Installing a CD player

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Gwydion

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I went to Best Buy today to install my CD player / Ipod connections in my 2005 Neon. It used to be in my Celica, but when that broke down, I had it removed. Anyways...

I get there and they ring it up. The total was over $120. They wanted about $80 for the 15 minutes of install time. The other $40 was for parts...which is fine.

Figuring I can save quite a bit of money, I am going to install it myself. The wiring will be easy enough but I have no idea how to remove the dashboard. There aren't any screws holding it in and I am a bit afraid to just pry it off. Any idea on what to do or how to figure out how to take the dash off?
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
Gwydion said:
I went to Best Buy today to install my CD player / Ipod connections in my 2005 Neon. It used to be in my Celica, but when that broke down, I had it removed. Anyways...

I get there and they ring it up. The total was over $120. They wanted about $80 for the 15 minutes of install time. The other $40 was for parts...which is fine.

Figuring I can save quite a bit of money, I am going to install it myself. The wiring will be easy enough but I have no idea how to remove the dashboard. There aren't any screws holding it in and I am a bit afraid to just pry it off. Any idea on what to do or how to figure out how to take the dash off?
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Call Crutchfield and talk to them. The have install kits/adapters/wiring harness and DETAILED DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL
Crutchfield: Car Audio, Home Theater, Speakers, LCD TV, Plasma TV
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
desertrat said:
Might want to get a car repair manual. I seem to remember popping some fasteners out of a dash, but wouldn't swear to it.
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That crap is a big jigsaw puzzle and you have to disassemble/assemble parts in the correct order. The Crutchfield directions have diagrams and are easy to use. If you get stuck they have good tech support.

Few years back I installed a new head unit and it didn't work when I was finished. Called them up, guy asked if I disconnected the battery before the job. When I said "No", he told me to check the fuse for the tail lights.
:shrug: who'd of thunk the tail light fuse would kill the radio :lol:
 
dave1959

dave1959

Active Member
Gwydion said:
I went to Best Buy today to install my CD player / Ipod connections in my 2005 Neon. It used to be in my Celica, but when that broke down, I had it removed. Anyways...

I get there and they ring it up. The total was over $120. They wanted about $80 for the 15 minutes of install time. The other $40 was for parts...which is fine.

Figuring I can save quite a bit of money, I am going to install it myself. The wiring will be easy enough but I have no idea how to remove the dashboard. There aren't any screws holding it in and I am a bit afraid to just pry it off. Any idea on what to do or how to figure out how to take the dash off?
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Thats why they charge for labor......Because they know how to do it and you don't !!!!
 
glhs837

glhs837

Power with Control
You might PM Floyd2004, hes a Neon electrical guru. I seem to recall that center bezel is a just a snap-tite kinda fitting from when I had mine apart, but that was 3-4 years ago. I know Floyds more conversant and recent than I am.
 
blazinlow89

blazinlow89

Big Poppa
dave1959 said:
Thats why they charge for labor......Because they know how to do it and you don't !!!!
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:killingme

Those idiots dont know there ass from a hole in the ground. Ive been installing my own stuff since i was 16, and i was installing stuff for friends since i was 14. Its not that hard, ive done a majority of the cars with no diagrams, some clips here a few screws here and there, rotate the piece to get it past the steering wheel. The "installers" at BB and CC think they know everything when it comes to car audio, when they dont even know the difference between RMS power and peak.

Floyd would know a neon, never done one.

This is from neons.com

Push the a/c vents to the up position, than carefully push up the outside (seat side of each, not the side where the come together in the middle) them up to pop them out, try not to break them. There are two screws hiding behind them on the top of the bezel. One scre for each vent.

After that is it really simple... pull out the knobs on the hvac otherwise they are going to fly when you pull on the bezel. It is cliped on so pop it off carefully.
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dave1959

dave1959

Active Member
blazinlow89 said:
:killingme

Those idiots dont know there ass from a hole in the ground. Ive been installing my own stuff since i was 16, and i was installing stuff for friends since i was 14. Its not that hard, ive done a majority of the cars with no diagrams, some clips here a few screws here and there, rotate the piece to get it past the steering wheel. The "installers" at BB and CC think they know everything when it comes to car audio, when they dont even know the difference between RMS power and peak.
Floyd would know a neon, never done one.

This is from neons.com
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Your 100% correct, but that does'nt change the fact that there are still people out there that know less than them, or, just dont whant to do it themselves.
 
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Gwydion

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Once again, thanks for the info. I'm gonna have a go at it this weekend when the weather finally settles out!
 
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