what do i have to pull off to get my stero out of my 05 civic si

 

the cover around the cd player pops off, its in there pretty tight. take a trim pannel popper or a flat head screw driver and pop it off, be carefull tho or it will leave marks.

 

B1, I wonder if you ever did this., and how your car survived if you did.

According to the service manual:
- make sure you have anti-theft code for the radio
- remove glove box (unscrew two bolts #32)
- pry shifter panel from inside out, accesing through the glove box opening
- unscrew the shifter **** and remove shifter panel with boot (# 13)
- remove two bolts (#31)holding the lower part of the radio panel.
- pull out the whole radio panel (#7 plus #11)
- unsrew and remove radio

See this pic for iilustration and numbers - sorry, the best I could find on the net...

 

Misha you can pop the trim off around the radio, take the bottom cd storage compartment out, and you'll be able to pull the radio out, I have done this and also got the code for the cd player. And actually, my bottom tray comes out on a regular basis so somebody broke it, but i'm pretty sure you can take that trim off around the cd storage area and head unit and get to the screws, undo screws before you start yanking.

 

Well, than my bad bashing the guy. []

Still think shop manual gives - mmmm - safer way. In terms of possibility of breaking something...

 

Bottom trim around the center console...then the two screws UNDER the radio, then you carefully pull the whole radio, and heater controls out together. Try and use a teflon, or plastic tool to pry with, not a flat tip screw driver....your DASH WILL SUFFER THE WRATH.

 

OOPS....did NOT read very carefully.....I didn't see Si
Sorry, please forgive me....PLEASE!

 

I'd just go by the maual because I don't want to be held accountable if he does something wrong and breaks his dash.