How to remove the stereo from my pre face lift Ford Fiesta mk6 Zetec s?
I can't figure out anywhere how to remove my pre face lift ford fiesta's standard stereo (I don't know what model it is either so that would be great if someone can tell me)
Also (I'll also ask a different question about this but feel free to answer it here, how do I fit a new stereo, one that has AUX, And what's your recommendations? I can't find any nice ones apart from this pioneer one that costs like £170 and involves me cutting my dash
Adjacent to the buttons at the four corners of the unit, you'll see small slots. Go to your local car accessory shop and ask for Ford Double DIN radio removal tools. They go in the afore mentioned slots. You then just pull the unit out.
The slots are disguised as the gaps around the buttons. You'll see that the corner buttons have a slightly bigger gap.
Obviously you don't have the skills or experience to do it yourself without severely butchering your car. However, if you have the year in which this piece can be removed separately from the dash (
) then get one from an auto recycler and modify it on a bench before you install it in place of the other one.
If you've got the one-piece dash, i wouldn't do it, or I'd hire a professional shop to help you who knows what they're doing. Otherwise you'll be sorry you started the whole project. With the replaceable center console you could at least put it back the way it was and keep the new Pioneer when you go to sell the car.
In either type of dash, the piece that holds the stereo is molded in and has to be cut out, with a proper metal bracket made and installed in its place. You can't simply cut it out and install that Pioneer because there will be nothing to hold it. If you butcher a one-piece dash it will hurt your resale value in a big way, but if you only ruin the replaceable center fascia, no big loss because you can always get another one and it isn't hard to replace. A whole dashboard isn't.
Since the car is already pretty old now, save yourself a ton of aggravation if you've got the one-piece dash and get a different stereo. Anyone who is that obsessed over a specific brand and model of music player isn't right in the head and needs to examine their priorities in life.
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