Several of the removal tools can be made using a wire coat hanger. Cutting the rod. Be sure to use steel cutters as the gauge or thickness of the hanger will damage ordinary wire cutters. The finished product. Using one of the two strait cut rods, bend a smooth rounded shape using thumbs. Making key style radio removal tools. Making home made flat radio removal tools are easy with the right tools!
Using a flat piece of metal, in this case we are using a piece of plumber strap that is sometimes included with many aftermarket radios for support. Trimming the key style radio removal tools. Using a pair of tin snips, cut the proper length of the metal strip. The magic is done! Using a pair of tin snips, cut a small angle on the end that will enter the radio removal port on the radio face.
Hocus Pocus! Radio removal tool! We never said they would look pretty P rofessionally manufactured car stereo radio removal tools. There are several types of radio removal tools on the market, and if you decide that you are not a cheapskate, than you can find these tools on many web sites, or at your local car audio retailer. Below are the most popular. As you can see, they all are quit similar and have a slight different cut at the end of the key type removal tools.
Return to Tool time. Home made radio removal tools If you don't have radio removal tools on hand, they can be purchased online or at your local car stereo retailer. Jetta Passat R32 Rabbit Tiguan Touareg Average rating:. Volkswagen radio mounting kit Seamless double din kit in matte black.
Volkswagen radio mounting kit Seamless double din kit in black. Direct pugin connection into your aftermarket radio without cutting any wires when using our radio wiring harnesses. Volkswagen radio mounting kit Seamless single din kit in matte black. This gives you access to 2 screws that hold down the trim around the radio.
After these 2 screws are removed you can pry out the radio trim. Then you have access to the 4 screws that mount the radio. Remove these screws and pull out the radio. Having a good trim removal tool it's a plastic wedge type thing is a real plus. A thin screwdriver will work, but it is easy to scratch the plastic, so you must be careful with it. Good Luck Don. It taps into one of you rear speaker wires both positive and negative and uses it as a jumper to add an amp and in turn power the sub.
Of-course with this extra wiring added you will slightly decrease the sound quality and possibly add some signal noise to your music. Hope this helps you out! Joined Jun 14, Yes there are 4 screw holding the factory deck in. I used two non-embossed credit cards stacked together as a pry tool and it worked great.
Top working my way down. I tried using the "aux out" from a wire schematic I found online on the RCD, but no output. Most people have taken the positive wire form the 12V plug for a remote on. Hope this helps. Removing the radio is very easy. Pull easy on the black trim around the radio. It just snaps in no screws. Remove 4 t10 hex type screws pull the radio out. Replacing the radio is a little tougher it's a CAN bus car you need to have an interface. It's going to be expensive.
DaveTDI New member. If you replace the stereo, code for no radio, but I guess you have to find another switched wire. I understand the factory wiring will not switch off the radio. Fuse location 5 works with the ignition switch. I took the radio out of mine to put the line input connections right behind the radio instead of taking the door panels apart I just ran all of them from behind there.
Take the trim off and do watch out for those little clips pulling off. They are small and barely held on there. I had one pull off but fixed it with a little 2 part epoxy i had in the shop.
I did not totally disconnect the radio. The wiring diagram is the same as previous years as far as the speakers go. The satellite connects differently though. If you cycle the key while that is dis connected it will throw a code that can be cleared pretty easy. Pretty much its just telling the system that little bulb is burnt out.
There is no switched power behind the radio. Just a constant if I remember right.
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