How do you replace the radio antenna on a 1993 Honda civic?

Answer 1

I found this on the web at:

http://www.tss-radio.com/images/HO-52-01.pdf You'll find pictures there. STEP 1. Start by removing the cigarette lighter panel. Insert a hook tool behind the top left corner of the panel and gently pull outward to release the retainer clip. Continue working the hook tool around the panel until all six (6) clips are released. Disconnect the wire harness to the lighter and set panel aside. Inside the panel opening, at the top, are two (2) 8mm hex-head screws that hold the bottom of the radio in place. Remove the screws. STEP 2. Remove the trim bezel that surrounds the radio / climate control module. Insert a hook tool behind the lower left corner of the bezel and pull firmly outward to release a retainer clip. NOTE: These clips hold more tightly than usual. Continue working the hook tool around the panel until all nine (9) clips are released. (See photo # 2. Clips are in the circled areas). Do not disconnect any wiring to the radio. Let the panel hangs downward.

Answer 2

You must first remove the radio. I found it easier to also remove the center panel where the coin drawer is, and the lower panel below the steering wheel. Disconnect the antenna from the back of the radio. Attach a string to the antenna lead. Working from under the driver's side dash, work the antenna out from the dash to the left kick panel. My antenna had two clips along this path. You will have to reach up into the dash and remove the antenna wire from these clips. It just slips out of the clips. Remove the two antenna mounting screws that hold the antenna to the top. Pull out the old antenna while feeding the old antenna wire through the hole in the body kick panel substructure, bringing the attached string along with it. It helps to have a helper pulling the antenna out while you are feeding the old antenna wire into the body substructure (at the left kick panel). Connect the string to the new antenna lead. Route the new lead back to the radio in reverse order that you took it out, by pulling on the string. I worked it down to the left kick panel floor board first, then routed it along the back of the panel next, remembering to reafix it in the clips. Reconnect the lead to the radio and affix the antenna to the top. Good luck. It took me an hour or so with lots of grunting and bending.

Answer 3

you must take off the fender to get to the antenna?

Answer 4

It is just screwed into the base. I have a 02 wagon, and have taken it off a couple of times. You might have to tighten it a bit first to break the seal. t