HOW TO: Remove Front/Rear Dash and Install Deck, Remove Door Panels

[crazywigglyman]

got the passenger side door off and the speaker in after a lot of fighting, not with the door tho, taking it off went quite nicely thanks to you guys instruction. just a question about the driver side door, same thing as the passenger just have to disconnect the power mirror switch? sorry for asking so much but i like to be informed before i start pulling shit apart and break something cause i don't know what i'm doing. Thanks.

[Lances133]

On door panel removal....

Originally Posted by Classicrocjunkie

Door pannels....5)If you have power locks, you will need to disconnect the wires that run to the lock switch. Simply pop the trim piece out that holds the power lock switch, and disconnect it.

What if I had manual locks, but then had power locks installed with my alarm?

[NoisemakeR]

I just wanted to thank you for the info about the door panel, although i have one tip. I had manual window so I couldn't find the gm tool to take off the window crank so after researching for like 15 mins, i used an old fork, and it works really good. If anyone needs more info how to make it, pm me. Anyways, thanks alot for the info again.

[Lances133]

Okay so am I reading this right? I removed all of the dash these instructions tell me to, but what about the dash under the steering wheel and around the radio, and the dash that he glove box is molding into? Do I really have to take EVERYTHING out to get all that out!?

[my99cavy]

I'm confused with what your saying. From the looks in your sig it seems like you have all the dash already out and primed.

[Lances133]

By the looks of it....it looks like this is alllll one piece? Please, say it ain't so!!!

....and yes, I know I can just take off the glove box door.

[my99cavy]

You know thats a good question lol Its dark out right now so I could figure it out in the morning. What part by the glove box are you talking about??

[Lances133]

I just meant I know I can take the glovebox door off to sand that.

[Lances133]

YUP! Looks like I'm either masking off a shit load of stuff, sanding, and painting that stuff in the car OR I'm removing the steering wheel, radio, hvac panel and some heater tubing and taking the lower pieces out

[my99cavy]

Well I went out and looked at how you get that one piece under the steering wheel off. And yeah it seems to be all one piece I noticed that there is a couple of bolts here and there. But good luck with getting it out

[Cavalier2000]

two bolts and two pieces, take teh tow bolts out and pull them apart

[Lances133]

.... wanna clearify? lol

[Cavalier2000]

look under the thingy and you will see two 7 mm (i think ) bolts, take them out and then the one piece has to come over the ignation adn the other comes out just as easy

[Lances133]

Are you talking about the top of the dash and the bezel around the radio and gauges? Just for the record, I know I can easily take off the glovebox door to sand/paint that, it's everything else on the lower dash Im questioning.

[Cavalier2000]

oh ok i was talking about the thingy around the steering wheel. all the lower dash as you call it is connected as one entire piece, so you could eithe mask it off or take out the entire dash