civic 98 radio bezel removal

[wil9413]

does anyone know how to remove the radio bezel from a 98 civic?
someone broke in to my car and stole my radio and... broke the stupid bezel around the radio...so i bought a new one and tried to replace it...but the old bezel wont come off...i dunno where i should start unscrewing it...does anyone know how to remove the radio bezel from a 98 civic?

plz help !!!

[wheel1856]

pop out the rear defrost, and hazard buttons, there's 2 screws.
remove the center console - pretty self explanatory.
under the climate controls, behind the bezel, there are 2 screws holding in the bezel, 2 holding the climate controls.
Unhook the HVAC line from the level - behind the console, back near the firewall on the passenger side.
pull out the bezel with the climate controls attached - then take the climate controls off the bezel = I think its 6 screws...

there ya go.

good luck
e-mail me if you need some help - I had the same thing happen, plus mines painted, plus lights in the dash, ... I've taken that thing out about a million times.

[wil9413]

i just tried to take them screws off the emergency and deforst and the bottom of the climate controls, 4 of them now,but the trim won't come off at this stage yet, but for the HVAC line, i m not sure which wire should i unplug. what color is the HVAC line supposed to be?
and after i unplug it, the whole trim can be taken out, right?

[wheel1856]

Ah ha!! I'm a d*ck, there is another screw you need: follow the plastic housing for the HVAC controls back, should be a white plastic piece that narrows to the metal fram at the back of the console - there is a screw that holds the back of the plastic frame.

You also need to unplug the HVAC harnesses, green and brown.

The HVAC wire is a stiff black wire that goes behind the console to the left side of the passenger foot well, the wire itself is silver/metal, and has a little ring on the end of it that loops onto a small metal tab that points down from the HVAC housing in the dash.

if you need something else, e-mail me, may be quicker.
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good luck