grasp one side of the plug while grasping the other side of the plug with your other hand. Once grasping the plug, squeeze them and pull them at the same time.

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. - 21396

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