Removing factory fitted head unit

[largemonkey]

Hi guys

Please help if you can, neva done this b4 but fitting a head unit, think everything will be fine i just cant get the old factory head unit out. Ive got the keys that are shaped kinda like a tent that fit into the 4 alan key holes but its not moving an inch!!

Any ideas? Anyone else found this? Any other screws etc that im missing?

Thanx

Dan

[Lightec Autostyle]

Have you taken the grub screws out of the allen key holes? Take the for of them out, push in the keys into the holes, then pul both sides - should slide out!

[largemonkey]

Yep ive taken the grub screws out and slid the keys in, i can hear and feel then catch something inside as if there locking into place but when i pull it doesnt budge. If u pull the keys too hard then they just come out of the head unit.

grrr

[SpeedX]

Had this problem with my last C, in the end got so fed up with it I used a claw hammer lol it was sick the state of the factory H/U after!!

[rogerssxi]

i jst changed my standard head unit and i had the same problem, i bought the removal pins from halfords cost me about £4 and it stil didnt work! u jst need to keep trying and pull like fuk!! the guys in vauxhall and halfords couldnt get it out! push the pins in til they click pull to the left with the left one and the right with the other and jst pull and eventually it will cum out and will look awrsome with a new head unit!

[gooner_47]

I had this prob. Except NOTHING and I mean nothing would get it out. Vaux eventually had to take the dash out for it

[ka$h]

When you put the keys in, you need to push them outwards (towards the doors) to push the locking pins in while pulling, so a recap:

Insert pins
Push outwards and keep pushing
Pull the unit towards you while maintaining outward pressure.

K

[Terry]

Had the same trouble mate, the pins from halfords werent the best, but as KASH said push in then kinda bend out with pressure on them they evenually grip enough to get the H/U out

[largemonkey]

Thanx guys, im gona give it a go in a couple of secs and let ya know how i get on. Couple of places round here have said yes they can do it for me but will charge £20 jst to get it out

Think id rather just keep at it

[Blue_Mercury]

has it worked?

[largemonkey]

Well i had another half hour of messin about wid the keys but wid no result so i took a claw hammer to it as im not bothered bout the head unit.

I pulled the facia off and saw that one of the release clips had been pushed into the cage and was catching, so i prised that out and then the head unit pulled out.

Quite rewarding really, the cage isnt damaged but the head unit is written off. Who cares tho im gettin a new one lol

Thanx for all your help guys

[partridge_88]

Well i had another half hour of messin about wid the keys but wid no result so i took a claw hammer to it as im not bothered bout the head unit.

I pulled the facia off and saw that one of the release clips had been pushed into the cage and was catching, so i prised that out and then the head unit pulled out.

Quite rewarding really, the cage isnt damaged but the head unit is written off. Who cares tho im gettin a new one lol

Thanx for all your help guys


you could have sold it for 80 quid tho :? :?

[Nipper]

if you take the air vents off then the bit under neath and use the ckeys that you bought and gie the cage a little pull it is as simple as that my 8 yr old godson could do it.

Dont make a mountain out of a molehill!!1

Kez xxx

[EVB]

If not, can you not just take the part above it out and then get a better grip on the radio to slide out? Only four torx screws.