Radio Removal

[jkim93069]

Hey Guys

I was looking at replacing my stock HU with an Alpine IDA-X001 and was wondering whats the best way to go about removing the headunit. I noticed that someone said they need prying tools from crutchfield. I was just wondering which set of tools and how to actually remove the trim without damaging anything.

I've looked through the GDS site, just seems to appear to come straight out, but having alot of difficulty with it
Any help would be awesome.

[joewb]

The tools are the Multi Wedge 3600 prying tool set and are available from Crutchfield. I started by slipping one of the tools between the stock radio and the trim ring and prying up, I then slowly worked my way around the radio. This will get the dash piece to start coming off. I then went to the outer edges of the dash piece and went around that. It comes off as one piece, you just have to unplug the harnesses for the heater controls. Four screws hold the stock radio in, take those out and you're on your way. I got the install kit from Crutchfiled also, and it looks stock when I put it in. I put masking tape on all the edges of the stock radio and trim pieces so that when I was using the pry tools no marks were left. Hope this helps.