Is it difficult to work on a Stereo for an 04 Honda Civic LX? I'd like to add an auxilary jack so the wife can plug in an ipod or phone or dvd player. Thoughts, suggestions are welcome.

 

well auxiliary for dvd is pointless without a screen. everything you want is equipped in newer head units take a trip to a local car stereo store and tell them what you need.and no its not difficult with the proper wire harness.

 

Well, DVD player would be for the passengers, hook their individual DVD players up so they can hear it through the car stereo speakers. I think I might know a guy with some car audio knowledge, I'm hoping I can find the right harness and have him hook it up, just curious the level of difficulty.

 

I'd say low to medium difficulty. You have to pull a lot of panels in the 7th gen Civic.

Basically, you start with the driver's side lower dash (it just has those two twist things) and then you start taking out all the screws on the rest of it, including some behind the glove box (which has clips on the sides that let you remove it). Once you are able to remove the entire lower dash panel, you can see the core support for the center console by looking under the dash. There are a few bolts holding the center console's steel support to the core support. You remove those and then pull the entire console out. From there, it's just a matter of unplugging the hazard switch, radio, and antenna lead, as well as climate control connections. Then you take the screws for the radio off and pull it out of the console. Swap in your new head unit (which may require a dash kit for proper fitment), use a wiring conversion harness to hook the stock connector to the new head unit, reconnect all the wires, and put all the panels back on. It's a time consuming process but doing it yourself saves money.

 

I saw a youtube video that shows how to do it, great resource. yea, looks time consuming but not brain surgery either.

 

I've done a couple HU swaps, but I've never had the luxury of an adaptor unfortunately......its no fun but still worth it do it yourself. I would just get an aftermarket HU. Like lowlife said, everything is integrated in, even USB ports for most HU's.