How do you remove the dash of a 1997 Chevy cavalier to remove stock stero?

Answer 1

i have a 2003 Cavy but i don't think they change to much. remove your red batter cable first you not only might zap yourself you gotta make sure you don't zap your car either. when i open my doors there are inserts on the drivers side they one has the fuse door. take those bolts out mine are 7mm i used a nut driver all most all of the dash is 7mm. take them out on both sides. also you gotta take off the defroster vent hat way you'll have more room to move without breaking stuff. next open your glove box there's one obvious bolt then another one deeper in a hole make sure you get them both. OK now under your steering heel cover there should be three bolts that hold it togeher take them out and take off the top it takes some wiggling but it'll make the dash easier. there are also two 7mm bolt down right above the storage try in the console there pretty far back three so make sure you get them. after everything's all loosened up mostly the main dash bezel is held by clips rather than pulling the hell out of it get a flat head screw driver cover it in sum kinda tape and slowly pry till they pop out you can feel them all around. once you've got it semi removed you gotta unplug the backing on the cigarette lighter its a semi-simple clip use a screw driver to help if u need it. also you gotta get the dimmer switch its best unclasped right behind the face of it to disconnect the whole thing and remove the bezel there are four 7mm bolts holing you stock radio in there take those out and you'll have access to all the wires which you can get an exact diagram on the web for that stuff. if you didn't already you should buy the adapter too. some people switch the radio with the heat control panel to give it a custom look. personally i wouldn't 'cus if you got a soda in there you can't piss with the radio to each his own i guess anyways that's how you tear it apart yous might be a little different i didn't know anything when i first dived in but not too had just be gently you don't want to have to buy new plastic you want to buy more CDs. o and if your planning on doing any dash painting now's the time for that too. the less times you have its gusts out the less chance of infection or in other words breaking stuff if u want to know how to do that just get 180 grit sand paper sand it smooth. go to advanced auto parts buy more cans then you think you need. tape stuff off and spray away or check YouTube. if i didn't help any you can get a Haynes repair manual from advanced too good luck with your system and nice choice in a car, its not hard to do an amp and subs either if your into that.