cus please tell me how you took out those vents? I have tried but thought that they were part of the entire dash..??
right, well the outside dash part doesn't come off. the steps i took are...
- take front of dash off (radio facia)
- remove big silver stereo/air con control unit
- take hazard light/TCS/ etc switches out, small flat screw driver and they will come out towards you
- disconnect switches from the wiring harnesses
- behind the silver box that you took out is some plastic shaped into a cross, you need to unscrew this and take it out
- this final bit is tricky, but the plastic which holds the switches in needs to come out as well. if you look underneith the holes where the switches slide into, you will see a dark black bit of plastic, which needs to slide to the left, and using a bit of force it will come out.
- once this is out (took me a good 5 minutes) you have access to the vents from under neith.
I found that sliding these back and then pulling them down worked a treat, and they came out fine.
- once these are out, you can see the air vent system at the back, and that needs cutting slightly to fit the new stereo (i'll get pics up at some point) . it has two plastic sleeves over it which pull straight off, making cutting the plastic behind very very easy.
- you need to then modify the air vents as described in my previous post.
- cut the middle bar out, and sand it down (this is on the facia itself) get it nice and smooth
- fit the modified air vents back into the car (i'll get a picture of mine) so that your cd player will sit in nicely
- and then slowly get your cd player back in.
this is the process i used. now all i need is a surround for the stereo to hide the bits i've cut etc.
as you can see from the pictures, my stereo needs pushing in a bit more, and i have plenty of room behind to do that.
wiring isn't an issue as you'll find out.
good luck to everyone who does this, hopefully my steps above will
help you lot out!
i'd say to alot around 5-6 hours to fully get it in, and wired up .
have fun