im going to best buy. but what exactly do they do to my car. explain in detail please. they dont take the whole dash off right. how long will it take.?
2007-03-28 02:46:54 · 5 answers · asked by tracie e 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
They will start by removing the large top "pad" of your dashboard; this is the part above your instrument cluster and passenger airbag. They will then remove the dash panel that goes around your instrument cluster, climate controls and radio. The entire dash needs to be disassembled to remove the factory radio.
They will remove and unplug the factory radio and install a mounting kit that fits the old radio's mounting location and holds the new radio in place. They will use a wire harness adapter so the new radio wiring connects directly to the old radio plugs. They will also use an antenna adapter to convert the small GM plug to a standard size plug for the new radio. They will then re-assemble the dash and top pad. The entire process should take less than an hour.
Before you sign off on the work you should inspect the front dash bezel for cracks or damage, inspect the top pad for torn vinyl, make sure all the speakers work with the new radio and that it will load, play, and eject a CD, and that the new radio picks up radio stations as well as the old one. The Cavalier is such a common vehicle that most installers have plenty of experience with it, so I wouldn't expect any problems unless they're careless. On the other hand, I wouldn't let the kid next door work on this car; the dash disassembly is more complex than it looks to a beginner, and it's easy to damage dash panels if you don't remove all the hidden screws before you start pulling.
2007-03-28 03:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will only remove the panel around the radio to install. It should only take about an hour for an experienced person to change out your radio. In detail they will remove the panel and remove the old radio---They may have to splice some wires depending on your new radio to make it hook to your cars power supply and speakers then they mount the new radio and put the panel back on.
2007-03-28 02:53:19 · answer #2 · answered by sgc88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
save your funds and do it your self.merely pass to radio shack and get a face plate and hook-up harness.take your sprint out and get rid of your old radio.the harness is coloration coded,so which you cant get the wires blended up,cord it on your cd participant and placed the face plate on and plug the harness into your production unit harness and deploy the cd participant and placed the sprint back togeather,and now your waiting to rock and roll.its relatively trouble-free to place in ,sounds confusing,by potential of how iam telling you,yet its no longer.
2016-12-19 15:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will just take out enough of your dash,so they can get into your radio.it will probably take around a hour or so.you can shop around and they will notify you when its done.
2007-03-28 05:55:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just pull your old one out and stick in the new one, no big deal. usally takes about a hour or so
2007-03-28 02:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by itsthewill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋