Aftermarket MP3 player

[Dmeech]

OKay so I am getting a Pontiac Wave but it will most likely be equipped with a CD player since one with an MP3 player cannot be located with the options I have selected. I want to know how difficult is it to install an aftermarket deck. i've done it on a 1991 VW Passat with a breeze. But I have seen how many newer cars these days have made it shucks near impossible to install an aftermarket deck; case in point the Cavalier, where you have to remove the dashboard and then you lose all the chimes. I was wondering if this is similar to the Wave family of cars.

[Brian5475E]

easy pop the 2 covers off each side of the radio/heater controls. then remove the 4 bolts, and pull out radio. get a harness adapter. DO NOT. I repeat DO NOT cut the factory harness you will have problems if you do.

[aveoike]

Brian is right, just go to an audio store and buy the mounting kit and wiring harness. Pop off the two small panels with a flat head, the 4 bolts, slide out old, and slide in the new. I modifed my mounting kit alittle bit and fliped it over. now my radio is on the lower half with the pocket on top.

[rick900]

just remember that our cars aren't GM and you need a daewoo harness

[Blade979]

Yeah , the easiest install I ever had done. Heres a link to the harness if you cant find one.
www.crutchfield.com/S-KlXdSn4WLck/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=103000&I=120708405

[aveoike]

Actually rick, your wrong. GM owns Daewoo and our cars are korean, but still a GM. But I didnt get my harness from Crutchfield, I got it from an audio shop in Pittsburgh, and I paid 14.99. your gonna pay 18.98 with S&H from Crutchfield.

[04]

Exactly. The Aveo/Swift/Wave has the GM opening for the radio, meaning the huge opening. The cubby hole beneath the head unit is attached to the unit itself. I could always install my Pioneer CD Player, but its not worth doing as its only an AM/FM/Single CD system.

I suppose you could fit the cubby hole to another headunit. I was thinking of getting an equalizer there.